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Birth Name: Jesús García Verchez
Date of Birth: May 2, 1929
Place of Birth: Juban, Sorsogon, Philippine Islands
Date of Death: June 20, 2019
Place of Death: Makati Medical Center, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Ethnicity: Filipino [Bicolano, Kapampangan], Spanish [Castilian, Leonese]
Eddie Garcia was a Filipino actor, television personality, film director, and producer.
His father, Antonio Olarte García, was a merchant, from Buhi, Camarines Sur. His mother, Vicenta María Encarnación Verchez y de Castro, or Vicenta María Encarnación de Castro Verchez in Filipino, was born in Juban, Sorsogon. He has three children with his late wife Lucilla Rodriguez Scharnberg.
Eddie’s paternal grandfather was Juan García Vega (the son of Antonio García and María Vega). Juan was Spanish, from Sigüeya, Benuza, León, and served as a captain of the Spanish Army.
Eddie’s paternal grandmother was Florentina Olarte y Mamucud (or Florentina Mamucud Olarte in Filipino, the daughter of Vicente Olarte and Matea Mamucud). Florentina was born in Bacolor, Pampanga.
Eddie’s maternal grandfather was Adolfo Verchez y García (or Adolfo García Verchez in Filipino, the son of Fulgencio Verchez Miguel and Dolores García y Ayalín, or Dolores Ayalín García in Filipino). Adolfo was born in Juban, Sorsogon. Fulgencio was Spanish, from Cartagena, Murcia, the son of Francisco Verchez Giménez and Ángela Miguel Rizo. Eddie’s great-grandmother Dolores was the daughter of Manuel de los Reyes García Lombera, who was from Lima, Peru, and was of Spanish descent; and of María Ayalín, who was from Casiguran, Sorsogon.
Eddie’s maternal grandmother was Consorcia de Castro y Ayalín (or Consorcia Ayalín de Castro in Filipino, the daughter of Florencio de Castro and Felipa Ayalín).
Sources: Genealogy of Eddie Garcia – https://www.geni.com
Birth records of Eddie Garcia – https://familysearch.org https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Eddie’s parents – https://www.familysearch.org
Baptismal record of Eddie’s mother – https://www.familysearch.org
Baptismal record of Eddie’s maternal grandfather Adolfo Verchez y García – https://www.familysearch.org
Baptismal record of Eddie’s maternal great-great-grandfather Manuel de los Reyes García Lombera – https://www.familysearch.org