THE LIVING HISTORY OF MARIVELES
By: Ricardo M. Catahan
THE ORIGINAL FAMILY RESIDENTS OF MARIVELES
Like any other towns and cities of the world, Mariveles boasts of her original family residents. Long before the zigzag road opened the town of Mariveles in 1939 to land transportation, the number of original family residents had remained constant, because Mariveles was landlocked community with very limited contact with the rest of the towns of Bataan. Contact with the outside world was through water transportation only andthe source of livelihood was limited to fishing and agriculture(rice culture) only.
From 1939 to April 9, 1942, when the town died with the Death March, a few more family residents were added to the list which included the family names of the Advinculas, the Avilas, the Arguelles, the Cruz, the the Balbuenas, the Bordeus, the Baldonados, the Aguilars, the Jacobes,the Febres the Ibanez, the Morales, the Mangalindans, the Catarojas, the Catahans, the Ferias, the Sorianos, the Saltings, the Gubians, the Casuayans, the Martinez, the Rosales, the Manzanos, the Villaruel, the Villarandas, the Catalans, the Punzalans, the Canoys, the Castillos, the Cardinos, the del Rosarios, the dela Cruzs, the Canos, dela Rosas, the del Montes, the Diones, the Alejos, the Atienzas, the de Leons, the Dumdums, the Salinas, the Enriquez, the Evangelistas, the de Guzmans, the Lilocs, the Santiagos, the Reyes, the delos Reyes, the Samsons, the Lamayras, the Llamas, the Geraldes, the Sarreals, the Laras, the Rubias, the Jalos, the Gabays, the Garcias, the Gonzales, the Espiritus, the Nojaderas, the Balans, the de Mesas, the Romeros, the Echevarias, the Zalavarias, the Palmas, the Penalozas, the Veles, the Mares, the Versozas, the Concepcions, the Posadas, the Ocampos, the Campo, the Rodriguez, the Lisanins, the Petalans, the Yraolas, the Mandocdocs, the Maglayas, the Octavios, the the Pacquings, Aquinos, the the Raguines, Mendozas, the the Roys, Topacios, the Calimbas, the Isidros, the Miacos, Itoses, the Fulgueras, the Aquinos, the Raguines, the Roys, the Calimbas, the Miacos, the Macatuals, the Meres, the Paros, the Virays, the Sanchez, the Diaz, the Monroes ,the Baluyots,the Corpuses, the Cortez, the Zoilans, the Quinones, the Ignacios, thr Escaladas, the Pangilinans, the Oliverias, the Pacias, the Flores and the Sabolboros.
All the above families left the dead town of Mariveles on April 9, 1942, where the town died with the Death March. For more than three years, the people of Mariveles, had to live in communities who had been very hospitable to the homeless people from the war ravaged Bataan. When the American forces liberated the town of Mariveles on February 15, 1945, these original family residents of Mariveles came back in all forms of transportation with great enthusiasm. They missed their hometown very much so they celebrated their homecoming and began rebuilding their homes. The arrival of the 3rd Ocean Towage and Lighterage Pool from New Guinea, immediately gave the suffering people employment that helped them restore their malnurished bodies and rebuild their new homes.
The presence of the hundreds of tug boats and barges of all kinds that filled the Mariveles Harbor provided more than adequate source of healthful subsistence. In due time fishermen, business men and employees of many skills began to thrive in the newly resurrected town of Mariveles. Many young men became seamen on board ocean going tugboats towing barges loaded with logistics support items for the American forces in the forward areasofthe war inthe Pacific. Seamen, deckhands, mechanics, Machinists, welders, electricians and riggers were in big demand, which attracted qualified workers from nearby towns and provinces, which helped increase the dwindling population of Mariveles.
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