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PHOTO GALLERY: SOMETHING INTERESTING AND FUN ABOUT THE LLAMAS FAMILY OF THE PHILIPPINES

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SOMETHING INTERESTING AND FUN ABOUT THE LLAMAS FAMILY OF THE PHILIPPINES . PHOTO GALLERY:   Virginia Llamas 1922 Philippine Carnival Queen.     From I Walked with Heroes: “‘ You, an editor!’” my mother said. ‘You, a university graduate, who has been to the United States! Acting as prince consort to a Miss Philippines!’ Then, suddenly suspicious, she demanded, ‘Did she ask for you?’”2 (On the far left is Eugenio Lopez, Sr.)   Carlos P. Romulo escorted Virginia Llamas in the pageant. After two and a half years of courtship, they married on July 1, 1924, in Pagsanjan, and honeymooned in Baguio. They had four sons: Carlos, Jr., (“Mike”) in 1925; Gregorio Vicente (“Greg”) in 1927; Ricardo Jose (“Dick”) in 1933; and Roberto Rey(“Bobby”) in 1938. ( See pictures below) Gen. Carlos P. Romulo, most likely the most well-known Filipino abroad since he was the first President of the United Nations General Assembly. It is his statue that presently sits at...
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HISTORY OF DAGUPAN

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HISTORY OF DAGUPAN, PANGASINAN My Lola Maria Villamil Jovellanos on my fathers side belongs to the Jovellanos -Villamil Clan of Dagupan and my grand fathers side Mayor Jose Fernandez Llamas belongs to the Fernandez-Coquia- Llamas (FERCOLLA) clan of Dagupan. I PHOTO COPIED THE HISTORY OF DAGUPAN CREDITS TO: The previous pages of Dagupan's history were provided by a staff of Dagupan City hall and is based on a thes is of MR. RESTITUTO C. BASA. We thank Mr. Basa for this very informative and colorful history of Dagupan City. And to MRS. RUFINA MENESES at the City Library. RESTITUTO C. BASA was born October 13, 1930 in Sta. Barbara into Anacleto Salazar Basa of Tebeng, Dagupan and Ticman Carreon of Sta. Barbara. A graduate of the University of Pangasinan.. A Veteran newspaper, he also taught English, Philippine Literature, History, Sociology and Journalism at the University of Pangasinan and the Dagupan City High School. He passed the following civil service examinations...
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ON VIRGINIA LLAMAS THE WIFE OF CARLOS P. ROMULO

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VIRGINIA LLAMAS General Carlos P. Romulo historical photos, footage, anecdotes, radiograms, letters, and other treasures HOME BIOGRAPHY THE FOUNDATION CONTACT Virginia Llamas Th  married on July 1, 1924, in Pagsanjan. He was twenty-six, and she was nineteen. I never really knew my grandmother Virginia Serapia Vidal Llamas from Pagsanjan; she died before my first birthday. I’m told, however, that she was the quintessential lady—informed, impeccably dressed, and quietly dignified—who in her own words chose to “glow faintly in her husband’s shadow.” Perfectly at ease in Western dress, she preferred to wear the traditional  terno , complete with  pañuelo . Well-versed in English and Spanish, she preferred to speak Tagalog. As the story goes, Lolo fell in love with her when he was assigned to be her escort at the Manila Carnival, an annual pre-Easter Mardis Gras with a series of nine balls presided over by the carnival queen. ...
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