It was built back in 1968 by Roman Deveras who is the son of Apolonio Deveras, pioneer of what is now Hamoraon. Salingogon which is the bigger town next to Hamoraon was a result of the original Hamoraon laborers settling permanently. The Hamoraon house and Hamoraon is one and the same as it has been part of the Deveras clan for around 100 years.
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From http://edeveras.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-deveras-clan-hamoraon.html
MONDAY, JULY 08, 2013
The Deveras Clan - HAMORAON
The oldest Deveras I know about was my Lolo Pulo, Apolonio Deveras, married to my Lola Biyay whose real first name I can't recall now. Was it Genoveva or Pelagia? Ah, my memory fails me, I have to ask my Kuya or Ate or some of the older cousins in Camarines Sur. Or wait until a sudden flash of light dazzles my mind into remembering. Lolo Pulo must have been an adventurer. In the early 1900s he took his family to a remote hilly and coastal stretch of land which bordered a part of Ragay Gulf and claimed a big part of it as their own. It was all virgin forest. And with blood, sweat and maybe some tears they cleared the trees and wild vegetation with sharp sundangs (bolos) and their bare hands by cutting and burning (kaingin). Once cleared the land was ready for planting. The level part was planted with rice while upland and other areas including what were called homesteads (awarded by the government) were reserved for coconuts and abaca. They built their homes by the sea. All these he accomplished with his grown sons Felipe (Tio Ipe) and Epifanio (Tio Panio) and maybe the younger ones Roman (my father) and Leon (Tio Eon). Leon was an anak-sa-labas or born of another mother. He and Roman were almost the same age. There was also one female, the eldest, Tecla by name, our Tiya Lilay, my Ninang, my godmother. Then there were the loyal sidekicks - Tikyo (Eutiquio Berenia), an aeta (aborigine), and Mariano Salinas. Aetas look like blacks, with dark complexions and kinky hair but shorter in stature. Mariano was a handsome man but blind in one eye, my Lolo Pulo accidentally hooked it while they were fishing when Mang Mariano was still young. Up to now their descendants look up to the family. It is not possible to relate the story of the Deveras family without relating side by side the nostalgia that is Hamoraon. The land cleared was part of the town of Minalabac and known as Hamuraon or Hamoraon or Hamurawon, from the hamurawon trees that abound in the area, also known as Molave in tagalog, the national tree of the country. Apolonio divided the claimed land from mountain to sea in five parcels, for Leon in the rightmost when facing the sea, then Felipe's, Epifanio's, Roman's and Apolonio's. The leftmost which was bordered by the punta or the point was given to Tecla.
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Recollection from Ruben Deveras, eldest son of Roman Deveras, son of Apolonio Deveras, pioneer of Hamoraon:
Lolo Pulo’s wife’s name was Viviana Agna from Kamaligan, Camarines Sur. The brothers were Juan Agna (Lolo Juan) and Lolo Bitoy ( first name I forgot )…
Lolo Pulo was a revolutionary commander against Spain, pursued by "Guardia Civil", he went upstream to Magadap and then traveled to Hamoraon, later to Bula or further to Pili or Iriga…
He used the native as his ally and his protector in the mountain. During the time of Lolo Pulo, the mountain/hinterland is the ancestral home of the natives where the low lander doesn't venture deep into the mountains. The ancestors of Tikyo's family are native to Hamoraon and Iriga. Lolo Pulo hid in Hamoraon and he caught sight of the low land in Hamoraon, which he claimed later and the government gave the title after the Spanish war. Lolo Pulo also has land in Magadap, Bagolatao and San Fernando but Lolo Roman doesn't remember them. The property in Magadap went to Lolo Ipe. The Hamoraon was parceled to four… Lola Lilay, Lolo Roman, Lolo Panio and lolo Ipe. The land in Magadap went to Lolo Ipe. Later lolo Ipe sold his parcel in Hamoraon to lolo Iyon which is why lolo Iyon owns the property before the Barrio Site but later he sold that also. Mariano grew up in the household of the Deveras. He is younger than Lolo Roman.
