https://wiith-archive.ucsc.edu/files/original/96634643aa9fe1fd1a6013a7d80d6a0d.pdf 6481760b8da16b54bed3829c3fa3078e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Castillo Family Collection Description An account of the resource Doroteo Lafer Castillo was born in Laoag, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. His date of birth is unknown. At the age of 16, Doroteo and a few of his friends immigrated to Hawai‘i to work with his brother Leon in the sugarcane industry. Doroteo eventually moved to the mainland United States, where he worked with a Filipino agricultural labor crew in San Pedro, California and throughout the West Coast. Doroteo migrated throughout the western United States for work. He eventually traveled to Billings, Montana where he met Rosie Archibeque-Bustos, a mixed-race Mexican American woman, at a dance hall where she worked. Rosie’s location and date of birth are both unknown, but she was fourteen years old when she met Doroteo. Together, Doroteo and Rosie had two children: Freddie Leo Castillo (b. 1944) and Julia Gloria Castillo (b. 1945 or 1946). Doroteo, Rosie, Freddie, and Julia settled in Watsonville, where Doroteo worked as a strawberries sharecropper. Eventually, Rosie separated from Doreteo and moved back to Montana. After remarrying, Rosie had a son, Jose Arturo Lopez, who continues to live in Billings, Montana. Doroteo stayed in Watsonville where he raised Freddie and Julia. The Castillo family were close friends with Margaret Sanchez, a Mexican American woman, and Benito Nerona, her Filipino husband. The two couples’ children grew up and attended school together. Margaret’s and Benito’s son, Raymond “Ray” Gonzalez grew up alongside Doroteo’s and Rosie’s son, Freddie. Freddia and Ray consider themselves brothers. As teenagers, Freddie and Ray worked in Pajaro Valley agricultural fields together and participated in the Filipino Youth Club at Watsonville High School during the late 1950s. The Castillo Family Collection was donated to Watsonville is in the Heart in 2023. It contains one oral history interview with Freddie Leo Castillo. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Freddie Leo Castillo Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Ian Hunte Doyle Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Fred "Freddie" Leo Castillo Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data .wav Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 1:59:53 URL <span style="font-weight: 400;">Link to audio recording on escholarship: </span><a href="https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8971f3jv#supplemental" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fred "Freddie" Leo Castillo interviewed by Ian Hunte Doyle</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Fred "Freddie" Leo Castillo interviewed by Ian Hunte Doyle Description An account of the resource In this interview, originally recorded in person, Freddie Leo Castillo speaks with Watsonville is in the Heart team member Ian Hunte Doyle. Freddie details his father Doroteo Lafer Castillo’s immigration to the United States from the Philippines through Hawai’i, where he worked on the sugarcane plantations until eventually moving to the mainland to work seasonal agricultural jobs. Freddie explains how Doroteo settled in Watsonville and worked as a sharecropper. Freddie remembers growing up in Watsonville, where he and his sister were raised by his father, Doroteo Lafer Castillo. Fred recalls joining the Filipino Youth Club with his childhood friend Raymond “Ray” Gonzalez, who he refers to as his brother. He also describes working in the fields with Ray throughout high school. Fred talks about growing up half-Filipino and half-Mexican, and he explains how his father introduced him to Filipino culture, primarily through food and cooking. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Fred "Freddie" Leo Castillo Ian Hunte Doyle Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 9, 2023 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Watsonville is in the Heart (WIITH) is a community-driven public history initiative to preserve and uplift stories of Filipino migration and labor in the city of Watsonville and greater Pajaro Valley. All oral history interviews are donated to WIITH by the narrators. Copyright is held by WIITH. Oral history interview recordings and transcripts are available for unrestricted use and reproduction by educators and researchers. Please note that the recordings on this website are provided via escholarship. For access to oral history audio files, please contact the project director at wiith@ucsc.edu. If you are an oral history narrator and would like to remove your interview from the archive website, please contact the project director. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Oral History Watsonville