CARCAR FAMILIES: A Genealogy Blog for Carcar

PARAZ

(20-Sep-2009)

4 Generations

[I discontinued my Paraz note-taking when I found out that Simeon Paraz had been an escribiente (scribe) and later church fiscal. He had also been a cabeza and vice-mayor who then succeeded the mayor who’d been charged with an offense.  The day before Leon Kilat was assasinated, Paraz had turned over the reins as jefe local to his successor, Florencio Noel. Anyway, I presumed with Don Simeon’s power and access, he’d already made a family genealogy and would be a welcome easing of my workload.  When there was not a family tree to be found, I went back to the family but had already missed maybe ten years of records.]

Although the Carcar Paraz family co-celebrates with the Barili family, a record linking the two branches has yet to be found (if it too has not been found by the Barili branch). Let alone that the two families already have a mind to align themselves with Luzon families also bearing the surname.  Thankfully, a fellow genealogy madcap Lino Aguilar of Barili sent me his Paras family tree (and other trees). Making a timeframe reconstruction of the Carcar and the Barili Paras, one sees it is possible that the respective starting persons Blas de la Cruz and Agustin Paras (of Barili) could be brothers, except again that a record still has to be found identifying Blas as a native of Barili (or Agustin of Carcar for that matter). Anyway, the older records in Barili also spelled the surname as Paraz.

The difficulty of aligning the Carcar and Barili branches with the diverse Paras families of Luzon is the assumption may have been based only on some Luzonian legend (which the Carcar and Barili branches had not handed down amongst themselves). Right now, the only thing tying them up to the legend is the shared surname. But a distinct possibility adding to the difficulty is that the surnames (Luzon, Barili, Carcar, Cebu) may not have surfaced before the diaspora itself, and if so how did these supposed descendant branches know of their common ancestry — that they were even related at all?                            

I found a record (Baptism, 1816) where a Don Blas de la Cruz was identified as a cabeza de barangay. The ancestors of some families registered under his barangay in that long-ago period were my own — Aleonar (the root) — Aleson, Baquilir, Daytec, Gellecanea, Navares, although all, including Don Blas’s own, were still not using surnames. But we must also point out that not every branch of those families were registered under Blas’s barangay. Meanwhile, the marriage in 1836 of his son Alejandro Paraz (then as Alejandro Lucas) indicated Blas was already deceased by that day.

And another: a “discrepancy” found in the records, a Balbina Paraz was baptized 1876 as a daughter of Ramon Paraz. Her name also found its way indirectly as a daughter of Simeon Paraz, and her husband as Elias Oanani Pangay. In the Ramon file, her husband was Elias Canasa Pangay. But I have recorded her here only with the Ramon Paraz family, her baptismal record having greater weight for me as it was nearer to the event.

And a Higina Paraz was baptized 1883, child of Basilio Paraz. The family reconstruction as well as subsequent records had a male Higino, however. When I reviewed my notes of Higina’s baptism, the sponsor was Maria Cuy, although boys sometimes had women madrinas (see Baptisms 1827-1839 Part 2).  Thus, I still maintain this spare Higina just in case. [12-Jan-2011] But finding Higino’s baptism itself (1881) easily resolved the issue. And so, there’s a Higino and a younger Higina, brother and sister — no sweat.

(20-Apr-2012): I have for some days now been reviewing the Burials 1850-1872 volume. I have the Burial (12-Oct-1860) for a Gabriela Aleson, viuda of Blas. I have had the name Maria Gabriela as wife of Blas de la Cruz, the first person in my Carcar Paraz family. But if I’d gone over the volume before I’d come across the names Blas dela Cruz and Maria Gabriela, the information “Gabriela Aleson widow of Blas” would have meant little to me, except as just another addition to the Aleson family file. But thus informed, with this record, we now know that the entire Carcar Paraz family has Aleson blood.

In the 2010 Voters list for Carcar, there are 79 voters surnamed Paraz, the 160th most numerous surname in the list. There are also 13 voters with Paras, but I did not count them together only for the reason that this group may have come from Barili and thus are not necessarily in the bloodline of the Carcar Paraz.

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Blas de la Cruz (   -bef. Jul-1836) cabeza 1820s

=Gabriela Aleson (      – 1860) pDn: Maria Gabriela

—Alejandro Paraz (est 1811-1883) pDn: Alejandro Lucas (Marr.)

–=1836) Francisca Aldevera (est 1818-       ) pDn: Ma. Francisca (Marr.)

—-Maximo Paraz (1837–   ) pDn: Maximo Fernando Paraz (Bapt)

—-=(1861) Faviana Barayuga Barcoma (       ) AKA Bibiana

——Sofia Paraz (   -1862) child

——Anastasio Paraz (1862-1864)

——Norberto Paraz (1865-

——Maria Paraz (1867-

——Nicolas Paraz (1871-

——Dominga Paraz (1873-

=Leon Cayanan Naojo

——Zoila Paraz (1876-

=Aguedo Barateria Barangan

——Juana Paraz (1878-

=(pnc)

——Francisco Paraz

=Teodora Barateria Barangan

—-Anacleto Paraz (1839-1853) pDn: Anacleto Paraz (Bapt)

—-Simeon Paraz (1841–   ) pDn: Simeon Navarro (Bapt); teniente sindico 1896-1898

—-=(1862) Nicolasa Alcudia Aldave (1844-   ) pDn: Nicolasa Nepomucena (Bapt)

