Dr.

Jose Rizal
José ProtacioRizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda

• Jose- Was chosen by his mother who was a devotee of a

Christian Saint San Jose (St. Joseph)
• Protacio-from Gervacio P. which came from Christian calendar.
• Rizal- From the word ‘Ricial’ in spanish means a field where
wheat, cut while still green, sprouts again.
• Mercado- adopted in 1731 by Domingo Lamco (the great great
grandfather of of Jose Rizal) . Mercado is a spanish term of
market.
• Alonso- old surname of his mother
• Y- and
• It was used by Doña Teodora from the surname of her
godmother based on the culture by that time.

Rizal
The real surname of Rizal family was
Mercado, which was adopted in 1731
by Domingo Lamco. Rizal family
acquired a second surname Rizal which
was given by a Spanish Alcalde Mayor(
provincial governor) of Laguna, who
was family friend.
Who is Dr. Jose Rizal?
• Birthdate: June 19, 1861
• Birth Place: Calamba, Laguna
• Baptismal date:
 June 22, 1861
• Death Anniversary:
December 30, 1896
The Birth of Dr. Jose P. Rizal
June 19, 1861Rizal was, moonlit of
Wednesday between eleven and midnight
Jose Rizal was born in the lakeshore town in
Calamba, Laguna. Three days after, Rizal
was baptized in the Catholic Church. Father
Rufino Collantes, a Batangueño parish priest
baptized Rizal. Father Pedro Cansanas,
native of Calamba and close friend of the
Rizal family was Jose Rizal’s godfather.
Who is Dr. Jose Rizal?
• Philippine National Hero
• A linguist, he knows about 22
languages, Traveler
• A talented, brilliant and genius
man of honor
• An Ophthalmologist
• A poet, a novelist, philosopher
and a historian
Who is Dr. Jose Rizal?
• He is also a Farmer-Business
man
• Sculptor
• “The Triumph of Science over
Death”
• Cartographer
• Bibliophile
• Sportsman: Fencing, Archery &
Chess
The Mercado-Rizal Family

•Domingo Lam-co
• family's paternal ascendant was full
 Chinese
• Great-great grandfather of Dr. Jose
P. Rizal
• married Ines dela Rosa who was half
Chinese
Francisco
Mercado (1818-
1898)
 • Biñan, Laguna on April
18, 1818
• Youngest of 13
offsprings of Juan and
Cirila Mercado
• San Jose College, Manila
• Industrious farmer

•
died in Manila

Teodora Alonso
 (1827-
1913)
• November 14, 1827,
Santa Cruz, Manila
• second child of Lorenzo
Alonso and Brijida de
Quintos
• business-minded
woman, courteous,
religious, hard-working
and well-readColegio de
Santa Rosa
• died in 1913 in Manila
 Saturnina

(1850-1913)

• Eldest child
 • Eldest child
• Married Manuel
Timoteo Hidalgo
of Tanauan,
Batangas
Paciano
(1851-1930)
 • Only brother of
Jose
Rizal and the
second child.
• Studied at San Jose
College in Manila;
• became a farmer
and later a general
of the Philippine
Revolution.
Narcisa
(1852-

1939)
 • The third child.
married Antonio
Lopez of Morong,
Rizal;
• a teacher and
musician.
 Olymp

ia (1855-1887)

• The fourth child

• Married Silvestre
Ubaldo
• Died in 1887 from
 childbirth

Lucia
(1857-

1919)
 • The fifth
child
• Married Matriano
Herbosa
 Maria
(1859-

1945)
 • The sixth
child
• Married Daniel
Faustino Cruz of
Biñan, Laguna
 J
OSE (1861-

1896)

• The second son and the

 seventh child.
• He was executed by the
Spaniards on December
30,1896.

Conceptio

n (1862-1865)
• The eight child
• Died at the age of
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Josefa
(1865-

1945)
 • The ninth
child
• Epileptic
• Died a spinster
 Trinid
ad (1868-

1951)

• Died a
spinster
 • The last of the
family to die

Soleda
d (1870-

1929)
 • The
youngest
child
• Married
Pantaleon
Quintero
The
Rizal
Family:
A Good
Middle Class Family
• They belonged to the Principalia
•Had a large 2-storey Stone House, a
Carjuahe and a vast private library
home of 1,000 and more books •
Can afford to send their children to
Manila for college
The Rizal Family: A
Good Middle Class
Family
• They had a simple, happy and
contented life
• They believe in a maxim: “Spare
the rod and spoil the child”
• Every day, the family prays angelus
and rosary
 Rizal

’s family house in Laguna

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Kitchen
 The

Dining Room
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