Marciano Campusano, Baptized in Oas in 1881: The Record Behind Lola Rosa's Father
Marciano Campusano, Baptized in Oas in 1881: The Record Behind Lola Rosa's Father
A two-day-old's baptism names his parents, his four grandparents and a barangay numbered 36, and ties three Oas records into one line to Lola Rosa.
Lola Rosa's baptism told me who her parents were. It could not tell me who her father was before he was her father. A page from the Oas parish register does. On November 6, 1881, a priest baptized a two-day-old boy named Marciano, son of Don José Isac Campusano and Doña Eucebia Gumba.
I'm writing this for two readers. One is my dad, my Tita Gigi and every one of Lola Rosa's children, because this is their lolo's baptism. The other is me. I need one place where the dates, the spellings and the open questions stay straight, so the next search starts from here and not from scratch.
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Origin, the place something comes from. A baptism entry is a small pinagmulan: one name, one date, two parents and four grandparents, set down in a single paragraph.
The Record
The entry is in the Oas, Albay baptismal register for November 1881, and the margin note beside it reads, as I read it, "Marciano Isac." Here is the core of it, in the Spanish of the page:
"…á un niño de dos días nacido, á quien se le ha puesto por nombre Marciano, hijo legítimo y de legítimo Matrimonio de Don José Isac Campusano y de Doña Eucebia Gumba, indios, naturales de este pueblo del Barangay número treinta y seis de Don José Isac Campusano. Abuelos paternos Florentino Isac y Estefania Campusano, y maternos Tomás Gumba y Antonina de Viterbo. Fueron padrinos el Presbítero Don Yndalecio Seguenza y Doña Eulogia Zaragoza…"
In plain English: a two-day-old boy was given the name Marciano. He was the legitimate son of Don José Isac Campusano and Doña Eucebia Gumba, natives of Oas, of the barangay numbered thirty-six, "of Don José Isac Campusano." His father's parents were Florentino Isac and Estefania Campusano. His mother's parents were Tomás Gumba and Antonina de Viterbo. His godparents were a priest, Don Yndalecio Seguenza, and Doña Eulogia Zaragoza. The baptism was performed by Presbítero Don Francisco Eucebio under the license of the parish priest, who signs as Fr. Santos Burejon.
Marciano at a Glance
| Detail | What the record shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Marciano (margin note: "Marciano Isac," as I read it) |
| Baptized | 11/6/1881, parish church of Oas, Albay |
| Age at baptism | Two days old |
| Estimated birth | About 11/4/1881, counted back from the baptism. The record gives no birth date. |
| Parents | Don José Isac Campusano and Doña Eucebia Gumba, married |
| Barangay | No. 36, "de Don José Isac Campusano" |
| Paternal grandparents | Florentino Isac and Estefania Campusano |
| Maternal grandparents | Tomás Gumba and Antonina de Viterbo |
| Godparents | Presbítero Don Yndalecio Seguenza and Doña Eulogia Zaragoza |
| Baptized by | Presbítero Don Francisco Eucebio, with the parish priest's license (signed Fr. Santos Burejon) |
Three Records, One Man
This baptism does not mention Lola Rosa. Two other Oas records do the work of connecting it to her. In the 1910 marriage register entry for Marciano Camposano and Saturnina Manlangit, the groom is single, 28, and the son of the late José Camposano and the late Eusebia Gumba. Four years later, Rosa's own 1914 baptismal record names her parents as Marciano Camposano and Saturnina Manlangit.
| Record | Date | Marciano appears as | Parents or grandparents named |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baptism, Oas | 11/6/1881 | Marciano, two days old | José Isac Campusano and Eucebia Gumba |
| Marriage, Oas | 5/8/1910 | Marciano Camposano, single, 28 | José Camposano and Eusebia Gumba, both deceased |
| Rosa's baptism, Oas | 8/9/1914 | Named as Rosa's father | Paternal grandparents read as José Camposano and a mother whose name needs a recheck (below) |
No single document says these are the same man. The chain does. It carries the same given name, the same two parents, the same town, and an age that fits: counted from about 11/4/1881, Marciano was 28 years and six months old on 5/8/1910. That makes Marciano Campusano Lola Rosa's father, José Isac Campusano and Eusebia Gumba her grandparents, and Florentino Isac, Estefania Campusano, Tomás Gumba and Antonina de Viterbo her great-grandparents.
