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“Ang taong hindi marunong lumingon sa kanyang pinanggalingan ay hindi makakarating sa kanyang patutungohan!” _ JPRMR, national hero.
This popular line by Kasamang Jose is the refuge of parents in counselling children who stay out of synch from family traditions. Thus, in our childhood we hear tales about parents walking to school clutching celophane bag containing school supplies, linung-ag saging for snacks, kan-on nga mais with ulo sa bulad as sud-an for lunch wrapped with banana leaves. ” Sa among panahon… blah, blah, blah, swerte kaayo mo karon kay… chu, chu…” They painted a picture of themselves as deprived, luoy, “uyamot”, etc.
There is no serious and exact account as to how our grand grand parents lives were. All the stories we’ve heard were just information passed on by tsismis, or through funny jokes cracked during fiesta, kalag-kalag, bilar, etc meant to amuse visitors, friends, and relatives. However, there are few who witnessed their gallant lives, accounts that says our grand parents kuno were born with a silver spoon in their mouth. There are accounts that says they were the wealthiest family in their times in the small town of Moalboal. Maybe, just maybe, our grand parents could have afford to send their children to the best school in the country or fund the business they like to raise their respective families. How true are these bits and pieces of information? And what went wrong ?
In my interviews with older relatives, they can only remember our patriarch Primo Redoble and Gregoria Sabanal. They could not even remember all the names of the couples’ children. Some names mentioned were Teodorico Redoble ( our lolo Rico, bana ni lola Iyang), Pacencio Redoble( papa nila Joecard, Garita Redoble, Inela Redoble, Lucia Redoble, Teodoro Redoble, and Juan Redoble(last account was in Liloy, Zamboanga del Norte). For sure there are more children not mentioned because they are a big family. Remember, Redoble’s are cursed, they are tigasin!
Seriously, Tatay Primo and Nanay Goria were local businessmen. Between the two, Nanay Goria posted a stronger personality than Tatay Primo. No one knows how this happened, maybe, nasakpan sad tu si Tatay mao nga pwerteng buotana. They were engaged in hemp, rice, livestock, and poultry production and trading business. They own vast parcel of land. The ”Baton System” which is still very popular in Moalboal now, a system of raising animals where the owner leases his cow to a friends who tends and feeds the cow until it’s ready to be sold and the proceeds would be divided between them, is a system that could be traced to Tatay Primo’s business acumen. He could have won the World Bank’s award of micro-lending in his time.
Lolo Rico drove his own passernger bus bringing people and merchandise to and from both ends of Cebu, while Lola Iyang tends his tindahan in the market. Imagine, no one among the siblings was sent for formal education. Maybe, the other children of Tatay Primo were also given capital to start off their own business.
Before the second world war there was a big fire in Moalboal where the two houses of Tatay Primo and Lolo Rico were burned to ashes. Their life-time coin savings contained in jars were minted like lava reducing its value to zero and everything valuable inside their houses were turned to dust. They were left with nothing but their hopes of re-building everything again. I am sure our resilency to the blows of the tides of life we get from them.
During the war Lolo Rico was serving as the driver mechanic of the late Congressman Mariano Cuenco, the father of Congressman Tony Cuenco. I recall Tiyo Abun telling me to approach Tony Cuenco whenever I have problems in Cebu because the Cuenco’s are close to Moalboalanons. When Cebu City fell to the hands of the Japanese Imperial Army at the peak of the war, Lolo Rico walked from Cebu City to Moalboal to re-unite with his family.
After their truamatic experience during the war Lolo and Lola were back to their business. However, the political tide turned in Moalboal. This started the diaspora of the Redoble’s from the little town of Moalboal to the lands of Mindanao. But were we the first Redoble ever to live in Mindanao? How come we have relatives in Jolo, Sulu; Labason, liloy Zamboanga del Norte; in Bukidnon; in Monkayo, Davao? Are they they same descendants of Tatay Primo and Nanay Gregoria?
Nice article…
tracing our roots would be very challenging but very doable. In all the Redoble clan, i think our family is the only family that has been talking and tried a little bit in tracing the Redoble roots. This brings to the question “WHY”. Why do we exert efforts to trace our roots? As for me, knowing our past is knowing ourselves better…we can only become a better family if we know more about our descendants. For if our descendants made mistakes then we can learn from it, and if our descendants where good and intelligent people then we can finally understand why we are also good and intelligent people bwahahahahahahahahahahaha
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Redoble aggregate intelligence - very high.
Redoble business accument - very high.
Redoble people skills - very high.
Redoble emotional intelligence - high.
