FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY

In 1763, Filipino seamen established a settlement in what now is known as Louisiana.  he Spanish American War made American "nationals" of Filipinos and from the early 1900's through 1935, they were free to enter the United States as long as they had the price of a boat ticket.

Waiting to be told are the stories of the descendants of those "Spanish colonial" seamen, early workers in sugar plantations of Hawaii, men who served in the U.S. Navy since World War I, women who came in the 1920s and 1930s, ambitious and aspiring college students, eager young workers who toiled in canneries in Alaska, farms in California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, and Montana, the railroads, kitchens and restaurants, as postal workers or houseboys, the American-born second generation of pre-World War II days, war brides, and countless others who constitute the subsequent groups of immigrants from the Philippines.

Stories of the Depression, riots, and discrimination, vignettes of dance halls, gambling and other "leisure time" activities, the lodges, churches and organized Filipino communities, the process of acculturation, and the value of family are some of the information FANHS will collect and share.

CURRENT CHAPTER OFFICERS for January 2022 to December 2023:

President -- Linda Claramo

Vice President -- Rena Quilenderino

Secretary - Anne Balbarino

Treasurer -- Maria Abasolo

Past Presidents:

2020-2021 -- Linda Claramo

2018-2019 -- Thomas Sanchez

2016-2017 -- Richard Tenaza

2014-2015 -- Leatrice Perez

2012-2013 -- Anita Bautista (Interim)

2010-2011 -- Juliana Homan

2008-2009 -- Anita Navalta Bautista

2006-2007 -- Terri Torres

2004-2005 -- Melvin LaGasca

2002-2003 -- Terri Torres

2000-2001 -- Richard Tenaza

1992-1999 -- Frank Acoba

Items for Sale

Get your FANHS Stockton Chapter Tote Bag today!

$8.00 Donation (additional $2.00 shipping cost may be added)

Tote bags are 16" H and 15" W.

Contact Patsy Tolentino Gomez by calling or sending a text to: (209) 609-7209 or via email: patsy948@aol.com to arrange for payment and method of delivery. 

"Manongs"

Black and White Charcoal Drawing by Laurena Cabañero

In the late 60s and early 70s, the old hotels of downtown Stockton were slated to be torn down, making way for the new crosstown freeway and the redevelopment of the West End of downtown Stockton. This meant that the old hotels of “Little Manila,” which housed hundreds of elderly single Filipino Manongs, were also being torn down. Their options for housing were few.

At the Groundbreaking and Dedication of the Filipino Center in 1971, now known as the Filipino Plaza, these Manongs watched with curiosity, some disbelief, but with much hope at the efforts of the Stockton Filipino Community to build the “Filipino Center.” This drawing commemorates that event and these men, the Pinoys of Stockton’s Little Manila, our Filipino American pioneers.

Laurena Cabañero has donated these prints and all proceeds will go to Stockton FANHS’ fundraising efforts.

This 13” by 19” black and white charcoal print is available for purchase for a $25.00 donation. 

If you reside in Stockton, CA and are interested in obtaining a Manongs print or if you have any questions, please contact Patsy Tolentino Gomez by calling or sending a text to: (209) 609-7209 or via email: Patsy948@aol.com. 

Patsy will make arrangements with you for payment and delivery.

If you reside outside of Stockton, CA please send a check payable to “Stockton FANHS Chapter” for $25.00 and mail to:

ATTN: PRINT

FANHS Stockton Chapter

P.O. Box 7452

Stockton, CA 95267

Proceeds to benefit the FANHS Stockton Chapter Youth and Scholarship Program