RIZAL GROUP 1

• DR. JOSE PROTACIO RIZAL MERCADO Y ALONZO REALONDA


  FULL NAME OF JOSE RIZAL
• Doctor


  Completed his medical course in Spain and was conferred the degree of Licentiate in Medicine by the Universidad Central de Madrid
• Jose


  Chosen by his mother who was a devotee of the Christian saint San Jose (St. Joseph)
• Protacio


  From Gervacio P. which come from a Christian calendar
• Mercado


  Adopted in 1731 by Domingo Lamco (the paternal great-great grandfather of Jose Rizal) which the Spanish term mercado means 'market' in English
• Rizal


  From the word 'Ricial' in Spanish means a field where wheat, cut while still green, sprouts again.
• Alonzo


  Old surname of his mother
• Realonda


  Used by Doña Teodora from the surname of her godmother based on the culture by that time
• Jose Rizal was born in the lakeshore town of Calamba, Laguna


  June 19, 1861
• Rizal was baptized in the Catholic church

  June 22, 1861
• Father Rufino Collantes


  A Batangueño, the parish priest who baptized Rizal
• Father Pedro Casanas


  Rizal's godfather, native of Calamba and close friend of the Rizal family
• Lieutenant-General Jose Lemery


  The governor general of the Philippines when Rizal was born
• Don Francisco Mercado


  Rizal's father
• Born in Biñan, Laguna on May 11, 1818


  Don Francisco Mercado
• Don Francisco Mercado


  • Studied Latin and Philosophy at the College of San Jose in Manila
  • Became a tenant-farmer of the Dominican-owned hacienda
  • Hardy and independent-minded man, who talked less and worked more, and was strong in body and valiant in spirit
  • Died in Manila on January 5, 1898 at the age of 80
  • Rizal affectionately called him "a model of fathers"
• Doña Teodora Alonso Realonda


  Rizal's mother
• Born in Manila on November 8, 1826


  Doña Teodora Alonso Realonda
• Doña Teodora Alonso Realonda


  • Educated at the College of Santa Rosa, a well-known college for girls in the city
  • Remarkable woman, possessing refined culture, literary talent, business ability, and the fortitude of Spartan women
  • A woman of more than ordinary culture: she knows literature and speaks Spanish (according to Rizal)
  • Died in Manila on August 16, 1911 at the age of 85
• THE RIZAL CHILDREN

  Eleven children — two boys and nine girls
• Saturnina


  • oldest of the Rizal children
  • nicknamed Neneng
  • married Manuel T. Hidalgo of Tanawan, Batangas
• Paciano

  • older brother and confident of Jose Rizal
  • was a second father to Rizal
  • immortalized him in Rizal’s first novel Noli Me Tangere as the wise Pilosopo Tasio
  • Rizal regarded him as the “most noble of Filipinos”
  • became a combat general in the Philippine Revolution
  • died on April 13, 1930, an old bachelor aged 79
  • had two children by his mistress (Severina Decena)—a boy and a girl
• Narcisa

  • her pet name was Sisa
  • married to Antonio Lopez (nephew of Father Leoncio Lopez), a school teacher of Morong
• Olimpia

  • Ypia was her pet name
  • married Silvestre Ubaldo, a telegraph operator from Manila
• Lucia

  • married to Mariano Herbosa of Calamba, who was a nephew of Father Casanas
  • Herbosa died of cholera in 1889 and was denied Christian burial because he was a brother-in-law of Dr. Rizal
• Maria

  • Biang was her nickname
  • married Daniel Faustino Cruz of Biñan, Laguna
• Jose

  • the greatest Filipino hero and peerless genius
  • nickname was Pepe
  • lived with Josephine Bracken, Irish girl from Hong Kong
  • had a son but this baby - boy died a few hours after birth; Rizal named him “Francisco” after his father and buried him in Dapitan
• Concepcion

  • her pet name was Concha
  • died of sickness at the age of 3
  • her death was Rizal’s first sorrow in life
• Josefa

  • her pet name was Panggoy
  • died an old maid at the age of 80
• Trinidad

  • Trining was her pet name
  • she died also an old maid in 1951 aged 83
• Soledad

  • youngest of the Rizal children
  • her pet name was Choleng
  • married Pantaleon Quintero of Calamba
• Rizal

  always called her sisters Doña or Señora (if married) and Señorita (if single)
• married on June 28, 1848, after which they settled down in Calamba


  Francisco Mercado and Teodora Alonso Realonda
• The real surname of the Rizal family was Mercado, which was adopted in 1731 by Domingo Lamco (the paternal great-great grandfather of Jose Rizal), who was a full blooded Chinese


  Real Surname
• Rizal’s family acquired a second surname— Rizal —which was given by a Spanish alcalde mayor (provincial governor) of Laguna, who was a family friend


  Second Surname
• Domingo Lamco (a Chinese immigrant from the Fukien city arrived in Manila about 1690)


  Fathers Side
• Ines de la Rosa (Well-to-do Chinese Christian girl of Changchow)


  Fathers Side
• Juan Mercado 


  (Rizal’s grandfather)
• Juan Mercado (Rizal’s grandfather) Cirila Alejandro


  had thirteen children, the youngest being Francisco Mercado (Rizal’s father)
• Lakandula (The last native king of Tondo)


  Mothers Side