Consuelo Asuncion was a Visayan-Tagalog baby born during the World’s Fair on September 12, 1904. Her parents were Salud Funcion and Dionicio Asuncion.
Dionicio Asuncion was a Tagalog man from Manila around 20 years old. On the ship to the United States he met and fell in love with Salud Funcion. They were married at the Visayan church on the Philippine Reservation. He is the father of Consuelo Asuncion, who was born during the World’s Fair. He lived in the Visayan Village on the Philippine Reservation.
Antonio Estudillo was a schoolteacher from Manila who traveled to St. Louis to teach English at the Model School in the Philippine Village with co-teacher Pilar Zamora. He died prior to the opening of the World’s Fair on February 24, 1904 from pneumonia at age 30. He was survived by a wife and two children in Manila. His body was repatriated to the Philippines.
Carmen Mendoza was a 15-year-old Tagalog teenager who lived in the Visayan Village on the Philippine Reservation. She was a musician who played the harp and came to the 1904 World’s Fair to perform. She traveled to St. Louis with her brother Francisco Mendoza.
Francisco Mendoza was an 18-year-old Tagalog teenager who lived in the Visayan Village on the Philippine Reservation. He was a musician who played the guitar and came to the 1904 World’s Fair to perform. He traveled to St. Louis with his sister Carmen Mendoza.
Pilar Zamora was a schoolteacher from Manila who traveled to St. Louis to teach English at the Model School in the Philippine Village with co-teacher Antonio Estudillo. After Antonio died, she was the sole teacher. She was educated in a Spanish convent and was formerly a principal at a school in the Philippines.