Résumé

Engineer, Hill and Ingman, Engineers, Seattle, WA, 1958.

Principal, Armando Q. Rollolazo, Architect, Honolulu, HI, c. 1980-2000.

Relocation

Born in San Nicolas, Pangasinan, Philippines in 1924, Armando Rollolazo had visited the Hawaii before he applied for US citizenship in 1964. At age 28, he left Manila on 09/21/1952, arriving in Honolulu, HI, on 10/07/1952. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Honolulu, Hawaii, compiled 02/13/1900 - 12/30/1953; National Archives Microfilm Publication: A3422; Roll: 265; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Record Group Number: RG 85, accessed 06/14/2021.)

Armando and Cristina Rollolazo lived at 1281/2 24th Avenue (South?) in Seattle in 1958. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1958, p. 1309.) In 1964, they resided at 1529 26th Avenue South in Seattle. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives at Seattle; Seattle, Washington; ARC Title: Petitions for Naturalization, 1890 - 1991; NAI Number: 592779; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685 - 2009; Record Group Number: 21, accessed 06/15/2021.)

Between 1987 and 1994, he resided at 8602 Renton Avenue South in Seattle.

Parents

He had a sister, Dr. Tarcela Rollolazo Rodrigo.

Spouse

He wed Cristina L. Rollolazo (born 01/20/1931 in San Nicolas, Pangasinan, Philippines) on 08/12/1951 in San Manuel.

Children

As per his 1964 immigration paperwork, Armando and Cristina had six living children. His children included Donald Rollolazo, Armando Rollolazo, Jr., Christopher Rollolazo, Theodore Rollolazo, Ofelia Rollolazo Moore, and Arlene Rollolazo Ulrich.

Biographical Notes

Rollolazo flew to Honolulu, HI, 02/23/1958, on Pan American World Airways Flight 834/22, the date entered on his US citizenship paperwork as his date of entry to the country. He filed this paperwork on 04/28/1964 in the US District Court for Western Washington. This document indicated that Rollolazo stood 5-feet, 3-inches tall and weighed 135 pounds. He had brown eyes, black hair and a "medium" complexion, according to the petition for naturalization. It indicated that he had a mole on the left side of his neck. His two witnesses for naturalization, husband and wife Carlos and Gregoria Malla, whom he had known since 1959, also lived nearby to him at 4861 24th Avenue South. They all resided relatively close by to the Gran Oriente Filipino Lodge that he designed at 117 15th Avenue South. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives at Seattle; Seattle, Washington; ARC Title: Petitions for Naturalization, 1890 - 1991; NAI Number: 592779; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685 - 2009; Record Group Number: 21, accessed 06/15/2021.)

Third vice president, Fil-Am Lions Club, Honolulu, HI, 1981. (See “Fil-Am Lions elect,” Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 05/03/1981, p. G5.