Martin Macapagong

Brief Life History of Martin

When Martin Macapagong was born in 1889, in Japitan, Escalante, Negros Occidental, Philippines, his father, Fermin Macapagong, was 41 and his mother, Maria Manjuyud, was 40. He married Victoriana Blanco on 21 June 1912, in Escalante, Negros Occidental, Philippines. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He died in his hometown.

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Family Time Line

Martin Macapagong
1889–
Victoriana Blanco
1892–
Marriage: 21 June 1912
Gregorio Macapagong
1927–
Eleuterio Macapagong
1928–
federico Macapagong
1930–
Apolonia Macapagong
1931–
Soledad Macapagong
1932–
Remedios Macapagong
1934–2016

Sources (1)

  • Martin Macapagon, "Philippines Marriages, 1723-1957"

World Events (8)

1898

The U.S. navy destroys the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay. Spain cedes the Philippines to the U.S. under the Treaty of Paris in December, Philippines rebel leader Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines independent on June 12, which will be recognized in the future as the Philippines' Independence Day.

1902

"Insurrection ends. Taft improves economic conditions, settles disputes over church ownership of land, establishes ""Pensionado""program, allowing Filipinos to study in U.S. , which helped modernize and westernize the country."

1935

Filipino people approve constitution creating the Philippine Commonwealth with Manuel Quezon y Molina as the first president. The Philippines is promised full independence within 10 years.

Name Meaning

form of the Latin name Martinus. This was probably originally derived from Mars (genitive Martis), the name of the Roman god of war (and earlier of fertility). Martin became very popular in the Middle Ages, especially on the Continent, as a result of the fame of St Martin of Tours . He was born the son of a Roman officer in Upper Pannonia (an outpost of the Roman Empire, now part of Hungary), and, although he became a leading figure in the 4th-century Church, he is chiefly remembered now for having divided his cloak in two and given half to a beggar. The name was also borne by five popes, including one who defended Roman Catholic dogma against Eastern Orthodox theology. He died after suffering imprisonment and privations in Naxos and public humiliation in Constantinople, and was promptly acclaimed a martyr by supporters of the Roman Church. Among Protestants, the name is sometimes bestowed in honour of the German theologian Martin Luther ( 1483–1546 ); Martin was used as a symbolic name for the Protestant Church in satires by both Dryden and Swift. A further influence may be its use as the given name of the civil-rights leader Martin Luther King ( 1929–68 ).

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