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Goyathlay - GERONIMO
Male 1829 - 1909

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  • Birth  16 Jun 1829  No-doyohn Canon, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    A.K.A.  Goyathlay: Geronimo's Apache childhood name, meaning "One Who Yawns."
    Alternate spellings: Goyahkla, Goyaalé, Goi Yachtly

    Geronimo: He got the name Geronimo from a fierce battle with Mexican soldiers who called upon St. Jerome (Geronimo in Spanish) to deliver them from the Apache warrior's wrath. 
    Cause of Death  Pneumonia 
    Tribal Affiliation  Bedonkohe band of Chiricahua Apache. 
    Died  17 Feb 1909  Fort Sill, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried  Fort Sill Apache Indian Prisoner of War Cemetery * Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Association  Maco (Relationship: Paternal Grandfather) 
    Association  No-po-so (Relationship: Father-In-Law) 
    Association  Nina DAHKEYAH (Relationship: Granddaughter) 
    Association  Ishton (Relationship: Sister) 
    Association  Edward Yanosha (Relationship: brother-in-law) 
    Association  Asa DAKLUGIE (Relationship: Nephew of Geronimo, and h) 
    Association  Larry FUN (Relationship: cousin) 
    Association  Juanito Via GERONIMO (Relationship: grandson) 
    Person ID  I504651333  NativeAmerican | Apache genealogy
    Last Modified  13 Jul 2008 
     
    Father  Tablishim,   d. About 1836 - 1841, Died when Geronimo was a "small boy." Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Juana,   d. 1858, Killed at the massacre of Kaskiyeh, near Janos, Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F12  Group Sheet
     
    Family 1  Alope,   d. 1858, Killed at the massacre of Kaskiyeh near Janos, Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  1846 
    Type: Apache wedding 
    Children 
     1. Child 1 GERONIMO,   d. 1858, Killed at the massacre of Kaskiyeh, near Janos, Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Child 2 GERONIMO,   d. 1858, Killed at the massacre of Kaskiyeh, near Janos, Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Child 3 GERONIMO,   d. 1858, Killed at the massacre of Kaskiyeh, near Janos, Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified  07 Jul 2008 
    Family ID  F11  Group Sheet
     
    Family 2  Chee-hash-kish 
    Notes 
    • Married to Chee-hash-kish and Nana-tha-thtith at the same time.
    Children 
     1. Chappo GERONIMO,   d. About 1887, Mt. Vernon, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location
    >2. Dohn-say GERONIMO
    Last Modified  06 Jul 2008 
    Family ID  F7  Group Sheet
     
    Family 3  Nana-tha-thtith,   d. 1861, Killed in raid by Mexican troups in Arizona Territory. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Child 6 GERONIMO,   d. 1861, Killed in raid by Mexican troups in Arizona Territory. Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified  06 Jul 2008 
    Family ID  F9  Group Sheet
     
    Family 4  She-gha,   d. 28 Sep 1887, Ft. Pickens, Pensacola, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Marion GERONIMO,   b. 13 Sept 1886, Ft Marion, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified  07 Jul 2008 
    Family ID  F19  Group Sheet
     
    Family 5  Shtsha-she,   d. After 1878, She joined the outbreak with Geronimo in 1878, died after they rejoined the Nednhis in Mexico. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  Between 1872-1875  San Carlos Indian Reservation Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Type: Apache wedding 
    Last Modified  07 Jul 2008 
    Family ID  F20  Group Sheet
     
    Family 6  Zi-yeh,   b. 1869,   d. 1904 
    Married  Type: Apache marriage 
    Notes 
    • Geronimo was married to Zi-yeh, Taz-ays-slath, and Shtsha-she at the same time, and also later to Zi-yeh and Ih-tedda at the same time.
    Children 
     1. Fenton GERONIMO,   b. 1882
     2. Eva GERONIMO,   b. 1889,   d. 1911
    Last Modified  13 Jul 2008 
    Family ID  F10  Group Sheet
     
    Family 7  Marioneta 
    Notes 
    • Marioneta was the 7th or possibly 8th wife of Geronimo.

