Birth Name: David Michael Navarro
Place of Birth: Santa Monica, California, United States
Date of Birth: June 7, 1967
Ethnicity:
* Mexican (African, Spanish) (father)
* English, German, remote Welsh (mother)
Dave Navarro is an American guitarist, singer-songwriter, and actor. He is best known as the lead guitarist of the alternative rock band Jane’s Addiction and as the former guitarist of the alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Dave’s father, Jaime Raul, also known as James Raul, “Mike” Navarro, is of Mexican descent. Dave’s mother, Constance Colleen “Connie” (Hopkins) was murdered along with her friend Susan Constance “Sue” (Marshall) Jory by her former boyfriend, John Riccardi, on March 4, 1983.
Dave was married to Tania Goddard, Rhian Gittins, and Carmen Electra.
Dave’s paternal grandfather was Gabriel Navarro Celis (the son of Valente Navarro Alcaraz and María Trinidad “Tina” Celis Peña). Gabriel was a Mexican immigrant, from Talpa de Allende, Jalisco. Valente was the son of José Dolores Navarro and Prudencia Alcaraz. Trinidad was the daughter of Ignacio Celis Rubio and Manuela Peña González.
Dave’s paternal grandmother was María Flores Vega (also known as Clara María Flores Vega, the daughter of José Francisco Ricardo de Jesús Flores Herrera and Juana “Juanita” Vega Oropesa, also known as María Juana Vega Oropesa or Juana Vega Escarano). María was a Mexican immigrant, from Chihuahua, Chihuahua. Francisco was the son of Epifanio Flores Méndez and María del Refugio Herrera Aguirre. Juana was the daughter of Esteban Vega Vega/Vega Carrasco/Vega Bustillos and Micaela Oropesa Jáquez/Escarano Jáquez.
Dave’s maternal grandfather was Robert Francis Hopkins (the son of Leonard Davis Hopkins and Emily Rose Jean “Emma” Potthoff). Leonard was the son of William David Hopkins and Mary Dietz. Emma was the daughter of German immigrants Heinrich Johannes “Henry John” Potthoff, of Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, and Maria Jacobina “Mary” Kuttler, of Ibbenbüren, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Dave’s maternal grandmother was Virginia Harford (the daughter of Roy Adelbert Harford and Agnes Matie Boley). Roy was the son of Adelbert Harford and Kittie Maude Miner. Agnes was the daughter of Horace J. Boley and Elta Adeline Barron.
Dave’s matrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his fifth great-grandmother Eliza Lewis.
Sources: Dave’s birth record – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VL9S-JFZ
Marriage record of Dave’s parents – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V6N5-FQV
Birth record of Dave’s father – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VLPT-WG5
Death record of Dave’s mother – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGYT-9K4
Obituary of Dave’s paternal half-uncle, Gabriel “Hap” Navarro – http://santamariatimes.com/
Marriage record of Dave’s paternal grandparents, Gabriel Navarro Celis and Clara María Flores Vega – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8NT-CYS
Death record of Dave’s paternal grandfather, Gabriel Navarro Celis – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VG5T-9QM
Birth record of Dave’s paternal grandmother, María Flores Vega – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95H7-5NZ
Birth record of Dave’s maternal grandfather, Robert Francis Hopkins – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4X8-LMC
Dave’s maternal grandmother, Virginia Agnes Harford, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ3V-LHM
Marriage records of Dave’s paternal great-grandparents, Valente Navarro Alcaraz and María Trinidad Celis Peña – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GPF9-9Q51 , https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GPF9-9QV9 & https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GPFS-9M
Baptismal record of Dave’s paternal great-grandmother, María Trinidad Celis Peña – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-GRS4-QH
Marriage record of Dave’s paternal great-grandparents, José Francisco Ricardo de Jesús Flores Herrera and Juana Vega Escarano – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95HP-9SD1 & https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95HP-9S6K
Birth record of Dave’s paternal great-grandfather, José Francisco Ricardo de Jesús Flores Herrera – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6XQL-SW
Birth record of Dave’s paternal great-grandmother, Juana Vega Oropesa – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G5H6-996C
Baptismal record of Dave’s paternal great-grandmother, María Juana Vega Oropesa – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-61CH-5Z
Birth record of Dave’s maternal great-grandfather, Leonard Davis Hopkins – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVFF-XJW
Birth record of Dave’s maternal great-grandmother, Emily Rose Jean Potthoff – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2LF-39K
Marriage record of Dave’s maternal great-grandparents, Roy Adelbert Harford and Agnes Matie Boley – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3PP-DVM
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