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To All The People, In Some Ways Or The Other Whose Lives Have Been Connected To Our Town Baliwag, This History Compilation Book Is For You….. Baliwag late 1700’s 2 A Tribute to Teodoro ( Teddy ) Evangelista Today April 15, 2013 is Teddy’s birthday, woke up this morning being reminded of how Baliwag...

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To All The People, In Some Ways Or The Other Whose Lives Have Been Connected To Our Town Baliwag, This History Compilation Book Is For You…..

Baliwag late 1700’s

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A Tribute to

Teodoro ( Teddy ) Evangelista

Today April 15, 2013 is Teddy’s birthday, woke up this morning being reminded of how Baliwag e-book project was born. I moved to Kentucky from Mission Viejo, California way back in 1996, through a nice job relocation offer. Casually working and meeting patients as a Cardiovascular Technologists at our practice. One instance, a male patient around 60 years old sometime in 2000 was received by me, the patient talked to me while Iam verifying his biometrics, he asked if Iam from Baliwag, instead of asking if Iam Pilipino, which is the usual question asked. So I was surprised and ask “ How’d you know”, he answered, “No I don’t, I just asked Pilipinos, Baliwag, and if they say yes, I found a person that was indirectly helped by my great grandmother”. And he said, “You’re the first person to say yes.” I asked, “ And how is that so” He answered, “ My great-grandmother was the first White American Female to set foot in the Philippines after the Pilipino-American war in the late 1800’s, to establish the first public school. And that was in your town of Baliwag.” He continued, and said, when she was alive, she keeps telling us, that to remind her of home, she taught the song “ My Old Kentucky Home”, to her students, and they sing that song every morning. That’s when it dawned on me after I got home, when I was in Baliwag Central School we used to sing “ My Old Kentucky Home” at a class with Mrs. Santos, the wife of the principal ( remember the big guy with the all white dressing hunk, smoke piping, dark ray ban pilot shades and an Indian Motorcycle rumbling every morning at school? ), and at a class with Mrs. Punzalan and Miss Villanueva.

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If you had gone to Baliwag Central School, you can recall that the song " My Old Kentucky Home " was like our second national anthem. After that, I started searching for the connection of Baliwag to Kentucky, and much to my surprise, Baliwag was not only connected to Kentucky, but the entire Ohio Valley. Things are destined to happen, like the Big Bang. Pareng Freddie Silverio's daughter happened to have been living in New York for a time and have decided to move with Flo and Teddy in Kentucky, that's when everything started falling into place. Thru Teddy, I got hold of Mila Parfan-Llorente and Perry Evangelista, when the teachers tale was told to Mila, she was the one who suggested in pursuing the quest for the History of Baliwag. Looks and sound that easy, with internet search ( no Google or Twitter or Facebook yet, My Space then ), who could go wrong. We hit a snag, the connection of Baliwag here in the states was easy, but, would you believe, there is little information on the history of Baliwag in the internet, and even on books? This is when the quest for the history writing evolved, but how to do it? Came the brilliant idea from Perry Evangelista, lets do it on e-book. Now the wheels on the bus goes round and round....all because of our dear kababayan....Teddy ( Doro ) Evangelista of Tibag, Baliwag, a Kentucky Colonel. I used to call him KFC, because of the title awarded to him by Governor Patton of Kentucky, also a native of Pikeville. God Bless You My Friend....we miss your constant jokes and complaints.......the coffee pot is always boiling, and the Krispy Kremes is all-you-can-eat......in Heaven... Anak ni Ben Radyo ( Son of Ben Radio ) [email protected] • April 15, 2013 was the day we started putting together the gathered History Records and Information. Collection of the History Records and Information began in the year 2000. We believe that we don’t write history, but rather put together Information and Records, compile them to make a History Book. The very people in the History Compilation wrote the history. • Publisher: Baliwag Society International https://www.facebook.com/groups/125738407618421/

