RIZL Week 3 Flashcards
- Born on June 19, 1861, in
Calamba, Laguna - He was the seventh in a brood
of eleven children of Francisco
Mercado and Teodora Alonzo. - He was baptized three days later
by Father Rufino Collantes in
the Catholic church of Calamba.
Father Pedro Casañas stood as
his godfather (ninong).
Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda
baptized in the Saint John the Baptist Parish Church
Jose Rizal
- Father of Jose Rizal and considered
the patriarch of the family, was a
native of Biñan, Laguna. - He was an educated and industrious
farmer who studied Latin and
Philosophy at Colegio de San Jose
in Manila. Of Chinese ancestry, his
great grandfather Domingo Lam-co
was a native of Amoy (now
Guanzhou), China who married the
Filipina Ines de la Rosa.
FRANCISCO MERCADO
(b. May 11, 1818 – d. January 5, 1898)
Both Francisco’s father, Juan, and grandfather, became
Capitanes or town mayors of _____. Upon the death of his
mother, Francisco moved to Calamba where he became a
tenant and farmer of a large Dominican estate.
Biñan
On __ ____ ____, he married Teodora Alonzo Realonda.
June 28,1848
Narciso Claveria issued the decree on the
Hispanization of Filipino names, he chose the new surname
Rizal, from the Latin word “ricial” meaning “____ _____’’.
rice field
he petitioned the court to change the family name to
Rizal, with all their children being surnamed as such ____
1850
- The mother of Jose Rizal, a Manileña,
was a highly educated Filipina who
graduated from the Colegio de Santa
Rosa. - Of Spanish and Japanese ancestry,
Teodora was a talented woman whose
interests lay in literature, culture, and
business, and was well-versed in
Spanish. - She helped her husband in farming and
in their business. She devoted herself
to the children’s education and growth
as morally-upright individuals.
TEODORA ALONZO REALONDA
(b. November 8, 1826 – d. August 16, 1911)
She is the eldest. She
became the wife of
Manuel Hidalgo of
Tanawan, Batangas.
SATURNINA “NENENG”
1850 - 1913
- He was the family caretaker
- After his younger brother’s
execution, he joined the
Philippine Revolution. - He retired to his farm in Los
Baños where he lived as a farmer - He had 2 children by his commonlaw wife (Severina Decena)- a boy
and a girl.
PACIANO
1851 - 1930
She was married to
Antonio Lopez, a
school teacher of
Morong, Rizal.
NARCISA “SISA”
1852 - 1939
- She became the wife
of Silvestre Ubaldo, a
telegraph operator of
Manila. - She died in 1887 from
childbirth.
OLIMPIA “IPIANG”
1855 - 1887
- She became the wife of
Mariano Herbosa, a town
mate from Calamba. - Herbosa died of cholera
and was denied Christian
burial because he was a
brother-in-law of Dr.
Jose Rizal
LUCIA
1857 - 1919
She became the
wife of Daniel
Faustino Cruz of
Biñan, Laguna.
MARIA “BIANG’’
- The seventh child
in the family. - He was married to
a Scottish girl
named Josephine
Bracken.
JOSE PROTACIO “PEPE’’
1861 - 1896
She died at the
age of three (3)
due to illness.
CONCEPCION “CONCHA’’
1862 - 1865
She was an
epileptic
and died at the
age of 80 as a
spinster.
JOSEFA “PANGGOY”
1865 - 1945
- She was also a spinster.
- She died at the age of 83.
- She inherited much of Rizal’s property in Dapitan.
TRINIDAD “TRINING”
1868 - 1951
- She was the youngest in the family.
- She became the wife of Pantaleon uintero also from Calamba.
SOLEDAD “LOLENG”
1870 - 1929
Rizal’s family was one of the richest families in
Calamba. Indeed, they belonged to the ___________,
a town aristocracy in Spanish Philippines.
principalia
The main source of their livelihood was the
__________ plantation which was being rented
from the Dominicans.
sugarcane
The farm also had _______ (copra), ____ ______,
_____-_______ trees and a large ______ farm
coconut, rice fields, fruit-bearing trees and a large turkey farm
Moreover, the family milled their sugar and had a
___ press.
ham press
___
The Rizal family was also the first native family in
Calamba to own a horse-drawn carriage, called the
________.
carruaje