FAMILY NICKNAMES : GUTOS

There is a branch of the Mendiola family called the familian Gutos.

Gutos means "to snap or break a rope, thread, wire."

Why the family should be called this, I don't know.  I have asked a few members of the family, and they don't know.  There may be an elderly family member I haven't met yet who may know.

JOSÉ MENDIOLA and JULIANA CAMACHO GARRIDO

The Gutos clan seems to have its earliest ancestors, that we can find information on, in the married couple José Mendiola and Juliana Camacho Garrido. Juliana was the daughter of Luís Diego Cruz Garrido and María Crisóstomo Camacho.

The couple had many children. The sons who got married and whose descendants perpetuated the family name were :

FRANCISCO who married Ana Ninaisen.

JOSÉ who married María Delgado Salas

A second son JOSÉ who married Ursula Taitague Atoigue

A FAMOUS TECHA

The family was well-known because one of the elders, Tan Chong Gutos, was a techa (prayer leader) at the Hagåtña Cathedral before the war and, after the war, in Sinajaña where they settled.

Tan Chong Gutos

Tan Chong was frequently called on by many families, especially in the central and northern villages, to be the techa at their family rosaries and novenas. She was part of Monsignor Oscar Calvo's circle of religious associates.