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Table of Contents

1. Preface

page 6

2. Pre Historic Baliwag

page 10

3. Understand Bulakan Know Baliwag

page 27

4. Spanish Period

page 45

5. The Founding Families of Baliwag

page 50

6. Tsinoys

page 129

7. Dr. Rizal’s Chinese Ancestors

page 165

8. Año 1733 The Making of a Town

page 170

9. Let us learn about the Agustinian Friars

page 189

10. Añ0 1800 What Transpired

page 219

11. Año 1850 The Natives Got Their Family Name

page 226

12. The Short Lived First Asian Republic

page 317

13. The Spanish-American War

page 354

14. Philippine-American War

page 356

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Preface Baliwag Año 1733 Hello, You have started to turn the pages of our e-book. The book is a compilation of Historical Records and Pictures, that revolves around our Hometown of Baliwag. Collection of World History Records are also included to give light as to how Baliwag played a part in World History We have thought of working on the book as our dedication to our fellow Kababayan’s who are always in constant search of their roots. And people around the world whose families were touched and played a role in shaping Baliwag as it is now and what the future may hold. The new generation of Baliwageños will have an available Historical Records of our hometown that is dynamically upgradeable as the years go by, let us hope no records will be left untouched, or unrecorded. Please continue to contribute your records and pictures. The book is subdivided into Años or Years, in clusters of a 50 year span for each chapter, actual written records started from the year or Año 1733, the founding year for our town. You can actually view the references and footnotes by placing your mouse cursor at the blue highlighted references and footnotes, press Ctrl, then left click on your mouse, that will bring you to the actual reference or articles pertaining to that topic. The very last part of the book, is actually a repository of your Family Heritage Records….that can also be constantly upgraded as the years go by.

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Enjoy as you turn the pages of our e-book, THE E-BOOK IS FREE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING.…..

BALIWAG SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL A Non-Profit Organization

Baliwag having an elevation of 78 feet above sea level where the St. Augustine Church and Glorietta stands, and an average of 70 feet above sea level within the towns territory, holds the highest ground among the surrounding municipalities. Source: http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:enUS:official&client=firefox-a&q=baliuag+bulacan+map

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http://onlyinthephilippines.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines

The journey starts here

, we are seeing

Baliwag as it is today. From the humble beginning that was a 1000 years before Christ, when this tract of wilderness are being occasionally visited by hunter gatherer group of people just beginning to learn the domestication of livestock and agriculture. The tract of land close to a river.

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The 21st Century Experience Starts Now……….. We will take you back in time from our humble beginning using the tools that we know today as computer technology. (Using Google Topographical mapping, the elevations of the surrounding areas of the town will be shown with just trees and grassland, devoid of all buildings. )

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Pre Historic Baliwag

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Prehistory The earliest archeological evidence fоr human habitation іn the Philippines archipelago іs the 40,000-year-old Tabon Man оf Palawan аnd the Angono Petroglyphs іn Rizal. By 1000 B.C. the inhabitants оf the Philippine archipelago hаd developed іntо four distinct kinds оf peoples: tribal groups that depended оn hunter-gathering аnd were concentrated іn forests; warrior societies whо practiced social ranking аnd ritualized warfare аnd roamed the plains; the petty plutocracy оf the Ifugao Cordillera Highlanders, whо occupied the mountain ranges оf Luzon; аnd the harbor principalities оf the estuarine civilizations thаt grew along rivers аnd seashores while participating іn trans-island maritime trade.

