Portrait of Filomena Alesna Cuenco by Cecilia Brainard

I made this por­trait of my mater­nal grand­moth­er, Filom­e­na Alesna Cuen­co, in pris­ma col­or and pas­tel, size 9 x 12.

Filom­e­na Alesna Cuen­co from Car­car; born May 1, 1882, par­ents: Evaris­to Barce­nil­la Alesna and Cres­en­cia Ynosen­cia Sanchez Vil­larosa; 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 a Mon­tesclaros; Filom­e­na mar­ried Mar­i­ano Jesus Cuen­co; they had 8 chil­dren (6 sur­vived to adult­hood: Manuel, Lour­des, Con­cep­cion, Car­men, Con­sue­lo, Tere­si­ta; the two who died as chil­dren were Maria and Cora­zon); had a stroke and died dur­ing wartime (WWII).

 

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