Alimodian Barangay - Bagumbayan Ilajas

                                       Bagumbayan-Ilajas

Feast Day: December 30

Patron Saint: Our Lady of Immaculate Conception

               In the early days, the place was a woodland which was inhabited by wild animals, thus it was called Sitio Ilahas of Poblacion or town proper of Alimodian with Ilahas means "wild". The sitio is frequently flooded due to its proximity to the river and the residents were also devastated by earthquakes so the people decided to transfer. In 1944, after a strong and widespread flooding some of the residents transferred to a higher place they called Bagong Bayan (new town). On the virtue of Presidential Decree 558, the two place became one and called "Bagumbayan-Ilahas."

                Before it became a barrio o barangay, the place was headed by Agustin Aligarbes. When there was a gradual increase in residents during the 1950s, the first Teniente del Barrio was Emilio Ambata. During the term of Teniente Sergio Aguirre (1960 - 1965) a chapel was built. During the incumbency of Barangay Captain Encarnacion Anas, a bigger chapel was built. Electricity reached the barangay during the incumbency of Captain Eustaquio Arellano. 

                  

Alimodian Barangay - Bagsakan

                                               Bagsakan

Feast Day: 2nd Saturday of January

Patron Saint: Little Child Jesus (main)

                      Our Lady of Salvation (lower Bagsakan)

          In 1940, Bagsakan is only a community or part of Barangay Tarug. Maximo Amelio and Alejandro Andea were the leaders of the sitio. It is in this place that pamaitan or place where the rituals of a witch doctor is prominently held or is widely practiced. During the war, the Japanese prohibited the people to go to this place and anyone caught violating it, they shoot them right away or capture them and punish them by pulling their teeth. 

          During the Japanese period, the place became the arsenal of the Japanese artillery and weapons. This is the drop off point of Japanese weapons. Thus, the name of the barangay Bagsakan "drop off point" came from.

          After the war, the rebel group Huk  occupied the place.  Trinidad Amelio bravely fought the Huks. The Huk entered and ransacked their house, lit a match and forcibly put it in her mouth however Trinidad shove aside the fire but still it set ablaze their house burning it down together with all their belongings.

           In 1970, another woman lead the sitio and successfully separates the sitio from Barangay Tarug and became an independent barangay. Teresita "Tayoy" Amelio became the first  Teniente del Barrio and her family also produced the first barangay college graduate from Bagsakan. 

            In 1978, Bagsakan barangay captain Teodoro Andeo was killed by the communist rebel group NPA (New People's Army). Rogelio Ternal was elected barangay captain in 1980 and facilitated the barangay's first fiesta under the warm and unwavering support of their patron saints, Little Child Jesus and the sitio or community of Bagsakan Ubos patron saint, Our Lady of Salvation.

 

Alimodian Barangay - Atabay

Atabay

Feast Day: April 5

Patron Saint: St. Vincent Ferrer

          During the 1900s, the family of a certain Bandelario and his two children, Solomon and Servando Andutan  who came from town proper created their own farm in this place through slash and burn agriculture because they don't have their own carabao or cattle of their own in those days. Some years later, there is an increase in number of settlement in the area so they elected their first Teniente del Barrio who happened to be Tomas Borja Andutan in 1912. Under his leadership, the barrio site was transferred in the middle of Alimodian and the town of Maasin in 1930. According to the old natives of the barangay, the barangay was formerly called "Baradlon"  and once only a sitio or a community of Barangay Cagay.

          The present name of the place came from the word "Tabay-tabay," a giant wood which is a meter in length and has a hole in the middle which the water flows. The water came from the overflowing spring which continues to flow. Until now, this is still the source of water of the residents from this barangay. 

          The barangay fiesta is being celebrated every April 5 in honor of St. Vincent Ferrer. The first fiesta took place during the incumbency of Captain Leocadio Andutan which Monsignor Carlos Crucero held the first mass in the barangay. The first fiesta queen of the barangay was Corazon Andutan. The barangay chapel was built in 1958.

Alimodian Barangay - Agsing

 Agsing

Feast Day: November 22

Patron Saint: Saint Cecilia

            According to the old native residents of this village, the barangay was established in 1942 under the leadership of Jose Ambong and Perfecto Tubale and their families, Angulo and Almarines family. The name of the place comes from a native bird called Tagsing which is bountiful in the area in those days. This bird has a sharp loud sound which can be heard from a distance.

          During World War II, the Japanese soldiers attacked the barangay. After the war in 1945, the barangay is slowly being established again. The captain or teniente del barrio and its officials purchased lands to make as a barrio site where people can build their homes and to build a small chapel. The image of Saint Cecilia was bought also by the officials of the barangay and since then, its fiesta is held every November 22.

          Under the leadership of Teniente del Barrio Perfecto Tubale, additional parcel of lands allocated as a barrio site was purchased on December 27, 1960 with the price of  P 150 pesos. Simon Tubale became the teniente del barrio or captain starting in 1969 until 1985 and under his leadership, a concrete chapel was permanently laid. Priscilla Ambong was elected as the barangay captain in 1986.

Municipality of Alimodian map

The map of the Municipality of Alimodian

Old Alimodian Records Of Births Kept and Documented In Genelogical Records In United States

An Example Of The Screenshot of the Original Registry of Alimodian from 1920s - 1931 Kept At A Repository in Salt Lake City, Utah. 

 Click the link below to see the list of registry.
 Alimodian Birth Registry 1922 - 1931 From US Genelogical Records in Salt Lake City, Utah

        The genealogy website operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints provide some lists of Alimodian birth, baptismal, marriage and death registry from as early as 1915 - 1970s.
        The FamilySearch.org website offers free access to digital images of genealogical records stored at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, which holds genealogical records for over 110 countries, territories, and possessions, including over 2.4 million rolls of microfilmed genealogical records.

Alimodian Barangay - Abang-abang

Abang-abang

Feast Day: November 27

Patron Saint: Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal

                  Abang-abang became an official barangay in 1957 under the leadership of Captain Andres Amita and her wife Maria Soledad Beza and Vice Captain Benigno Salugao. The land of the village was purchased from the family of Ignacio Amita with the amount of P 300 pesos. Half of the amount was paid by Sixto Canuto who later became Teniente del Barrio or Barangay Captain until 1983.

           The village is a hilly, grassy plain ideal for grazing cattles and also for planting the main harvests of the village which are legumes, root crops and maize.

            In 1918, a couple named Placido Anadon & Francisca Amita Anadon lived in the place together with seven other husbands and wives. They all agreed to establish their own village and name their place "Abang-abang" after a local tree named "Abang-abang" which surrounded the area.

            Even during those early days, the children are already determined and persevering in working in Iloilo City to help their parents augment their living. During World War II when the Japanese bombed the city, the children went home and in 1943, people living in the upper parts of the area transferred to the main village. The Japanese penetrate the village in 1944 killing Joaquin Salugao and Jojo Aligaen.

            The village suffered under the Japanese during World War II and then by the Huks and NPA until 1980s but they all survived these.

            The first priest to hold the first mass in the barangay was Father Mariano Perez on November 27, 1968 when the barangay held its first fiesta under the leadership of then Teniente del Barrio Sixto Canuto.