Biographical Information

Martha Ann Francisca Vallejo McGettigan is an independent California historian. She  lectures on Native Americans, with emphasis on the Suysun Tribe, Californios, Vallejo Family and the women of early California.  She has presented papers for the California Indian Conference, The California Mission Studies Association, California Missions Foundation, National State Daughters of the American Revolution, Anza Society, San Francisco Presidio Historical Society, and California State Parks. Martha is a recipient of a Visiting Scholar Fellowship at the Autry Institute for the Study of the American West. She received The History Award Medal from the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution for her work in California history. California Missions Foundation presented Martha the prestigious Edna E. Kimbro Award for recognizing her pursuit in mission and presidio period studies.

Martha is descended from four Spanish soldiers who served in California from 1779-1783, Maria Feliciana Arballo Gutierrez Lopez, who came to California with Anza and is the great, great granddaughter of General M.G. Vallejo and Doña Francisca Carrillo Vallejo.

Martha is one of the first women accepted as a regular member of The Society of the California Pioneers, and from a Spanish descent, a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, also, a Director of the Spanish Task Force for that society.  Martha is a classical clarinetist, lived in Pope Valley and now lives in Santa Barbara.