Antonio Marella Villavicencio

Dr. Antonio Marella Villavicencio was the youngest child of Gliceria Marella and Eulalio Villavicencio. He was born in Taal, Batangas on Feb 7, 1894 and died on Feb 6, 1920.

At the age of 22 years old, Antonio applied for a passport with the United States of America (The Philippines was a colony of the USA at that time) for the purpose of going to Japan to study for 2 years. He indicated in the application that his occupation was a Physician. It is interesting to note that his Cedula with no. 126659 was issued in Davao, Mindanao on Jan 21, 1916. It appears that some family members lived in Davao during 1915 - 1916. My father, Edgardo Ilagan Villavicencio was born in Davao on Nov 27, 1915 to Sixto Villavicencio and Delfina Ilagan. Antonio is the youngest brother of Sixto and they have an age gap of 7 years. Below is a digital copy of his application for a passport.

Antonio's Application for a passport - April 3, 1916
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The image below shows the affidavits of Manuel Villavicencio and Antonio de las Alas in connection with the application for a passport of Antonio. Included in the application is the picture of Antonio.

Affidavit Included with Application for Passport
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Antonio applied for another passport on August 16, 1917 for the purpose of going to Spain or the Argentine Republic for a month to study medicine. The digital image below indicates Antonio's occupation as a Doctor of Medicine. .

Antonio's Application for a passport - Aug 16, 1917
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The next image contains the affidavits of F.L.Brigham of Washington D.C. and Jose Africa of New Haven , Connecticut in connection with Antonio's application for a passport. It also shows the request for the passport to be sent to 156 West 24th St., New York City which could be the address where Antonio held his medical practice. I visited this address in April 2011 but unfortunately the location is now occupied by the parking driveway of the Marriott Hotel.

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The next image is still part of the passport application of Antonio. It originated from the Office of the Provost Marshal General, War Department and which states that it has no objection for the issuance of a passport to Antonio.

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Antonio left the port of Buenos Aires on March 18, 1918 aboard the SS "Crofton Hall" where he was employed as a Doctor as indicated in the manifest shown below. The ship arrived in New York on April 16, 1918 where he was paid off and discharged. At that time he was 24 years old with a weight of 130 lbs. The manifest indicates his race and nationality as "Philippines".

Manifest of the SS "Crofton Hall" indicating Antonio as Doctor of the Ship
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The next image is a digital copy of the World War I Draft Registration Card of Antonio with serial no. 4409 and dated May 7, 1918. As indicated in the card, Antonio's position on the SS "Crofton Hall" was a Ship Surgeon. At that time he was 24 years old, single, 5 ft 6 inches tall and weighing 110 lbs. The address -11 Broadway, NY, NY could possibly be the location of the office of the ship company.

Antonio's World War I Draft Registration Card Serial No. 4409.

On June 24, 1918 Antonio was issued an emergency passport by the American Embassy in Buenos Aires to enable him to proceed to the United States. The image below shows the digital copy of the passport. It indicates that Antonio left the Philippines on April 15, 1916 and he had been temporarily residing in Buenos Aires. It also indicates that he was a bearer of Insular Passport No. 390 issued by the Secretary of State on August 17, 1917.

Emergency Passport of Antonio Issued in Buenos Aires on June 24, 1918
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The next page of Antonio's Emergency Passport states that his Seaman's Identification Card No. 21741 was issued by the Collector of Customs on May 3, 1918. His passport permit was issued by Arthur J. M. Helly, member of the local Board, War Department, New York City on May 7, 1918 and his registration certificate was issued by Precinct 14, New York City on May 7, 1918.

Emergency Passport Page 2
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On June 27, 1918, Antonio left the port of Buenos Aires aboard the SS "Crofton Hall" and arrived in New York on July 26, 1918. As stated in the manifest below, his services as a surgeon was engaged from New York from the time it departed on May 5, 1918 until he was discharged and paid off upon arrival at the port of New York. It may be interesting to note in the manifest that his race is listed as a US citizen while his nationality is the Philippines.

