Esperanza Osmeña - Misplaced Pages

In this Philippine name for married women, the birth middle name or maternal family name is Escolar, the birth surname or paternal family name is Limjap, and the marital name is Osmeña.

Esperanza Limjap-Osmeña


First Lady of the Philippines
In role 1 August 1944 – 28 May 1946
President	Sergio Osmeña
Preceded by	Pacencia Laurel
Succeeded by	Trinidad Roxas

Personal details
Born	Esperanza Limjap y Escolar (1894-12-18)December 18, 1894 San Miguel, Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines
Died	April 4, 1978(1978-04-04) (aged 83) Makati, Philippines
Resting place	Manila North Cemetery
Spouse	Sergio Osmeña (m. 1920; d. 1961)
Children	3

Esperanza Escolar Limjap Osmeña (December 18, 1894 – April 4, 1978) 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.

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. 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.

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.

References

^ Esperanza Osmeña's Death Certificate (Front and Back)
"Sergio Osmeña's Wedding". Southeast Asia Digital Library. Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
Sergio Osmeña and Esperanza Limjap's Marriage Certificate
Volckmann, R.W., 1954, We Remained, New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., ISBN 9780393350227

Honorary titles
Preceded byPacencia Laurel	First Lady of the Philippines 1944–1946	Succeeded byTrinidad Roxas

v t e First ladies and gentlemen of the Philippines
Hilaria Aguinaldo (1899–1901) Aurora Quezon (1935–1944) Pacencia Laurel (1943–1945) Esperanza Osmeña (1944–1946) Trinidad Roxas (1946–1948) Victoria Quirino-Gonzalez (1948–1953) Luz Magsaysay (1953–1957) Leonila Garcia (1957–1961) Eva Macapagal (1961–1965) Imelda Marcos (1965–1986) None (1986–1992) Amelita Ramos (1992–1998) Loi Ejercito (1998–2001) Jose Miguel Arroyo (2001–2010) None (2010–2022) Liza Marcos (2022–)
Daughter of Elpidio Quirino. Assumed title as her father was a widower. Corazon Aquino was widowed before her term. Benigno Aquino III was unmarried Although Rodrigo Duterte has Cielito Avanceña as his common-law wife, there is no designated First Lady. See also: Spouses of presidents of the Philippines

First ladies and gentlemen of the Philippines

Hilaria Aguinaldo (1899–1901)
Aurora Quezon (1935–1944)
Pacencia Laurel (1943–1945)
Esperanza Osmeña (1944–1946)
Trinidad Roxas (1946–1948)
Victoria Quirino-Gonzalez (1948–1953)
Luz Magsaysay (1953–1957)
Leonila Garcia (1957–1961)
Eva Macapagal (1961–1965)
Imelda Marcos (1965–1986)
None (1986–1992)
Amelita Ramos (1992–1998)
Loi Ejercito (1998–2001)
Jose Miguel Arroyo (2001–2010)
None (2010–2022)
Liza Marcos (2022–)

Daughter of Elpidio Quirino. Assumed title as her father was a widower. Corazon Aquino was widowed before her term. Benigno Aquino III was unmarried Although Rodrigo Duterte has Cielito Avanceña as his common-law wife, there is no designated First Lady. See also: Spouses of presidents of the Philippines

v t e Spouses of the president of the Philippines
Hilaria Aguinaldo María Agoncillo-Aguinaldo Aurora Quezon Pacencia Laurel Estefania Veloso Osmeña Esperanza Osmeña Trinidad Roxas Alicia Syquia Quirino Luz Magsaysay Leonila Garcia Purita Macapagal Eva Macapagal Imelda Marcos Benigno Aquino Jr. Amelita Ramos Loi Ejercito Jose Miguel Arroyo Elizabeth Zimmerman Honeylet Avanceña Liza Araneta Marcos
Married after their spouse's presidency Died prior to their spouse's presidency Marriage annulled prior to spouse's presidency. Unmarried domestic partner Benigno Aquino III was unmarried See also: First ladies and gentlemen of the Philippines

Categories: