Biographies, memories, and documents of the Evangelista Clan
The extraordinary life of Don Santiago Canciller Evangelista, Gobernadorcillo of Candaba (1881-1883), who built a fortune on palay, fishponds, and commerce. His estate stretched "as far as the eye can see," and his 13 children founded the modern branches of the Evangelista family.
Read StoryFrom Candaba to the Battle of Shanghai—how Captain Honorio Evangelista led the Philippine Company of the Shanghai Volunteers Corps, resisted Japanese occupation, endured torture and imprisonment, and earned the U.S. Medal of Freedom from President Truman.
Read StoryThe remarkable journey of Dr. José Limjoco Evangelista—Summa Cum Laude graduate, cardiologist, real estate magnate, and philanthropist—whose U.S. medical mission work and business empire continue the Evangelista tradition of excellence.
Read StoryA deep dive into our origins—tracing Don Marcos Evangelista, the 1784 baptismal records, Eurasian DNA findings, Chinese mestizo heritage, and how a merchant family rose to become the most powerful Principalia clan in Candaba.
Read StoryThe story of the ancient Mater Dolorosa statue that has been the Queen of the Evangelista house for over a century—from Capitan Tiago's silver carroza to the ancestral house on Buas Street, where she refuses to leave Candaba no matter how many men try to lift her.
Read StoryThe heartwarming story of Zenaida Evangelista, whose father Tomas—a pioneering pharmacist in Camiguin—died in a 1944 shipwreck, leaving her and her brother Ambrosio to be raised by loving aunts in the ancestral bahay na bato on Pescadores Street.
Read StoryChildhood memories of Emylene and Debby Jacinto growing up in Candaba during the 1950s—summer vacations, cartloads of watermelons, and the Easter 1958 procession where they walked as Sinyuras accompanying the Evangelistas' Mater Dolorosa.
Read StoryThe definitive 120-page photographic and historical record of the Evangelista family — rare photographs, baptismal records, maps, and written accounts compiled by Honorio C. Evangelista. Download the full book or a free 15-page preview.
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