Ship Manifest of SS "Crofton Hall" from Buenos Aires to New York (June 27, 1918 to July 26, 1918)
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The next image is a another World War I Draft registration card with serial no. 5252 dated Nov 20 1918 under local board no. 100. It also shows the name of Gliceria Marella on the card..

World War I Draft Registration Card

The next image is another manifest of the SS "Crofton Hall" where Antonio was employed as a surgeon from the time it departed New York on Dec 12, 1918. The vessel returned to New York from the port of Buenos Aires on May 6, 1919. The list shows his weight as 120 lbs and his race as a US citizen.

SS "Crofton" Manifest - May 6, 1919
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The next image is a manifest of aliens employed as members of the crew of the vessel SS "Crofton Hall". Antonio was employed as a surgeon of the vessel when it departed New York on May 29, 1919. From the port of Buenos Aires, the vessel returned to New York on August 22, 1919 where he was paid off for his services and discharged. Antonio's name was no. 20 on the manifest. The list shows his age as 25 years old, 5'6" in height, belonging to the Spanish race and of Filipino nationality.

Antonio employed as a surgeon on the SS "Crofton Hall" from May 29, 1919 to Aug 22, 1919
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The next image is another application for a passport dated Aug 30 1919. It indicates that he left the Philippines on April 15, 1916 and was temporarily living in New York. His passport with no. 4590 was issued on Nov 21, 1918. The purpose of his application was to return to the Philippines within 2 months. He expected to sail out of New York on Sept 8, 1919. While enroute to the Philippines, he intended to visit Canada, Japan, Hongkong and China.

Passport Application - Aug 30, 1919
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This page 3 of his passport application indicates Antonio's residence as the Willard Hotel located at 252 West 76th St., New York City. This hotel still exists today - April 15, 2011.

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The next image is a digital copy of the 1920 Census of the USA done on Jan 9, 1920 for the county of Manhattan, NY. Antonio appears on no. 34 in the list and his place of abode was at West 95th St. It shows his age as 25 years old, single, with year of immigration to the USA in 1917 and place of birth in the Philippines. It shows that he could read and write, spoke English and his mother tongue as well as his parents' were all Spanish. His profession was listed as a doctor in the medical industry.

1920 USA Census for Manhattan with Antonio listed as no. 34
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It is unfortunate that Dr. Antonio Marella Villavicencio died at a young age of 25 years old on Feb 6, 1920, a day before his 26th birthday on Feb 7. He is currently buried at the La Loma Cemetery. It is interesting to note that his gravestone marker states he was born on Feb 18, 1895.

Eulalio Villavicencio - Gliceria Marella Family

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Eulalio Villavicencio was born in 1842 and died on Feb 26, 1896.

Gliceria Legaspi Marella was born on May 13, 1852 and died on Sept. 28, 1929.

Eulalio married Gliceria in October 1871. Born of this union were:

1. Mariquita who was married to Gregorio Agoncillo and had two offsprings namely:
1.1 Micaela Agoncillo
1.2 Corazon Agoncillo

2. Vicenta married Captain Jose Villavicencio. Born of this union were:

2.1 Lilia Villavicencio

2.2 Montserrat "Monsy" married to Geronimo Joven

2.3 Rodolfo "Popo" Villavicencio married to Milagros Rulloda

2.4 Rosario "Rosy" Villavicencio

2.5 Dra. Natividad "Naty" Villavicencio

3. Jose Villavicencio married Micaela Atienza

4. Rita married Senator Vicente Ilustre of the First Philippine Senate

5. Sixto Villavicencio married Delfina Huerto Ilagan

6. Dr. Antonio Villavicencio died in New York at a young age of 25 years old.
For more information about Antonio, click here .

