rizal life

• Francisco Mercado (don kiko) 1818-1898 was the father of Jose Rizal, born in Biñan Laguna on April 18, 1818
• Lam-co took the name Domingo in honor of the day he was baptized, which means Sunday in Spanish
• Narcisa Rizal (1852-1939) was the third child and married Antonio Lopez at Morong, Rizal, a teacher and musician
• Rizal's Siblings

  • Saturnina Rizal
  • Paciano Rizal
  • Narcisa Rizal
  • Olympia Rizal
  • Lucia Rizal
  • Maria Rizal
  • Concepcion Rizal
  • Josefa Rizal
  • Trinidad Rizal
  • Soledad Rizal
• Maria Rizal (1859-1945) was the sixth child and married Daniel Faustino Cruz of Biñan, Laguna
• Trinidad Rizal (1868-1951) was the tenth child, died a spinster, and was the last of the family to die
• Teodora Alonso's father, Lorenzo Alberto Alonzo, born in 1790 and died in 1854, was said to have been very Chinese in appearance
• Domingo Lam-co, the paternal ancestor of Dr. Jose Rizal, was baptized in the Parian church of San Gabriel on a Sunday in June of 1697
• Paciano Rizal (1851-1930) was the only brother of Jose Rizal and the second child. He studied at San Jose College in Manila, became a farmer, and later a general of the Philippine Revolution
• Lucia Rizal (1857-1919) was the fifth child and married Matriano Herbosa
• Teodora Alonso's great-grandfather was Eugenio Ursua, a descendant of Japanese settlers, who married a Filipina named Benigna
• Teodora Alonso's parents were Brigida de Quintos and Lorenzo Alonzo
• Pedro Casañas was the godfather of Dr. Jose Rizal
• Josefa Rizal (1865-1945) was the ninth child, an epileptic, and died a spinster
• Teodora Alonso's family adopted the name Realonda in 1850
• Francisco Mercado's parents were Juan and Cirila Mercado
• Olympia Rizal (1855-1887) was the fourth child, married Silvestre Ubaldo, and died in 1887 from childbirth
• Soledad Rizal (1870-1929) was the youngest child and married Pantaleon Quintero
• Teodora Alonso (doñan lolay) 1827-1913 was the mother of Jose Rizal, born in Santa Cruz, Manila, on November 14, 1827
• Concepcion Rizal (1862-1865) was the eighth child and died at the age of three, Rizal's first tragedy as she was his favorite sister
• Saturnina Rizal (1850-1913) was the eldest child of the Rizal-Alonzo marriage and married Manuel Timoteo Hidalgo of Tanauan, Batangas
• Birthplace - Calamba, Laguna
• Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda
• Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado Alonso y Realonda (1861-1896)
• Nickname

  Pepe
• Birthday of Dr. Jose Rizal


  June 19, 1861
• Parents were given as Siang-co and Zun-nio
• Father Jose bech was the first professor of Jose Rizal in Ateneo
• Second year of Jose Rizal in Ateneo

  1873-1874
• First year of Jose Rizal in Ateneo

  1872-1873
• Jose Rizal's mother was in prison during the summer vacation
• Favorite Books of rizal

  • Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
  • Universal History by Cesar
• Manuel Burgos helped Jose Rizal by providing assistance in applying to Ateneo
• Third year of Rizal in Ateneo was from 1874-1875
• First professor was Fr. Jose Bech
• Sculptural works in Ateneo


  • First sculpture of Rizal is Virgin Mary
• last year in Ateneo

  1876-1877
• Graduated as one of Sobresaliente


  1877