Tomas Roales y Requeña a Spanish Army Sergeant who was sent here in the Philippines in 1859. His first assignment was with the Spanish military garrison in Jolo, Sulu. There he married a native Joloana and had a child. Unfortunately, both his wife and his son died during a cholera outbreak in Jolo.
After losing them, he asked to be transferred to the garrison in the Spanish naval port of Parang, Cotabato. He then started buying pieces if land in what are now known Making and Laandasan from the municipality of Parang, Maguindanao.
When the Spanish fleet was defeated in 1898 at the Battle of Manila Bay which effectively ended the Spanish Rule in the Philippines, he retired from military service; but because of his properties, he chose to stay in the Philippines.
In 1908, he had his first-degree nephews (sons of his brother Juan Roales: Antonio, Manuel, Juan and Tomas) with him working on his farm; and in 1914, three more of his nephews arrived from Spain. He visited his relatives in Spain in the year 1936, but came back to the Philippines sick. He died in April 28, 1936 and was buried at the Catholic Cemetery of Cotabato.
Señor Tomas Roales y Requeña stayed in the Philippines even after the conclusion of the Hispano-American was at the end of the nineteenth century where they chose to contribute to the development of Cotabato in the fields of agriculture and business.
Photo by: Dheiy yuan(exploredheiy.blogspot.com)Dheiy Clicks
This image was taken at Amaya Beach Kusiong, Maguindanao. (Photo by: Dheiy Yuan)
Because of his great contribution to the socio-economic development of the area, his nephews built a statue in Kusiong, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao in his memory.
-Aisha Tawan
for some suggestion and any business feel free to comment or you may pm us on
www.facebook.com/dheiy.yuanmc
No comments:
Post a Comment