Born out of the union of Sixto Villavicencio and Delfina Ilagan were:

5.1 Horacio married Raquel del Castillo

5.2 Edgardo "Edgar" married Pacita "Titang" Fajardo

5.3 Liwayway "Weweng" married Edmundo "Eddie" Jacinto

5.4 Marina "Maring" married Francisco "Paking" Erana

5.5 Ligaya Villavicencio

5.6 Sincera "Iray" Villavicencio

5.7 Sixto Jr. "Tito" married Teresita "Teresing" Vargas

5.8 Corazon "Baby" married Marciano "Nonong" Sto. Domingo

Born out of the union of Sixto Sr. and Felisa Legaspi was:

Rafael "Ralph" married to Luz "Luchi" Villanueva.

The ancestors of Gliceria Marella can be viewed at Sebastian Marella Genealogy .

More information about the fourth generation living descendants of Eulalio Villavicencio and Gliceria Marella can be viewed at Villavicencio-Marella Descendants , a private site.

Villavicencio Around the World

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As I was researching on the internet for the origins of the name Villavicencio, I was surprised to discover that I share the same surname with more than a thousand people belonging to different nationalities across the globe. My curiosity on who these people are led to new revelations which further stimulated my interest in the historical background of our surname. I share this information to enable my relatives and namesakes to learn about their kinship even in the absence of a biological link between many of us.

The Historical Background.

The original users of the name Villavicencio descended from the noble family of Miguel Fernandez, Lord of Villavicencio during the time of Lord VIII Alonso(Alfonso), King of Leon and Castille. The knights of his lineage battled the Moors and defeated the powerful Almohad Dynasty in the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212. They were part of the Reconquista (Spain re-conquering the Iberian Peninsula from the Muslims) that expelled the Muslim authority from Portugal in 1249. The Knights of the Banda Villavicencio also won against the last Muslim stronghold in Granada in 1492 and as a result, Granada was incorporated into the unified Spain under the Catholic Monarchy of Queen Isabella I of Castille and King Ferdinand II of Aragon.

During the reign of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, the monarchy sent exploration voyages across the oceans. This was the start of the Age of Exploration which created the Spanish Empire as the largest empire in the history of the world. The exploration to the western hemisphere across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492 under Christopher Columbus lead to the discovery of the Americas and the colonization of the New World. Earlier in 1402, Castille had also colonized the Canary Islands during the time of Henry III.

In the 16^th century, Spain had conquered the Caribbean islands, the Aztec and Incan empires. Spain circumnavigated the world into the Far East under the expedition of Ferdinand Magellan which led to the discovery of the Philippines on March 16, 1521 and the colonization of the Philippines, Guam and other islands. By the 17^th century, the Spanish empire included the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium and parts of Italy, Germany and France. Spain had also reached the Solomon Islands, New Guinea, Canada, Alaska, Sahara, Morocco and many others locations in Africa, Asia and Oceania.

The reconquistadors became conquistadors. These Spanish conquerors and colonizers included the descendants of the Villavicencio knights who joined the naval expeditions as ship captains and sailors while others were assigned higher administrative responsibilities in the newly colonized territories.

As trade across the Atlantic between Spain and the New World became very profitable, a new trade route across the Pacific was established. This gave birth to the Manila-Acapuldo Galleon Trade which lasted for 250 years. Products traded from East Asia sailed on the galleons from Manila and was brought to Acapulco. From there the cargo was transported by land to Vera Cruz, loaded again on ships en route to Spain and then traded in Europe.

With the numerous territories under the Spanish Empire, the monarchy designated a “viceroy” to run the affairs of its “viceroyalty” (colonies or territories). The viceroyalty includes the following:

●Viceroyalty of New Spain which governed from its capital based in Mexico City. Mexico was also the capital of the Aztec Empire before it was conquered by Spain in 1321. The territories that were included here were parts of North America, most of the United States lying west of the Mississippi River and southern Canada namely: California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Vancouver. It included all of Mexico – Baja California, Baja California Sur, Santa Fe de Nuevo Mexico, Coahuila.

