16.
Simplicio MISA
Simplicio's father was originally SOTERO (surname) Simplicio is a first generation Misa. Simplicio's father chose the name MISA when all residents of Sta Cruz were ordered to select a surname starting with M in the early 1800s.
- per Robby Misa 11/27/03
Simplicio was a VIP of sorts. He was a telegraph operator and during his time, the telegraph was the window to the outside world. His skill as an operator was legendary. After a very strong typhoon, the telegraph cable from the Philippines to Hongkong was severed. Just by tapping the telegraph and listening to the echo (just like a sonar) he was able to determine where the cable was cut down to within a kilometer from the break! He earned very well and E.B. Misa and his siblings grew up as refined young ladies and gentlemen. Simplicio’s gambling was also legendary. When he needed more money to cover his loses, he would send for young Berting to bring a bayong of money to the gambling table.
- per Robby Misa 7/7/2000
Number of Siblings: 10
Birth order: Victoria, Jose, Eriberto, Rosario, Francisco, Gaudencio, Antonio, Asuncion, Nicolas, Maria, Pedro
18.
Agapito ERQUIAGA
BIOGRAPHY: Ship captain in Spain. After retiring, he became a harbor pilot in the Philippines and married Carmen Montenegro. (source: Esther Misa-Jimenez)
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Email from Joaquin Misa to tribong misa mailing list 11/17/03
Dear All,
For those of you who are descendants of Eriberto B. Misa and Lucia Montenegro Erquiaga, you might be interested in some facts about them, particularly about the Erquiaga line.
Jose Pueo of Smith Bell and Co. sits with me in the Tag Fibers, Inc. Board. Early on, upon knowing that Mam is an Erquiaga, concluded whtat we are "Primos" somehow.
One day he expressed wonder why the Longas, his forebears ever came to the Philippines. So in a letter, I told him what I knew about Mama's father, Agapito Erquiaga, who, after sailing the seven seas, including a stint as a slave runner, landed in Dumaguete and promptly fell so in love with the place that he wrote to his cousins in Ea, Spain, urging them to come to the paradise he had discovered and indeed they came but I did not know who or how many they were.
After a week, he came back with information he got from a cousin who is the repository of the Longa family history.
He writes:
"On verification from baptismal records from Nachitua (a town near Ea) - and Ea, Agapito Erquiaga was born on 24 March 1844. His parents were Jose Antonio Erquiaga and Maria Magdalena Endeiza. Maria Rafaela de Erquiaga, born on June 30, 1830 was the daughter of Jose Antonio Erquiaga, sister of Agapito."
"Your grandmother had a brother, Juan Montenegro, who married Maria Rubio. According to my cousin there are Rubios in Amlan, Negros Oriental and in Manila."
"Agapito Erquiaga was the uncle and godfather of Agapito Longa, who was the brother (not cousin) of my grandfather, Jose Ignacio Longa. The Longas that came to the Philippines were Jose Ignacio, Agapito, Francisco and their cousin- Mateo Longa. The father (Manuel Gomez-Gonzalez) of my Lola - Dolores Gomez Gonzalez was a senior Spanish military officer at Fort del Pilar in Zamboanga City."
Take care,
Tio Joaquin
ADDITIONAL INFO :
Number of Children: 3
Birth order: Lucia, Jose, Concepcion