Sixto Olaco
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content: Filipino Agricultural Workers Collection
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content: Sixto Olaco was born on April 19, 1892 in Candijay, Bohol, Philippines. At the age of twenty-four, Olaco traveled to Honolulu, Hawai'i aboard the S. S. Shinyo Maru along with a group of Filipino men from various regions to work for the Hawaiian Sugar Plantation Association. According to a Hawaiian passenger and crew list, the ship reached its destination on July 12, 1917. Olaco remained in Honolulu for a year, as is referenced in his World War I registration card. He moved to San Francisco, California on February 1, 1921, according to the United States Index to Alien Case Files. The 1930 United States census identified Olaco as a single roomer on North Street in Sacramento, California. His occupation was recorded as a laborer, engaged in various odd jobs, a common practice among Filipino immigrants during that period. By 1945, Olaco was still residing in Sacramento and working as a laborer.  Olaco passed away on October 7, 1961, at the age of seventy-nine in San Luis Obispo County, California, and was laid to rest in Arroyo Grande Cemetery.


*Conflicting birth dates: World War I Draft Registration, April 19, 1892. Index to Alien Case Files, April 1, 1894. 1930 United States Federal Census, about 1891. Social Security Application and Claims Index, April 9, 1892,

*Conflicting death date in California Death Index, October 1961. United States grave index October 19, 1961.

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Year: 1930; Census Place: Sacramento, Sacramento, California; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0074; FHL microfilm: 2339921

Ancestry.com. United States, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Incorporated, 2012.
Original Data: Find a Grave. Find a Grave®. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi.

Place: San Luis Obispo; Date: 7 October 1961

The National Archives at San Francisco; San Bruno, California; Index to Alien Case Files at the National Archives at San Francisco, circa 1975-2020; NAID: 6827288; Record Group Title: Records of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, 2003-2004; Record Group: 566

Registration State: Hawaii; Registration County: Hawai'i

Ancestry.com. United States, Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Incorporated, 2015.
Original Data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.
 
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, DC; Index to Filipino Passengers Arriving at Honolulu, Hawai'i, circa 1900-circa 1952; Microfilm Series: A3407; Microfilm Roll: 13

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, DC; Series Title: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving At Honolulu, Hawai'i, Compiled 02/13/1900 - 12/30/1953; NAI Number: A4156; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Record Group Number: RG 85
 
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, DC; Series Title: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving At Honolulu, Hawai'i, Compiled 02/13/1900 - 12/30/1953; NAI Number: A3422; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Record Group Number: RG 85

Ancestry.com. United States, City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Lehi, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Incorporated, 2011.

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unitdate: label: Date
content: 1921-1954, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: NMAH.AC.1515, Series 15
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content: Archival materials
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content: Includes correspondence, paystubs from an unidentified company, documents from the Immigration and Naturalization Service, medical information, and receipts. The materials document the life of Olaco while residing in Stockton, California from the 1920s to the 1950s. Several paystubs from an unidentified company document his occupation as a laborer and his earnings harvesting asparagus. The contents of the letters are written in English, documenting the financial struggle caused by a fisherman's strike and ideas relating to the Independence of the Philippines. The series serves as a primary source for understanding the complex interplay between economic struggles, social movements, and the quest for national independence during the 1920s and 1950s. Materials are arranged in chronological order.