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A short biography of Manuel Dávila Acosta

The aim of this short biography is only to provide some data helping to try to contact with their descendants or with the descendants of his mother's family.

Manuel Dávila Acosta as a kid.

Manuel Dávila Acosta was born in Bacarra, Laoang, Ylocos North, in The Philippines, the first of January of 1867 and died in San Salvador de Jujuy (Argentina), the 23rd of Mars of 1952.

He had 4 sons in Spain and 14 in Argentina.

Josefa Acosta Fontanilla, mother of Manuel Dávila Acosta.

Manuel Dávila Acosta comes back to Spain with his sister and father when he was about 10 years old. His mother, Josefa Acosta Fontanilla, remained in The Philippines.

Josefa Acosta Fontanilla, was born in Laoang, Ylocos North, and was a daughter of Don Mariano and of Doña Luisa, of the Barangay of Don Francisco Fontanilla.

Antonio María Dávila Domínguez, father of Manuel Dávila Acosta.

Antonio María Dávila Domínguez, was born in Sevilla the 7th of Mars of 1830 and died in Madrid the 22sd of September of 1879.

He was President of the Criminal Court in the Manila's Court and Mayor of Ylocos North.

He married Josefa Acosta Fontanilla in 1865, having two children, Manuel and Carmen.