Nicasio Claravall

Quoted from Claravall Family 1800 to 2006 blog:

"Nicasio took up medicine in Barcelona Spain during the late 1800s. There he met and married Encarnacion Raquel Mauri, a Spaniard also from Barcelona

Nicasio returned to country with Encarnacion and two children, and served as the municipal health officer of Ilagan and later to the Province of Isabela. As such, he traveled across municipalities of Isabela, where he attended to the medical needs of the poor. Later, he was the Representative of Isabela before the Spanish, American War.

Nicasio had two children with Encarnacion,

Juan and Amanda. Encarnacion was not able to adapt to the weather in the country and died of sickness after three years.

After the death of Encarnacion, Nicasio married his fiancée before he left for Barcelona, Concepcion Manuel Paguirigan of Tumauni, Isabela. She however required him to court her again.

Nicasio and Concha had ten children, the

first two, Expedito and Antonio were twins, born in 1907. The duo died in infancy. The other children were:

Sagrario “Nena” Claravall Villasis, born

in 1909 and married to Juan Villasis. Nena took up Pharmacy at UST and put up

her own pharmaceutical firm which she called St. Therese Laboroatories in South

(now Timog) Ave. corner Highway 54 (now EDSA), Diliman, Quezon City

. Nena and Juan have three children, all physicians and presently residing

in the

USA

. They are Felipe “Sonny/Phillip”, Antonio

“Ony” and Juanita “Inday”, married to another doctor surnamed Lopez.

Sonny took up medicine at UST and later on migrated to the 

US

where he was commissioned as a

medical officer in the Medical Corps of the US Air Force. He retired form the military service in the mid 1990s with

the rank of Colonel. He is a practising neurologist

in

Virginia

where he resides with his family.

Ony took up medicine at the UERM and

likewise migrated to the

US

where he is currently a general practitioner in

Michigan

.

Inday studied medicine at UST and is at

present a pediatrician in

Alabama

.

Francisco or Quicoy, graduated from the 

Isabela

High School

and went to UST to take up

Law. He graduated in 1933 and passed the

Bar immediately after. While at the UST Faculty of Law, he a known as the

“Benjamin” of the class for being the youngest. He practiced law, but+ his heart was with the foreign service. He thus took Foreign Service at UST and

graduated in 1939. Quicoy met Priscila “Chiling” Tirona Galang from Imus Cavite

at the Espiritu Santo Parish where both were members of a catholic movement. They married in 1939 and have eight children.

 With the advent of WW II, Quicoy was arrested

together with other lawyers and imprisoned at

Fort

Santiago

,

where he was incarcerated for about a year by the Japanese. After the war, the

young Philippine Republic required diplomats, and Quicoy eagerly joined the

first batch of “pensionados” who were sent to

Washington

DC

to train as diplomats. After the one year training he was immediately posted in

Honolulu

,

Hawaii

as Vice-Consul where he opened the first Philippine Legation in 1947.

In 1948, Consul Claravall was

directed to proceeed to

Madrid

,

Spain

, where a

likewise opened the Philippine Legation which eventually became an Embassy with

the arrival of Ambassador Nieto, the first Philippine ambassador. After a tour

of duty of about seven years, Consul and

Second Secretary Claravall was transferred to

Rome

,

Italy

.

His posting also accredited him as Consul to

Austria

. Two years later, in 1956,

he was moved to the Philippine Embassy accredited to the Holy See (the

Vatican

). In late 1958, he resigned from the diplomatic

service after being by-passed in several promotions. Disillusioned of the

politics involved in the promotions, he resigned from the diplomatic service. This

was despite a request of the President Garcia not to do so as he was being

considered for posting to

Argentina

.

He nevertheless insisted to resign and eventually returned to the country with

his wife and seven children. After a year in

Quezon City

, Quicoy and family transferred to

his hometown in Ilagan, Isabela where he practised law and was once the Interim

Register of Deeds of the province. He

died in 1988 at the age of 78.

INTRODUCTION

This project is

a product of several years of research conducted since the 1960s, when I became

interested in to know the family background. While in my senior year in high

school at the

St.

Ferdinand

College

,

I took time out to interview the old living members of the clan. I was able to talk to Lolo Miguel Mamuri

Claravall, Tito Jose “Pepe” Monzon Claravall, Tita Angeles “Nenita” Claravall

Alonso, my father, Francisco “Quicoy” Paguirigan Claravall and a host of other

uncles and aunties, who to date are all deceased. During the years, that

followed, this paper was an on and off affair. Every now and then, some names were added, and others were deleted due

to corrections and updating. It was when

I retired from the military service in 2004, that spent more time in this research. To gather more data, I commissioned a

researcher who went to the Mormons archives and

Manila

Parish

Church

records. With the

help of my sister

Trinidad

(Nina), baptismal

and wedding records at the St. Ferdinand Church, in Ilagan, Isabela were looked

into as well.

I do not profess that all information

contained in this paper is accurate and complete. It is however a good starting

point for other relatives who in the future wish to continue this project.

Moreover, it is a excellent reference to ascertain the relationship or degree

of consanguinity of relatives whom we meet every now and then. It is expected

that in the ensuing years, more updating will be required, hence, everyone is

welcomed to share additional data on their respective families for inclusion in

subsequent editions

This paper is

composed of two (2) parts. The first part is the Family Tree, which traces back

to the early 1800s, when the earliest Claravalls were identified to be Mateo

and Domingo. The second part is the Claravall Family Trivia, composed of

information gathered from interviews of elder members of the clan since the

1960s.

Finally, I wish

to acknowledge the contributions (both financial and personal time) given by my

supportive wife Nora, brothers and sisters, without whom this project would

have not been completed and produced. I would appreciate any corrections,

updates and or additions to the listings. Should you have any, kindly communicate with me at email address: tadyclaravall@yahoo.com, landline:

(02) 532-0312, mobile: 0917-975-7380, or send your letter to Tadeo G.

Claravall, 916 P. Lopez, Brgy New

Zaniga, Mandaluyong City 1550.

  Tadeo “Tady” G.

Claravall, Sr. November 2007

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