UPPAT A MUSIKERO A FILIPINO TI IMMUNA A SIMMANGPET ITI HAWAII IDI 1888

UPPAT A MUSIKERO A FILIPINO TI IMMUNA A SIMMANGPET ITI HAWAII 120 A TAWENEN
TI NAPALABAS


AMADO I. YORO

Uray nalpasen ti selebrasion ti 100 years anniversary ti kaadda ni Filipino iti Hawaii, ken iti nagpaay ti biang a maysa kadagiti 15 a kameng, diak latta mamingga a mangsuksukisok ti dadduma pay a napateg nga estoria ti kaadda dagiti kadaraan ditoy. Kas inrugikon iti ur-urnosek a koleksion a pinauluak iti “FIRST OF THE FIRST FILIPINOS” nga inrugik pay la idi [1982-1986] a kaaddami iti Hawaii Filipino News kas Ilokano Editor, iti panangiturong ni nag-Ambassador Juan C. Dionisio, Sr., ken ni Francisco Ugale. Ket uray kadagitoy ket itultuloymi latta.

NO MAIKKAN TI SIGNIPIKANTE TI ISASANGPET DAGITI IMMUNA NGA UPPAT A MUSIKERO A MAIBILANG KAUNAAN ITI HAWAII, apagisunto a 120 a tawenen ti sangpet dagitoy uppat a musikero intono Disiembre 2008.

Daytoy sumaganad a research, wenno paset ti agtultuloy a panagsuksukisokmi, natakuatanmi dagitoy.

“The very first Filipino to make Hawaii their home in December 1888 were group of 4 musicians, namely: B. Jose Lebornia; Francisco delos Santos; Geronimo Inocencia; and Lazaro Salamanca, immediately joined the Royal Hawaii Band.”

FILIPINO MIGRATION WAVES

Based on research: [as of Mar. 22, 2008] from FilCom Center Displays about Immigrations [Sources: Hawaii State Archives, Dean Alegado Oral history Collections]

Amado I. Yoro/3/22/08

Here are some very important information:

• Migration Waves
• Before the First Wave: The very first Filipino to make Hawaii their home in December 1888 were group of 4 musicians, namely: B. Jose Lebornia; Francisco delos Santos; Geronimo Inocencia; and Lazaro Salamanca, immediately joined the Royal Hawaii Band. After the overthrow of Queen Lili’uokalani in 1893, Jose Lebornia joined the Hawaiian Nationalist and formed the National Band which he toured throughout the US.
• First Wave: Sakadas Between 1906-1946 to Kauai, Oahu, Maui, Big Island came from the Ilokano speaking provinces in Northern Luzon. In Hawaii, Filipino camps were established in sugar plantations on Oahu including Ewa, Kahuku, Waialua and pineapple plantation in Central Oahu.
First Wave: Who Came and How Many: THE FILIPINO PASTORS. The Hawaii Board of Mission invited and encouraged the development of a Filipino mission among the early plantation workers. Among the FIRST PASTORS
o Rev. Vidal Lining [1910] for Filipino Methodist Church – Pahala, Big Island
o Rev. Mauricio Valera [1921] for Filipino Congregational Church – Hilo, Big Island
o Rev. Pedro Racelis [1921] for Filipino Congregational Church – Papa’ikou – Big Island.

OTHER PASTORS
• Rev. Emeterio Centeno [1920] for Filipino Congregational Church – Puunene, Maui
• Rev. Braulio Makapagal [1920] for Filipino Congregational Church – Lahaina, maui
• Rev. Jacinto Runes [1923] for Kekaha Filipino Methodist, Kauai
• Rev. Catalino Cortezan for Filipino Congregational Church – Koloa, Kauai
• Rev. Venancio madayag [1929] for Filipino Congregational Church – Ewa, Oahu
• Rev. Flaviano Santa Ana [1910] for Filipino Methodist Church – Waipahu, Oahu

