May 17. Roxas was buried at the Manila North Cemetery. Personal life Roxas married Trinidad de Leon on April 14, 1921 in a quiet ceremony at the Chapel of Sibul Springs, San Miguel, Bulacan. The couple had two children, Ruby and Gerardo (Gerry). Roxas also fathered three children with Juanita Muriedas McIlvain - Rosario "Charo" Roxas (mother of Margie Moran), Consuelo Roxas and Manuel "Manny" Roxas, Jr. Legacy On July 3, 1956, Roxas was posthumously awarded the Quezon Service Cross. The award was presented to his widow, Trinidad de Leon-Roxas, by then-Vice President Carlos P. Garcia on behalf of then-President Ramon Magsaysay. In his honor, various cities and municipalities in the Philippines have been renamed after him, including Roxas, Oriental Mindoro in (1948), the first town to be named as such; Roxas, Isabela (1948); President Roxas, Capiz (1949); Roxas City, Capiz (1951); Roxas, Palawan (1951); President Roxas, Cotabato (1967); and President Manuel A. Roxas, Zamboanga del Norte (1967). Dewey Boulevard in Metro Manila was renamed in his memory, and he is currently depicted on the 100 Philippine peso bill. Family and ancestry References Bibliography External links The Philippine Presidency Project A Country Study: Philippines Manuel A. Roxas Elementary School |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- 1892 births 1948 deaths Candidates in the 1946 Philippine presidential election Filipino anti-communists Filipino collaborators with Imperial Japan 20th-century Filipino lawyers Filipino Roman Catholics Liberal Party (Philippines) politicians Secretaries of Finance of the Philippines Hiligaynon people Presidents of the Senate of the Philippines Senators of the 1st Congress of the Commonwealth of the Philippines Nacionalista Party politicians Executive Secretaries of the Philippines People from Capiz Presidents of the Philippines Manuel Speakers of the House of Representatives of the Philippines Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Capiz Governors of Capiz Filipino people of Spanish descent University of the Philippines alumni University of the Philippines College of Law alumni Articles containing video clips Burials at the Manila North Cemetery Quezon administration cabinet members Filipino political party founders Presidents of the Liberal Party of the Philippines Members of the Philippine Legislature Members of the National Assembly of the Philippines Visayan people Filipino Freemasons Filipino independence activists