chemical engineering

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life and works of rizal

RIZAL'S BIRTH
AND FAMILY
Phoebe Almario Laurence Natividad
Sinead Bautista Gideon Tarun
Ralf Cuarto Mickaela Velasco
Rizal's name
was chosen by his mother who was a devotee of the Christian
jose saint San Jose (St. Joseph)

Protacio from Gervacio P. which come from a Christian calendar

adopted in 1731 by Domigo Lamco (paternal great-

Mercado greatgrandfather). Spanish term mercado means ‘market’.

from the word ‘Ricial’ in Spanish means a field where

Rizal wheat, cut while still green, sprouts again

Alonzo old surname of his mother

Y and
young jose
from Dona Teodora's godmother, which is the culture at that
reaLONDA time (Batas Claveria)
 birth

Jose Rizal was born on June 19, 1861.  It was

a Wednesday evening in Calamba, Laguna, and
his mother nearly died in the process.  He was
baptized three days later, on June 22, by the
parish priest of the Catholic church in his
town, Fr. Rufino Collantes from Batangas.  His
godfather, Fr. Pedro Casanas, was a close
birth
family friend.
RIZAL'S BAPTISMAL CERTIFICATE READS:
"I, the undersigned parish priest of Calamba, certify that from the
investigation made with proper authority, for replacing the parish
books which were burned September 28, 1862, to be found in Docket
No. 1 of Baptisms, p.49, it appears by the sworn testimony of
competent witnesses that Jose Rizal Mercado is the legitimate son,
and of lawful wedlock, of Don Francisco Rizal Mercado and Dona
Teodora Realonda, having been baptized in this parish on the 22nd
day of June in the years 1861, by the parish priest Rev. Rufino
Collantes, Rev. Pedro Casanas being his godfather. Witness my
signature." - Leoncio Lopez
 family

rizal's family
 Teodora Alonso Realonda
was born on November 8, 1826 in Manila.  She
was a graduate of the College of Santa Rosa.
She died at the age of 85 on August 16, 1911
in Manila. Jose Rizal said, "My mother is a
woman of more than ordinary culture; she
knows literature and speaks Spanish better
than I. She corrected my poems and gave me
good advice when I was studying rhetoric. She
is a mathematician and has read many books."
Francisco Mercado Rizal
was born on May 11, 1818 in Binan, Laguna. 
He was a graduate of the College of San
Jose in Manila, studying Latin and
Philosophy.  Francisco moved to Calamba to
become a tenant-farmer of a hacienda owned
by the Dominicans.  He died at the age of
80 on January 5, 1898 in Manila. About his
father, Jose Rizal says that he is "a model
of fathers."
 SIBLINGS

1
SATURNINA (1850-1913)
‘Ate’ Neneng
-Married to Manuel T. Hidalgo
-Jose's second mother

PACIANO (1851-1930)

2
-Studied in San Jose College, teacher was Dr. Jose Burgos (GomBurZa)
-Married to Severina Decena with 2 children
-Became a general during the Philippine Revolution
-Exciled in Mindoro, arrested and totured during Jose's imprisonment

NARCISA (1852-1939)
3 -Married to Antonio Lopez
-Very close to Rizal and could recite all of Rizal’s poems from memory
-Searched where the authorities secretly buried Rizal (Paco Cemetery)

OLYMPIA (1855-1887)
4 -Married to Silvestre Ubaldo
-Segunda Katigbak's schoolmate
-Died in 1887 from childbirth (13 hours)
 SIBLINGS

LUCIA (1857-1919)

5
-Married to Mariano Herbosa
-Lucia's daughter, Delfina, was the first wife of Gen. Salvador
Natividad. Delfina helped Marcela Agoncillo to make the first Philippine
flag in Hong Kong.

MARIA (1859-1945)
6 -Married to Daniel Faustino Cruz with 5 children
-Rizal talked to when he was planning to marry Josephine Bracken

7 JOSE (1861-1896)

CONCEPCION (1862-1865)
8 -"Concha"
-Died in 1865 from tipos (3 hours)
-First time Jose cried
 SIBLINGS

9 JOSEFA (1865-1945)
-Joined the Katipunan and became the president of the women section
-Died without a husband

10
TRINIDAD (1868-1951)
-Jose gave her the lamp that contains "Mi Ultimo Adios"
-Died without a husband

11
SOLEDAD(1870-1929)
-Married to Pantaleon Quintero (Jose disagreed)
-Became a teacher
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RIZAL's ancestors
father's side
Domingo Lam-Co - Fookin China
-Ines de la Rosa
Francisco Mercado
mercaDO was the original surname of the
Juan Mercado
Rizal family.  Domingo Lamco, Jose's great-
-Cirila Alejandra
great-grandfather, adopted the name Rizal in
mother's side 1731 and it became a second surname of the
Lakandula - Malay family. 
Eugenio Ursua - Japanese
-Benigna Ochoa
Regina Ochoa
- Manuel de Quintos
Brigada de Quintos
- Lorenzo Alberto Alonso