Cabezas de barangay, 1872-75

Cabezas de barangay, 1872-75

A new development. Around 1872, Carcar church books already referred to barangays by numbers, although the headmen were still called cabezas.  Thus, a person is described as, say, “Juan de la Cruz, empadronado (registered) de barangay n.^o 13 de Don Tal Fulano”. It’s hard to determine historically just from the parish records whether the numbering meant that the town was geographically subdivided this way, or whether the old barangay system was still in force wherein its individual members may have been from different places but were, yes, registered under the same cabeza and, thus, it was just the group which was numbered.

In other words, the number could mean either the town was subdivided into small units or zones, or the barangays were simply given numbers, the better to be identified with, even if the innovation had no geographical significance. And then, there was also no mention of sitio or barrio names in this setup, as had been the previous practice, leading one to further suspect there really may not have been a zoning arrangement in the way the pie was cut. The best way to get to the bottom of things would be to root out where each cabeza was residing, map his barangay members and see if, indeed, the barangay numbers were continguous to each other. Best way, but given the records available, probably the hardest, on the other hand.

For what the fact may be worth, Carcar today has only 15 barangays, albeit zonal, whereas they numbered 67 in 1872-75.

In the table below, the Barangay number is at the left. The presence of the second cabezas at right may indicate changes either in the barangay leadership itself or the change could have been in just the numbering – it is also difficult to determine. Plus the fact that, except for one, there is no cabeza on the left who was moved to another number on the right, which may mean a change in the cabeza. But then again, Nicomedes Navarra’s barangay from no. 34 and later to no. 32 may just mean it was only the number which was changed. Another puzzling data is of Juan Umbay for both barangay no. 17 and no. 51, although he had been replaced in both by 1875.

So, in view of the inconclusiveness of all of the above, suffice this list to serve as just a social footnote–but quite welcome for the purposes of family history making: who had ancestors of importance in the town.

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Brgy
1	Campoy	Fernando
2	Panginajug	Marquez	Sagolili	Hilario
3	Aldipolla	Hilario
4	Baracol	Gavino	Alcover	Patricio
5	Alegado	Antonio
6	Alcorisa	Lazaro	Barcoma	Bernardino
7	Embalzado	Placido
8
9	Camuta	Ciriaco	Aleguiojo	Mariano
10	Gemperoso	Servando
11	Aleson	Juan	Quijoy	Saturnino
12	Quijano	Anatolio	Laña	Macario
13	Alegrado	Basilio
14	Barillano	Cayetano	Ybañez	Lorenzo
15	Rama	Simon
16	Genosa	Patricio
17	Umbay	Juan	Gellecanea	Juan
18	Dayondon	Macario
19	Empalmado	Blas
20	Baran	Pedro	Hellorda	Pedro
21	Barangan	Fermin	Canencia	Mariano
22	Emnace	Bonifacio	Aleser	Victorio
23	Dayupay	Carpio
24	Empleo	Anastasio	Labain	Dionisio
25	Gemal	Juan
26	Mancera	Matias	Caban	Eulogio
27	Fantonial	Bonifacio
28	Mancao	Gregorio
29	Labain	Carmelino	Dagojoy	Francisco
30	Quijano	Eugenio	Mancao	Silverio
31	Alcuesar	Mariano
32	Tanodtanod	Lucindo	Navarra	Nicomedes
33	Janite	Josef
34	Navarra	Nicomedes	Cuyco	Raymundo
35	Satinitigan	Santiago
36	Oatin	Julio
37	Tanginan	Luciano
38	Tamarra	Candido
39	Oacan	Mriano
40	Lauglaug	Ciriaco
41	Sarmiento	Gregorio
42	Bargamento	Balvino
43	Padayao	donato	Dayanco	Zacarias
44	Daynan	Juan
45	Villarosa	Pantaleon	Cuy	Gregorio
46	Panuan	Victor	Alesna	Bartolome
47	Malijaslijas	Apolonio	Camomot	Jose
48	Gonzales	Facundo
49	Alcuiris	Vicente
50	Lapinid	Lucio
51	Umbay	Juan	Lapas	Macario
52	Caballes	Leon
53	de la Concepcion	Fernando
54	Alesna	Martiniano	Barcelo	Claudio
55	Alcontin	Carlos	Alcover	Valentin
56	Satot	Agapito
57	Cañete	Alejo	Panugan	Liberato
58	Mangaron	Silvestre
59	Alegrado	Eustaquio	Hellorda	Pedro
60	Quijoy	Silverio
61	Rayla	Benito
62	Mangruban	Juan
63	Barcelo	Catalino	Remoyen	Placido
64	Lapinid	Hilarion
65	Emnacen	Benigno	Enanoria	Balvino
66	Gemperoso	Manuel
67	Ramos	Teodoro