Biography of gregoria montoya y patricio parodia

<strong>GREGORIA</strong> P. <strong>MONTOYA</strong><br />

(<strong>1863</strong>-<strong>1896</strong>)<br />

<strong>“Henerala”</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Revolution</strong><br />

Gregoria Montoya was a native <strong>of</strong> sitio Batong Dalig, barrio Tabon, Kawit, Cavite.

She was<br />

born on November 28, <strong>1863</strong> to a farming couple - Atanario Montoya and Jacoba Patricio.<br />

Montoya grew up to be an iron-willed woman with an unusual physical strength.<br />

Montoya married Cirilo Ayson, a Chinese mestizo.

He died after six years <strong>of</strong> marriage,<br />

leaving her with <strong>the</strong>ir four sons – Pedro, Patricio, Marino, and Francisco. The last three