Esperanza Osmeña
{{short description|First Lady of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946}}
{{Philippine name|Escolar|Limjap|Osmeña|ph=married}}
{{Infobox Officeholder
| name = Esperanza Limjap-Osmeña
| order = First Lady of the Philippines
| image = Esperanza Osmena (Malacanang photo).jpg
| caption =
| term_start = 1 August 1944
| term_label = In role
| term_end = 28 May 1946
| president = Sergio Osmeña
| predecessor = Pacencia Laurel
| successor = Trinidad Roxas
| birth_name = Esperanza Limjap y Escolar
| birth_date = {{birth date|1894|12|18}}
| birth_place = San Miguel, Manila, Captaincy General of the PhilippinesEsperanza Osmeña's Death Certificate ([https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-27019-12524-75?cc=1410394&wc=9Z35-929:25272501,34311301,25271303,25666901 Front] and [https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-27019-13720-71?cc=1410394&wc=9Z35-929:25272501,34311301,25271303,25666901 Back])
| death_date = {{death date and age|1978|4|4|1894|12|18}}
| death_place = Makati, Philippines
| resting_place = Manila North Cemetery
| spouse = {{marriage|Sergio Osmeña|1920|1961|end=d.}}
| children = 3
}}
Esperanza Escolar Limjap Osmeña (December 18, 1894 – April 4, 1978) was the second wife of Philippine President Sergio Osmeña and is considered the fourth First Lady of the Philippines.
Biography
Esperanza Limjap y Escolar was born in San Miguel, Manila to Mariano Limjap y Nolasco and María Escolar y Carreón.
She married Osmeña, then the House Speaker and representative from Cebu, on January 10, 1920, in San Miguel, Manila, two years after the death of Osmeña's first wife, Estefania Chiong Veloso.{{cite web |title=Sergio Osmeña's Wedding |url=https://sea.lib.niu.edu/islandora/object/SEAImages%3ASCLPH276 |website=Southeast Asia Digital Library |publisher=Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University |access-date=27 June 2022}}[https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-12229-34001-93?cc=1686086&wc=M8LN-HZ9:129556101,129622201,130167601 Sergio Osmeña and Esperanza Limjap's Marriage Certificate] The couple had three children: Ramón, Rosalina, and Victor.
She became first lady upon the death of Manuel L. Quezon, when her husband succeeded to the presidency of the Philippine government-in-exile in the United States. However, while her husband was president-in-exile, she herself was still in the Philippines and remained there, during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during World War II. On October 30, 1944, Russell W. Volckmann's forces rescued Mrs. Osmeña and family from Baguio.Volckmann, R.W., 1954, We Remained, New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., {{ISBN|9780393350227}}{{rp|160–161}}
She died on April 4, 1978, in at Makati Medical Center in Makati due to heart failure. She was buried at Manila North Cemetery in Santa Cruz, Manila on April 11, 1978.
See also
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Category:Filipino Roman Catholics
Category:First ladies and gentlemen of the Philippines
Category:People from San Miguel, Manila
Category:Burials at the Manila North Cemetery