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Tomas Juanico was born 1815 in Banate, Iloilo, Spanish East Indies . He married Lucia Balderas (1818-) in Banate, Iloilo, Spanish East Indies.

Records in the Canonical Books of the Roman Catholic Church in Banate[]

Don Tomas Juanico, is well recalled in the memory of his descendants in Banate, Iloilo, Philippines. In the year 2007, the first ever reunion of his descendants was held in Banate National High School grounds. More than a thousand descendants coming from various provinces of Western Visayas attended the whole day event, the majority of whom do not know each other.

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Burial registry of Bonifacia Juanico, dated 22 November 1913, entry n. 110 of the Burial Registry (1910 to 1935) at the Roman Catholic Parish Cemetery of Banate, Iloilo in the Philippines.

He is mentioned in the burial registry of his grandchildren Bonifacia and Luisa, daughters of his son Apolonio, who was married to Juana del Carmen. These records identify his wife as Lucia Balderas.

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Burial record of Luisa Juanico, dated 28 September 1923, on page 73 of the Burial Registry (1910 to 1935) at the Roman Catholic Parish Cemetery of Banate, Iloilo in the Philippines.

Furthermore, he is referred to in the burial record of his other son, Apolinario Juanico y Balderas, who was interred in the Catholic Cemetery of Banate, on 30 June 1919, at the age of eighty years old. This document identifies the maternal grandparents of his son as Vicente Balderas and Tiburcia Balderas, who were also parents of Don Martin Balderas, his wife's brother. Don Martin Balderas was another Gobernadorcillo of Banate. Apolinario Balderas Juanico is also listed among the Gobernadorcillos of the town during the colonial period.

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Burial record of Apolinario Juanico y Balderas, son of Don Tomas Juanico and Dona Lucia Balderas, who is sister of don Martin Balderas. The record is dated 30 June 1910, entry n. 7 of the Burial Registry (1910 to 1935) at the Roman Catholic Parish Cemetery of Banate, Iloilo in the Philippines.

Gobernadorcillo of Banate[]

Election results (Province of Iloilo, Philippines, 1855)

The page of Local Election Results of 1855 (retrieved from the National Archives in Manila), showing the list of elected town Officials (chosen by their respective Principales, from among their own class) for the towns of Barotac Viejo, Ajuy, Banate and Anilao. This document also indicates that Don Tomas Juanico was elected as Gobernadorcillo by the Principales of Banate on that year.

An extant document that attests to his important leadership role in Banate is the record of the towns's Local Election Results in 1855 (retrieved from the National Archives in Manila). The document shows the list of elected town Officials (chosen by their respective Principales, from among their own class) for the towns of Barotac Viejo, Ajuy, Banate and Anilao. This document indicates that Don Tomas Juanico was elected as Gobernadorcillo by the Principales of Banate in that year. The following were the other town officials: D. Alfonso Arroyo- Primer Teniente, Pablo Becenra- Segundo Teniente y Juez mayor de Ganados, Sabino Apacible- Juez mayor de Sementeras, Claudio Juanico- Juez de Policia, Fabiano Baquisal- Primer Alguacil, Tobias Bacabac- Segundo Alguacil, Luis Banbeno-Tercer Alguacil.  [1]

Arquero-Banate-Sulbod

The original manuscript of the report of R.P. Fray Bernardo Arquero, O.S.A., dated 1 January 1897, on the statistical data and historical information of the Parish of St. John the Baptist in Banate, Iloilo (Philippines), including the year of establishment of the first town fiesta in honor of St. John the Baptist (the year after the formal erection of the town as a parish in 1854). The document can be found in the Archives of the Monastery of the Augustinian Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus of the Philippines in Valladolid, Spain. At the time the document was written, there were 3,145 persons paying tribute ("de pago") in Banate, and 256 or around 12.29% classified as "de privilegio y gratis" (principales), who were exempted from paying taxes.

The election of Don Tomas Juanico to the highest political position in 1855 was historically significant. It happened during an important phase in the history of Banate. More particularly, it signaled the full recovery of the town as an autonomous Spanish colonial "pueblo" after it was sacked by the moro marauders from Mindanao in 1764. Although Governor General Antonio Blanco declared Banate as an independent parish, on 5 April 1850 (at the same date as that of Anilao),[2] the town was not formally established as a parish until 1854. At the time when Don Tomas Juanico became Gobernadorcillo, the town was placed under the patronage of St. John the Baptist.[3] He was the first Gobernadocillo to have organized Banate's town fiesta in honor of St. John the Baptist, its patron saint.

Some Descendants[]

The eldest of the children of Don Tomas Juanico and Doña Lucia Balderas was Doña Andrea Juanico y Balderas, who was married to Don Vicente Brillantes y Blancaflor of Barotac Nuevo. From this line the following issues were born:

  • Aquilino, married to Francisca Pelagio (daughter of Pedro Pelagio).
  • Julian
  • Petronilo
  • Arcadio

Notes and references[]

Notes:

  1. ^ Cf. Official local election results record for the year 1855 found in the National Archives entitled: Relacion nominal de los Gobernadorcillos y demas Ministros de Justicia que quedan en ejercicio en el año coriente y el entrante de 1856 y con titulos del Superior Gobierno in Elecciones de Gobernadorcillos: Iloilo (1838–1893), p. 51.
  2. ^ Fr. Juan Fernandez, O.S.A, Monografias de los pueblos de la isla de Panay in Monographs of the Towns of Panay, Jose Espinosa, Jr., trans., Iloilo City: University of San Augustine, 2006, p. 64.
  3. ^ Cf. Report of R. P. Fray Bernardo Arquero, O.S.A, Parish Priest of Banate, dated 1 January 1897. The document was signed in the Parish Rectory and was later sent to the Augustinian Archives in Valladolid, Spain.
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