Narciso Clavería y Zaldúa: Difference between revisions

From the days of the Spanish conquest some Filipinos had received [[Spanish language|Spanish]] [[surname]]s. Most people, however, had no surnames, which caused confusion. On Wednesday, November 21, 1849, Clavería issued a decree sending a long lists of Spanish and local surnames to the chiefs of the provinces. These were sent out to the different towns, and given to the locals who had no surnames. In many towns, all the names for people in that town began with the same letter of the alphabet.<ref name="Jernegan"/> For instance "a" for those who lived in [[Alimodian]] while "m" for those who lived in [[Miagao]].