LESSON 3: DR.

JOSE RIZAL’S FAMILY AND EARLY a) Philippine National Hero

CHILDHOOD
b) A linguist, He knows about 22 languages.

1896

c) A talented, brilliant and genius man of honor

Meanings of name d) An ophthalmologist

 Doctor – completed his medical course in Spain and e) A poet, a novelist, Philosopher and a historian
was conferred the degree of Licentiate in Medicine
by the Universidad Central de Madrid. f) Jose Rizal is polyglot which means: using several
languages
 Jose – was chosen by his mother who was a devotee
of the Christian saint San Jose (St. Joseph) g) Jose Rizal is polymath which means : wide-ranging
knowledge or learning
 Protacio – “ A precious thing from his parents”
h) Exact date of Rizal’s execution. :DECEMBER 30,
 Mercado – adopted in 1731 by Domingo Lamco (the 1896
paternal greatgreat-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 stillgreen, sprouts again

 Y – and

 Alonzo – old surname of his mother

 Realonda – it was used by Doña Teodora from the

surname of her godmother based on the culture
“does not do justice to your inborn potential”

The Young Jose

a) At the age of three, he participated in family prayers.

b) At the age of five years old, he was able to read the

Spanish family bible.
FRANCISCO MERCADO RIZAL
c) At a young age, Jose had shown some of his artistic
o Jose Rizal’s Father
talents:

d) At the age of five, he began to make sketches. o A model of Fathers

Who is Dr. Jose Rizal? o Studied Latin and Philosophy at the college of San
Jose
TEODORA ALONSO REALONDA NARCISA RIZAL (1852-1939) The third child. Married
Antonio Lopez at Morong, Rizal; a teacher and musician.
o Jose Rizal Mother

o A loving and prudent mother

o Studied at the college of Santa Rosa

“My family has never been patriotic for money. If the

government has plenty of funds and does not know what to
do with them, its better to reduces taxes”.

This was the reply of Teodora Alonzo, to American authorities

when she refused their offer of a lifetime pension after Rizal
was declared as National hero by Americans in 1901.

THE RIZAL SIBLINGS

OLYMPIA RIZAL (1855-1887) The fourth child. Married
Silvestre Ubaldo; died in 1887 from childbirth.

SATURNINA RIZAL (1850-1913) Eldest child of the Rizal-

Alonzo marriage. Married Manuel Timoteo Hidalgo of
Tanauan, Batangas.
LUCIA RIZAL (1857-1919) The fifth child. Married
Mariano Herbosa.

PACIANO RIZAL (1851-1930) 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. MARIA RIZAL (1859-1945) The sixth child. Married Daniel
Faustino Cruz of Biñan, Laguna.
JOSE RIZAL (1861-1896) The second son and the seventh
child. He was executed by the Spaniards on December 30,
1896.
CONCEPCION RIZAL (1862-1865) “Choleng” The eight
child. Died at the age of three.
SOLEDAD RIZAL (1870-1929) The youngest child married
Pantaleon Quintero.
The Rizal Family: A Good Middle Class Family
They had a simple, happy and contented life

 "namatay ang aking nakababatang kapatid na si Concha, at They believe in a maxim: “Spare the rod and spoil the
iyon ang unang pagkakataong lumuha ako dahil sa lungkot at child”
pagmamahal…"
- Dr. Jose Rizal

JOSEFA RIZAL (1865-1945) The ninth child. An epileptic,

died a spinster

TRINIDAD RIZAL (1868-1951) The tenth child. Died a

spinster and the last of the family to die