https://wiith-archive.ucsc.edu/files/original/69867575a406b0cb804ff26885229fb7.JPG b2067a7e60848bba0bd981e42c64e67a https://wiith-archive.ucsc.edu/files/original/d7d987077d2ead3c1819c282056c199e.JPG c65c294b27029f28ee54225e449b2dd9 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 Irao-de los Reyes and Ibao Family Collection Description An account of the resource Juan “Johnny” T. de los Reyes was born on January 10, 1910, in the b<span>arangay of Navitas which is in the municipality of Numancia in the Aklan province of the Philippines. </span>In the 1920s, Juan immigrated to the United States and first landed in Seattle. He eventually made his way down to Watsonville in 1937 where he worked as an irrigator for Willoughby Farms and lived in a Filipino labor camp on Riverside Road. In 1961, Juan's niece in the Philippines, Lu Reyes Irao, introduced him to her sister-in-law, Luisa Irao, and the two became pen pals. Luisa was born on February 16, 1929 and was a schoolteacher in Tablas, Romblon, Philippines. A year later, Juan visited the Philippines to marry her. After arriving in the United States, Luisa petitioned family members, including her sister, Bernabela Gomez Irao, to come to the United States. Bernabela was born on January 6, 1935. Once in Watsonville, Bernabela met and later married Juan’s friend and housemate, Serbolo Tulay Ibao, who was thirty years her senior. Using money that he had won on a gambling trip in Reno, Serbolo purchased a house on Elkhorn Road in Royal Oaks in 1968 where he and Bernabela would eventually live with Juan and Luisa. Serbolo subsequently used his winnings to help other Filipino families purchase homes. Due to health complications that left Luisa unable to have children, she and Juan adopted a daughter from Serbolo and Bernabela, who by then had two children, Maria Jessebel “Maribel” Irao Ibao (b. December 19, 1966 – d. June 16, 2015) and Edward Irao Ibao (b. January 13, 1971 – d. March 1, 2019). On January 19, 1973, Joanne de los Reyes (now Joanne de los Reyes-Hilario) was born and adopted by the couple. Following Joanne's adoption, Serbolo and Bernabela Ibao had another child, Janice Irao Ibao, born on May 29, 1974. <br /><br />The Irao-de los Reyes and Ibao Family Collection was contributed to Watsonville is in the Heart by Luisa Irao and Johnny de los Reyes' daughter, Joanne de los Reyes-Hilario, in 2021. The collection contains fifty-eight items in total. It includes two oral history interviews with Joanne de los Reyes- Hilario during which she reflects on her parents' migration and labor histories, her extended family network in the Pajaro Valley, and her experiences growing up between the Philippines and the Pajaro Valley. The collection also contains fifty-six material culture items including photographs that document gatherings of the Irao-de los Reyes, Ibao, Tabios, Taytayon, Tejada, Revester, and Cawaling families at the Irao-de los Reyes' family homes on Riverside Road and Elkhorn Road. Other notable items include traditional terno dresses worn by Luisa to Filipino community events hosted by the Filipino Women's Club of Watsonville, the Filipino Catholic Association, and the Fil-Visayan Association. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Joanne de los Reyes-Hilario Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Clothing (dress) 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 Neon Floral Terno Description An account of the resource A terno-style, casual dress with a neon floral pattern worn by Luisa Irao de los Reyes at family gatherings and Filipino organization events. Luisa had a large collection of formal ternos and more casual dresses that she wore to the Filipino Community, Filipino Catholic Association, Filipino Women's Club, and Fil Visayan events. According to her daughter, Joanne de los Reyes-Hilario, Luisa had her dresses made when she traveled home to visit family in the Philippines. One of her family members owned a textile shop so it was convenient and affordable to obtain fabric and materials. The photograph of the dress was taken at Joanne de los Reyes-Hilario's family home on Elkhorn Road in the Pajaro Valley. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unidentified Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Unidentified Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Joanne de los Reyes-Hilario 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 the greater Pajaro Valley. Images were donated and digitally reproduced from private collections of individuals and families. Copyright remains with the original owners. All images included herein are intended for personal or educational use only. Any reproduction, redistribution, publication, or other use, by any means, without prior written permission is prohibited. Please note that the images on this website are not included at their full resolution. For permission to publish or reproduce and for higher resolution files, please contact the project director at wiith@ucsc.edu. If you are the rightful copyright holder of this item and its use online constitutes an infringement of your copyright, please contact the project director to discuss its removal from the archive. Type The nature or genre of the resource Physical Object Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JDLR.2021.41 Fashion Fil Visayan Association Filipino Catholic Association Filipino Women's Club of Watsonville