——Restituto Paraz

=(1882) Micayla Alcover Embuscado

——Filomena Paraz

=(1889) Florentino Barauidan Alcuesar

——Fructuoso Paraz (   -1902) single

——Abundio Paraz (1871-

=(1887) Perpetua Lauas

——Celso Paraz (1874-

=Agapita Bargamento Alesna

——Crispo Paraz (   -1883) escuela in Burial

——Teodulfa Paraz (1877-

=Ambrosio Laorden Alcoseba

——Elena Paraz (   -1909) single

——Niceforo Paraz (1883-

=(1906) Geronima Soroño Alesna

—-Ramon Paraz (1845–   ) pDn: Ramon Nonato (Bapt)

—-=Graciana Gavenite (delos) Reyes (      ) AKA Consolacion

——Eduviges Paraz (   -1897)

=Hipolito Parba

——Lorenzo Paraz (   -1893)

=Catalina Bargamento Alesna

——Felimon Paraz (   -1884) escuela in Burial

——Florentina Paraz (1873-

——Balvina Baras (1876-

=1(pnc)

=2)Elias Canasa Pangay

——Andres Paraz (1878-

——Policarpo Paraz (   -1881) child

——Rufino Paraz (1882-1885)

——Rufina Paraz (1885-

—-Lino Paraz (   -1850) child

—-Basilio Paraz (1848–   ) pDn: Basilio Paraz (Bapt)

—-=Eusebia Propios Simporios

——Maria Paraz

=Quintin Laña Anguay

——Paulino Paraz (   -1871) child

——Asisclo Paraz (1871-1873)

——Santiago Paraz (1875-

=(1902) Alejandra Barcenilla Alesna (1863-   ) AKA Leandra

——Justina Paraz (1877-1883)

——Valerio Paraz (       ) AKA Valeriano

=(1903) Magdalena Mercado

——Higino Paraz (1881-

= Eulalia Navilla Sarausad

——Higina Paraz (1883-

——Leoncio Paraz (1884-

=(1907) Manuela Caballero Alesna

——Julian Paraz (1886-

=(1911) Gregoria Alegado Sagolili

——Cipriano Paraz (calc. 1888-

=(1911) Placida Alcudia Cuison (calc. 1887-

—-Francisca Paraz

—-=(pnc)

——Juan Paraz (1873-

—-Agustin Paraz (1850–   )

—-=Liceria Camos Camorista

——Vicente Paraz (1876-1877)

——Victorio Paraz (1877-

——Sabina Paraz (   -1904)

=Gil Alegado Canasa (1877-1907)

——Donato Paraz (1883-1888)

——Anastasia Paraz

=(1915) Anastasio Resuento Delleca

—-Paula Paraz (   -1902)

—-=1(pnc)

——Gregoria Paraz (1877-1905)

——Juan Paraz

=Guillerma Baquirquir Alcudia (       ) AKA Geronima, Maxima

—-=2(1890) Alejandro Reyes

—-Ambrosia Paraz (1860-1901)

—-=1(pnc)

——Micaela Paraz (1883-

——Juan Vicente Paraz (1887-

=2(1912) _____ Ybañez

—-=2) Mamerto Mancia

—Marcela Paraz (1815–1896) pDn: Marcela Candelaria (bapt.)

–=(1837) Antonio Alcoseba (calc. 1815-1879) pDn: Antonio Gabriel (Marr.)

—-Eugenia Alcoseba (1844–   ) pDnL Gertrudes Eugenia (Bapt)

—-=Facundo Aler Alegueojo

——Venancia Alegueojo (   -1862) child

——Roman Alegueojo (   -1867) child

——Liceria Aleguejo

=(1884) Julian Camelote Barga

——Faviana Aleguiojo (   -1872) child

—-Cosme Alcoseba (   -1898)

—-=Felipa Aler Aleguiojo

——Tomas Alcoseba (1862–

=(1882) Eulalia Gellocania (calc. 1862-

——Alejandro Alcoseba (1865-     ) Leandro (bapt.)

=1) Juliana Balongoy Gavinete

=2(1908) Juliana Bacus (calc. 1883) vda of Catalino Sator

——Apolonio Alcoseba (1867-

=(1884) Antonia Pasigue Camoro

——Juliana Alcoseba (   -1899)

=Eduardo Basacla?

——Pablo Alcoseba

=Luisa Dayanan Tante

——Romana Alcoseba (   -1881) child

——Pio Alcoseba (1883-1886)

——Diega Alcoseba

= Victoriano Villarta Delora

—-Benigna Alcoseba (   -1855) child

—-Graciana Alcoseba (1855-1855) child

—-Rosa Alcoseba (1850-1891)

—-=Domingo Camelote Barcelo

——Paulina Barcelo (1871-1903)

=(1891) Teodorico Quemada Racasa

——Artemio Barcelo (1872-   ) AKA Arsenio?

=Vicenta Rayla (1879-

——Tiburcio Barcelo (1875-1876)

——Cresenciano Barcelo (1877-

=(1904) Ana Alquisola Alcoseba

——Rufina Barcelo (1880-

——Maria Barcelo (1883-

——Visitacion Barcelo (1888-

(see also Paraz notes)

(family and page under reconstruction)