When you hear the name Baleto, think Sumay / Santa Rita.
Baleto will be a mystery for sometime, if not forever. It is not a Spanish name, nor Portuguese (there were some Portuguese who settled on Guam, especially during the whaling days of the 1800s).
There are people with the surname Baleto in the Philippines, though not numerous.
The first Baleto we know about on Guam is Ramón Baleto. We just know his name, not his origins. My guess would be Filipino, since I don't find any other people with that surname in other countries.
He married Feliciana Dueñas, obviously from Guam, though Dueñas is a fairly common Spanish name.
Their son José Dueñas Baleto married Ana Ulloa. Their son Vicente Ulloa Baleto married María Concepción.
Ramón and Feliciana also had a daughter Inés. Inés had been married, but lost her husband. As a widow, she had several children, one of whom, Sebastián by name, married Josefa Martínez and moved to Saipan for a while where his son Remigio, also known as Romeo, remained and started his own family while Sebastián returned to Guam. Remigio's (or Romeo's) wife was Dolores Palacios Torres, daughter of León Lizama Torres and Dolores de la Cruz Palacios.
Though a small family rooted in Sumay, in all the world, the majority of people having Baleto as a surname are Chamorros. If Ramón Baleto was indeed Filipino, his Baleto relatives back home were small in number.
Hafa adai jus a little corrections nai Balete pass not Baleto.Balete pass located in vizcaya philipines and yes few family with Balete surnames live there.
ReplyDeletealso sabastian martinez Baleto aka tantahng died in sumay,it was romeo martinez Baleto who married and moved to saipan.Im not sure the origin of the Baleto but it means Ballet in the Itallian language.
Majority people with Baleto surnames lives in italy and argentina also in Quebec canada NY,NewYork and Santa rita,Guam being the least.I am a proud Chamoru a 6 generation Baleto great,great,great grandson of ramon
Baleto now living in washington state.
Hafa'Adai Bale2 this is Jaykamen Pangelinan oldest son of Joseph Baleto and Grandson of Boya & Ofing Baleto. Do you happen to have more info on our familia tree by any chance?
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