Mangabol Marsh
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Mangabol Marsh

[Coming soon!] A little history and ecology of the region Grandma Pam and Great Grandma Heliodora were from.

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Heliodora Gomez
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Heliodora Gomez

Grandma Pam’s mom has been the most difficult to find information for, but here’s what we’ve got so far. Anybody have any pictures?

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Felipe Eser Jose
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Felipe Eser Jose

Felipe E. Jose was Grandma Pam’s dad, he was Director of Labor under President Quezon, and he had kind of a fraught career. I have a lot of thoughts and even more questions about this man!

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Panalig Gomez Jose
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Panalig Gomez Jose

The one and only Grandma Pam, who used the radishes she grew in her garden to make sinigang. She let me sneak her chocolate SlimQuick when we watched TV in her bed. She loved crab dipped in suka with a bite of rice.

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