Sunseto Azul (Apache) Geronimo (1850 - 1925)

Wife of Goyaałé Apache — married about 1907 in Fort Sill, Comanche, Oklahoma, United States

Died 23 Feb 1925 at about age 75 in Indian Reservation, Mescalero, Otero, New Mexico, United States

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Biography

Sunseto was Apache.

Last wife of Geronimo. She was a Chokonen (Tsokanende) Apache who had been captured by Mexicans early in her life. They married about 1907 at Fort Sill and stayed married until Geronimo's death in 1909. She never remarried.^{[1] [2]}

Original unsourced Information: She passed away in 1934.

Azul Geronimo, widow of Geronimo, died of pulmonary tuberculosis, on 23 Feb 1925, in Mescalero, New Mexico, at the age of 75 years. ^{[3] [4]}

Census

• 30 Jun 1915, Mescalero, New Mexico. 1915-29. Last Line. Azul, Mrs Geronimo, born 1850, living alone. ^[5]
• 30 Jun 1916, Mescalero, New Mexico. 1915-29. Number 202/208. Azul, Mrs Geronimo, born 1850, living alone. ^[6]
• 30 Jun 1917, Mescalero, New Mexico. 1915-29. Number 208/204. Azul, Mrs Geronimo, born 1850, living alone. ^[7]
• 30 Jun 1918, Mescalero, New Mexico. 1915-29. Number 204/209. Azul, Mrs Geronimo, born 1850, living alone. ^[8]
• 14 Oct 1918, Mescalero, New Mexico. 1915-29. Number 209/59. Azul, Mrs Geronimo, born 1850, living alone. ^[9]
• 30 Jun 1920, Mescalero, New Mexico. 1915-29. Number 209/207. Azul, Mrs Geronimo, born 1850, living alone. ^[10] The next two entries are Ester Geronimo born 1899 and Ester's daughter on the next page, Liberty Barbara born 1917.
• 30 Jun 1921, Mescalero, New Mexico. 1915-29. Number 224/220. Azul, Mrs Geronimo, born 1850, living alone. ^[11] The next two entries are Ester Geronimo born 1899 and Ester's daughter, Liberty Barbara born 1917.
• 30 Jun 1923, Mescalero, New Mexico. 1915-29. Number 219/221. Azul, Mrs Geronimo, born 1850, widow. ^[12] The next two entries are Ester Geronimo born 1899 living alone, Ester's daughter, Liberty Barbara, born 1917 died May 1923.
• 30 Jun 1924, Mescalero, New Mexico. 1915-29. Number 221/229. Azul, Mrs Geronimo, born 1850, alone. ^[13] The next two entries are Ester Geronimo born 1899 and Ester's daughter, Martha, born 1923.

Sources

1. ↑ Gatewood, Charles B. (2009). Louis Kraft (ed.). Lt. Charles Gatewood & His Apache Wars Memoir. University of Nebraska Press. p. xxxiii. ISBN 0803227728
2. ↑ Gillett Griswold (comp.), "The Fort Sill Apaches: Their Vital Statistics, Tribal Origins, Antecedents" (Fort Sill, Oklahoma: 1958-1961), 5; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/302797 : downloaded 30 November 2023), image 1022 of 1188.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Roll: M595_256; Agency: Mescalero. Ancestry Record 1059 #6016211 Indian Census Rolls, Deaths 30 Jul 1924 to 1 Jun 1925
4. ↑ Ancestry.com, New Mexico, U.S., Deaths, 1889-1945. Ancestry Record 62171 #511724 Death Record
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. Roll: M595_255; Agency: Mescalero. Ancestry Record 1059 #6014506 Indian Census Rolls 1915
6. ↑ Ancestry.com. Roll: M595_255; Agency: Mescalero. Ancestry Record 1059 #6012222 Indian Census Rolls 1916
7. ↑ Ancestry.com. Roll: M595_255; Agency: Mescalero. Ancestry Record 1059 #6012895 Indian Census Rolls 1917
8. ↑ Ancestry.com. Roll: M595_255; Agency: Mescalero. Ancestry Record 1059 #6013482 Indian Census Rolls June 1918
9. ↑ Ancestry.com. Roll: M595_255; Agency: Mescalero. Ancestry Record 1059 #6013646 Indian Census Rolls October 1918
10. ↑ Ancestry.com. Roll: M595_255; Agency: Mescalero. Ancestry Record 1059 #6011189 Indian Census Rolls 1920
11. ↑ Ancestry.com. Roll: M595_255; Agency: Mescalero. Ancestry Record 1059 #6010471 Indian Census Rolls 1920
12. ↑ Ancestry.com. Roll: M595_255; Agency: Mescalero. Ancestry Record 1059 #6009023 Indian Census Rolls 1920
13. ↑ Ancestry.com. Roll: M595_255; Agency: Mescalero. Ancestry Record 1059 #6008210 Indian Census Rolls 1920

• Sunseto Azul “Old Yellow Lady” Geronimo on Find A Grave: Memorial #192986675 retrieved 01 January 2020