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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Florendo Family Collection Description An account of the resource Clemente Estilong Florendo was born on November 20, 1910, in the barangay La Union, in the municipality of Naguilian, in the province of Isabela, in the Philippines. In June 1931, Clemente and his cousin Crispino Ramirez Estilong embarked upon a month-long voyage from Manilla to Seattle, Washington on the S.S. President Jefferson. Clemente and Crispino arrived in Seattle where Clemente's elder brother Doroteo Florendo had lived since June 1929. Doroteo worked as a laborer for the City of Seattle and previously worked in sugar beet fields in Montana. Upon arrival in Seattle, Clemente, Crispino and Doroteo rented a car and drove to California where they worked in agricultural fields throughout the state including San Jose, Half Moon Bay, Castroville, Watsonville, and El Centro. By 1940, Clemente was living in Castroville and his brother Doroteo was living in El Centro. Clemente and Doroteo shared a Post Office Box in Watsonville and traveled between Watsonville, Castroville and El Centro for work. Clemente moved to Watsonville permanently in 1942. Doroteo passed away in Santa Cruz at age 37 in July 1943. Crispino retired and returned to the Philippines in the mid-1970s. Clemente’s wife, Maria de los Angeles Quintero Florendo was born on August 10, 1925 in Mexcaltitán, Sinaloa, Mexico. With the help of her sister, Alejandrina Quintero Bayuga (b. 1922 in Mexcaltitán, Sinaloa), Maria moved from Mexcaltitán to Mexicali, Baja California with her three children Agapita Quintero Barragan, Rosario Quintero Vieyra and Jesus Quintero from a previous marriage which ended after a family feud between her brothers and her brothers in law. A fourth child, Enrique, died as an infant at the age of four months. Alejandrina had two houses in Mexicali where Maria’s parents Domitilo Quintero and Loreto Quiroz and extended Quintero family first arrived after leaving Sinaloa. In 1946, while working as a waitress in Mexicali, Maria’s elder sister Victoria Quintero Quiroz (b. 1917 in Mexcaltitán, Sinaloa) was introduced to manong Eulalio “Max” Bersamin. Victoria and Max were married in Lordsburg, New Mexico on April 27, 1947 and settled in Watsonville. While working between El Centro and Watsonville, Victoria and Max introduced another manong, Fortunato L. Bayuga to Alejandrina. The pair eventually married. Alejandrina and Fortunato invited Maria and her children to live with them at their cherry tomato farm on Paulsen Road in Watsonville. Clemente met Maria in 1951 in Watsonville while Maria was living and working at the Bayuga’s cherry tomato farm. Clemente had a nearby farm where he grew strawberries. During the early 1960s, Clemente sold his property to help Maria and her children immigrate to the United States from Mexicali. Clemente and Maria were married in Salinas and had two children, Clemente Manuel Florendo (b.1960) and Mary Grace Florendo Perry (b.1963 ). Clemente also raised Maria’s children Agapita, Rosario, and Jesus as his own. Clemente became a naturalized citizen in the 1960s. Maria became a naturalized citizen in 1996. The Florendo Family Collection was contributed to Watsonville is in the Heart by Clemente and Maria Florendo's daughter Mary Florendo Perry in 2021. The collection contains thirty-nine items total. It includes an oral history interview with Mary Florendo Perry in which she reflects on her parents' and elder siblings’ immigration histories and her experiences growing up in a mixed-race family in Watsonville. The collection also contains thirty-eight material culture items. The items include a photograph album created by Mary using her father's photograph collection and thirty-three letters from family in the Philippines and Mexicali. The letters are written in English, Spanish, and Ilokano. They represent the family's transnational ties to Mexico and the Philippines. Most notably, the letters sent between Mexicali and Watsonville document Maria Quintero and her two eldest daughters' experiences navigating immigration into the United States. