Emilio Famy Aguinaldo was born
on March 22, 1869 in Cavite Viejo
(present-day Kawit), in Cavite
(province), to Carlos Aguinaldo and
Trinidad Family, a Tagalog Chinese
mestizo couple who had eight children,
the seventh of whom was Emilio.The
Aguinaldo family was quite well-to-do,
as his father, Carlos Aguinaldo was
the community's appointed gobernadorcillo
(municipal governor) in the Spanish colonial
administration.Emilio became the
"Cabeza de Barangay" of Binakayan, a chief
barrio of Cavite del Viejo, when he was only
17 years old.In 1895 the Maura Law that called
for the reorganization of local governments was
enacted.At the age of 26 Aguinaldo became Cavite
Viejo's first "gobernadorcillo capitan municipal"
(Municipal Governor-Captain). |
On January 1, 1896, he married
Hilaria del Rosario (1877�1921).
They had five children: Carmen Aguinaldo
Melencio, Emilio Aguinaldo, Jr, Maria
Aguinaldo Poblete, Cristina Aguinaldo Suntay
and Miguel Aguinaldo. Hilaria died of leprosy
on March 6, 1921 at the age of 45. Nine years
later, on July 14, 1930, Aguinaldo married
Maria Agoncillo (February 15, 1879 � May 29, 1963)
at Barasoain Church. She died on May 29, 1963 at
the age of 82, a year before Aguinaldo himself. |