Isac and Campusano: Two Surnames in One Name
The page spells the surname Campusano, and I'm using that spelling in this article because it is the one the page uses. The family label on this site stays "camposano," the spelling the family has used since. Both spellings are the same family.
The more interesting detail is "Isac." On the page, José's father is Florentino Isac and his mother is Estefania Campusano. Under the Spanish convention of father's surname first, mother's second, that would make Isac José's father's name and Campusano his mother's. I'm holding that as a working reading, not a finding, until José's own record turns up. It matters for searching, because the Campusano name in this line may have reached Marciano through a grandmother. By the 1910 marriage entry, as I transcribed it, "Isac" has dropped out of the name entirely.
Rosa's Grandfather and the Barangay Numbered 36
The baptism places the family in "the barangay numbered thirty-six, of Don José Isac Campusano." In the Spanish system a barangay was led by a cabeza de barangay, who answered for its tribute and carried the title Don. The wording appears to say José was that man. It also echoes what I found on the other side of Rosa's family: in the 1895–96 Oas ledger, her maternal grandfather Rafael Manlangit heads Cabecería No. 19.
There may be a second sighting of José. In the Oas Padrón General Económico for 1884–85, page 133, a "Jose Camposano" appears as entry 36 in a numbered column of names headed "Nombres de los Cabezas," as I read the headings. FamilySearch indexes that page as 1881, but the page's own header says 1884 to 85, so I cite the header. If the numbering held between 1881 and 1884–85, the same man heads Barangay 36 in both. That is a likely match, not a proven one, because the page lists names only, with no ages or relationships.
One Conflict: Eusebia or Juana?
My earlier post on Rosa's baptism read her paternal grandmother as "Juana Jumba," with a note that the surname might be Gumba. Two records now say otherwise. The 1881 entry gives Eucebia Gumba, and the 1910 entry gives Eusebia Gumba. The surname is Gumba. The first name "Juana" stands alone against two others, so the 1914 reading is the one to recheck. I'm using Eusebia, the standard spelling, and noting that the 1881 scribe wrote Eucebia.
How to Find Him Again
The next search is for José Isac Campusano himself, under Isac, Isaac or Ysaac, and Campusano or Camposano. Both of Marciano's parents were already dead by 5/8/1910, so José and Eusebia should also turn up in death records before that date. The targets:
- José Isac Campusano's own baptism, or his marriage to Eusebia Gumba, in Oas before 1881
- His parents, Florentino Isac and Estefania Campusano
- Eusebia's parents, Tomás Gumba and Antonina de Viterbo
- Death entries for José and Eusebia before 5/8/1910
| The page says | It may be indexed or written as |
|---|---|
| Campusano | Camposano |
| Isac | Isaac, Ysaac |
| Gumba | Jumba, or "Gum," cut off at the line break |
| Eucebia | Eusebia |
| Marciano | FamilySearch's tree attaches this record to "Mariano Campusano, 1882." Don't accept that attachment without checking it. |
| Francisco Eucebio | Indexed as a parent. He is the baptizing priest. |
For Lola Rosa's Children
| Person | To Lola Rosa | To Lola Rosa's children |
|---|---|---|
| Marciano Campusano | Father | Grandfather |
| José Isac Campusano and Eusebia Gumba | Grandparents | Great-grandparents |
| Florentino Isac and Estefania Campusano | Great-grandparents | Great-great-grandparents |
| Tomás Gumba and Antonina de Viterbo | Great-grandparents | Great-great-grandparents |
To my dad, my Tita Gigi and all of Lola Rosa's children: this is your lolo at two days old, in a church in Oas in 1881, with grandparents on both sides already written into the line. To Veronica, Chesca and JianCarlo: he is your great-great-grandfather, and the spellings in the table above are for whoever searches his name in 2070.
- FamilySearch: Catholic Church records, Oas, Albay, baptism of Marciano, 11/6/1881
- FamilySearch: Oas, Albay, Padrón General Económico, 1884–85 (indexed as 1881), entry for Jose Camposano
- FamilySearch: Catholic Church records, Oas, Albay, marriage register, 5/8/1910
- FamilySearch: Catholic Church records, Oas, Albay, baptism of Rosa Camposano, 1914
- PinoyBuilt: Rosa Manlangit Camposano, the Full Name Behind Lola Rosita
- PinoyBuilt: My Great-Grandparents' 1910 Wedding
- PinoyBuilt: Saturnina Manlangit's Household in the 1895 Oas, Albay Census
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