In 1874, a Spaniard by the name of Francisco Chacón Lara was exiled to Guam for political reasons. Years later, he wrote a book about his time on Guam in which he shares some anecdotes about some of the Chamorros he got to know about.
RITA CRUZ TORRES. She was the mother of the first Chamorro priest, José Bernardo Torres Palomo. Although Rita was long dead when Chacón was on Guam (she died in the smallpx epidemic of 1856), Chacón wrote of her reputation as a very generous contributor to works of charity for the unfortunate. He said that her son, Padre Palomo, followed her example in this regard.
PADRE PALOMO
Son of a charitable and generous mother
JUAN DE CASTRO. A sergeant in the Chamorro militia, he was also an important government official in charge of many things, including the provincial archives, personnel, the supervision of public works projects and the courts. He received a monthly salary of 15 pesos. Unfortunately, there were several men of adult age by the name of Juan de Castro at that time so more research is needed to figure out which Juan de Castro is mentioned here.
JOSÉ CRUZ PÉREZ was Gobernadorcillo (Mayor) of Hagåtña. He had various other roles, too, in the Spanish Government.
JUAN GUERRERO was the English interpreter for the Government. English was an important language to know as the British and Americans were a constant presence in the Pacific by the 1800s, especially with the whaling trade. Quite a number of Chamorros spoke some English because of their contact with the whalers or because they themselves joined the whaling crews for a while then came back.
I was thinking this Juan Guerrero is the same Juan Guerrero from Guam who lived in Hawaii in the 1850s to the 1870s but Juan Guerrero died in Hawaii in 1878, so he probably was not the same Juan Guerrero who was English interpreter on Guam in 1874.
VICENTE PANGELINAN is remembered as a man working in the Spanish Government financial offices. This was quite possible Vicente Luján Pangelinan, who married Antonia Martínez Pangelinan connected to the Pedro Martínez family of later fame.
Known as outstanding farmers are JOSÉ SABLAN AGUILAR, LUÍS LINO, ANDRÉS CRUZ DE CASTRO, VICENTE MENDIOLA, FRANCISCO FLORES and LUÍS GUZMÁN SABLAN. "Lino" is not a last name, so it could be his nickname, being a son of a father named Lino, and more than one person can fit that description.
MANUEL PANGELINAN was an excellent carpenter.
JOSÉ HERRERO was a skilled tailor. There was only one José Herrero old enough in 1874 to qualify as is, and that was José Aguon Herrero, the son of the former Spanish Governor José Ganga Herrero.
JUAN GUERRERO and JUAN ARRIOLA were good tin smiths.
ANTONIO PANGELINAN MARTÍNEZ
ANTONIO PANGELINAN MARTÍNEZ was a jack-of-all-trades. He was a prosperous farmer, too, with many children, most of them daughters who were sought after by many male suitors.
FRANCISCO PÉREZ was a highly-regarded locksmith and blacksmith.
LUÍS MARTÍNEZ BAZA was called a "smart and inventive" man, but Chacón considered him an arrogant, strong-willed man. Baza was a fighter, who filed lawsuits against the Spanish Government. Baza was engaged in commerce and business. He was also engaged in commerce and operated a store in Hagåtña up to American times. He is the grandfather of Rosie Herrero Baza, the widow of former Governor Paul McDonald Calvo.