Si Florencio “Speaker” Ramirez

(Each week (or so) the Guam Museum will be sharing something in the CHamoru language about our history, culture or legends. This week is a biography of one of Guam’s political pioneers from the 20th century, Florencio Ramirez. Taken from the text named in honor of him and his wife in Hagåtña)

Mås ma tungo’ komo “Finan Enchu,” ma fañågu gi diha 29 gi Oktubri, låhen Jesus de Borja Ramirez (1885-1966) yan Maria Palomo de Torres (1892-1965), giya Bårrio San Ignacio, Hagåtña.

Dumångkolo ‘yan umeskuela giya Hagåtña.

Gi et åño 1937, umasagua yan si Josefina Sablan de Leon Guerrero, Familian Te’ yan Binu’.

Gi kasamienton-ñiha, manmafañågu si Virginia Teresita (1939), Juan Pablo (1940), Florencio (1942), Jose Antonio (1943), Naomi Maria (1945), Jesus (1948), Josephine Barbara (1948), Elizabeth Ann (1949), Malia Angelica (1951) yan Jessica Linda (1958).

Gi idåt katotsi ha fa’cho’chu’i Gubietnon Militåt (1929-1941) komo “Minensahiyi.”

Despues di i Segundo na Gera gi Pasifiku, ma ilihi påra i fina’nine åsta i mina’dosse na Liheslaturan Guåhan.

Macho’cho’ komo “Setbienten Publiko” mås ki singkuenta åños.

Måtai gi diha 12 gi Abrit, 1995, annai setenta nuebi åños.  

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