HISTORY OF SAN ROQUE
This barrio is commonly known as "Paligui".
At the start, Paligui was but a mere spot where a bunch of settlers came to live. Those people built their huts along the side of a little creek for the purpose of obtaining water easily. Year after year, the huts erected on both sides of the creek became greater in number. Since then, the place was called "Paligui". Later, they had a patron saint of their own, San Roque.
San Roque has three sitios: Paligui, Tira, and Nabaling. "Tira" was given to the firm Pamintuan family whose workers were mostly Negritoes from Tira, Angeles so this sitio was named Tira. Paligui means that the settlers were along the side of the bank of the creek.
The Gueco's Capitan Paulino, Manuel and Cabeza Gregorio Gueco were the founders of the barrio.
In the 19th century the sugar cane was milled locally by sugar mills. The sugar is poured into "pilones"supported by the earthen jars called "oya". The locally made sugar was usually sent by "pilones" to San Fernando, Mabalacat and Angeles.
During the Spanish regime the children of the barrio folks were sent to a "visitas" for educational instructions given by a little educated old man called "maestro" (tutor). The children were taught their lessons one after the other. They recited aloud with their teacher behind them, so there was a great noise during the period of study. At the close of the recitation, the children pray before going home.
In 1920, Capitan Paulino Gueco donated a land for the school site, then a school was constructed.
A chapel in Nabaling was donated by Lorenzo Gueco. During the war in 1941, a defense line was built in the barrio by the American forces.
This barrio is commonly known as "Paligui".
At the start, Paligui was but a mere spot where a bunch of settlers came to live. Those people built their huts along the side of a little creek for the purpose of obtaining water easily. Year after year, the huts erected on both sides of the creek became greater in number. Since then, the place was called "Paligui". Later, they had a patron saint of their own, San Roque.
San Roque has three sitios: Paligui, Tira, and Nabaling. "Tira" was given to the firm Pamintuan family whose workers were mostly Negritoes from Tira, Angeles so this sitio was named Tira. Paligui means that the settlers were along the side of the bank of the creek.
The Gueco's Capitan Paulino, Manuel and Cabeza Gregorio Gueco were the founders of the barrio.
In the 19th century the sugar cane was milled locally by sugar mills. The sugar is poured into "pilones"supported by the earthen jars called "oya". The locally made sugar was usually sent by "pilones" to San Fernando, Mabalacat and Angeles.
During the Spanish regime the children of the barrio folks were sent to a "visitas" for educational instructions given by a little educated old man called "maestro" (tutor). The children were taught their lessons one after the other. They recited aloud with their teacher behind them, so there was a great noise during the period of study. At the close of the recitation, the children pray before going home.
In 1920, Capitan Paulino Gueco donated a land for the school site, then a school was constructed.
A chapel in Nabaling was donated by Lorenzo Gueco. During the war in 1941, a defense line was built in the barrio by the American forces.