Pedro Gil

Pedro Gil (November 13, 1889 in Capiz – January 5, 1965) was a physician, journalist, and legislator in the Philippines. Pedro Gil lived life of service in different distinguished roles - as a labor leader, as a doctor of medicine, as a crusading newspaperman, as a social worker, and as a conscientious legislator. He was born in Capiz on November 13, 1889, the youngest of the seven children of Pedro Gil Sr., a Spanish government employee in Capiz and Petra Hernandez. His mother died when he was hardly six months old, and he was brought to Manila and reared in the home of his sisters in Ermita. He was eight years old when his father died. Today, a street in Manila is named after him.

He was married to Consuelo Cabangis. They had only one child, Patria, who became the wife of Deogracias Puyat, a lawyer. When Consuelo died, Pedro Gil met Virginia Amacio in Capiz and had two daughters, Carmencita and Guia.

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The Gils were not wealthy, and left no fortune to their children. But in spite of their difficulties, his brothers and sisters managed to send him to the Escuela Normal de San Javier, where he completed a commercial course. How he was able to do that was a story of hardship and sacrifices. To support him through his studies his sisters accepted some sewing work. He himself did odd jobs for the school's Jesuit priest and so was exempted from paying tuition fees.

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‘Closing the circles of pain’: Franco victims finally come home as 50th anniversary of dictator’s ...

AOL 16 Mar 2025
Four of those 17 have been identified. As well as Chueca, names have been put to the bones of Esteban Jiménez Ezpeleta and Felipe Gil Gascón, who were also from Magallón, and to those of Pedro Peralta Gil, who was from nearby Añon de Moncayo ... .

‘Closing the circles of pain’: Franco victims finally come home as 50th anniversary of dictator’s death looms

The Observer 16 Mar 2025
As well as Chueca, names have been put to the bones of Esteban Jiménez Ezpeleta and Felipe Gil Gascón, who were also from Magallón, and to those of Pedro Peralta Gil, who was from nearby Añon de Moncayo.
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