https://wiith-archive.ucsc.edu/files/original/26d056a6fc44b74d84009ce29264bc4b.pdf 157b1e579e5a6eaea51fdf808ac459a8 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 Taytayon Family Collection Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Erlinda Taytayon Heebner Description An account of the resource Eliseo Tapia Taytayon was born in 1908 in the barangay of Calimbajan, in the municipality of Makato, in the Province of Aklan, in the Philippines. His exact birthdate is unidentified. On April 6, 1929, Eliseo and his cousin, Florencio Cawaling, immigrated to the United States. They arrived in Seattle, Washington, and began to work as agricultural laborers following seasonal crops throughout the West Coast. Eventually, Eliseo and Florencio began working in Watsonville where they settled in a labor camp. During the 1940s, Eliseo enlisted in the U.S. Army. He was a member of the Second Filipino Infantry and served in the Pacific Theater. Due to his service, Eliseo became a U.S. citizen. After the war, Eliseo returned to Watsonville. Through Florencio and Florencio’s soon-to-be wife, Aladina Torres, Eliseo met Rosalinda Mendoza. Rosalinda was also from Makato, Aklan, Philippines. She was born in 1935. Eliseo and Rosalinda corresponded via mail until 1959 when they married. Soon after, Rosalinda immigrated to the United States. Rosalinda and Eliseo settled in Watsonville. They had four children— Elisa Taytayon Clock (b. unknown), Eliseo Taytayon Jr. (b. unknown), Erlinda Taytayon Heebner (b. 1963), and Stella Taytayon (b. unknown). Eliseo continued to work in agriculture for his entire life and eventually became a foreman on a strawberry farm. Rosalinda worked in the fields as well as in the Green Giant Cannery. Several of the Taytayon family’s relatives also immigrated to Watsonville forming a large extended kinship network. Families integrated into this network include the Cawaling family, the Tejada family, and the Tana and Tabios family. Eliseo passed away in 1996. The date of Rosalinda’s passing is unknown. The Taytayon Family Collection was contributed to Watsonville is in the Heart in 2021 by Eliseo and Rosalinda Taytayon's daughter, Erlinda Taytayon Heebner. It includes one item, an oral history interview with Erlinda. In the interview, she discusses her parents' migration to Watsonville and the community activities her family participated in. Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Steven McKay Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Erlinda Taytayon Heebner Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data .mp4 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 1:02:14 Time Summary A summary of an interview given for different time stamps throughout the interview [1:33] Biographical information for Erlinda, her parents, and her siblings [2:23] Erlinda’s father, Eliseo Tapia Taytayon’s migration to Seattle in 1929 and his marriage to Rosalinda Mendoza in 1959 [5:09] Description of how Eliseo and Rosalinda settled in Watsonville [7:08] Memories of living on Marchant Street in Watsonville including extended family members who lived with the Taytayons, gatherings, and racial demographics of the neighborhood [8:25] Memories of playing in the Pajaro River and the junkyard behind her home [9:31] Erlinda discusses her childhood living in a “bubble” on Marchant street around many other Filipino and other Asian working-class folks [12:12] Eliseo’s talent for cooking which he shared at family and community gatherings for the Filipino Catholic Association and the Makato Association [14:05] Erlinda shares that she always felt like she belonged because she was around many other Filipinos and family members [14:46] Eliseo’s cooking [17:03] Memories of fishing with her father and siblings [19:24] Eliseo’s gardening [19:50] The Taytayon’s move to Doering Lane [21:10] Comments Eliseo made about racism he experienced during his early life and how Erlinda learned about the challenges the manong faced through an Asian American studies course she took in college [24:51] Reflections on the class and race demographics in the neighborhood on Doering Lane and how they differed from their previous home on Marchant Street [27:52] Rosalinda’s work in Green Giant cannery [29:09] Erlinda’s maternal grandmother who lived with the Taytayon family and worked as a seamstress and fortune teller [31:03] Discussion of the many Filipino women and others who came to their home to purchase clothes from her grandmother [32:40] The financial struggles the Taytayon family encountered when supporting family members who lived with them after migrating from the Philippines [35:09] Erlinda’s primary and secondary education [39:12] Erlinda reflects on the differences between the descendants of the manong and migrants who came from the Philippines after 1965 [41:15] Interactions with post-1965 immigrants [45:13] Attending college at San Jose State and moving away from Watsonville [49:21] Eliseo’s 23 year-long career as a foreman at a strawberry field owned by a Japanese American man [51:28] Eliseo’s experience serving in the Second Filipino Regiment during World War II URL <span style="font-weight: 400;">Link to audio recording on escholarship: </span><a href="https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8064h80f" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Erlinda Taytayon Heebner interviewed by Dr. Steven McKay</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 Erlinda Taytayon Heebner interviewed by Dr. Steven McKay Description An account of the resource In this interview, originally conducted via Zoom, Erlinda Taytayon Heebner speaks with Dr. Steve McKay, a member of the Watsonville is in the Heart team. Erlinda discusses her father, Eliseo Tapia Taytayon, and her mother, Rosalinda Mendoza Taytayon and their experiences migrating to the United States from the Philippines. She shares that Eliseo migrated to the United States alongside his cousin Florencio Cawaling in 1929 and worked as a farm laborer until he retired at age 75. She explains that Eliseo and Rosalinda met and married as a result of an arrangement facilitated by the Cawaling family. After their marriage, Rosalinda migrated to Watsonville where she worked in the canneries. Erlinda discusses her experiences growing up in Watsonville including the class and racial dynamics of the various neighborhoods where her family lived and the schools she attended. Throughout the interview, she also describes the various Taytayon family homes as places where many relatives and community members congregated to enjoy her father’s cooking and purchase clothing from her maternal grandmother who worked as a seamstress. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Erlinda Taytayon Heebner and Dr. Steven McKay Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 4, 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 Canneries Dances Doering Lane Fashion Filipino Catholic Association Filipino Infantry Regiment Fishing Fort Ord Gardening Makato Association Marchant Street Military Race Seattle World War 2 World War II WW2