HISTORY OF SAN ISIDRO
It was from the beginning that the barrio was officially named San Isidro. It has two sitios named Malamun and Barit.
Malamun, so called due to a place called "lubun" soft spot. When a carabao happened to go to that spot, it could not be taken out unless it would be put up with the help of bamboo trunks. When the carabao is being carried that way the people used to remark, "Balamu makalamu ka "meaning - It seemed it is on a raft. Hence, Malamun was derived from the term "macalamu". Barit got it's name from the grass purposely planted in that sitio - barit. That is the place where the horse feed was obtained.
San Isidro had from the beginning two important divisions, "Cabio bacal" and "Talimunduc". The first having been named because the sugar cane crushers or roller in that part of the barrio were made of iron. The latter because of the wide level meadows it has.
It was thought that San Isidro was founded way back in 1852 by Roman Dizon and Mateo Dizon brothers. With the death of the two Dona Vicenta Castro Vda. de Dizon with her two unmarried daughters and Capitan Tomas Dizon became the hacenderos of Malamun (San Isidro).
During the Spanish occupation, a chapel was built and completed with concrete materials in 1930.
In 1911 a school was opened with Miss Francisca Santos and Mr. Aurelio Mariano as teachers. The site was donated by the Dizons.
In 1935, a public school was opened until the outbreak of the war.
It was from the beginning that the barrio was officially named San Isidro. It has two sitios named Malamun and Barit.
Malamun, so called due to a place called "lubun" soft spot. When a carabao happened to go to that spot, it could not be taken out unless it would be put up with the help of bamboo trunks. When the carabao is being carried that way the people used to remark, "Balamu makalamu ka "meaning - It seemed it is on a raft. Hence, Malamun was derived from the term "macalamu". Barit got it's name from the grass purposely planted in that sitio - barit. That is the place where the horse feed was obtained.
San Isidro had from the beginning two important divisions, "Cabio bacal" and "Talimunduc". The first having been named because the sugar cane crushers or roller in that part of the barrio were made of iron. The latter because of the wide level meadows it has.
It was thought that San Isidro was founded way back in 1852 by Roman Dizon and Mateo Dizon brothers. With the death of the two Dona Vicenta Castro Vda. de Dizon with her two unmarried daughters and Capitan Tomas Dizon became the hacenderos of Malamun (San Isidro).
During the Spanish occupation, a chapel was built and completed with concrete materials in 1930.
In 1911 a school was opened with Miss Francisca Santos and Mr. Aurelio Mariano as teachers. The site was donated by the Dizons.
In 1935, a public school was opened until the outbreak of the war.