      Possibility that Taz-ays-slath and Marioneta are the same person? (See notes under Taz-ays-slath.)
    Children 
     1. Little Robe GERONIMO,   b. 1883, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Sept 1885, Cochise County, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified  13 Jul 2008 
    Family ID  F29  Group Sheet
     
    Family 8  Ih-tedda,   b. 1851,   d. July 1950 or 1954 
    Married  Sep 1885 
    Type: Apache wedding-Geronimo captured her in a raid. 
    Divorced  When Geronimo went onto the reservation, the white people said he could only have one wife, so he divorced Ih-tedda. However, she continued to live in another room of the house he shared with Zi-yeh until she was granted permission to return to the Mescalero Reservation. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Ih-tedda was the 7th or 8th wife of Geronimo. Most sources say she was the 7th. He had met her on the San Carlos Reservation in 1877-78, but they did not have a relationship until he captured her in a raid.



    • Geronimo was married to Zi-yeh and Ih-tedda at the same time, but later divorced Ih-tedda.



    • Ih-tedda died in her nineties in Mescalero, New Mexico, and was the last of the Geronimo wives to die.
    Children 
    >1. Lenna GERONIMO,   b. 1887, St. Augustine, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location
    >2. Robert GERONIMO,   b. 1890, Mt. Vernon Barracks, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Oct 1966, Mescalero Hospital, Mescalero, New Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified  13 Jul 2008 
    Family ID  F17  Group Sheet
     
    Family 9  Taz-ays-slath 
    Married  Dec 1905 
    Divorced  Divorced according to Apache tradition Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Boy Child - name unknowm GERONIMO
    Last Modified  13 Jul 2008 
    Family ID  F13  Group Sheet
     
    Family 10  Azul 
    Married  1907 
    Notes 
    • Azul was the 10th and last wife of Geronimo.
    Last Modified  13 Jul 2008 
    Family ID  F18  Group Sheet
     
    Family 11  Francisco,   b. About 1844, She was 17 in 1861 or a few years later Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1892, Fort Sill Reservation Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Francisco may or may not have been a wife of Geronimo.
    Last Modified  13 Jul 2008 
    Family ID  F25  Group Sheet
     
  • Photos Geronimo in old age
    Geronimo, circa 1906, shortly before he died.
    Geronimo at Surrender
    From left to right: Chappo (son of Geronimo), Yanosha (brother-in-law of Geronimo), Fun (cousin of Geronimo), and Geronimo.
    Taz-ayz-Slath and son
    Taz-ayz-Slath, wife of Geronimo, and their son.
    Repository: Western History/Genealogy Department, Denver Public Library, 10 W. 14th Avenue Parkway, Denver, Colorado 80204
    Lenna Geronimo
    Geronimo's daughter Lenna Geronimo in puberty dress
    Geronimo at Ft. Pickens
    Photo of Geronimo taken shortly after he arrived at Ft. Pickens. He is 76 years old in this photo.
    Geronimo and Asa Deklugie
    Geronimo and Asa Deklugie
    Eva Geronimo
    Eva Geronimo, daughter of Geronimo at age 16.
    Geronimo, Chiricahua Apache leader
    Geronimo in 1898
    Marlanetta (Early Morning), wife of Geronimo
    Studio portrait (sitting) of Marlanetta (Early Morning), Geronimo's wife, a Native American (Chiricahua Apache) woman. She wears a blanket and bead necklace.

    Title and "Negative made 1884-1885" hand-written on back of print.
     
    Headstones Headstone of Little Robe, son of Geronimo
    Status: Located. Headstone of Little Robe, son of Geronimo and Marioneta (Early Morning)Submitted by Clay Homister
    Headstone of Zi-Yeh, wife of Geronimo
    The headstone of Zi-Yeh sits to the immediate right of Geronimo's headstone, while his daughter Eva's headstone is on the left(see separate photo).
    Geronimo and daughter Eva's Headstones
    Status: Located. Geronimo's headstone in the Fort Sill Apache Cemetary. On the left is headstone of his daughter Eva, and on the right of the path (cut off in this photo) is the headstone of his wife Zi-Yeh (see separate photo). In the background in the upper right corner of this photo, set apart a little from Geronimo's headstone is another headstone with the…
     
    Albums Geronimo Family (10)
    Pictures of Geronimo and members of his family
     
     
  • Notes 
    • At Fort Sill, Geronimo had a pet cat to which he seemed very attached. For some reason he kept the cats whiskers cut close.
     
  





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