Marriages[edit]

Bonifacio's first wife, Monica (surname unknown), was his neighbor in Palomar, Tondo.[26] She died
of leprosy[27][28] and they had no recorded children.
In 1892, Bonifacio, a 29-year-old widower, met the 18-year-old Gregoria de Jesús[29] through his
friend Teodoro Plata, who was her cousin. Gregoria, also called Oriang, was the daughter of a
prominent citizen and landowner from Caloocan.[30] Gregoria's parents did not agree at first to their
relationship, for Andrés was a Freemason, and Freemasons were at that time considered enemies
of the Catholic Church.[31] Her parents eventually acquiesced, and Andrés and Gregoria were married
in a Catholic ceremony in Binondo Church in March 1893 or 1894. The couple also were married
through Katipunan rites in a friend's house in Santa Cruz, Manila on the same day of their church
wedding.[32]
They had one son, born in early 1896,[33] who died of smallpox in infancy.[28][34]

Early political activism[edit]

Main article: La Liga Filipina
In 1892, Bonifacio was one of the founding members [35] of José Rizal's La Liga Filipina,[36] an
organization which called for political reforms in Spain's colonial government of the Philippines.
[37]
 However, La Liga disbanded[38] after only one meeting, for Rizal was arrested and deported
to Dapitan in the Western Mindanao region.[39][40] Bonifacio, Apolinario Mabini and others revived La
Liga[41] in Rizal's absence and Bonifacio was active at organizing local chapters in Manila. He would
become the chief propagandist of the revived Liga. [40]
La Liga Filipina contributed moral and financial support to the Propaganda Movement of
Filipino reformists in Spain