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Database Update 21 October 2012
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- Written by: Bernard Punzalan
The database has been updated and has grown from 216,738 to 220,146 names. The transcription and proofreading for District 4 of the 1930 Census has been completed and now uploaded. District 13: Naval Reservations and Ships, has been one of the bigger challenges to transcribe since most of the Census sheets are very difficult to read. Many of the names unfortunately are illegible; however, many of the Chamorro names within that District are legible.
Current Database Profile:
Description/Quantity
Total Individuals: 220,146
Total Males: 111,532 (50.66%)
Total Females: 106,924 (48.57%)
Total Unknown Gender: 1,690 (0.77%)
Total Living: 113,150
Total Families: 55,948
Total Unique Surnames: 10,797
Total Photos: 2,353
Total Sources: 827
Average Lifespan: 51 years, 262 days
Earliest Birth: Sunama, abt 1580
Longest Lived/Age
Maria Masongsong: 109 years
Joaquin Mendiola Benavente: 109 years
Concepcion Asencion Pablo: 105 years 352 days
Manuel Sococo: 104 years
Vicente Ramirez Tudela: 104 years
Dolores Aguigui Cruz : 104 years
Isabel Taitano (Beck) Perez: 102 years 133 days
Maria Perez (Mariquita) Leon Guerrero: 102 years
Joseph (Alou) Igisaiar: 102 years
What was it like in 1912?
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- Written by: Bernard Punzalan
This photo and article appeared in the media in 1912. This particular photo is from the Dallas Morning News, published March 13, 1912. Unfortunately, the article did not identify the family in the lower right.
1700 List of Spanish Soldiers
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- Written by: Jillette Leon-Guerrero
For those of you also researching your Spanish heritage, a list of Spanish Soldiers from the 1700's is now available in the Genealogy Document section.
Note: Jillette, is a Guam Historian (http://www.guamhistorybuff.com), publisher (http://www.guamologyinc.com/), and Chamorro Roots Genealogy Project Collaborator.
Database Update 12 October 2012
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- Written by: Bernard Punzalan
The database has been updated and has grown from 215,538 to 216,783 names.
1727 Mariana Islands Population
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- Written by: Bernard Punzalan
UPDATE: 7 October 2012, I am finding some conflicting dates from certain authors of literature regarding the year and even the number of Chamorros from the Gani Islands that were relocated to Guam. Farrell's figures makes much more sense and now we can more accurately visualize in the updated Population Comparison chart the decline of the Chamorro population from conversion-to-conquest-to-colonization.
Sometime after the Chamorro-Spanish wars and and during the 1690s, with the exception of Rota, Chamorro families from the Northern Mariana Islands were forced to relocate to Guam. In 1694, Chamorros from Tinian and Aguiguan were relocated and resided in Pago and Hagatña. By 1698, aApproximately 1,200 (Russell, 1998:91) or 1,920 (Farrell, 2011:182) Chamorros from the "Gani Islands" (these were the islands north of Saipan) were relocated and settled in Inarajan and other southern villages. (Russell, 1998:98) The other two southern villages on Guam are Merizo and Umatac. The 1727 Census reflects the Chamorro relocation and settlement in that only Guam and Rota were the only islands detailed in the census. Also, occurring that same year iIn 1698, the inhabitants of Saipan too were forced to move to Guam. (Spoehr, 1954:54).
References:
Don A. Farrell. 2011. History of the Mariana Islands to Partition. Public School System, CNMI: CNMI
Levesque, Rodrigue. 1992. Population Census of the Marianas in 1727 – Fewer Than 3,000 Inhabitants, p17-45. History of Micronesia, vol. 13: Failure at Ulithi Atoll, 1727-1746. Levesque: Quebec, Canada
Scott Russell. 1998. Gani Revisited: A Historical Overview of the Mariana Archipelago's Northern Islands. Pacific Studies. 21(4), p.83-105. Retrieved from: https://ojs.lib.byu.edu/spc/index.php/PacificStudies/article/viewFile/10136/9784
Alexander Spoehr. 1954. Saipan – The Ethnology of a War-Devasted Island. Fieldiana: Anthropology, 41. Chicago Natural History Museum: IL
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