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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, province of Laguna, Philippines.
 June 22, 1861 – he was baptized in the Catholic Church in Calamba
 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”.
 Father Pedro Casanas – Rizal’s godfather, and close friend of the Rizal
family.

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Who is Dr. Jose Rizal
 Philippine Hero
 Traveler
 A talented, brilliant and genius man of
honor
 An Ophthalmologist
 A poet, a novelist, philosopher and a
historian

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 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.

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Who is Domingo Lamco?

 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
de la Rosa
 He took the name Mercado in early 17th
century

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Francisco Mercado Rizal

 born in Biñan, Laguna on May 11, 1818

 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.
 died in Manila on January 5, 1898 at the age of 80
 Rizal affectionately called him “a model of fathers”

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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,
literary talent, business ability and the fortitude of
Spartan women
 is a woman of more than ordinary culture; she
knows literature and speaks Spanish according
to Rizal
 died in Manila on August 1, 1911 at the age of 85

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The Rizal Siblings
1. Saturnina (1850-1913)
 Eldest child of the Rizal-Alonzo marriage. Married 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 of the Philippine Revolution.

3. Narcisa (1852-1939)
 Narcisa "Sisa" was a musician and educator. She married Antonio Lopez.

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4. Olympia (1855-1887)
 Olympia "Ypia," the fourth of the Rizal children, married Silvestre Ubaldo, a
telegraph operator who hailed from Manila.

5. Lucia (1857-1919)
 Lucia married Mariano Herbosa, who was the nephew of Fr. Casanas, Jose
Rizal's godfather. 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.

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7. Jose Protacio Mercado Y Realonda (1861-1896)
 The second son and the seventh child. His name was “Pepe”. He was
executed by Spaniards on December 30, 1896.

8. Concepion (1862-1865)
 Concepcion "Concha," Jose's younger sister, died at the age of 3 when she
fell 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.

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10. Trinidad (1868-1951)
 Her nickname was “Trining”. She was the last of the Rizal children to
survive and died as spinster too and died at the age of 83.

11. Soledad (1870-1929)

 Soledad "Choleng" was the youngest of the Rizal children. Her
husband, Pantaleon Quintero, hailed from Calamba.

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The Rizal Family
 They belonged 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 owned a carriage and horses

 All of them were educated in Manila and still their parents could afford to
hire private tutor

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Rizal’s 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

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 Un Cuerdo A Mi Pueblo (In Memory of My Town) – a poem about Rizal’s
beloved town written by Rizal in 1876 when he was 15 years old and was 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 a martyr
to its illusions’

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 At the age of five, Rizal began to
make sketches with his pencil and
to mold in 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 sentiment

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Early Education
in Calamba
and Biñan

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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.

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 June 1869 – at the age of eight, Rizal needed to leave his family to
study in Biñan.

The First Day to Biñan

 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

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Return to Calamba

 December 1870 – he received a letter from his sister Saturnina

advising him to ride the steamer Talim that would bring him back to
Calamba.

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

home at Calamba.

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