Early Life Flashcards
To familiarize
What is Rizal’s Full Name?
Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda
Rizal was born at
the lakeshore town of Calamba, Laguna.
Rizal was born on
June 19, 1861
His birth occured at what time
eleven and twelve o’clock at night (just a few days before the full moon).
Rizal’s mother struggled with giving birth due to?
the size of his head
Father Rufino Collantes believed that someday the child Rizal would become a great man because?
he associated his large head with intelligence
Rizal was baptized by
the parish priest, Father Rufino Collantes
the name “Protacio” was inspired by
Saint Gervacio Protacio (whose feast is celebrated every June 19th)
The surname Mercado comes from?
Rizal’s Chinese ancestor, Domingo Lam-co.
His name Jose comes from
Saint Joseph or San Jose (to which his mother was a devout follower)
What is Domingo Lamco’s relation with Rizal?
he is the great-great-grandfather of Dr. Jose Rizal.
Why did Lam-co changed his family’s surname to Mercado (“market”) in 1731?
In order to avoid Anti-Chinese sentiment from the Spanish authorities
Lamco married a christian girl named?
Christian girl of Manila named Ines de la Rosa
who arrived in Manila about 1690 and became a Christian
Domingo Lamco
Domingo Lamco is a
a chinese immigrant from the Fukien city of Changchow
The surname Rizal is the surname adapted by the Mercados during the 1840s because of what degree
Claveria Decree
What date did Governor-General Narciso Claveria mandated that Filipinos adopt surnames to facilitate census work and tax collection. Since there was no system for surnames.
On Nov. 29, 1849
Each province was given a list from which each family could choose a new surname. All of which came from this book:
Catalogo Alfabetico de Apellidos or Alphabetical Catalogue of Surnames in English.
The Mercados of Calamba chose the unlisted name _____
Rizal
The family’s original choice was ______, which means “the green of young growth” or “green fields”, reflecting their livelihood.
Ricial
Instead Don Francisco thus settled on the combination name ‘______’ as a compromise in order to not cause confusion in the commercial affairs of the family
Rizal Mercado
The surname Alonso comes from?
Rizal’s mother’s old family name
The “_” in Spanish names indicates the conjunction “and” and separates the patriarch’s and matriarch’s surnames.
y
The surname Realonda was the adapted surname of the _______ of Binan due to the Claveria Decree.
Alonsos (Just like the Mercados, they continued to use the surname Alonso)
