Jose Cojuangco
| José C. Cojuangco | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Jose Chichioco Cojuangco July 3, 1896 Malolos, Bulacan, Captaincy General of the Philippines |
| Died | August 21, 1976 (aged 80) Manila, Philippines |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Known for | Father of Corazon Aquino and Jose Cojuangco, Jr., grandfather of actresses Kris Aquino and Mikee Cojuangco and Benigno Aquino III |
José Chichioco Cojuangco (July 3, 1896 - August 21, 1976) was a former Representative of the 1st district of Tarlac in the Philippines. He served from 1934 to 1946. Cojuangco is one of the patriarchs of the Cojuangco clan. He was the father and grandfather of former Philippine presidents Corazon Aquino and Benigno Aquino III, respectively. His other grandchildren include actresses Kris Aquino and Mikee Cojuangco.
His grandfather Khó͘ Gio̍k-khoân (Chinese: 許玉寰) was also known as the first José Cojuangco ("El Chino" José), the progenitor of the Cojuangco clan, from Hongjian, in Jiaomei Township, Zhangzhou in Fujian province.
His father was Melecio Cojuangco y Estrella, who was a skilled carpenter. Melecio helped build churches in Binondo, Bulacan and in Gapan, Nueva Ecija. Melecio's mother was Antera Estrella of Gapan, Nueva Ecija, a daughter of Felipe Estrella, a Spaniard and Martina Calub Cruz, a local woman. (With the Estrella connection, the Cojuangcos gained their initial foothold in Nueva Ecija, which explains why Barangay Cojuangco exists in nearby Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija and which partly explains how the Cojuangcos eventually owned Hacienda Bakal in Talavera, Nueva Ecija).
Melecio's wife was a Chinese mestiza, Doña Tecla Chichioco y Jumaquio of Malolos and Hagonoy, Bulacan. She was a scion from the Spanish Valenzuela clan of Malolos, Chinese Chichioco clan of Malolos, and the Japanese descendant hacienderos, the Jumaquio clan of Kapitangan, Paombong, Bulacan, Philippines. Doña Tecla was the great grandniece of Don Tiburcio Jumaquio and Doña Urzula Gutierrez, hacienderos and merchants of Kapitangan, Paombong, Bulacan. One of her blood relatives was Don Catalino Gutierrez Jumaquio, the cabeza baranggay of Calizon, Paombong, Bulacan in the late 1800s and one of the sons of Don Tiburcio and Doña Urzula.
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