Family of Rizal

The Birth of Rizal

Dr. Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda

 June 19, 1861 – Rizal was born, Wednesday, between 11:00 and 12:00 midnight in the
town of Calamba Laguna, Philippines.

 June 22, 1861 – He was baptized in the Catholic Church in Calamba Laguna.

 Father Rufino Collantes – The parish priest who baptized Rizal. He told them “Take
good care of this child, for someday he will become a great man”
 Who is Dr. Jose Rizal?
 Philippine Hero

 A linguist, he knows about 22 languages

 Traveler

 A talented, brilliant and genius man of honor

 An Ophthalmologist

 A poet, 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

 Dr. Austin Craig – was the first person to trace Rizal’s family roots and discover his
Chinese ancestry.
Who is Domingo Lam-co?

 Rizal Family’s Paternal Ascendant

 A full blood Chinese from Amoy, China

 Lamco is originally from Amoy, China who came to the Philippines in the mid-
17th century and married a half-Chinese Inez Dela Rosa

 He took the name Mercado in early 17th century

 Francisco Mercado Rizal
 Born in Binan, Laguna on May 11, 1818
 He is the father of Jose Rizal.
 He studied Latin and Philosophy at the College of San Jose in
Manila
 Became a tenant-farmer of the Dominican-owned hacienda
 He was hardworking, and independent-minded who talked less but
worked more and valiant spirit.
 He died in Manila on January 5, 1898 at the age of 80
 Rizal affectionately called him “A model of Fathers”
 Teodora Alonso Realonda

 Born in Sta.Cruz Manila on November 8, 1826

 She studied at Colegio de Sta. Rosa in Manila

 A remarkable woman, possessing refined culture; she knows

literature and speaks Spanish according to Rizal

 She died in Manila on August 1, 1911 at the age of 85.

The Rizal Siblings

1. Saturnina (1850-1931)
 Eldest child of Rizal-Alonzo marriage.
 Married to Manuel Timoteo Hidalgo of Tanauan, Batangas.

2. Paciano (1851-1930)
 Second child, closest and oldest brother of Jose.
 Studied at San Jose College in Manila;
 Became a farmer and later a general in the Philippine Revolution.
 The Rizal Siblings

3. Narcisa (1852-1939)
 Narcisa “Sisa” was a musician and a educator.
 She married to Antonio Lopez.

4. Olympia (1855-1887)
 Olympia “Ypia” the fourth of the Rizal children.
 Married Silvestre Ubaldo, a telegraph operator who hailed from manila.
The Rizal Siblings

5. Lucia (1857-1919)
 Lucia married Mariano Herbosa, who was the nephew of Fr. Casanas, Jose Rizal’s
god-father.
 Herbosa died of cholera he was denied of Christian burial being the brother-in-
law of Rizal.

6. Maria (1859-1945)
 Maria “Biang” married a man from Laguna, Daniel Faustino Cruz.
 The Rizal Siblings
7. Juan Protacio Mercado Y Realonda (1861-1896)
 The second son and the second child. His name was “Pepe”.
 He was executed by Spaniards on December 30, 1896.

8. Concepcion (1862-1865)
 Concepcion “Concha” Jose’s younger sister, died at the age of 3 when she feel
severely ill.
 Her death was Rizal’s first sorrow in life.

9. Josefa (1865-1945)
 Her nickname was “Panggoy” she was epileptic and died spinster at the age of
80.
 She became a member of Katipunan.
The Rizal Siblings
10. Trinidad (1868-1951)
 Her nickname was “Trining”
 She was the last of the Rizal children to survive and died as a spinster too and
died at the age of 83.

11. Soledad (1870-1929)

 Soledad “Choleng” was the youngest of Rizal children..
 Her husband, Pantaleon Quintero, hailed from Calamba.
 The Rizal Family

 They belong to the middle class or principalia class or creoles class.

 They had a large 2-storey stone house.

 They had a vast private library home of 1,000 and more books.

 They own a carriage and horses.

 All of them were educated in Manila and still their parents could afford to hire
private tutor.
Rizal’s Childhood Memories
Childhood Memories

 His parents employed an aya (nurse maid) who looked after his comfort. His aya
told him a lot of stories about the fairies, asuang, the nuno and the tikbalang.

 Another childhood memory was the daily praying of Angelus. By nightfall, Rizal
related, his mother gathered all the children at their altar to pray the Angelus.

 Another memory of Rizal’s infancy was the nocturnal walk.

 Childhood Memories
 Un Cuerdo Mi Pueblo (In Memory of My Town) – a poem about Rizal’s beloved
ton written by Rizal in 1876 when he was 15 years old and was a student in the
Ateneo de Manila.

 The death of little Concha brought Rizal his first sorrow.

 At the age of three, he began to join religious processions, novena in the church.

 At the age of five, he was able to read the Spanish Bible with the help of his mother.

 The story of the Moth – made the profoundest impression on Rizal “died to a
martyr to its illusions”
Childhood Memories

 At the age of five, Rizal began to make sketches with his pencil and
to mold and clay and wax objects which attracted his fancy.

 Sa Aking Mga Kabata (To My Fellow Children) – Rizal’s first

poem in native language at the age of eight, it reveals Rizal’s
earliest nationalist sentiments.
Journey to his Early Education

 Maestro Celestino – Rizal’s first tutor.

 Maestro Lucas Padua – Second tutor.

 Leon Monroy – a former classmate of Rizal’s father, he lived at the

Rizal home and instructed Jose in Spanish and Latin. Unfortunately, he
did not live long. He died five months later.
Journey to his Early Education

 June 1869 – at the age eight, Rizal needed to leave his family to Binan.

The first day to Binan

 Maestro Justiniano Cruz – he had the reward and punishment as his method of
teaching; he used corporal punishment to inculcate discipline to his students.
 Pedro – he was challenged by Rizal to a fight.
 Juancho – Rizal’s teacher in painting.
Journey to his Early Education

Return to Calamba
 December 1870 – he received a letter from his sister Saturnina
advising him to ride the steamer Talim that would bring him bac to
Calamba.

 December 17, 1870 1:00 in the afternoon, Saturday – he reached

his home at Calamba.
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