Ka cika wannan magana: An haifi Vicente Gregorio Lava a ranar 24 ga Disamba, 1894, a Bulakan, Philippines, a ƙarshen zamanin mulkin mallaka na Spain. Shi ne ɗan fari na Adeodato da Maria (Baltazar) Lava. Shekaru hudu bayan haihuwarsa, an kori Mutanen Espanya daga Philippines, sannan kuma
Amurkawa sun danne wani yunkuri na 'yancin kai a 1901 da kuma farkon mulkin mallaka na Amurka a cikin tsibirin.