https://wiith-archive.ucsc.edu/files/original/b90654941f909fe58dee729c864ab9d0.pdf b7763a7a912256c95118c1641b817413 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 barangay of Navitas which is in the municipality of Numancia in the Aklan province of the Philippines. 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. 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 Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Meleia Simon-Reynolds Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Joanne de los Reyes-Hilario Location The location of the interview Royal Oaks, CA 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.) 40:00 URL Link to audio recording on escholarship: <a href="https://escholarship.org/uc/item/95k7z58n#supplemental" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joanne de los Reyes interviewed by Meleia Simon-Reynolds</a> Time Summary A summary of an interview given for different time stamps throughout the interview [00:05] Discussion of a photograph of a large extended family gathering taken at the Revestir family home on Riverside Drive [3:41] Memories of the Ibao-de los Reyes property on Riverside Drive [4:52] Memories of the Ibao-Irao-de los Reyes home on Elkhorn Road [6:52] Joanne’s migrations between the Philippines and the United States [11:05] Significance of the family home on Elkhorn Road and the “American Dream” [15:35] Joanne’s adoption story [20:45] Co-parenting between biological parents, Serbolo Tulay and Bernabella Irao Ibao, and adoptive parents, Juan “Johnny” and Luisa Irao de los Reyes [31:16] Joanne and Johnny’s passion for fishing [37:03] Significance of the ocean in Johnny’s life and migrant experience 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 Joanne de los Reyes-Hilario interviewed by Meleia Simon-Reynolds Part 2 of 2 Description An account of the resource In this interview, Joanne de los Reyes-Hilario speaks with Meleia Simon-Reynolds and Christina Ayson Plank, two members of the Watsonville is in the Heart project team. De los Reyes discusses her memories of her family home on Elkhorn Road in Royal Oaks and visiting the labor camp on Riverside Drive in Watsonville. She also discusses cultural differences between the United States and the Philippines. De los Reyes also talks in more detail about her adoption and growing up with her cousins. Lastly, she discusses the importance of fishing to her and her father. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Joanne de los Reyes-Hilario and Meleia Simon-Reynolds Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 23, 2021 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 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JDLR.2021.45 Elkhorn Road Fishing Riverside Road