Efigenio Treyes “Iniong” Lizares

Efigenio Treyes Lizares descended from the old families of Minuluan, now Talisay City. He was a prosperous "patron" with farm holdings and various business interests. He died shortly after the birth of his 17th child. His wife Enrica embraced his responsibilities and increased the family wealth several times over.

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Efigenio Treyes Lizares and Enrica Labayen Alunan were married in 1872. By 1875, the couple already possessed inherited land and were already engaged in the production of sugar. Their first home was the “casa hacienda” at Matab–ang (named after the river). It was a modest – sized “bahay–na–bato” (burned by the guerrillas during World War II) which shared some features with the later 1883 “Balay Dako” in Talisay town (photo). Hacienda Matab–ang was planted to sugar while an adjoining hacienda (plantation) was planted to rice. The family was attached to the land and lived there with the farmers. Enrica established a thriving “almacen” / “tienda” (store) which she called a “tindahan” (“store” in the Hiligaynon dialect) in the “zaguan” (ground floor) of the house, to the right of the doorway, which sold rice, salt, sugar, garlic, onions, and other quotidian essentials. She supplied her employees with their basic needs, thus forming a small economy within her “hacienda” domain.

The couple spawned a family of legendary hacenderos and capitalists.

Efigenio and Enrica Lizares (15 July 1855) had seventeen children: Vicente married Concepcion Sison Diaz; Maria; Dolores married Ricardo Fay Nolan; Adela married Dionisio Montano Mapa; Simplicio married Eleuteria Treyes, Amalia Perez, and Mathilde Williams; Maria Encarnacion; Nicolas married Asuncion Nanoy Lopez; Emiliano married Concepcion Ledesma Gamboa; Maria; Celsa married Eugenio Copia Kilayko; Encarnacion married Adriano Tizon Panlilio; Felisa married Jose Habana Jalandoni; Antonio married Carmen Ciocon Rodriguez; Enrique married Demetria de Oca; Remedios Gregoria; Efigenia married Alfredo Salve Paredes; and Remedios married Leon Guinto who was once Mayor of Manila.

The Lizares-Alunan family lived in a simple, almost austere, manner, not known for frivolity. However, they indulged themselves during suitable occasions, holding “bailes” (balls and dances) every now and then, hiring orchestras to provide music for days on end. Although increasingly affluent through the years, the family maintained its modest ways from emergent times.

Midori @ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180314990/efigenio-treyes-lizares