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Jose P. Laurel born
3/9/1891 Tanauan, Batangas Doctor of Civil Law, Yale University, 1920 Senator (1925-1931; 1951-57); SC Associate Justice
(1935-1941); Actg. Chief Justice 12/8/1941; President
of the Japanese-made “Republic of the Philippines As president, he did everything in his power to mitigate the atrocities
of the Japanese conquerors, and alleviate the sufferings of his people. indicted of collaboration with the Japanese; set free
after Pres Manuel Roxas 1948, Amnesty Proclamation
Josefa Madamba Llanes
(Mrs Antonio Escoda); born 9/20/1898
Dingras Ilocos Norte; sent by the American Red Cross to study @ the
New York School of Social Work (1925); cared for military interns during the Death March; husband was arrested 6/1944;
Josefa was arrested & imprisoned in Fort Santiago 9/1944 & was last seen 1/6/1945 in FEU; presumed executed and buried in an
unmarked grave in the La Loma Cemetery. A street and a building named and a monument dedicated to her; also depicted on 1000-peso bill as one of three Filipinos martyred by the Japanese Armed Forces; Philippines Stamps were issued in her honor; founder of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines & a women’s rights advocate
Vicente Lim ** West Point grad 1914; executed by the Japanese
Joaquin LOPEZ born 1894 Manila Philippines; arr via Buenos
Aires 9/10/1913 w/ Nicanor Cruz “mother Bonifacia” “scholar
University of PA” http://filipinosgone2ellis-island.tripod.com
Saturnino Lopez ** from Nueva Ecija; an engineer; executed by
the Japanese during WW11
Monico
Bale Luis, Sr. ** born
5/4/1904 Laoag, Ilocos Norte died 7/9/1989 Waipahu, Hawaii.
buried Golden Gate National Cemetery California; student/pensionado in California; later
a sakada in Hawaii; & a WW2 veteran Tec Sgt Army
2nd Filipino Infantry
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Nicasio MAGNILAN
born 1886 Tobegon Bacolod Negros arr via Seneca 10/7/1907 w/ Pedro Torrefranca “ecclesiastical student St. Bernard College Rochester NY” resident of Iloilo Panay
father Severino of Negros Occidental http://filipinosgone2ellis-island.tripod.com
Antonio Montellano Martinez
born 2/2/1929 Vigan, Ilocos Sur; Masters of Laws (LLM) Constitutional Law, University of Michigan, 1965-1966 Clyde Dewitt Fellow SC Associate
Justice (1997-1999)
Vicente V. Mendoza born
4/5/1933 Macabebe, Pampanga LL.M. degree conferred by Yale Law School (1971), awarded Fellowship
Visiting Scholar; Harvard Law School
(1976) Legion of Honor, (Order of DeMolay, 1997) SC Associate Justice (1994-2002)
Gaudencio Menor born 1906
Philippines; listed 1930 census Brooklyn New York; w/ fellow students-Paul
Avancena (born 1902) Jose Fernandez (born 1900), Gaudencio Menor (born 1906), Rustico Perucho (born 1905); Godofredo Alinio
born 1895
Pedro MONLIEN born 1893 Philippines arr via
Antonio Lopez 10/12/1911 “scholar” http://filipinosgone2ellis-island.tripod.com
Manuel B. MONTES born 1889 Manila Philippines arr via Montevideo 8/10/1910 w/ mother Victoria Lanura “student” http://filipinosgone2ellis-island.tripod.com
Francisco MUNOZ born 1893 Philippines
arr via Antonio Lopez 10/12/1911 w/ Aniceto Cordiro “student”
“from Bautan” Philippines (Bautan-town in Bohol
notes by M.E. Embry) http://filipinosgone2ellis-island.tripod.com
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Antonio OLANO born 1893 Bohol Philippines arr via Montevideo 6/10/1911 “student” “passage paid by Mr. Willard
K. Bachiller; lives w/ Mr. Bachiller” “father Petronilo” http://filipinosgone2ellis-island.tripod.com
Vicente Ylagan
Orosa **
born
10/5/1889 Taal, Batangas, pensionado 1906 @ University of Illinois BS
Engineering (1911). (outstanding alumnus 1963) Secretary of Dept of Public
Works (1955-)
Camilo Olaviano Osias ** born 3/23/1889 Balaoan,
La Union; died 5/20/1976 Manila
1905.pensionado @ the University of Chicago & Western Illinois State Teachers College & Teachers College
of Columbia University New York City; first Filipino Superintendent of Schools (1915-1916) Senator (1925; 1947-953;
1961-1967), Senate President 1951; 1953; U.S.
Resident Commissioner (1929-1935); Secretary of Education until 1945.
