Irukan, Santa Teresita, Batangas: Historical Data
Full transcription of the so-called “Historical Data” for the barrio of Irukan in the Municipality of Santa Teresita, Batangas, the original scanned documents at the National Library of the Philippines Digital Collections not having OCR or optical character recognition properties. This transcription has been edited for grammar, spelling and punctuation where possible. The original pagination is provided for citation purposes.
[Note to the reader.]
At the time when this document was created, the barrio of Irukan was still a part of Taal rather than Santa Teresita. The barrio would become part of the latter municipality in 1961, after the passage of Executive Order No. 454.
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HISTORY OF THE BARRIO OF IRUKAN
Formerly, long before the Spanish occupation of the Philippines, Irukan and Kalayaan were together as one barrio named Irukan. But later on, Kalayaan formed its own barrio separately from Irukan. This barrio, Irukan, got its name from its abundant product of iruk palms. Majority of the people of this place support themselves from these palms. Venigan, brooms, and iruk sweets come from this product.
The succeeding barrio lieutenants in Irukan were:
The succeeding barrio lieutenants for Kalayaan were:
Notes and references:
Transcribed from “History of the Barrio of Irukan,” 1953, online at the National Library of the Philippines Digital Collections.
[Note to the reader.]
At the time when this document was created, the barrio of Irukan was still a part of Taal rather than Santa Teresita. The barrio would become part of the latter municipality in 1961, after the passage of Executive Order No. 454.
Formerly, long before the Spanish occupation of the Philippines, Irukan and Kalayaan were together as one barrio named Irukan. But later on, Kalayaan formed its own barrio separately from Irukan. This barrio, Irukan, got its name from its abundant product of iruk palms. Majority of the people of this place support themselves from these palms. Venigan, brooms, and iruk sweets come from this product.
The succeeding barrio lieutenants in Irukan were:
| 1. Flaviano Dimaano | 1888-1891 |
| 2. Apolinario Tolentino | 1892-1895 |
| 3. Marcelino Villanueva | 1896-1899 |
| 4. Gregorio Balasbas | 1900-1903 |
| 5. Marcos Mendoza | 1904-1907 |
| 6. Vicente Dimaano | 1908-1911 |
| 7. Apolinario Tolentino | 1912-1915 |
| 8. Jose de Ocampo | 1916-1919 |
| 9. Mariano Salazar | 1920-1923 |
| 10. Bernardo de Ocampo | 1924-1927 |
| 11. Leonardo de Ocampo | 1928-1931 |
| 12. Manuel Villanueva | 1932-1935 |
| 13. Segundo Tolentino | 1936-1939 |
| 14. Jose Salazar | 1940-1943 |
| 15. Fernando Mendoza | 1944-1953 |
The succeeding barrio lieutenants for Kalayaan were:
| 1. Francisco Mendoza | 1920-1923 |
| 2. Jose Enriquez | 1924-1927 |
| 3. Silvestre Agonia | 1928-1931 |
| 4. Jose Alcancia | 1932-1935 |
| 5. Simon Tordecilla | 1936-1939 |
| 6. Roman Marquinez | 1940-1946 |
| 7. Alfredo Enriquez | 1947-1953 |
Notes and references:
Transcribed from “History of the Barrio of Irukan,” 1953, online at the National Library of the Philippines Digital Collections.
