Rizal's Family Background Flashcards

1
Q

Two rich and influential families of Rizal from Binan Laguna

A

Mercado Family (father side) and Alonso-Realonda family (mother side)

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2
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Where did Rizal’ family transfer to from Binan?

A

Calamba, Laguna

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3
Q

Rizal’s Paternal great-great grandfather, Chinese merchant who converted to Christianity and adapted the name Domingo

A

Domingo Lamco

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4
Q

Lamco’s Chinese name in Hookien

A

Lam Cua

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5
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Lamco’s Chinese name in Mandarin

A

Ke Yi Nan

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6
Q

Where is Lamco from?

A

Fukien City of Changchow, district of Jinjiang China

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7
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Where did Lamco reside?

A

Southern Fujian, Zhangzhou

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8
Q

Date and place of Lamco’s baptism

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June 1697 in Manila

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9
Q

Lamco’s wife and Rizal’s paternal great-great grandmother

A

Ines de la Rosa

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10
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One of Domingo Lamco’s children; first to use Mercado as surname

A

Francisco Mercado I

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11
Q

Rizal’s father

A

Francisco Mercado II

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12
Q

Rizal and Josephine Bracken’s son; died in Dapitan

A

Francisco III

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13
Q

Surname meaning ‘market’; based on their occupation as traders

A

Mercado

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14
Q

Height and place of Jose Rizal square and monument in China

A

18.61 meters (based on birthyear 1861) and Jinjiang, China

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15
Q

Genealogy of Rizal’s mother side

A

Ursua, Ochoa, de Quintos

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16
Q

Wife of Francisco Mercado I

A

Bernarda Monicha: Chinese mestiza from Laguna

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17
Q

Why did Don Francisco Mercado I, Rizal’s father, move to Calamba?

A

He leased a land from the Dominicans to be able to cultivate sugar, a cash crop

18
Q

What is the work of Rizal’s father?

A

Inquilino - “land tenant or manager”

19
Q

Who is Rizal’s mother?

A

Dona Teodora Alonso

20
Q

Where did Dona Teodora Alonso study?

A

Dominican College of Santa Rosa in Manila

21
Q

Alonso family members are affluent, they are a family of?

A

Lawyers and politicians

22
Q

Class of Rizal’s family

A

Clase media or middle class Filipinos

23
Q

What is clase media?

A

Child or descendant as a result of intermarriage of Chinese and Filipino or Spanish and Filipino

24
Q

Rizal’s ethnicity

A

Chinese-Filipino

25
Q

Residence of the Mercado-Rizal family in Calamba, Laguna

A

Rizal Stone House, first stone house in Calamba

26
Q

Location of Rizal’s stone house in the city and also a manifestation of their affluent life

A

Near the pueblo or town center or near the Church

27
Q

Frames of the windows of Rizal’s house

A

Capiz shell frames

28
Q

How many siblings did Rizal have?

A

10: 9 sisters and 1 brother

29
Q

Who is Rizal’s only brother?

A

Paciano Rizal

30
Q

Age gap between Paciano and Jose

A

10 years

31
Q

Role of Paciano in Jose’s life

A

2nd father; promised and provided the things Rizal needed being able to sacrifice a lot so that his younger brother could have everything he needed

32
Q

Pang ilan si Jose Rizal sa magkakapatid?

A

7th child

33
Q

Sister of Rizal who died when he was 4 years old

A

Concepcion “Concha” Rizal

34
Q

Who provided for Rizal in Europe?

A

Paciano

35
Q

Rizal credits all his achievements to?

A

Paciano

36
Q

Rizal’s hometown

A

Calamba, Laguna

37
Q

He described his hometown as

A

His “cradle and joy”

38
Q

Rizal’s birthdate

A

June 19, 1861

39
Q

Important landmarks in Laguna

A

Laguna de Bay, Mt. Makiling, Rizal family home and the church beside it

40
Q

When and where is Rizal’s baptism?

A

In the church of St. John the Baptist on June 22, 1861

41
Q

Who baptized Rizal?

A

Rev. Fr. Rufino Collantes

42
Q

Who was his godfather?

A

Rev. Fr. Pedro Casañas