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Mary Florendo Perry 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 Photograph Album 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 Clemente Florendo Sr.'s Photograph Album Description An account of the resource Mary Florendo Perry created this photograph album to display her father Clemente Florendo Sr.'s most treasured mementos. She made the album as a young girl in the 1960s and1970s. She remembers trying to organize the photographs by subject and size even though she did not know many of the people or places depicted in them. Making albums and getting photographs developed at Woolworth's was a fun activity that Mary did with her family. Presently, Mary keeps this album in her personal collection. It honors her father's life and migration experiences. The following are descriptions of each page of Clemente's photograph album as contextualized by Mary. Page 1: The first page of the photograph album contains eight photographs of unknown children. Page 2: The second page of the album includes eight photographs of various young men, women, and an unknown family. Page 3: The third page also has eight photographs of unknown men, women, and children. Page 4: The fourth page includes eight photographs of Clemente Florendo Sr. posed with an unknown family in front of a car in a field. Page 5: Page five contains eight photographs. The bottom two images depict Clemente Florendo Sr. posed with an unknown family. Page 6: The sixth page includes newspaper clippings of obituaries for Clemente Florendo Sr.'s friends and fellow manongs, Dionicio "Benny" Bargas and Alejandro Isidro Sr. It also features a newspaper clipping titled "Monsoons Trigger Pinatubo, explosions cause 200 quakes." The photograph on the top left depicts Clemente Florendo Sr. wearing a black suit. Page 7: The seventh page contains four photographs of young men posing wearing suits. There is a photograph of an unknown young girl tucked between. The top right photograph is a studio portrait of Clemente Florendo Sr. wearing a white suit. The photograph was likely taken in the Philippines. Page 8: The eighth page has eleven photographs. The photograph in the top row in the middle shows Ruth Abenojar and an unknown man in the Philippines. The photograph on the top right is a portrait of Crispino Estilong, Clemente Florendo Sr.'s cousin. The photograph in the middle of the page portrays from left to right Maria Quintero Florendo, an unknown man, and Ruth Abenojar, with Mary Florendo Perry, posed in the middle. Page 9: The ninth page includes 5 photographs. The photographs on the top left and the bottom left are a group of pictures of young men at a high school in La Union, Philippines. Below it is a Christmas card sent from the Abenojar family; the image is of Ruth Abenojar. The photograph on the top right depicts two children in the Philippines who are Clemente Florendo Sr.'s niece and nephew. A note on the back of the photograph asks Clemente not to forget them. Page 12: The twelfth page contains six photographs of unknown children and family members. The image on the bottom left is a postcard sent from Mission Street in Alaska—possibly sent from another manong working the Pacific Northwestern migrant circuit. Page 13: The thirteenth page includes three photographs taken at the funerals of unidentified family members. It also contains a newspaper obituary about Gabriel Segura Jr. a family member through marriage. Page 14: The fourteenth page includes four photographs. The top two are studio photographs of unknown women in the Philippines. The bottom left is an unknown couple on their wedding day. The bottom right depicts Ruth Abenojar sitting with Mary Florendo Perry. Page 15: The fifteenth page has six photographs. The top right image is of Maria Quintero Florendo standing in the Florendo family kitchen at their home in Watsonville. The photograph in the middle row on the left is Clemente Florendo Sr. and his cousin, Crispino Estilong. The photograph in the middle on the right is Crispino Estilong and Clemente Florendo Sr. with Clemente Sr.'s children Clemente Jr. and Mary Florendo. The bottom image is a group photograph of students graduating from a high school in the Philippines in 1929. Page 16: The sixteenth page includes a high school graduation portrait of Ruth Abenojar. Page 17: The seventeenth page has a large photograph of Crispino Estilong at an airport. Page 18: The eighteenth page includes six photographs. The photograph on the top right depicts Ruth Abenojar when she lived in Colorado. Page 19: The nineteenth page includes a group of men at Doroteo Florendo's burial. The man on the right in a military uniform is Crispino Estilong. The man standing next to him in a suit is Clemente Florendo Sr. Page 20: The final page of the album contains three photographs. The image on the top depicts a group of people at Doroteo Florendo's burial. The photographs on the bottom are studio photographs taken in the Philippines. The image on the bottom left depicts Clemente Florendo Sr. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mary Florendo Perry Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c. 1969-1970 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Mary Florendo Perry 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. 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