Gregoria was the daughter of Nicolas de Jesus and Baltazara Alvarez Francisco was born on May
15, 1875 in Kalookan. Her father was a carpenter who served as a gobernadorcillo. Though she
was a good student, she discontinued her studies in favor of her two younger brothers.
She and Andres Bonifacio were wed in Roman Catholic rites at the Binondo Church in 1894 and in
another set of rites in the Katipunan in July 1893, the very same night when the women’s chapter of
the Katipunan was formed. Together with Marina Dizon, Josefa Rizal, Angelica Lopez, Delfina
Herbosa and Benita Rodriguez, they were initiated as Katipunan members. She adopted the name
Lakambini.
Gregoria and Andres had one child but the child died of small pox and their house in Sta. Cruz was
burned. She was designated the keeper of records and the seal of the Katipunan. To escape
capture, she often crossed provinces on foot. After Bonifacio’s untimely death, she lived in the
mountains of Pasig where she met Julio Nakpil. They were later wed in Quiapo Church in Manila.
They lived in the Quiapo house of Dr. Ariston Bautista, a friend of Filipino propagandists in Spain.
Gregoria died on March 15, 1943, worried because her country was once again under a foreign
domination.
