Life and Works of Jose Rizal

• Taft Commission - chose Rizal out of several great Filipinos as the number one hero of his people.
• Republic Act 1425 - the "Rizal Law" authored by Senator Claro M. Recto signed on June 12, 1956.
• Latest name of Rizal - Jose Protacio Realonda Alonso Mercado Rizal.
• Old name of Rizal - Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado Alonso y Realonda.
• Rizal was known as "A child of a good family."
• Rizal was born on June 19, 1861 between 11 and 12 in the evening, a few days before the full moon.
• Rizal was baptised on June 22, 1861 by Fr. Rufino Collantes.
• The one who stood as the godfather of Rizal was Fr. Pedro Casanas.
• Genealogy - a study of ancestry and family histories by genealogists.
• Place of Birth - Calamba, Laguna.
• Place of Death - Bagumbayan, Luneta.
• The place where Rizal was buried - Paco Cemetery.
• Domingo Lam-co - Rizal's paternal ancestor, native of the Chinchew district in China, baptized in the Parian Church of San Gabriel on a Sunday on June 1697.
• Inez dela Rosa - wife of Lam-co, half of Lam-co's age. Her parents were Agustin Chinco and Jacinto Rafaela.
• Francisco Mercado y Chinco - Rizal's father, a prosperous land owner, sugar and rice planter of Chinese-Filipino descent. He was born on May 11, 1818 in Binan and lived to be 80 years old. He was the youngest in a family of 13 siblings. A well-educated farmer who studied Latin and philosophy at Colegio de San Jose in Manila.

  
  

  His parents were Captain Juan Mercado and Cirila Alejandra.
• Teodora Alonso - Rizal's mother, one of the most-highly educated women in the Philippines, an Ilocano-Tagalog-Chinese-Spanish descent.

  Born on November 14, 1827 and lived to be 84 years old. Studied at Colegio de Santa Rosa, gifted woman with insights into literature, art, music and other form of Filipino culture.

  She was the daughter of Brigada de Quintos.
• Maternal Ancestor - Rajah Lakandula

  Paternal Ancestor - Domingo Lam-co
• Eugenio Ursua - paternal great great grandfather, Japanese Ancestry.
• Claveria List is also known as "Catalogo Alfabetico de Apellidos."
• Royal Decree of 1849 - a new family name was adopted upon the order of Governor General Narciso Claveria y Zaldua.

  Issued on November 21, 1849 wherein the list of approved family names can be referred from the "Catalogo Alfabetico de Apellidos"

  Originated from the word "Ricial" which literally means rice field.
• Jose was the 7th of 11 children and younger of the 2 boys.
• Enumerate all of Rizal's siblings: (Starting from the oldest to youngest)

  1. Saturnina
  2. Paciano
  3. Narcisa
  4. Olympia
  5. Lucia
  6. Maria
  7. Jose
  8. Conception
  9. Josefa
  10. Trinidad
  11. Soledad
• Paciano was the oldest boy out of 11 siblings. He was 10 years older than Jose. He was a Major General in the Revolutionary Army army and his wife is Severina Decena.
• Saturnina was the oldest out of 11 siblings, married to Manuel Hidalgo.
• Saturnina published the Pascual H. Poblete's Tagalog translation of the Noli Me Tangere.
• Pascual H. Poblete's Tagalog translation of the Noli Me Tangere.
• Olympia was the 4th of 11 siblings, she married Silvestre Ubaldo, a telegraph operator in Manila.
• Narcisa was the 3rd of 11 siblings, she was also known as Dona Sisa.
• Narcisa can recite from memory all the poems of Jose Rizal, and she was the one who looked for where Jose was buried and put a mark, she also have a handkerchief with Jose's blood.
• Maria was the 6th of 11 siblings and was the only sibling to live up until 1950's
• Conception was the 8th of 11 siblings and was Jose's first heartbreak.
• Conception was also known as "Concha" and died at the age of 3.
• Trinidad was a spinster and the last poem written by her brother "Mi Ultimo Adios" was left to her.
• Mi Ultimo Adios means "My Last Farewell" in English.
• Enumerate the 2 spinster siblings of Jose Rizal:

  1. Josefa
  2. Trinidad
• Soledad was the youngest of 11 siblings. She and Leonor Rivera were classmates.
• Father - profound sense of self-respect
• Father - habit of independent thinking.
• Father - love for work.
• Malayan Ancestor - love for freedom