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Teodoro
de los Reyes Padilla born 8/24/1927; Masters of Laws (LLM), Harvard Law School, (1952) SC Associate Justice (1987-1997)
Cecilia
Muñoz-Palma born 11/22/1913 Master of Laws, Yale University, 1954 SC Associate Justice
(1973-1978)
Francisco PALMA born
1889 Malabon Philippines arr via Montevideo 1/10/1911, a student
"passage paid by Manuel L. Quezon, Resident Commissioner USA in Philippines"
"going to Manuel L. Quezon Wash D.C." “father Santiago Palma Real St
Malabon Philippineshttp://filipinosgone2ellis-island.tripod.com
Alfred PARDO DE TAVERA born 1888; died 8/21/1928 arr via La Touraine 9/11/1904 w/ brother Charles “The Taft School Watertown Connecticut” (son of Dr Trinidad H. Pardo De Tavera)
http://filipinosgone2ellis-island.tripod.com
Carlos “Charles” PARDO DE TAVERA born 1889 Manila Philippines arr La Touraine 9/11/1904 w/ brother Alfred “student” arr Lafayette 8/13/1924 (Notes by M.E. Embry: Carlos-son of Dr. Trinidad H. Pardo De Tavera (1857-1925) and father of Dr Mita Pardo De Tavera
(1920-2007) Phil. Sect of Social Welfare http://filipinosgone2ellis-island.tripod.com
Rustico Perucho born 1905
Philippines; listed 1930 census Brooklyn New York; w/ fellow students-Paul
Avancena (born 1902) Jose Fernandez (born 1900), Gaudencio Menor (born 1906), Rustico Perucho (born 1905); Godofredo Alinio
(born 1895)
Bai
Matabay Namli Plang ** died 1984, a Maguindanaw
princess, social worker & educator from Kabacan founded the University of
Southern Mindanao (USM); & Cotabato Foundation College of Science and Technology (CFCST). wife of Congressman Salipada
Pendatun (notes by M.E. Embry learned about this princess from Pociano Del Valle, my grdfather who was a pre-WW2 homesteader
in Kidapawan Cotobato)
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Camilo
D. Quiason born 7/18/1925 Manila; Fullbright
Scholar and SLC Fellow, Southwestern Legal Center,
Dallas, Texas, SC Associate Justice (1993-1995)
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Fidel Ramos born 1928;
West Point grad (1950); President of the Philippines 1992-1998
Roberto
Regala born 6/7/1897 Bacolor, Pampanga; Doctorate in Civil Laws, Yale
University; Special Studies in Constitutional Law and International Law, University of Chicago, Oxford University and Sorbonne,
Paris SC Associate Justice (1962-1975)
Florenz
D. Regalado born 10/13/1928 Concepcion, Iloilo; Master of
Laws: University of Michigan,
1963 SC Associate Justice (1988-1998)
Pablo
RIVERA born 1/16/1893 Orion Philippines arr via Berlin
9/8/1913 “going to Georgetown University” (Washington) “father Estanislao” http://filipinosgone2ellis-island.tripod.com
Alfredo Hidalgo RIZAL born 1882 Philippines arr via S.S. Majestic 9/26/1907 marital status-single "student @ Harvard University" (Notes by M.E. Embry-birthname: Alfredo Rizal Hidalgo nephew of Dr. Jose Rizal, Philippine national hero; son of Saturnina Mercado Rizal & Manuel Hidalgo; B.S Law
School National University Wash D.C. speaker Anti-Imperialist League Missouri Exposition Speech 12/1907 about 1904 World’s
Fair. Dr. Jose Rizal wrote to his nephew on 12/20/1893, “Go ahead then;
study, study, and meditate well what you study. Life is a very serious thing and only those with intelligence and heart go
through it worthily. To live is to be among men and to be among men is to struggle. But this struggle is not a brutal and
material struggle with men alone; it is a struggle with errors and preoccupations. It is an eternal struggle with a smile
on the lips and tears in the heart. On this battlefield man has no better weapons than his intelligence, no other force but
his heart. Sharpen, perfect, polish then your mind and fortify and educate your heart.” Other source of info about Alfredo:Philippine
Supreme Court: G.R.# L43748 7/31/1937; G.R.No.L-45534 4/27/1939 Josefa Rizal Mercado, et al vs. Alfredo Hidalgo Rizal defendant-appellee;
G.R. No. L-46100 5/26/1939 Alfredo, petitioner; Josefa, respondent regarding properties left by Paciano Mercado Rizal (lawyers for Alfredo Claro M. Recto Jose
C. Abreu & Hidalgo Rizal ) (lawyers for Josefa Jose
Perez Cardenas & Casal) http://www.lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1939/apr1939/gr_l-45534_1939.html
http://www.lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1939/apr1939/gr_l-46100_1939.html
http://filipinosgone2ellis-island.tripod.com
Flerida Ruth P. Romero born
8/1/1929 Tondo Manila; LL.M., Indiana University School of
Law, 1955 (Outstanding Alumna 2000); SC Associate Justice1991-1999
Antonio ROSALES born 1895 Manila Philippines arr via Buenos
Aires “scholar” father Jose Barcelona
Spainhttp://filipinosgone2ellis-island.tripod.com
Antonio ROXAS born Manila Philippines arr via Aquitania 9/8/1922 w/ Jacob
& Alfonso Zobel “uncle Henry Zobel” “Notre Dame University” http://filipinosgone2ellis-island.tripod.com
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Olivia D. Salamanca ** born 7/1/1889 San Roque Cavite;Drexel
Institute of Tech Pa grad 1910; passed Medicine exam(1910); died fr. TB 1913 in Hongkong @ 24 yrs of age
Bienvenido
Santos ** born 1911 Tondo Manila; died 1996; pensionado to the University
of Illinois, Columbia & Harvard University; writer; World War II, served with the Philippine government in exile
under President Manuel L. Quezon in Washington, D.C. together with the playwright Severino Montano and Jose Garcia Villa;
Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards (1956, 1961, 1965); Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship; long-time U.S. resident; La Salle University
Creative Writing Center named after him.