The Viceroyalty of New Spain also included Central America – Nueva Extremadura (Chile) but excluding Panama; the Spanish East Indies – Philippines, Guam, Caroline Islands, Taiwan, Sabah and parts of the Moluccas or Spice Islands (Indonesia); the Spanish West Indies – Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Trinidad, Bay Islands (Honduras). The ViceRoyalty of the East Indies was governed by the viceroyal in Manila.

●Viceroyalty of Peru was established in 1542 and governed most of the South American territories except Venezuela from the capital based in Lima, Peru. Peru was once the Inca Empire. The territories that were included here were Peru, Chile, Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina. This Viceroyalty was later abolished.

●Viceroyalty of New Granada was established in 1717 and governed from the capital based in Bogotá. The territories included were Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela, Guyana, parts of northwestern Brazil, Northern Peru, Costa Rica and Nicaragua.

●Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata was created in 1776 with Buenos Aires as the capital and included territories near the Rio de la Plata basin namely: Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay.

There are also other Viceroyalties in the European colonies, Africa as well as in New France (Canada).

As a consequence of the exploration and occupation of the new territories, the Spanish conquistadors migrated and settled in the new colonies. Thus, one would encounter the surname Villavicencio existing in many of the former Spanish territories mentioned above especially in Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Cuba, New Orleans, the Philippines as well as in Spain. The descendants of the original Villavicencio traveled to the New Spain and the other new territories as colonizers, sometimes inter-marrying with the natives and producing offsprings in their new native land. From Mexico, the galleons brought new settlers across the world as far as the Philippines.

First Villavicencio in the Philippines

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The earliest known record of the surname "Villavicencio" in the Philippines can be viewed in the "Portal de Archivos Espanoles" of the Ministry of Culture of Spain located in Madrid. This is found in two Spanish documents both entitled "Orden de pagar lo que se le debe a Diego de Villavicencio" (English Translation is “Order to pay what is owed to Diego de Villavicencio”) and created on Aug 21, 1623 and Oct 11, 1634 in Madrid.

Both were Royal Decrees addressed to the officials of the Royal Treasurer of Mexico ordering them to pay the salary of a certain “Diego de Villavicencio” for his services as pilot of the ship and for the time he served for the trip he made to the Philippines in 1613 in order to relieve General Arnada Ruy Gonzalez Sequeira who had in his command 5 caravelles or ships.

The catalog numbers of these documents are: no.12492 and no.15634 and the Reference Codes are: ES.41091.AGI/16403.14.343//Philippines,340,L.3,F.343R-345R and ES.41091.AGI/16403.14.343//Philippines,340,L,3,F.481R-482R.

Another document dated Aug 9, 1633 states that Juan de Salazar and Maria Bermudez de Villavicencio were one of the first settlers of the Philippines.

Reference Code: ES.41091.AGI/16403.14.42//Philippines,41,n.26.

Several documents mentioned the name of "Captain Diego de Hinojosa Villavicencio" who left the Philippines and went to Spain via a ship from Denmark on November 18, 1648 to report on the status of the Philippines such as the Dutch attacks, earthquakes, lack of ships from New Spain, etc and also on the abuses of Manuel Estacio Venegas, a Sergeant Major in Manila.

Reference Code: ES.41091.AGI/16403.14.44//Philippines,43,No.8

A Captain Pedro de Vera Villavicencio was mentioned as having moved to China from the Philippines together with Dominican Friar Victorio Riccio who founded a church in Hyamuang sometime in 1656.

A certain Juan de Villavicencio served in acting capacity as "Castellano de Santiago de Manila" until June 4, 1675 which was vacated by Lorenzo de Orellana y Ugalde on account of his death.

An Antonio Nunez de Villavicencio was working for the Royal Treasury of the Philippines in 1730.

There are some more names bearing "Villavicencio" as a surname in the archives pertaining to the Philippines. It will take some time and effort to go through the numerous documents and translate them from Spanish to English.

