week 3

• Francisco Mercado, the father of Jose Rizal, was born on May 11, 1818, and passed away on January 5, 1898
• Teodora Alonzo Realonda's great grandfather was Eugenio Ursua (Ochoa), of Japanese blood, and her maternal grandfather was Manuel de Quintos, a popular lawyer
• Jose Rizal was the seventh child of Francisco Mercado and Teodora Alonzo
• Teodora Alonzo Realonda's father was Lorenzo Alberto Alonzo, an engineer and recipient of prestigious decorations
• Baptism of Jose Rizal


  He was baptized three days later by Father Rufino Collantes in the Catholic church of Calamba, with Father Pedro Casañas as his godfather (ninong)
• In 1848, Francisco Mercado married Teodora Alonzo Realonda, and in 1849, they changed their family name to Rizal
• Francisco Mercado's father and grandfather both became Capitanes or town mayors of Biñan
• Francisco Mercado moved to Calamba after the death of his mother and became a tenant and farmer of a large Dominican estate
• Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda, also known as "Pepe," was born on June 19, 1861, in Calamba, Laguna
• Teodora Alonzo Realonda's lineage can be traced to Lakandula, the greatest ruler of Tondo
• Teodora Alonzo Realonda's mother was Brigida de Quintos, a fair and well-educated lady, and her father was Cipriano Alonzo, a Capitan of Biñan
• Teodora Alonzo Realonda

  A highly educated Filipina of Spanish and Japanese ancestry, she was devoted to her children's education and growth as morally-upright individuals
• Teodora Alonzo Realonda's children adopted the surname Realonda after Governor Claveria's decree for the revision and adoption of new names
• Lucia Rizal (1857-1919) was married to Mariano Herbosa from Calamba, who died of cholera and was denied Christian burial because he was a brother-in-law of Dr. Jose Rizal
• Maria "Biang" Rizal (1859-1945) was married to Daniel Faustino Cruz of Biñan, Laguna
• Narcisa "Sisa" Rizal (1852-1939) was married to Antonio Lopez, a school teacher of Morong, Rizal
• Olimpia "Ipiang" Rizal (1855-1887) was married to Silvestre Ubaldo, a telegraph operator of Manila, and died in 1887 from childbirth
• Paciano Rizal (1851-1930) was the family caretaker and joined the Philippine Revolution after his younger brother's execution
• Saturnina "Neneng" Rizal (1850-1913) was the eldest and married Manuel Hidalgo of Tanawan, Batangas
• Francisco Mercado


  Considered the patriarch of the family, he was an educated and industrious farmer of Chinese ancestry, with his great grandfather Domingo Lam-co being a native of Amoy, China
• Rizal Family Members

  • Saturnina "Neneng"
  • Paciano
  • Narcisa "Sisa"
  • Olimpia "Ipiang"
  • Lucia
  • Maria "Biang"
• Lucia's lifespan

  1857 - 1919
• She became the wife of Daniel Faustino Cruz of Biñan, Laguna
• She was an epileptic and died at the age of 80 as a spinster
• Maria's lifespan

  1859 - 1945
• Josefa's lifespan

  1865 - 1945
• MARIA "BIANG"
• She became the wife of Mariano Herbosa, a town mate from Calamba
• A large, two-storey building built of adobe stones, hardwood and tiled roof
• Moreover, the family milled their sugar and had a ham press
• The farm also had coconut (copra), rice fields, fruit-bearing trees and a large turkey farm
• Trinidad or Trining, the sibling next to Josefa, was even much closer to Jose
• It had many rooms: for the girls, the boys, another for the couple, and quarters for servants
• The Rizal family was also the first native family in Calamba to own a horse-drawn carriage, called the carruaje
• THE RIZAL ANCENTRAL HOUSE IN CALAMBA
• JOSE PROTACIO "PEPE"
• She inherited much of Rizal’s property in Dapitan
• Josefa, the next sister, should have taken the place of Concha, but with her health condition, being an epileptic
• LUCIA
• Many fruit-bearing trees surrounded the house