The Gonzalez and the de los Angeles families were the most prominent in Baliuag, Bulacan during the 1700s. The position of ” gobernadorcillo ” alternated between the two families for one hundred years.

In the 1820s, Don Vicente Gonzalez and Dona Venancia de los Angeles had __ children: Maria Amparo ( Mariquita ), Francisco, _______, _______, . . .

They lived in a grand house ( bahay-na-bato/ mansion ) with a vast garden that occupied a whole block, some distance from the church. It was the biggest house in town. ( The house was demolished before the Second World War and the site is now occupied by the Iglesia ni Cristo ( INC ). )

Don Francisco “Balbas” Gonzalez y Reinado and his two brothers, Don Francisco “Pugot” and Don Francisco “Bungo,” transferred to Pangasinan, where they purchased a peninsular Spaniard’s vast “encomienda” ( land grant ).  In the following years, they were able to purchase large portions of Hacienda Esperanza, which the British company Smith, Bell, and Co., deaccessioned ( Hacienda Esperanza was once owned by the wealthy de Santos family of Nueva Ecija, and it was originally composed of 55,000 hectares spanning the provinces of Pangasinan, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, and Bulacan ).

Don Francisco “Balbas” Gonzalez y Reinado first married Dona Feliciana Esperanza Mondragon.  He had two sons, Matias and Joaquin.  After Dona Feliciana died, he married Dona Juana Morales y Mamaril.  They had five daughters:  Guadalupe “Upeng,” Aurea “Pipang,” Victorina “Vitoo,” Cristina “Neneng,” and Ramona “Monay.”

Don Matias Gonzalez y Mondragon married Dona Carmen de la Concha.  Don Joaquin Gonzalez y Mondragon married Dona Rosario Gonzalez y Leon.

Dona Guadalupe “Upeng” Gonzalez y Morales married Don Agustin Cuevas, then married Don Luis Gomez y Alvarez.  Dona Aurea “Pipang” Gonzalez y Morales married Don Mauricio Ilagan.  Dona Victorina “Vitoo” Gonzalez y Morales married Ira Lee Davis.  Dona Cristina “Neneng” Gonzalez y Morales married Ernest Schenkel from Switzerland [ she was the jetsetter who once took a taxi from Switzerland to Paris ].  Dona Ramona “Monay” Gonzalez y Morales married Don Asterio Favis y Flandes of Vigan, Ilocos Sur.

According to the senior Gonzalezes, Don Alfonso Ponce Enrile was also of Gonzalez descent through his mother.

Dona Maria Amparo Gonzalez y de los Angeles ( Mariquita ) was a beautiful, strong-willed woman. She would ride on her horse and survey her lands alone. She was adept with rifles; she was a sharpshooter. She was an astute businesswoman, and could outsmart her male peers in the businesses of agriculture and trading.

She met her match in 1845: Fray Fausto Lopez.

Fray Fausto Lopez was born of a noble family in 1811 in Valladolid, Espana ( his sister became a lady-in-waiting to the Queen of Spain, a position strictly reserved for ladies of noble birth ). He finished his studies in the College of Valladolid in 1828. He arrived in the Philippine Islands on October 3, 1829. He was assigned to Cebu. In 1837, he was elected ” Secretario de Provincia ” ( Secretary of the Province ) and returned to Manila. He was assigned to be the ” cura parroco ” ( parish priest ) of Quingua town ( now Plaridel ) in 1841 and was transferred to Baliuag town in 1845.

Fray Fausto Lopez and Dona Maria Amparo Gonzalez y de los Angeles had six children: Soledad, Jose ( Pepeng Mariquita ), Joaquin, Rita, Carmen, and Francisco.

Dona Soledad Gonzalez y Lopez married Don Mariano Gonzales. Don Jose Gonzalez y Lopez married Dona Francisca Carrillo ( daughter of Fray Arreola ). Don Dr. Joaquin Gonzalez y Lopez married Dona Florencia Sioco y Rodriguez of Sulipan, Apalit ( Sioco ), and Bacolor ( Rodriguez ), Pampanga. Dona Rita Gonzalez y Lopez married Don Jose Llora and settled in Spain. Dona Carmen Gonzalez y Lopez died a spinster. Don Francisco Gonzalez y Lopez married the 14 year old Dona Maria Lloret y _______.

Fray Fausto Lopez died in the San Agustin Monastery in Intramuros on April 17, 1866.

Dona Maria Amparo Gonzalez y de los Angeles died in 189_.

Dona Soledad Gonzalez y Lopez married Don Mariano Gonzales and had __ children:

Don Jose Gonzalez y Lopez ( Pepeng Mariquita ) married Dona Francisca Carrillo y Arriola and had __ children:

Don Dr. Joaquin Gonzalez y Lopez married Dona Florencia Sioco y Rodriguez and had ten children: Fernando Leonardo, Jesus Lope, Emilio Cosme, Augusto Diosdado, Octavio Florencio, Virgilio Rufino, Francisco Javier Eligio, Bienvenido Maria, Joaquin Jorge, and Fausto Felix.

Dona Rita Gonzalez y Lopez married Don Jose Llora and had two children: Ramon and Araceli. They settled in Spain.

Dona Carmen Gonzalez y Lopez died a spinster.

Don Francisco Gonzalez y Lopez married the 14 year old Dona Maria Lloret and had __ children:

Augusto Marcelino Gonzalez y Reyes and Macario Diosdado Gonzalez y Arnedo [ Brother Andrew Benjamin Gonzalez, F.S.C. ]
22 July 2000 1500 hrs

 

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August 19, 2006 at 10:00 am (Brother Andrew F.S.C. of De La Salle, Family Traditions, Gonzalez de Sulipan, Personal, Random memories, Rodriguez de Bacolor, The Global Crowd, The Manilenos, The Pampanguenos) .  Check Website.  

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