Don Anacleto Gatchalian Tiongson

The third great branch of the Tiongson clan - son of Excmo Señor Don Tomas Tiongson, a mandarin whose father Ti Ong according to the documents of Tieng an authority on Ti (Te, Tee, Ty) genealogy was a direct descendant of an imperial king of China Ti Hsin (1111B.C. - 1122B.C.) who was last king of the Shang dynasty (1766B.C. - 1122B.C.)

Due to political and social scandals of some of the Chinese, the Chinese merchants including his father together with four of his siblings were deported to China on June 30, 1755. He and his two other brothers Santiago and Anastacio stayed with their mother, Basilia Gatchalian, in the Philippines perhaps because the decree was not applicable for them and to continue helping their mother build their business.

References:

• Olmos, Arturo T.. Tiongson Ancestry (1600A.D.-2000A.D.) Unpublished typescript. 2000
• Tiongson, Nicanor G., Women of Malolos. Ateneo de Manila University Press. 2004
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malolos Date accessed October 4, 2019.

Photo courtesy of Arturo Tiongson Olmos, from the family tree of the Tiongson clan