Esperanza Osmeña Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honorable
Esperanza Limjap-Osmeña
Order:First Lady of the Philippines
Term Start:1 August 1944
Term Label:In role
Term End:28 May 1946
President:Sergio Osmeña
Predecessor:Pacencia Laurel
Successor:Trinidad Roxas
Office1:Second Lady of the Philippines
Term Label1:In role
Term Start1:November 15, 1935
Term End1:August 1, 1944
Vicepresident1:Sergio Osmeña
Predecessor2:Position established
Successor2:Victoria Quirino
Birth Name:Esperanza Limjap y Escolar
Birth Date:18 December 1894
Birth Place:San Miguel, Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines[1]
Death Place:Makati, Philippines
Resting Place:Manila North Cemetery
Children:3

Esperanza Escolar Limjap Osmeña (December 18, 1894 – April 4, 1978)[1] was the second wife of Philippine President Sergio Osmeña and is considered the fourth First Lady of the Philippines.

Biography

Esperanza Limjap y Escolar was born in San Miguel, Manila to Mariano Limjap y Nolasco and María Escolar y Carreón.[1]

She married Osmeña, then the House Speaker and representative from Cebu, on January 10, 1920, in San Miguel, Manila, two years after the death of Osmeña's first wife, Estefania Chiong Veloso.[2] [3] The couple had three children: Ramón, Rosalina, and Victor.

She became first lady upon the death of Manuel L. Quezon, when her husband succeeded to the presidency of the Philippine government-in-exile in the United States. However, while her husband was president-in-exile, she herself was still in the Philippines and remained there, during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during World War II. On October 30, 1944, Russell W. Volckmann's forces rescued Mrs. Osmeña and family from Baguio.[4]

She died on April 4, 1978, in at Makati Medical Center in Makati due to heart failure. She was buried at Manila North Cemetery in Santa Cruz, Manila on April 11, 1978.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Esperanza Osmeña's Death Certificate (Front and Back)
  2. Web site: Sergio Osmeña's Wedding . Southeast Asia Digital Library . Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University . 27 June 2022.
  3. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-12229-34001-93?cc=1686086&wc=M8LN-HZ9:129556101,129622201,130167601 Sergio Osmeña and Esperanza Limjap's Marriage Certificate
  4. Volckmann, R.W., 1954, We Remained, New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.,