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Ligao, Albay • October 2026. Pascual Perseveranda, Baptized in Ligao in 1923: My Lolo's Brother, Taken in 1945. pascual perseveranda, ligao albay baptismal record 1923, juan perseveranda, valeriana presenta, perseveranda family history, filipino genealogy, familysearch philippines, philippines world war ii family story, bicol genealogy, 5/14, 6/23. Genealogy • Ligao, Albay • October 2026 Pascual Perseveranda, Baptized in Ligao in 1923: My Lolo's Brother, Taken in 1945 A 1923 baptismal record gives Pascual's birth date, and with it his age in 1945, the year my family says Japanese soldiers took him from the house in Santa Cruz. Pascual Perseveranda's entry in the Ligao, Albay baptismal register, page 220 (1923): born 5/14/1923, baptized 6/23/1923, the date that anchors his age in 1945. Source: FamilySearch, Ligao, Albay, Baptism Records 1922–1924 . My dad, Ronaldo, has told me the story of his uncle Pascual a few times. In 1945...

Oas, Albay • October 2026. Paciano, Baptized in Oas in 1880: The Record That Names Eusebia Gumba's Parents. paciano oas albay baptism 1880, eusebia gumba, eucebia gumba, tomas gumba, antonina de vitervo, jose isac campusano, florentino isac, estefania campusano, camposano family history, filipino genealogy, familysearch philippines, spanish colonial parish records, lola rosa camposano, 3/13. Genealogy • Oas, Albay • October 2026 Paciano, Baptized in Oas in 1880: The Record That Names Eusebia Gumba's Parents A nine-day-old's baptism lists his parents, four grandparents and a numbered cabecería. It also gives Lola Rosa's grandmother a mother and father of her own. PinoyBuilt illustration: an open register, one red thread and Mayon behind it. Not an archival photograph. Lola Rosa's father had a mother. The 1881 baptism of Marciano Campusano gave me her name, Eusebia Gumba, and her husband's, Don José Isac Campusano. It l...

Oas, Albay • October 2026. Marciano Campusano, Baptized in Oas in 1881: The Record Behind Lola Rosa's Father. marciano campusano, jose isac campusano, eusebia gumba, oas albay baptismal record 1881, camposano family history, filipino genealogy, familysearch philippines, spanish colonial parish records, 11/6. Genealogy • Oas, Albay • October 2026 Marciano Campusano, Baptized in Oas in 1881: The Record Behind Lola Rosa's Father A two-day-old's baptism names his parents, his four grandparents and a barangay numbered 36, and ties three Oas records into one line to Lola Rosa. The 1881 Oas, Albay baptismal entry for Marciano, enhanced for legibility. Source: FamilySearch, Catholic Church records, Oas, Albay . Lola Rosa's baptism told me who her parents were. It could not tell me who her father was before he was her father. A page from the Oas parish register does. On November 6, 1881, a priest baptized a two-day-old boy named Marcia...

Deira, Dubai • September 2021. Sunset Over Deira: The Fish Roundabout at 6:01 PM, Dubai. deira sunset, fish roundabout dubai, al ghurair centre, swissotel al ghurair, omar bin al khattab street, dubai sunset photo, filipino american in dubai, uae diaspora, 9/5, evening walk deira, west asia travel photography. DUBAI • DEIRA • SEPTEMBER 2021 Sunset Over Deira: The Fish Roundabout at 6:01 PM, Dubai I went out for cardio and stopped for the sky. The sun, the palms, and the Fish Roundabout in Deira, Dubai, at 6:01 PM. 6:01 PM Dubai time (7:01 AM PDT), September 5, 2021. Corner of Omar Bin Al Khattab Street (D88) and Salah Al Din (D80), outside Swissôtel Al Ghurair, Deira. The Fish Roundabout is in the foreground. Photo: J.F.R. Perseveranda. Five years ago today, at 6:01 PM Dubai time (7:01 AM PDT back in California), I stopped walking. I had gone out around Al Ghurair Centre in Deira to get my cardio in, and the sky had othe...