The Families of OLD Cebu

[Leartes]

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To all Veloso..
Naay reunion...

Date and Time: Saturday, December 4 · 7:00am - 9:00am
Location: Pryce Hotel, Cagayan de Oro City
More Info: Please tell all Velosos you know about the reunion.

kinsa ka na veloso? kinsa imo father? taga asa ka na veloso ug kinsa na linaege.

[pinoyapache]

All old families came from Spain, of course. Isn't it why their forefathers came here because of GREED and GOLD? Gold gives them wealth and wealth ensures their positions in society to the chagrin of the natives. I am also of Basque origin yet I squirm at the tinge of European blood running inside my veins even though the Basques are an oppressed people themselves.

[RotneM]

Eiso ^^ gi pangutana ka ni leartes oh...

[Leartes]

di siguro ni veloso si eiso...

[cywizard]

nice one...

[belpido]

Very informative TS thanks a lot..

duha ray na ilhan nako nga velos..

Kadtong talent manager na Veloso..

ug katong kaila nako na mango-utay..

[Eiso]

kinsa ka na veloso? kinsa imo father? taga asa ka na veloso ug kinsa na linaege.

hala.. wala ko naka bantay daun ani...

well taga leyte jud mi...
to be specific villaba, leyte...
same rami og name sa akong dad, lolo og great grandfather...
after sa akong great grandfather na limot nako kung kinsa to xa.. ako sa e-ask ako lola...

[la_bestida]

Up to today, the parentage of Don Sergio Osmeña remains a controversy, with some historian claiming that he was a son of Don Pedro Gotiaoco, while others claiming that his father was another prominent Chino-Christiano.

That's absolutely true. I used to asked my late grandparents about Don Sergio's Father and they really dont know. Don Sergio's mother was Juana (Juanita) the youngest daughter of Severino Osmeña and Paula Suico (2nd Wife)

Osmeña's are Mestizo-Sangley (Chinese Mestizo) of Cebu

[luke0917]

taasa oi, hehhe.

[vladmire]

add lang nako pero murag related pud ning mga go sa Liong-Tek-Go-Family-Association.


The Go Families' ancestors, starting from Tai Bei Kong took the first step to migrate sometime from 618 AD in the Tang Dynasty, continuing through 1368 A.D. in the Ming Dynasty and up to 1644 during the Ching Dynasty.

Some eventually found their way to the Philippines where they settled, established their businesses, got married, raised and educated their children. By 1908, the Go families in the Philippines had grown substantially that it was increasingly becoming difficult to keep track of who belonged to which family and how each were related. It was then, 100 years ago that the Go Family in the Philippines decided to establish the Liong Tek Go Family Association, initially as a social club, to keep the families in touch with each other.

However, through the years, the Liong Tek Go Family Association has slowly evolved to become not only a social club, but also a charitable institution as well as providing educational, medical and financial assistance to needy members of the Go families.

The Go Families continued to grow and spread through out the country so that by 1948, after World War II. the first Liong Tek Go Family Association provincial chapter was established in Leyte, Samar. Two years later, in 1950 another chapter was established in Cebu. In 1958, the Liong Tek Go Family Association celebrated their 50th Golden Anniversary.

On February 21, 1964 a tragedy struck, the big Chinatown fire razed the Association's two-storey structure to the ground. By February 1966, the families had banded together and raised enough funds to erect a new five-storey building.

In 1969, a Zamboanga chapter was established, followed in 1971 by a chapter in Davao City, Cagayan de Oro in 1981, Iloilo and Surigao in 1990, Bacolod in 1991 and Central and Northern Luzon Chapter in 2007 and the Bicol region chapter in March 2008. This year the Liong Tek Go Family Association will celebrate their 100-year milestone. It continues to grow and thrive, hoping to bring in a more dynamic younger generation.

One features Tai Bei Kong born in Shanxi Province, China in 1306 B.C., most honored ancestor of the Go Family, for his Noble Acts of self-sacrifice by renouncing as heir to the throne to his nephew, Ji Zhang of Zhou Kingdom and the other one shows the Liong Tek Go Family Centennial official logo.