During the early years of Spanish colonization of the Philippines, Filipinos who were forcibly converted to Roman Catholicism were forced to take the name of saints for their first names. The native names did not favor the ignorant ears and indolent tongues of the Spanish colonial invaders.

JOSÉ DY CHINCO was a Chinese Christian, who supposedly came from Dymtaaw town of Ching Kiang province of China. José, the earliest known forebear of the Claveria family, settled in Buhi. more...