Buenas todos hamyu,

Welcome to the "Familian Togcha" Family Tree. The site is created for the  entire clan to enjoy. The additions of photos, documents, and events (past/  present) will be posted routinely. Future events will also be posted upon  notification or availability.

The site will be maintained as often as possible....I encourage family  members to sign the guestbook, provide family albums and/or individual photos  with dates and locations, documents such as certificate of birth, cerificate  of death, certificate marriage, events and announcements such as communions,  retirement, promotions, reunions weddings, graduations, etc..                       
                              
 On October 31, 1918, Soledad Manibusan Limtiaco, spouse of Felix Villanueva Quintanilla gave birth to the late Jose Limtiaco Quintanilla in the village of Sumay, Guam. Sumay, a bustling and prosperous two hundred acre bayside community was often visited by Spanish, French, German, Japanese, English, and American ships and periodic visits by Russians.
  
 Jose was 23 years of age when Japanese warplanes bombarded Guam in December,  1941. Sumay was the first village attacked; forcing villagers to flee into the  nearby jungles. The Japanese over powered the small contingencies of American  Naval and Marine forces as well as local paramilitary volunteers.

As a child, I recall the late Jose reflecting back to the days of the Japanese  occupation. He mentioned that every Chamoru he knew had high hopes Americans  would return to liberate Guam. He also made mention of the chamoru's love for  the Americans and how they would sing in private "Uncle Sam, Please Come Back  to Guam."

For nearly 3 years Guam and its neighboring Islands in the Marianas fell under  Japanese rule. The late Jose would also reflect back in time when life before Japanese occupation was simple and pleasant. I recall him saying with a sigh... life continued during those days, but not without the profound burden of  the Japanese rule settling on the people of Guam.

American forces liberated the island on July 21, 1944. Soon after the war, the  United States Government declared Sumay, the once prosperous and now  completely demolished village, property of the US Navy subsequently named  Naval Station, Guam, commonly referred to as "Big Navy". The people of Sumay  were forced to relocate to the villages of Agat and Santa Rita, never allowed  to return home again. The villagers did not revisit Sumay until twenty years  later on All Souls Day.

Today, Sumay Cemetery serves as a reminder of both Spanish and American rule  over the island. Headstones in the cemetery contain epitaphs in both  languages. The oldest marker has etchings in Spanish claiming the birth year  at 1812 and year of death in the 1890's.

On January 20, 1946, the late Jose married Concepcion (Chong) Fejeran Naputi of Inarajan (Inalahan) settling in the village of Santa Rita where he purchased a small  property lot and built a wood and tin home. Together they gave life to 15  children, two of whom passed away at a very early age. For nearly Thirty  years, the family lived in the same wood and tin home where so many wonderful  memories will live forever in their hearts.

The late Jose worked as a Stevedore at the Commercial Port in Piti; but was  well recognized by his peers as an avid fisherman who was extremely talented  with a spear, thus...the name "TOGCHA" was created.

In May 1976, Super Typhoon Pamela claimed the family home forcing the late  Jose to relocate his family to yet another residence within the village. In  August 1976, he was forced once again to relocate his family to the City of  Hawthorne in California, where he sought medical attention for his  deteriorating health.

On the morning of May 5, 1980, the late Jose was called to his eternal life in  the heavens and passed away in his sleep. He is buried in Culver City,  California on a hilltop representing his property lot in Santa Rita, Guam.