Gonzalo Tuason

Gonzalo Patiño Tuason was a prominent industrialist of the late 19th century and the successor of the fifth lord of the Tuason mayorazgo. The richest Filipino of his time, he had vast trading and manufacturing holdings -- amongst them, La Fabrica de Cerveza de San Miguel.

Probate records:

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”Gonzalo Tuason y Patino married the Spanish aristocrat Isabel viuda de Gil de Sola. Gonzalo’s fortune survived through his two natural and nine legitimate children, in particular with Carolina [ grandmother of the Ortolls ] and Dr. Manuel [ grandfather of the Todas ]. Gonzalo’s daughter Carolina Tuason married the prominent lawyer Salvador Zaragoza y Roxas and together they accumulated a large fortune. Their only child and sole heiress is Concepcion Zaragoza y Tuason who married Jose Antonio Ortoll of Barcelona on the inauspicious day of December 8, 1941, the day of the Japanese invasion.”

“Gonzalo Tuason y Patino and his daughter Elvira Tuason-Vidal are interred in their family plot at the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris, France. It is located near the tomb of the English writer Oscar Wilde and is accessed through the Gambetta gate.”

The remains of his widow Isabel [ viuda de Gil de Sola ] viuda de Tuason and their other children are interred in a crypt in Santuario de San Antonio in Forbes Park, Makati: Isabel Gil de Sola vda. de Tuason born 03/17/1858 died 6/10/1935; Jose Gil de Sola Tuason born 4/18/1881 died 3/2/1927; Juan Gil de Sola Tuason born 1/5/1890 died 5/20/1942; Manuel Gil de Sola Tuason born 10/31/1895 died 12/3/1952; Ana Maria Gil de Sola Tuason Valdes born 6/26/1896 died 4/16/1964; Carolina Gil de Sola Tuason Zaragoza born 10/10/1881 died 6/15/1980. - Mr Enrique Bustos