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about 1900 - date unknown

Pablo Espejo

Work
Schoolteacher[EJ][MC]
In Alaska
King Cove cannery, 1954 and 1957[PAF54][LTR]
Buried
Vigan[JEFF]

His journey

  1. 1. Early yearsPhilippinesA schoolteacher[EJ][MC]
  2. 2. 1954King Cove, AlaskaOn the Pacific American Fisheries crew list for the King Cove cannery[PAF54]
  3. 3. 1957King Cove, AlaskaWrote to his granddaughter Bengie from the P.A.F. cannery[LTR]
  4. 4. LaterViganReturned to the Philippines; buried in a cemetery in Vigan[JEFF]
2, 3King Cove4Vigan

His life

Family

A schoolteacher

  • Pablo Espejo was Ben Sr's father, and a schoolteacher.[EJ][MC]
  • He married Eugenia Pillan.[MC]
1954 - 1957

The Alaska canneries

  • In 1954 his name is on the Pacific American Fisheries crew list for the King Cove cannery in Alaska, a typed list of the employees of the 1954 season.[PAF54]
  • In July 1957 he wrote to his granddaughter Bengie from P.A.F. King Cove, Alaska, the Pacific American Fisheries cannery.[LTR]
  • So he worked at the King Cove cannery in at least 1954 and 1957.[PAF54][LTR]
  • The family story is that he first went to Alaska as a teacher.[JEFF]
Later

His last years

  • He returned to the Philippines and died there.[JEFF]
  • He has a grave marker at Holy Cross, Novaliches, but is buried in a cemetery in Vigan.[JEFF]
Still searching for

His family

Sources

  • [EJ] Edmonton Journal, "Tribute", Bob Gilmour, 1995. Clipping in archive folder 02. View the clipping
  • [MC] 1949 marriage contract, folder 04.
  • [LTR] Pablo's 1957 letter, folder 01.
  • [PAF54] Pacific American Fisheries Records, folder 74/7, 1954 crew list (Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Washington University). Copy in folder 01.
  • [JEFF] Family knowledge (Jeff).