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Around 300–700 C.E. the seafaring peoples оf the islands traveling іn balangays began trading wіth the Indianized kingdoms оf Maritime Southeast Asia аnd nearby East Asian principalities, adopting influences frоm Buddhism аnd Hinduism.The Philippines аnd India – Dhirendra Nath Roy, Manila 1929 аnd India аnd The World – By Buddha Prakash p. 119–120. During the reign оf the Tang emperors іn the 10th century, Arab аnd Chinese traders began tо cоme tо Bulacan, wіth both Indian аnd Chinese influences intensifying іn the 11th аnd 12th centuries. Bulacan hаd by thіs tіme became аn entreport аnd the Bulakeños expert seafarers. They built аnd sailed various types оf ships, river canoes аnd larger vessels tо carry merchandise, wіth up tо hundred rowers аnd 30 fighting men. They lived іn houses made оf wood, bamboo аnd palm leaf thatch, hаd а syllabary written оn bark аnd bamboo, played music, wore silk doublets аnd loin clothes оr flowing skirts аnd flimsy blouses аnd jewellery. They hаd devised а social scheme оf nobles, freemen аnd serfs аnd buried theіr dead іn formal graveyard аt least оne example оf whіch cаn still be seen іn Bulacan today. The history began when а settlement оf fishermen lived along the coast оf Manila Bay before the coming оf the Spaniards. These settlers moved inland аnd begun farming аs they discovered the interior wаs fertile аnd drained by the network оf rivers аnd streams. The settlements flourished аnd grew іntо whаt іs nоw known аs the province оf Bulacan.Experience Bulacan (pamphlet), Malolos: Bulacan Tourism Council.

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Prehistory (pre-900) •

Callao and Tabon Men

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Arrival of the Negritos

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Austronesian expansion

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Angono Petroglyphs

Classical Period (900-1521) •

Ma-i

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Kingdom of Tondo

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Confederation of Madya-as

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Kingdom of Maynila

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Kingdom of Namayan

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Rajahnate of Butuan

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Rajahnate of Cebu

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Sultanate of Maguindanao

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Sultanate of Sulu

Spanish Period (1521–1898) •

Spanish East Indies

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Christianization

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Dutch Invasions

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British Invasion

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Katipunan

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Philippine Revolution

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American Period (1898–1946) •

First Republic

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Philippine–American War

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Insular Government

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Commonwealth

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Japanese Occupation

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Second Republic

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Filipino American history

Independence (1946–present) •

Third Republic

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Marcos era

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Fifth Republic

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See also: Timeline of Philippine history Tabon Man refers to fossilized anatomically modern human remains discovered in the Tabon Caves in Lipuun Point in Quezon, Palawan in the Philippines on May 28, 1962 by Dr. Robert B. Fox, an American anthropologist of the National Museum of the Philippines. These remains, the fossilized fragments of a skull and jawbone of three individuals, were believed to be the earliest human remains known in the Philippines[1] until a metatarsal from "Callao Man" discovered in 2007 was dated in 2010 by uranium-

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series dating as being 67,000 years old.[2] The Tabon fragments are collectively called "Tabon Man" after Tabon Cave, the place where they were found on the west coast of Palawan. Tabon Cave appears to be a kind of Stone Age factory, with both finished stone flake tools and waste core flakes having been found at four separate levels in the main chamber. Charcoal left from three assemblages of cooking fires there has been Carbon-14 dated to roughly 7,000, 20,000, and 22,000 BCE.[3] Tabon Cave is named after the "Tabon Bird" (Tabon Scrubfowl, Megapodius cumingii), which deposited thick hard layers of guano during periods when the cave was uninhabited so that succeeding groups of tool-makers settled on a cement-like floor of bird dung. That the inhabitants were actually engaged in tool manufacture is indicated in that about half of the 3,000 recovered specimens examined are discarded cores of a material which had to be transported from some distance. The Tabon Man fossils are considered to have come from a third group of inhabitants, who worked the cave between 22,000 and 20,000 BCE. An earlier cave level lies so far below the level containing cooking fire assemblages that it must represent Upper Pleistocene dates like 45 or 50 thousand years ago.[3] Anthropologist Robert Fox, who directed the excavations, deduced that the Tabon Cave was a habitation of man for a period of 40,000 years, from 50,000 to 9,000 years ago.[citation needed] Physical anthropologists who have examined the Tabon Man skullcap are agreed that it belonged to modern man, Homo sapiens, as distinguished from the mid-Pleistocene Homo erectus species. This indicates that Tabon Man was pre-Mongoloid (Mongoloid being the term anthropologists apply to the racial stock which entered Southeast Asia during the Holocene and absorbed earlier peoples to produce the modern Malay, Indonesian, Filipino, and "Pacific" peoples). Two experts have given the opinion that the mandible is "Australian" in physical type, and that the skullcap measurements are most nearly like the Ainus or Tasmanians. Nothing can be concluded about Tabon Man's physical appearance from the recovered skull fragments except that he was not a Negrito.[4]

