ADVENT OF A NATIONAL HERO

ADVENT OF A NATIONAL HERO

Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda ➢ June 19, 1861 in the lakeshore of

Calamba, Laguna Province, Philippines. ➢ Father Pedro Casanas a native of

Calamba and close friend of the Rizal family, was the Godfather ➢ His mother almost died during the

➢ Leutenant General Jose Lemery , a

former senator of Spain was the governor general of the Philippines when Rizal was born. ➢ first love of rizal Leonora

Valenzuela ➢ Leon Monroy former classmate of

Rizal’s father, became the boy’s tutor

delivery because of his big head. ➢ his name “Jose” was chosen by his

mother who was a devoted of the Christian Saint San Jose, (St. Joseph) Rizal’s Parents Francisco Engracio Rizal Mercado y Alejandra II (1818 - 1898)

➢ Born in Biñan, Laguna on May 11,

1818 ➢ Studied in Latin and Philosophy at the College of San Jose in Manila ➢ he was a hardly and independent-

minded man, who talked less and worked more, and was strong in body and valiant in spirit.

➢ he died in Manila on January 5,

1898 at the age of 80

Teodora "Donya Lolay" Morales Alonzo Realonda y Quintos

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Born on November 9, 1827 in Meisik (Chinatown), Tondo, Manila.

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She was educated at the college of Sta. Rosa, a well-known college for girls in the city

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She was a remarkable woman, possessing refined culture, literary talent, business, ability and a fortified of Spartan woman.

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She died in Manila on August 16, 1911 at the age of 85.

Rizal’s siblings I.

Saturnina (1850 – 1913) ➢ Nickname : Neneng ➢ She married Manuel T.

Hidalgo of Tanawan, Batangas I.

Paciano (1851 - 1930)

➢ older brother and confidant of Jose Rizal ➢ he died on April 13, 1930

➢ Rizal’s only brother who

was 10 years his senior, was more than that of younger to older brother. He was a second father to Rizal and he immortalized in his first novel Noli Me Tangere as the wise Pilosopo Tacio.

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Olympia (1855 - 1887) ➢ Pet name: Ypia ➢ She married Silvestro

Ubaldo, a telegraph operator from Manila

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Lucia (1857 - 1919)

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Narcisa (1852 - 1939) ➢ Pet name: Sisa ➢ She married Antonio Lopez

(nephew of father Leoncio Lopez), a school teacher of Morong.

➢ ➢ She married Mariano Herbosa of Calamba, who was a nephew of father

Casanas.

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Maria (1859 - 1945) ➢ ➢ Nickname: Biang ➢ She married Daniel Faustino Cruz of Biñan, Laguna

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II.

Jose (1861 – 1887)

Concepcion (1862 – 1865)

➢ Pet name : Concha ➢ She died of sickness at

the age of 3, her death was Rizal’s first sorrow in life.

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IX. Josefa (1865 – 1945)

➢ ➢ Pet name: Panggoy ➢ She died an old maid at the age of 80.

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Trinidad (1868 – 1951) ➢ ➢ Pet name: Trining ➢ She also died an old maid in 1951 aged 83.

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Soledad (1870 – 1929) ➢ ➢ Pet name: Choleng ➢ She married Pantaleon Quintero of Calamba.

Rizal’s Ancestry •

Rizal was a product of the mixture of races. (Negrito, Indonesian, Malay, Chinese, Japanese and Spanish). Predominantly, he was a Malayan and was a magnificent specimen of Asian manhood.

 Father Side:

 Mother Side:

The Surname Rizal Real surname of the Rizal Family was Mercado which means “market”. It was adopted in 1731 by Domingo Lameo (the paternal great-great grandfather of Jose Rizal), also a fullblooded chinese. Rizal’s family acquired a second surname – Rizal which was given by a spanish alkalde mayor of laguna.

The Rizal Home ➢ The house of Rizal family was one of the distinguished stone houses in Calamba during

Spanish time. It was a two storey building, rectangular in shape, built of adobe stones and hand – wood, and roofed with red tiles. ➢ Behind the house were the poultry yard full of turkeys and chickens and a big garden of

topical fruit trees – atis, alimbing, chico, macopa, papaya, santol, etc.

A Good Middle-Class Family ➢ The Rizal family belonged to the principalia, a aristocracy in Spanish Philippines. It was

one of the distinguish families in Calamba. ➢ Beneath their roof, all guests irrespective of their color, rank, social position, and economic status, were welcome.

➢ Sources of Income:  Harvested rice, corns and sugarcane  Raised pigs, chickens and turkeys I their backyard  Good stores and a small flour-mill and a home-made religious ham press which managed by Doña Teodora. Home Life of Rizal ➢ The Rizal family had a simple, contented and happy life. ➢ Don Francisco and Doña Teodora loved their children but, they never spoiled them. They

were strict parents and they trained their children to love God, to behave well, to be obefient and to respect people especially the old folks. ➢ They believed in the maxim: “Spare the rod and spoil the child”.