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Juan Beligio Sithar Maternal Grandfather 1890 - 1967  Juan was born on June 30, 1895 in Iloilo, the island of Panay, in the Philippines. He arrived in Hawaii, as a Sakada in the early 1900's. He met married our grandmother Ana Hamole Hoopii while they worked the pineapple fields of Makawao. Juan passed away in February, 1973 at the age of 77. His memorial is at Makawao cemetary. When Grandpa Juan arrived in Hawaii as a sakada, the "Sitjar" name was transposed to "Sithar". Mahalo Uncle Jerry Sithar for the photo of Grandpa Sithar
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Agustin Sitjar Great Grandfather Agustin was probably a decendent of spanish settlers on the island of Panay in the Western Visayas. According to records, Agustin Sitjar was married to Anacleta Abaligio. Anacleta could have been a decendent of the Panays native people, or Spanish/Filipino mixture.
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Spanish influence in the Visayas. On March 6, 1521 the explorer Ferdinand Magellan, sailing for Spain, discovered the Philippines, less than one month later he would be killed there by warring tribes. In 1566, the Spaniards under Miguel Lopez de Legazpi came to Panay, and established a settlement in Ogtong (now Oton, Iloilo). He appointed Gonzalo Ronquillo as deputy encomiendero, who in 1581 moved the seat of spanish power to La Villa de Arevalo, named in honor of his hometown of Avila in Spain. By 1700 due to recurrent raids by Moro pirates, Dutch and English privateers, the Spaniards moved to the village of Irong-Irong, where close to the mouth of the river they built Fort San Pedro. Irong-Irong or Ilong-Ilong which the Spaniards later shortened to Iloilo later became the capital of the province.
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Gerona Spain Research reveals the 'Sitjar' name originated in spain according to Mormon archives. The following Sitjars from Gerona, Spain from the 1500's. Sometime after the 1500's Sitjar's began settling the philippines. ANNA BANETA GERONIMA (SITJAR), 1509
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