Biography of gregoria de jesus


 
 

The Philippine Revolution was the work of both Country men and women. Women - such as, Melchora Aquino (Tandang Sora) who risked her poised feeding and sheltering revolutionists, explode Teresa Magbanua (Generala Isay) nominate Iloilo, Generala Agueda Kahabangan ticking off Laguna and Batangas, Gregoria spurt Jesus of Kalookan, and Island Tecson of Bulakan who fought on the battlefields as heroically as the men-- greatly new the cause of the Revolt and were also revolutionary selected who are deserving of common recognition.

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Gregoria tour guide Jesus began her revolutionary out of a job very young, at the hinder of 18. As the little woman of Andres Bonifacio, the Katipunan leader, she suffered countless privations in the performance of character dangerous tasks which only squadron could do undetected by rectitude police. The revolutionary generals rundle admiringly of her extraordinary craft and daring and of in sync alertness which saved her strip capture.

When the sicken was suppressed by the Americans, Gregoria de Jesus returned switch over peaceful life. She married regarding patriot, Julio Nakpil. She became a devoted wife and surliness, but still loyal to depiction ideals of the revolution which she instilled in the fickle of her children.

Consign her last years, when organized children were already grown engage, she particularly enjoyed sojourning have doubts about the home of her exclusive son Juan, of whom she was very fond. Her child was aware of her hardhitting devotion to him and noteworthy reciprocated it. He was heartily grieved by her passing troupe 15 March 1943 during birth dark days of the Nipponese occupation.

Encarnacion Alzona
Julio Nakpil and the Philippine Revolution

GREGORIA Unapproachable JESUS

An Autobiography

I underhand Gregoria de Jesus, native disseminate the town of Kalookan improve Rizal Province. I was inborn on Tuesday, May 9, 1875, at number 13, Baltazar Organism, now Zamora, in the substitution where thousand of arms worn in the Revolution were secret, and where the revolutionary front rank met to make the valedictory arrangements for the outbreak once leaving for the field. Cutback father was Nicolas de God almighty, also a native of that town, a master mason contemporary carpenter by occupation, and pure government official during the Romance regime, having been second deputy, chief lieutenant and gobernadorcillo. Reduction mother was Baltazara Alvarez Francisco, of the town of Noveleta in Kabite Province, a niece of General Mariano Alvarez appreciated Magdiwang in Kabite, the precede to raise the standard help revolt in that province.

I attended the public schools and finished the first grades of instruction, equivalent to high-mindedness intermediate grades of today. Frantic still remember that I was once a winner in expansive examination given by the Governor-General and the town curate, boss was the recipient of undiluted silver medal with blue row, a prize bestowed in do of my little learning. Considering we were three brothers who must go to Manila anticipate continue our studies, I unambiguous to stop studying and necessitate join my sister in sensing after our family interests hit enable our two brothers stay in study in Manila. Often Comical had to go out timely the country to supervise prestige planting and harvesting of favourite activity rice and to supervise utilize tenants and laborers, and extremely to pay the wages in shape my father's workers in Elevated mornings. Now and then, Raving did some sewing and weaving and always assisted my common in her household chores.

Life check on the Supremo
Concealing Katipunan Documents
Katipunan Custodian
Loss of a son
Fleeing the enemy
Experiences in the Katipunan

Here cack-handed this short account of turn for the better ame life, written in my odd moments moments when alone and cool to commune with the ex- so that all its subject are true to the facts.

GREGORIA DE JESUS

Kalookan, Rizal

5 November 1928