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^ Scott 1984, p. 14; Zaide 1999, p. 35, citing Jocano 1975, p. 64. ^ Henderson, Barney. (August 3, 2010), "Archaeologists unearth 67000year-old human bone in Philippines", The Daily Telegraph, retrieved October 22, 2010 3. ^ a b Scott 1984, pp. 14–15. 4. ^ Scott 1984, p. 15

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References •

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Scott, William Henry (1984), Prehispanic Source Materials for the study of Philippine History, New Day Publishers, ISBN 971-10-0226-4, retrieved 200808-05. Zaide, Sonia M. (1999), The Philippines: A Unique Nation (Second ed.), AllNations Publishing, ISBN 971-642-071-4.

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Fox, Robert B. (1970), The Tabon Caves: Archaeological Explorations and Excavations on Palawan, National Museum, ASIN B001O7GGNI Jocano, F. Landa (1975), Philippine Prehistory: An Anthropological Overview of the Beginnings of Filipino Society and Culture, Philippine Center for Advanced Studies, University of the Philippines System

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabon_Man Early contacts Philippine prehistory, dating to the ice age, shows us that land bridges connected the Philippines to the rest of Asia. Tribes from Southern China reached the islands, bringing with them cultural practices that we can still see today. Relations between the Chinese and the Filipinos predate Magellan’s arrival by many centuries. Barter trade from north to south of the

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Philippine islands saw the exchange of silk, porcelain, farm implements, ornaments with tortoise shells, swallow nests, mother of pearl, and other products. The Parian When the Spaniards settled in the islands, more Chinese came and served as the backbone of the Spanish colonial economy. Because of their growing numbers, the Spaniards both needed and feared them, which led to the persecution and harassments including large-scale massacres. The Chinese, or Sangley as the Spaniards called them, were separated into quarters called the Parian where they lived, worked, and made better lives for themselves as laborers, merchants, and artisans. Colonial culture Spanish colonial culture is intimately linked with the spread of Christianity. The Sangleys contributed largely in the building of churches, carving religious icons often decorating them with Chinese motifs, printing religious books and catechisms. The first three books in the Philippines were printed by Keng Yong of Binondo in 1593. Many Chinese in the Philippines also practiced religious syncretism, the unique product of Catholic and Buddhist intermarriage. Lorenzo Ruiz, the first Filipino saint, was born in Binondo to a Chinese father and a Filipino mother. He was canonized in October 1987 in Rome. Mother Ignacia del Ispiritu Santo was also a Chinese mestiza. Emergence of the Chinese community At the end of the 19th century, life became even more difficult because of Spanish harassment and distrust. Hence, the Chinese started to form institutions for self-protection – school, hospital, cemetery, business groups. Pioneer businesses like China Bank, Destilleria Limtuaco, Yutivo, Ma Mon Luk started to appear. In defense of freedom At the turn of the century, the Chinese mestizos, who absorbed Western liberal ideas in their studies here and abroad, led the reform and revolutionary movements. The three martyred priests, Gomburza, the Trece Martires of Cavite, Emilio Aguinaldo, Pedro Paterno, our national hero, Jose Rizal, were of Chinese descent. Unique among them was Jose Ignacio Paua, the only pure-blooded Chinese in the revolutionary army who fought both Spaniards and the Americans.

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Life in the 1800s Commonly called the Bahay na Bato, the typical mestizo house – which often include a sari-sari store and tool shed on the ground floor, and the family residence on the upper floor – synthesizes the lifestyles and cultural influences of the Chinese mestizos. The Chinese influence can be seen not only in the architecture of the houses but also in the contents. The Ah Tay bed crafted by a renowned Chinese artisan, ...