It should be noted that a certain Jose Antonio Nunez de Villavicencio died on July 12, 1742 and after his death, his name was documented as Jose Villavicencio.

I had always thought that the Villavicencio's were all originally from Taal, Batangas in the Philippines although I have heard of some people with the same surname existing in Nueva Ecija and Bacolod. I discovered recently on FamilySearch.org that there are people with such surname who resided in the following places: Malolos and San Rafael, Bulacan, Cavite City, Iloilo, Marinduque, Negros, Nueva Ecija, Tondo, Malabon and many others aside from those who domiciled in Taal and it's neighboring towns of Calaca and Lemery.

FamilySearch.org belongs to the Church of the Latter Day Saints or the Mormon Church. They have started to digitize baptismal, birth, death and marriage records of the inhabitants of the Philippines based on church and civil records dating back to 1642 until 1994. Most of the original records were written in transcript and the data that was entered into their database was based on the interpretation of the data entry personnel. Names and surnames were misspelled as entered into the database causing redundancy in the data and false identity. One would appreciate the value of utilizing their database rather than having to travel to the different towns and cities around the country in order to gather these data from the individual municipal offices and parish churches.

References:

https://familysearch.org

Translated from (Portal de Archivos Espanoles) http://pares.mcu.es/

Meaning and Origin of Surname Villavicencio

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Gliceria Marella de Villavicencio - Godmother of the Revolutionary Forces

Gliceria Marella de Villavicencio
May 13, 1852 - September 28, 1929
Oil Painting by LUNA

History should learn to record the grandeurs of the past

Which should not be destroyed by time but should forever last

Let not the ingratitude of man ignore the heroic deeds

Of men who gave their fortunes and loved ones for our needs.

Many heroes were born and entirely forgotten

Due to lack of appreciation from their close brethren

Some were victims of envy from high society

Some remained unsung as if by destiny.

The life of Marella should then not be left untold

To serve as inspiration to women, young and old.

So for once these articles are being gathered

For our New Society to ponder and to scatter.

Edgardo I. Villavicencio

February 1973

(Edgardo Villavicencio is the grandson of Gliceria Marella)

This is a tribute to Eulalio Villavicencio and his wife, Gliceria Marella de Villavicencio - a heroine of the Philippine Revolution. Dona Gliceria was born to one of the landed and wealthy family of Taal, Batangas. Together with her husband Eulalio Villavicencio, they contributed a great part of their fortune to help the revolutionary forces against Spain.

In January 1892, four years before the Philippine-Spanish war erupted Eulalio went to Hong Kong and delivered P18,000.00 of the family's personal funds to Dr. Jose Rizal to finance his subversive propaganda movement against Spain. Eulalio brought back propaganda pamphlets and an ivory dagger given by Jose Rizal as a memento to Dona Gliceria. The Spaniards accused Eulalio of being a filibusterer and imprisoned him in the Old Bilibid Prison in Manila when his connections with the revolutionary movement had been confirmed. The Spaniards bargained with Gliceria to reveal the secrets of the Katipunan in exchange for the release of her husband. She turned them down and replied "I love my husband as few wives can, but I would consider myself un-worthy of carrying his name if I will procure his liberty at the expense of his country's blood." Eulalio was eventually released after a year in prison but died of illness 3 months later due to his incarceration.

Dona Gliceria, also called "Aling Eriang" donated the family ship, the "SS Bulusan" which was purchased in 1893. It was the first warship of the Revolutionary Government. She was a founder of the Batallon Maluya, gave financial and moral support to the revolutionaries and continually provided food, clothing and ammunition to the soldiers. Her house became the secret meeting place of revolutionary leaders including Andres Bonifacio, General Miguel Malvar and General Marasigan.

General Emilio Aguinaldo named Gliceria Marella de Villavicencio "Madrina-General de las Fuerzas Revolucionarios" on June 12, 1898 for her patriotism and contributions to the Philippine Revolution. A book entitled "Marella y la Inquietud Romantica de la Revolution" was written about her by Francisco Zaragoza in 1954 and includes a collection of statements by notable Filipinos namely: General Aguinaldo, Senator Claro M. Recto, Dra. Encarnacion Alzona, Dr. Ireneo Encarnacion (Aide de Camp of General Ananias Diokno) and others.

