JOSE RIZAL

1.. THE BIRTH OF A HERO

José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda
- Known as Dr. Jose P. Rizal
2. He was born on June 19, 1861, on the night of a Wednesday at the town of
Calamba, Laguna Baptized in the Catholic church of his town on June 22, 1861 by Fr.
Rufino Collantes ; his godfather was Fr. Pedro Casanas.
3. RIZAL’S PARENTS -Francisco Mercado Rizal
-Born on May 11, 1818 in Biñan, Laguna He studied Latin and Philosophy at
the College of San Jose in Manila. He died in Manila on January 5, 1898, at the
age of 80
4. RIZAL’S PARENTS -Teodora Alonso Realonda
` - Born on November 8, 1826 in Manila Educated at the College of Santa Rosa, a
well-known college for girls in the city. Died in Manila on August 16, 1911
5. THE RIZAL CHILDREN
1. Saturina – oldest of the Rizal children, nicknamed Neneng
2. Paciano – older brother and confidant of Jose Rizal, he was immortalized
by Jose Rizal in his first novel Noli Me Tangere as Pilosopo Tasio
3. Narcisa – her pet name was Sisa
4. Olimpia – Ypia was her pet name
5. Lucia – she married Mariano Herbosa, the nephew of Fr. Casanas; he was
denied a Christian burial because he was the brother-in-law of Jose Rizal
6. Maria – her nickname was Biang
7. Jose – the greatest Filipino hero, his nickname was Pepe
8. Concepcion – her pet name was Concha, she died f sickness at 3; her death
was Jose Rizal’s first sorrow
9. Josefa – her pet name was Panggoy, she died an old maid at the age of 80.
10. Trinidad – Trining was her pet name, also died an old maid at the age of
83
11. Soledad – youngest of the Rizal children, her pet name was Choleng
6. RIZAL’S ANCESTRY Domingo Laméo – a Chinese immigrant from the Fukien city
of Changchow. He is Rizal’s great-great-grandfather. He arrived in Manila about 1690.
He married a well-to-do Chinese Christian girl of Manila named Ines de la Rosa, then
assumed Mercado as his surname in 1731. Francisco Mercado – son of Domingo
and Ines, great-grandfather of Rizal. He married a Chinese-Filipino mestiza, Cirila
Bernacha, and was elected governadorcillo of Biñan.
7. RIZAL’S ANCESTRY Juan Mercado – one of Francisco’s and Cirila’s sons,
grandfather of Rizal.Married Cirila Alejandro, a Chinese-Filipino mestiza. Like his
father, he was elected governadorcillo of Biñan. Francisco Mercado – Rizal’s father.
The youngest of thirteen children of Juan and Cirila. At the age of eight he lost his
father. He met and fell in love with Teodora Alonso Realonda in Manila while
studying. They got married on June 28, 1848
8. RIZAL’S ANCESTRY Lakandula – the last native king of Tondo. He is a believed
ancestor of DoñaTeodora’s family.
9. Eugenio Ursua – Rizal’s great-great-grandfather from his mother’s side.He was
of Japanese ancestry. He married a Filipina named Benigna. Regina – the daughter
of Eugenio and Benigna married Manuel de Quintos,a Filipino-Chinese lawyer from
Pangasinan. One of their daughters married Lorenzo Alberto Alonso, a prominent
Spanish-Filipino mestizo of Biñan; their children were: Narcisa, Teodora(Rizal’s
mother), Gregorio, Manual and Jose.
10. THE SURNAME ―RIZAL‖Mercado – the real surname of the Rizal family which
was adopted in 1731 by Domingo Laméo Rizal – the second surname which was
given by a Spanish alcaldemayor of Laguna, who was a family friend. In Spanish it
means, ―A field where wheat, cut while still green, sprouts again.‖
11. THE RIZAL HOME The Rizal Residence was a two-storey building, rectangular
inshape, built of adobe stone and hard-woods, and roofed with red tiles.
12. A GOOD AND MIDDLE - CLASS FAMILY The Rizal family belonged to the
principalia, a town aristrocracy in SpanishPhilippines . They owned a carriage which
was a status symbol of the illustrados(composed of native-born intellectuals and cut
across ethnolinguistic and raciallines—Indios, Insulares, and mestizos, among
others). They also owned a library, the largest in Calamba, consisting of more than
1000 volumes.
13. HOME LIFE OF THE RIZALS
Rizal Children were taught and trained:
To love God
To behave well
To be obedient To respect people, especially the old folks
They believed in the maxim: “Spare the rod and spoil the child.”