RIZAL AND HIS

CHILDHOOD IN
CALAMBA
 CALAMBA
 Is an agricultural town
 Owned by the Dominican
friars
 Prosperous due to its
production of sugar
 Despite the cruelties suffered
by tenants, their life was far
better than the other towns in
Laguna.
 BIRTH OF YOUNG JOSE
 Jose Protacio Mercado Rizal
Alonzo Y Rialonda
 Born on June 19, 1861
 Father Rufino Collantes-
baptized Jose Rizal
 Father Pedro Cosañas-
godfather
 RIZAL’S ANCESTRY
 Rizal came from a mixture of
races.
 His great grandfather from his
father side was a Chinese
merchant named Domingo
Lamco.
 He married a wealthy Chinese
mestiza named Ines dela
Rosa.
 Domingo Mercado assumed the
surname Mercado in keeping the
gubernatorial decree of Narciso
Claveria
 On the use of Spanish surnames
in the Philippines by all Spanish
subjects in the colony
 To free themselves and their
children from the prejudices
association of Chinese surnames.
 Rizal’s grandfather from his
father side was Juan Mercado
who married a Chinese-Filipino
mestiza, Cirila Alejandrino.
 At one point, Juan Mercado
became a gobernadorcillo of
Biñan, Laguna.
 Juan and Cirila had 14 children,
one of whom was Rizal’s father,
Don Francisco.
 Rizal’s great grandfather on his
mother’s side was Manuel de
Quintos, a Chinese mestizo from
Lingayen, Pangasinan.
 Manuel married Regina Ursua, a
woman with Japanese Anscestry.
 One of their daughters, Brigada
married Lorenzo Alberto Alonso.
 The couple had five siblings, one
of them was Teodora, who
became Rizal’s mother.
 RIZAL’S IMMEDIATE
FAMILY
 Rizal was reared in a typical
middle class family in the 19th
century Philippines.
 He lived in a life of comfort and
affluence, considering that his
family belonged to the principalia
class or ruling elite of his town.
AFFLUENCE OF RIZAL’S
The family’s predilection
1. forFAMILY
studies.
2. Its stone house of adobe and
hardwood.
3. Ownership of carriage and horses-
symbol of wealth and respectability.
4. A home library with numerous
volumes of books.
5. Presence of personal servants.
6. Private tutoring of the children.
 DON FRANCISCO MERCADO
 Educated man
 Took courses in Latin and
Philosophy in Colegio de San
Jose in Manila.
 From his father Rizal inherited
a profound feeling of dignity,
self- respect, serenity and
poise, and seriousness.
 DOŇA TEODORA ALONSO
 Educated woman
 She completed her education at
Colegio de Santa Rosa, a
prestigious college for girls in
Manila.
 He inherited a practical
temperament, patience, self-
sacrifice, temperament of a
dreamer and fondness for poetry.
 RIZAL’S SIBLINGS

 SATURNINA RIZAL (1850-1913)
Eldest child of the Rizal-Alonzo marriage. Married
Manuel Timoteo Hidalgo of Tanauan, Batangas.
 PACIANO RIZAL (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 RIZAL (1852-1939) 

The third child. married Antonio Lopez at Morong,

Rizal; a teacher and musician.
 OLYMPIA RIZAL (1855-1887)
The fourth child. Married Silvestre
Ubaldo; died in 1887 from childbirth.
 LUCIA RIZAL (1857-1919)
The fifth child. Married Matriano
Herbosa.
 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)
The eight child. Died at the age of three.

 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.

 SOLEDAD RIZAL (1870-1929)
The youngest child married Pantaleon Quintero.
 CHILDHOOD DAYS AND
MEMORIES
 Owing to happy and comfortable
life Rizal had good memories.
 He always treasured the care
demonstrated to him by his
parents.
 Personal servant narrated to him
legends and fairy tails.
 3 years old- he learned how to
pray and even read the bible.
 CHILDHOOD DAYS AND
MEMORIES
 He grew up a pious Catholic
 Father Leoncio Lopez- parish

priest of Calamba who made him

develop a sound philosophy of
life.
 It was also from him that Rizal

learned the value of scholarship

and intellectual honestly.
 FIRST SORROW
 Death of Concepcion (Concha)
 First time he cried as a young
boy
 He was 4 years old at that
time
 THE STORY OF THE MOTH
AND FLAME
 Made the profoundest
impression on Rizal- “died a
martyr to its illusions”
 Just like the moth that died a

victim of its illusions, Rizal died a

martyr in search of the lights of
the truth, freedom, and justice.
 EARLY DEMONSTRATION OF
INBORN TALENTS
 3 years old- he was able to
master the alphabet.
 At the age of 5, Rizal began to
make sketches with his pencil
and to mould clay and wax
objects which attracted his
fancy.
SA AKING MGA KABABATA
 To my fellow Children
 Rizal’s first poem in native
language at the age of eight.
 Reveals Rizal’s national
sentiment
 INFLUENCE ON THE HERO’S
BOYHOOD
 Tio Jose Alberto- Inspired Rizal
to develop his artistic ability.
 Tio Manuel- encouraged Rizal
to develop his frail body by
means of physical exercises.
 Tio Grogorio- intensified
Rizal’s voracios reading of
good books.
 PREPARATIONS FOR
FORMAL SCHOOLING
 Mother- Rizal’s first teacher
 Maestro Celestino- first private
tutor
 Maestro Lucas Padua- second
tutor
 Leon Monroy- tutor who
instructed Rizal in Spanish and
Latin
FORMAL SCHOOLING AT A VILLAGE
 Rizal left Calamba in order to
study in Biñan.
 Paciano accompanied him on
board a carromata.
 Rizal felt homesick as he
remembered his mother and
sisters.
 FIRST DAY AT THE VILLAGE SCHOOL
 Maestro Justiniano Cruz-
expert in Latin and Spanish
grammars.
 Pedro- son of the teacher who
challenges him.
 ACADEMIC STUDIES
 He was able to emerge the best
in his class in Latin, Spanish, and
the rest of the subjects in the
curriculum for elementary pupils.
 Many of his older classmates in
Biñan became jealous.
 They did everything to destroy
Rizal’s reputation to Maestro
Cruz.
 LIFE IN BIŇAN
 Systematic and disciplined
 As early as 4:00 in the
morning, he was already on
his toes to attend mass.
 After hearing the mass, he
had to go home and study his
lessons.
 He also took painting lessons
under Old Juancho.
 He spent his leisure hours in the
studio.
 Given free lessons in painting
and drawing.
 Became an apprentice of the old
painter.
 ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION
 Rizal did not enjoy his schooling
at the village school.
 He did not like his teacher
because of his corporal
punishment in making pupils
learn.
 He described this kind of
instruction was barbarous.
 END OF SCHOOLING
 Rizal returned to Calamba, after
receiving a letter from his sister
Saturnina.
 Before living Biñan, he made a
last visit to the town Church and
bade farewell to Maestro Cruz
and his classmates.
 Rizal was so excited because
he was going home by
himself on board the
steamship Talim.
 FIRST TASTE OF INJUSTICE
1. Arrest and incarnation of his
mother in 1871- opened his
eyes to injustice of the regime.
 Due to her alleged complicity in
the attempted murder of Tio
Jose Alberto’s unfaithful wife.
- Doña Teodora was arrested and
made to walk a distance of 50
km from Calamba to Santa Cruz.
- She was jailed for almost 2 and
½ years.
 She was freed.
2. Martyrdom of GOMBURZA
 ACTIVITY
 Createa timeline of
Rizal’s childhood
and Early
education.