Gliceria Marella descended from Sebastian Marella and spouse Antonia Mangubat.

Born out of the union of Sebastian and Antonia were:

1 - Ramona, the youngest married to Feliciano de Leon

2 - Filomena, the 4th child married to Mariano Mitra

3 - Juan Marella married to Macaria Eugenio
4 - Paula married to Cecilio Noble

5 - Vicente Marella married to Gertrudis Legaspi

Born out of this union were:

a - Josefa married to Isabelo Villavicencio, widowed, then married to Agaton Orosa
Born out of the union of Josefa and Isabelo were:
a.i. Jose married Vicenta Villavicencio
a.ii. Trinidad buried at Lemery cemetery
a.iii. Manuel Villavicencio married Felisa Atienza
Born out of the union of Josefa and Agaton Buno Orosa were:
b.i. Sophia Marella Orosa married Jose Macatangay
b.ii. Vicente Marella Orosa, Sr. married to a Banaag
b.iii. Mariano Orosa married Irene Calayag Gonzalez, then Gloria Punzalan

b - Isais Marella

c - Mariano Marella married to Agueda Encarnacion

d - Gliceria Marella married to Eulalio Villavicencio

Born of this union were:

i. Mariquita married Gregorio Agoncillo

ii. Vicenta married Captain Jose Villavicencio

iii. Jose Villavicencio married Micaela Atienza

iv. Rita married Senator Vicente Ilustre of the First Philippine Senate

v. Sixto Villavicencio married Delfina Huerto Ilagan

vi. Dr. Antonio Villavicencio died in New York at a young age of 25 years old.

Sixto Villavicencio had the following offsprings:

1) Ralph Villavicencio married Luchi Villanueva

2) Horacio Villavicencio married Raquel del Castillo

3) Edgar Villavicencio married Titang Fajardo

4) Weweng married Eddie Jacinto

5) Maring married Paking Erana

6) Ligaya Villavicencio

7) Sincera "Iray" Villavicencio

8) Corazon "Baby" married Nonong Sto. Domingo

9) Sixto "Tito" Villavicencio, Jr. married Teresing Vargas

Captain Jose Villavicencio and Vicenta had the following offsprings:
1) Lilia Villavicencio
2) Montserrat "Monsy" married Geronimo "Jerry" Joven
3) Rodolfo "Popo" Villavicencio married Milagros Rulloda
4) Rosario "Rosie" Villavicencio
5) Dr. Natividad "Naty" Villavicencio

Manuel Villavicencio with Felisa Atienza had the following offsprings:
(Source: Juancho)
1) Irma Villavicencio married Luis "Baby" Martinez
2) Pepita Villavicencio married to Laurencio "Loring" Gueco
3) Capt. Manuel "Uling" Villavicencio, Jr. married to Amparo ??
4) Dr. Celso Villavicencio married to Mary ??
5) Atty. Jose "Pepito" married to Dra. Ofelia "Felita" Jacinto
6) Milagros "Ging" married Dr. Juanito "Johnny" Francisco

Born out of the union of Mariano Orosa and Irene Gonzales were:
1) Milagros "Milagring" Gonzales Orosa married to Jose Cabrera Aliling
2) Lilia Gonzales Orosa
3) Reynaldo Gonzales Orosa married Lourdes Encarnacion Goco, then Melecia Eslera
4) Carolina Gonzales Orosa married Romeo Lucero Sarenas

Born out of the union of Mariano Orosa and Gloria Punzalan were:
1) Cesar Jose Punzalan Orosa married Mary Saldana
2) Danilo Punzalan Orosa married Lydia Ramirez
3) Eden Punzalan Orosa married Robert Vincent Kelemen