Redoble genetic defect - heart.
Redoble history of lunacy - none.
Redoble history of suicide - none.
Redoble history of smoking - very high.
Redoble history of drinking alcoholic beverages - very high.
Male Redoble testosterone level - very high.
Redoble history of promiscuity - very high.
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grabe man ni nga survey bai..murag redoble man ang nagbayad sa survey ug redoble pud ang gipangutana sa survey bwahahahahaha
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SWS na. Si independent Mang Ahas ang nag run.
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I found this while surfing on the net about our roots. It says that the gadors, redobles, babieras and the cabarons were originally from bohol and were the first settlers of Moalboal. Laurente Sabanal was the first to live in Moalboal, He literaly lived alone after escaping from a spanish detention cell in bohol for killing a guardia civil.
MOALBOAL - Southwest Cebu Coast
This story is probably the first historical account on the use of canes and Latin Oracion against Moro Invaders and the significant contribution of Bohol style Eskrima to the Cebuano Martial Arts. Again, I would like to reiterate that the writers belong to the mainstream academe and were in no way involved in the research of Filipino Martial Arts history.
“Oral tradition relates that Boholano pioneers founded the town of Moalboal. A substantiation of this contention is that its leading families - the Gadors, Cabarons, Bableras, Redobles and many more - came from Bohol. Another fact is that many residents, especially the older ones, still speak with Boholano accent.
The first Boholano to settle in the town was Laurente Sabanal. He was captured by the Spaniards in Bohol for having killed a guardia civil. But he later escaped on a rowboat to Cebu. He chose Moalboal as his new home, having found the land fertile and the sea abundant with fish. He lived alone for a while, but he later returned to his native town and brought back with him his family and some relatives to emigrate to his new-found home. Expectedly, he became the ruler of the settlement.
The Muslims also directed their raids at Moalboal, being already a prosperous settlement. But led by Sabanal, the inhabitants successfully repulsed the invaders. They attributed their victory to Sabanal’s oracion. When he died, it is said that he was buried by the shore marked by his magic cane. To this day, a part of it could still be seen. In his honor, the people named a street along the shore.”
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I remember the legend of laguno Sabanal, basig mao ni apohan ni lola goria nga mama ni Lolo ikot.
Bay sulay sulod sa national library diha sa spain, for sure naa mga write-up diha about the philippines, look for moalboal basig naa sad. look for laguno sabanal, basig naa sad.
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Laurente “Llaguno” Sabanal was a hero not only to the Moalboalanons but also to all Filipino eskrimadorer becuase of his unique skills and bravery in protecting Moalboal from the Moro pirates. Here’s an article written that describes what he did.
http://www.eskrimadecampo.com/html/article_003.html
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Yup, basin sa friday moadto mi sa national library. Basin ang name nga sabanal ug moalboal ang makita sa ilang mga libro diri.
Very interesting. Daghan pa jud ta makita ani kung naa tay maayong source. Maayo unta ug giapil sa mga spaniards sa ilang history tanan.
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new update.
The Redoble’s of Jolo, Bukidnon, Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del sur came from Negros. They went to Mindanao to work for a certain Mr. Romer, an american who owned a vast coconut plantation in Mindanao.
they are the descendant of Sanoy Redoble, Esteban Redoble, and Pedro Redoble. Subayon pa natu ni basig mao ni mga igsoon ni Tatay Primo nga nangadto sa Negros before ni adto sa Mindanao.
There’s a possibility that the Redoble’s of Ilocos are from Moalboal, and not the other way around. One theory is that their patriarch could be one of the redoble nga mga mercenary sa spaniards who were commissioned by the group of Legazpi in their conquest in Luzon unya wala na nakabalik sa Cebu.
And then funny sad kaayo kay Si mama Talina(Catalina Hernan) ni Angie nga wife ni Nong Quinoy, Aquilino Redoble ang real name nga Mama nila ni Lydia nga naka work before sa Labangon is also a relative kay ang iyang mama is a Sabanal nga taga Moalboal. Ang Hernan nga family name kay gikan diay sa Dumanjug.
I never realized how big we grew as a family not until my experiences in Ipil. While waiting for the bus to Zamboanga duna koy katapad nga naghulat nga mo open ang Land Bank. When he said he’s from Kalawit, I told him nga daghan ra ba Redoble diha. Ni ingon bitaw na nga Redoble kuno iyahang Mama. His name is Tata Redoble Salientes. Sakay sad ko V-hire to Dipolog, akong tapad kay duha ka babaye ang ilang mama kay Redoble sad. Mga kaliwat ni Nong Quinoy. I met their sister si May Petines ug ang ilang mama ug Papa sa Pangi.