Guillermo
S. Santos born 1/23/1915 Valenzuela, Manila; Judge Advocate Course, Air
University, USAF, Alabama, SC Associate Justice (1977-1980)
Jose Abad Santos ** born 2/19/1886 San
Fernando, Pampanga;1904 pensionado George Washington University 1909; Speaker
of the House of Representatives. SC Chief
Justice 1941-1942 (associate 1932-1941) Pres. Quezon appointed him Actg Pres.
during the war; captured 4/11/1942 in Carcar, Cebu. executed
by Japanese forces 5/2/1942 in Malabang, Lanao del Sur
Vicente Abad Santos born 7/12/1916 Concepcion, Tarlac; Master of Laws, Harvard University
SC Associate Justice (1979-1986)
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Max TAPANLANGIT born 1887 Pontevedra
Negros Philippines arr via Antonio Lopez 5/13/1913 w/ Ramon Exito;
“father Esteban Rizal St” “student” “friend Wallen Ellwood Armsterdam NY”
http://filipinosgone2ellis-island.tripod.com
Pedro TORREFRANCA born 1888 Bohol Philippines arr via Seneca 10/7/1907
w/ Nicasio Magnilan “mother Andrea Ahita of Bohol” “eccllesiastical student @ St. Mary’s College Belmont NC “ (now Belmont Abbey College Gaston County; Father
Pedro Torrefranca; later Pedro was parish priest @ Our Lady of Light Parish Poblacion
Loon Bohol 5/8/1960-1962 -M.E. Embry) http://filipinosgone2ellis-island.tripod.com
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Salvador UNSON born
1892 Philippines arr via Buenos Aires 9/10/1913
w/ Vicente Fabella “destination Chicago Illinois”
“student” “relative Pedro Unson Pagsanghan” http://filipinosgone2ellis-island.tripod.com
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Jose Garcia Villa born
8/5/1908 Manila; died 2/7/1977 New York; known for his comma & reverse consonance
rhyme scheme poems; granted Guggenheim & Bollingen Foundation Fellowships; studied @ University of Mexico & Columbia University; Literature Award from the Academy of Arts &
Letters (1943); director poetry workshop City College of New York (1952-1960); Cultural
Attache @ Phil U.N. Mission (1952-1963); vice-consul 1965; Philippine National
Artist (1972) (I was told by one of his long-time student that J.G. Villa “taught poetry @ his New York apartment-workshop
to people from all walks of life” notes by M.E. Embry)
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Alfonso ZOBEL born 1905 Manila Philippines arr
via Santa Ana 8/29/1921; “last place of residence: 6 Paseo de la Castellano Madrid, Spain; w/ Jacob, brother;
both in U.S. 7/3/1920; going to Notre Dame University; student”;
arr via Aquitania 9/8/1922 w/ Jacob, brother; & Antonio Roxas; “son of Henry (Enrique & Consuelo) Chalet
Anglade St. Jende loberz France; both in the U.S. 1919 1922; 2 ½ yrs; last place of residence Notre Dame USA; language: Spanish,
French & English; (father of Jaime Zobel de Ayala, the CEO of Ayala Co).
Jacob
ZOBEL born 1902 Manila Philippines arr via Santa Ana 8/29/1921; “last place of residence: 6 Paseo de la Castellano
Madrid, Spain; w/ Alfonso, brother; both in U.S. 7/3/1920; going to Notre
Dame University; student”; arr via Aquitania 9/8/1922 w/ Alfonso, brother; & Antonio Roxas; “son
of Henry (Enrique & Consuelo) Chalet Anglade St. Jende loberz France; both in the U.S. 1919 1922; 2 ½ yrs; last place
of residence Notre Dame USA; language: Spanish, French & English; (Jacob, Col Army; Bataan
Death March survivor, POW Capas; military
aide to Pres. Manuel L. Quezon; consultant to Pres. Quirino, Roxas & Magsaysay; father of Enrique “Ezzo”;
husband of Angela Olgado) Notes by M.E. Embry
