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- Notes - This family photo was probably taken in 1937. Exact date and venue unknown. However, it is speculated that this was shot in a garden of a family home seemingly reminiscent of Baguio or Tagaytay due to sorrounding pine trees. The photo depicts two pairs of sisters who are related to each otehr by marriage and all living in Ermita-Malate. First on the left is Carmen Gil y Henry de Catala. Her husband, Ramon Catala was a Spaniard who was a " right hand man" to Andres Soriano at San Miguel Brewery. Ramon was sickly and died in February 1945 shortly after liberation, leaving Carmen to raise her six children by herself. Second from left is Lourdes Gil y Henry de Beltran. Her husband was Antonio J. Beltran who was Sales Manager for La Insular Cigar and Cigarette Factory, Inc. At the time and active in the CAsino Español and De La Salle University Alumni Association. The Gil sisters were nieces of Congressman Pedro Gil. Next is Aida Sanz y Acuna, a Piano teacher , and on the right is Marietta Sanz y Acuna de Beltran. The Sanz sisters also came from a political family and were maternal first cousins to Manuel Roxas. Thier father, Francisco Sanz, was the first Governor of Romblon under the American regime beginning 1901. Marietta was married to Elizalde & Company executive Rafael Beltran, who is the Brother of the aforesaid Antonio J. Beltran. All survived the Occupation and Liberation including the destruction of Ermita-Malate in February 194. Carmen died in 1977 and Marietta in 2006. As of this writing Aida is still living. antonio and Rafael Beltran died in 1969 and 1979 respectively.
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