One of the most well known was Rev. Emilio C. Yadao, born in Sinait, Ilocos Sur in 1903. Yadao graduated from Union Theological School in Manila in 1925. Hawaiian Board of Mission invited Yadao to Hawaii in 1927 to serve as a pastor of Filipino Congregational Church in Waialua, Oahu. Then he was transferred to Paia, Maui, and served many years, then moved to serve as pastor at the Filipino Congregational Church in Hilo, Big Island. Married to Librada Guerrero and have four children: Emilia, 1923; Elias, 1925, the father of former KGMB TV journalist and film producer Elisa Yadao; Estrella, 1926 and Lawrence, 1930. [Source: Dean Alegado Oral History Collection]

• Second Wave: Post WWII to early 1960
• Third Wave: Newly Arrived began in 1965



DAGITOY MET TI URNOS DAGITI 15 NGA ILOKANO A SAKADA A NAGLUGAN ITI SS DORIC IDI DISIEMBRE 20, 1906.

Naawagan iti “The Oath To Inward Passenger List” iti panagsasaganad dagiti numeroda:

From 1-9 – Chinese
From 10 to 24 – First Filipino Sakada, name and respective age
Number –Name –Age- Civil status
10- Martin de Jesus = 22 - single
11- Mauricio Cortez = 21-single
12-Cecilio Sagun = 27 – married
13-Marciano Bello = 28 –single
14-Filomeno Rebollido=30- single
15-Apolonio Ramos = 26- single
16-Francisco Gironella = 18-single
17-Antonio Gironella =14-single
18-Prudencio Sagun= 28-married
19-Celestino Cortez =19-single
20-Emiliano Dasulla=26-married
21-Julian Galmen=20-single
22-Simplicio Gironella=56-married
23-Vicente Gironella=19-single
24-Mariano Gironella=23-single

A. F. Judd Report December 1906 – HSPA
Simplicio Gironella is the father of Antonio, Francisco, Vicente, and Mariano


25 and up were Japanese

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The Filipino Immigrations:

Prior to December 20, 1906, it was learned that recent historical discoveries claim that the earliest Filipino came to the United States way back in 1765 when a group of Luzon “indios” working as slaves in the Spanish Galleon Trade jumped ship and settled in the bayous of Louisiana” (Milkfist In Brackish Water/Bangus” by Rev. Fred Vergara.

“The first recorded settlement of Filipinos in America dates way back to 1763 when Filipinos aboard Spanish galleons jumped ship in New Orleans and fled into the bayous of Louisiana” (Filipino Chronicle Editorial March 1, 2001)

Andrew Lind mentioned in his book “Hawaii’s People” that there were 5 Filipinos came to Hawaii in 1853 as a cook, musicians. They were scattered in the different neighboring islands”

Reverend Fred Vergara added that: “Filipinos can serve as “bridge person” in America’s emerging new pluralism. Filipinos and other Asians share a common geographic origin in the Asia-Pacific basin. Filipinos and Black share a common colonial history from Spain. Filipinos and Black share a common experience in slavery and oppression. Filipinos and Native Americans share a common religious heritage and indigenous belief in environmental spirits.

Filipinos are heirs of over four centuries of Christian culture and traditions from 1521 to 1898 on the Spanish colonization.

The Hawaii Sugar Planters Assn (HSPA) had decided to extend the recruit to the Philippines, its official representative A. F. Judd went to Manila, and had recruited the first 15 Ilokanos, all males boarded into SS Doric first landed in Honolulu port on December 20, 1906 then proceeded to Ola’a Plantation at the Big Island.

These 15 males were:
1. Antonio Gironella, 14
2. Francisco Gironella, 18
3. Vicente Gironella, 19
4. Celestino Cortez, 19
5. Julian Galmen, 20
6. Mariano Cortez, 21
7. Martin de Jesus, 22
8. Mariano Gironella, 23
9. Apolonio Ramos, 26
10. Emiliano Dasulla, 26, married
11. Cecilio Sagun, 27, married
12. Prudencio Sagun, 28, married
13. Marcelino Bello, 28
14. Filomeno Rebollido, 30
15. Simplicio Gironella, 56, married
(Simplicio Gironella was the father of Antonio, Francisco, Vicente, and Mariano Gironella)


[Source/Reference: Amado Yoro’s First of the First Filipinos – Oct 10, 2002 Iluko.Com]