Joaquín González

Joaquín González was baptized by his biological father Fausto López, and his godparents at the time of his baptism were Hipólito Huerta, a Spanish friar who was assigned to Malate Church in Manila and previously assigned to Santiago Apostol Church in Quingua (present-day Plaridel), Bulacan, and Ana González. He was a member of the Malolos Congress that wrote the Malolos Constitution, the first Philippine constitution, after the country declared independence from Spain in 1898. He was one of two elected delegates representing the province of Pampanga, the other being Jose Rodriguez Infante. Along with Felipe Calderon y Roca, the main author of the constitution, Dr. González was part of a committee that took part in the debates that went article by article from October 25 to November 29, 1898.

Sources:

• Joaquín González's Baptismal Register: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSMN-SSZ4-P
• Joaquín González's Death Certificate: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FNPX-HMK
• Wikipedia