Rizal's Life: Family, Childhood, and Early Education Flashcards
- is a genius of his kind who was molded by his parents and his teachers
- Endowed by God with versatile gifts, he truly ranked with the world’s geniuses, and became the greatest hero a nation
Dr. Jose P. Rizal
is considered as one of the biggest family during their time
Rizal Family
the family’s paternal ascendant was Chinese who came to the Philippines from Amoy, China in the closing years of the 17th century and married a half-Chinese by the name of _____
Domingo Lam-co; Ines de la Rosa
full name of Jose Rizal
Jose Protacio Realonda Alonzo Mercado Rizal
Known to a “child of a good family”
Jose Protacio Realonda Alonzo Mercado Rizal
Jose was born on (date and place)
June 19, 1861; Calamba, Laguna (between 11 and 12 at night)
Jose Rizal was the _____ of eleventh children, the younger of two boys and with nine sisters all in all
seventh
- Father of Jose Rizal who was the youngest of 13 off springs of Juan and Cirila Mercado
- studied in San Jose College, Manila; and died in Manila
FRANCISCO MERCADO (1818-1898)
When and where was Francisco Mercado born
Biñan, Laguna on April 18, 1818
- A prosperous landowner
- Sugar and rice planter
- Well educated having studied Latin and Philosophy
- Trader
Francisco Mercado Y Chinco
- The second child of Lorenzo Alonso and Brijida de Quintos
- Studied at the Colegio de Santa Rosa
- a business-minded woman, courteous, religious, hard
- working and well-read.
- One of the most highly educated women in the Phil. that time
- A gifted woman with insights in literature, art, music and other forms of Filipino culture
- A fine mathematician, gourmet cook, interior decorator, collector of fine books
- Was of Ilocano-Tagalog- Chinese-Spanish descent
TEODORA ALONSO (1827-1913)
- Uncle of Rizal
- Elected to the Spanish Cortes
- Distinguished government servant
- inspiration of Rizal to be a government servant too
Jose Florentino
- was named after
• St. Joseph
• From uncle, lolo and other siblings
Jose
- St. Protacio a martyr.
- Filipino priest baptized him; secular Archbishop confirmed
Protacio
- a shortened form of the Spanish word “second crop”, seemed suited to a family of farmers who were making a second start in a new home
Rizal
was attached to Rizal to avoid confusion
Mercado
- was adopted by Francisco’s mother in law that gave Teodora a middle name Realonda
Realonda
- eldest of the Rizal children, became the wife of Manuel T. Hidalgo of Tanauan, Batangas
- She and her mother provided the little Jose with the basic education by the age of three
Saturnina (1850-1913)
- the second child in the family and Rizal’s only brother
- He was fondly addressed by his siblings as _____, short for “_____”. The 10 year older brother of Jose studied at San Jose College in Manila, became a former and later general of the Philippine Revolution
Paciano; Nor Panciano; Senior Panciano
When and where was Paciano born
March 7, 1851 in Calamba, Laguna
- third Rizal, was married to Antonio Lopez, a teacher of Morong, Rizal
- Later in history, (like Saturnina) would help in financing Rizal’s studies in Europe, even pawning her jewelry and peddling her clothes if needed
Narcisa (1852-1939)
- fourth Rizal child, was married to Silvestre Ubaldo
- Jose loved to tease her, sometimes good-humoredly describing her as his stout sister
Olimpia (1855-1887)
Why and when Olimpia died?
She died of childbirth in 1887
fifth Rizal child, was the wife of Mariano Herbosa
Lucia (1857-1919)
- the sixth Rizal child, became the wife of Daniel Faustino Cruz of Biñan, Laguna
- It was to her whom Jose talked about wanting to marry Josephine Bracken when the majority of the Rizal family was apparently not amendable to the idea
Maria (1859-1945)
What is the letter date when jose wrote to maria
December 28, 1981