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My Maternal Grandmother, Filomena Alesna Cuenco

April 21, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

Here is an old pho­to of my mater­nal grand­moth­er, Filom­e­na Alesna Cuen­co, with her grand­sons l‑r: Ramon and Tony Cuen­co. This was tak­en in 1938.
Filom­e­na Alesna Cuen­co from Car­car was born May 1, 1882. Her par­ent were: Evaris­to Barce­nil­la Alesna and Cres­en­cia Ynosen­cia Sanchez Vil­larosa. Her par­ents died when she was young and she and her 2 sis­ters were raised by 2 old maid aunts. Her old­er sis­ter Placi­da mar­ried Mateo Noel; her younger sis­ter Jose­fa mar­ried Isabe­lo Mon­tesclaros; Filom­e­na mar­ried Mar­i­ano Jesus Cuen­co. They had 8 chil­dren (6 sur­vived to adult­hood: Manuel, Lour­des, Con­cep­cion (my moth­er), Car­men, Con­sue­lo, Tere­si­ta. Filom­e­na had a stroke and died dur­ing wartime (WWII).
The boys in the pic­ture are sons of Manuel and Mila­gros Cuen­co. Tony Cuen­co served as a coun­cil mem­ber for the 2nd Dis­trict of Cebu City. Unfor­tu­nate­ly he passed away last June 2020 due to effects of Covid 19.
I love these old pic­tures, not only for the faces of the peo­ple but also for the details, like the grand­fa­ther clock in the back, and my grand­moth­er’s gown, jew­el­ry, the chil­dren’s clothes too — look at the lit­tle strap­py san­dals. I find these very charming.
tags: antique pho­tographs, antique pho­tos, old pho­tos, Cebu Cuen­co Fam­i­ly, Cebu pol­i­tics, Cebu society

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I am a daugh­ter of the Philip­pines and an adopt­ed daugh­ter of Amer­i­ca. I have also trav­eled to many places so I am also a daugh­ter of the Earth. My expe­ri­ences have found their way into my sto­ries, which try to depict char­ac­ters caught in impor­tant moments in their lives, sit­u­a­tions that force them to act, make deci­sions, change. I try to see the world from my own point of view, not the dom­i­nant West­ern one, thus my inter­est in his­to­ry, cul­ture, and set­ting. But my char­ac­ters car­ry my sto­ries; they are the most impor­tant in my sto­ry-telling. I have to dive deep into them to under­stand their human­i­ty – their good­ness as well as their bad­ness, their beau­ty as well as their ugli­ness. Just like us. Just like each of us. I need to know where they came from, where they are now, so I under­stand where they are going. Just like us.

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