Ni adto sad ko ug kabiga-an sa yuta ni lola. on my way back to town nipahulay mi sa tindahan unya estorya sa mga tigulang nga nanigarilyo. Pastilan pwerteng jamo-a kay ang bana diay niya kay Redoble man, di pwerte na sad namong estorya.
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And so the plot thickens … maayo na kay you have time to travel ug ma meet nimo ang mga redobles … basta daghang igsoon si tatay primo ug duna sad siya mga extra curricular children … hehe
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Hi Father Jok, kumusta na, palihug kono ko ug trace dinha kon naa bay igsoon ang atong mga apohan nga nag immigrate diri sa US during world war kay mauy sulti nila ni Papa nako, naay nagbalos sa ako diri thru email mga 60 years old na ni siya Redoble pud in fact ang iya pud nga pangalan is Angel Redoble, kanawong gyud siya ni Papa nako ug ni Angel ninyo, its like a younger version of my Papa Pablo, pero diri na siya natawo.. till next time….
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me too, my ancestors came from moalboal,cebu
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Hi allen, sorry to miss your note.
There is a Gabales who married a Redoble in moalboal. He’s our father’s first degree cousin. Your parents’ case is the reverse, a Redoble married to a Gabales. For sure we are closely related.
This time of the year is the best to visit Moalboal kay halos tanan manguli. time to meet your relatives.
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hello allene welcome to our website…post some pics of you and your family
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manang maila…gwapo sigurado na imong papa ug kanang si angel redoble kay pareho man sila ug hitsura nako hahahahaha
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Si-aw man ka kaayo Angel, si Papa pud nako kay mao to ang story teller, naa gani mga silingan nagtapok unya nabungkag ug pangatawa si Papa na na ang naa sa tunga nagsulti ug mga pasi-aw….
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manang maila..mao jud ni atong kaliwat..pasi-aw ug pakatawa ang binuhatan hehehe
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,.even sa amoa until now were still seeking redoble’s roots,wala ra jud galayo ang story me grandfather bonifacio M. REDOBLE Sr. time he’s alive,..his origin is from MOALBOAL pud,..hope magka unite ato kaliwat..
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hello glemer welcome to our website…someday magkahimamat ra unya ta tanan redoble
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Aloha mga kaliwat. Very glad and excited to find your site while browsing the net. We too are trying to trace our roots but so far have not made much progress. My grandfather Mariano was from Sibonga when he left for Dipolog. Since my father was born in 1917 and was the 3rd of 5 sibling, I can safety guess my grandpa was born in the late 1800’s. Got very limited information about my grandpa, except that he has a brother Cayetano and some sisters but I can not relate how and when they moved to Sibonga. I have been to Moalboal only once during kalagkalag in 2004. We’ve visited graves and saw one of Benjamin and Diego(Delcano?) Tony was our guide who is my 2nd cousin, the nephew of Cayetano. My father and his older brother settled in Lanao del Norte where I graduated HS in 1954. My cousins and their broad still live there and most of them are in Iligan City.
There are Redoble’s here in Hawaii but their elders were from Narvacan Ilocos Sur. My siblings are in Guam and California.
Hope to meet the clan someday for a great reunion.
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Hello Ronald! Good for you to drop by this site. Yes, mga kaliwat kaayo ta. I am happy to know that tio tony brought you to moalboal, and even visit our father’s tomb. Redobles are many also from Ilocos sur .. and some of them, I met already. Hope to see when you on our next visit to the Philippines!
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Hi, everybody labi na sa mga Redoble ani nga website, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL, and to Primo, it was nice talking to you sa chat section sa facebook, just want to respond kang Ronald, I think our grandpa are brothers because my grandapa’s name is Cayetano and as I can recall the family said that they have brother nga nag immigrate sa US, also that would be nice kung naay Redoble reunion (from all over).
Kumusta diay Fr. Jok, dugaydugay nako wala kabisita sa inyong website especially sa joke section ni Angel, ang iya diay anak kacute labi na ang aping, guapo,lol, anyway HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU OUT THERE
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Hello Ronald, welcome to the Redoble website. We know th Redobles in sibunga, i used to spend my holidays with them during vacations when I was in college. Benjamin was our father and Delcano was his brother.
We too are hoping to meet the Redoble clan someday
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Wow!! Redoble’s are all over the world!!! =)Makalingaw jud ning redoble site. I love it!!! =) Goooood Morning Everyone!!!
*Am praying for Lola Bonifacia… Hoping that she’ll be ok…. *
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