The Mercado-Rizal Family

Question 1

The family’s full Chinese paternal ascendant who came to the Philippines from Amoy, China during the closing of the 17th century

Answer 1

Domingo Lam-co

Question 2

Chinese half-breed wife of Domingo Lam-co

Answer 2

Ines de la Rosa

Question 3

Rizal’s paternal grandparents:

Answer 3

Juan and Cirila Mercado

Question 4

Rizal’s maternal grandparents:

Answer 4

Lorenzo Alonso and Brijida de Quintos

Question 5

Rizal’s father:

Answer 5

Francisco Mercado Rizal

Question 6

Where and when was Francisco Mercado born?

Answer 6

Biñan, Laguna, on April 18 / May 11, 1818

Question 7

Where did Francisco Mercado study college?

Answer 7

San Jose College, Manila

Question 8

Where and when did Francisco Mercado die?

Answer 8

Manila in 1898

Question 9

Rizal’s mother:

Answer 9

Teodora Alonso Realonda y Quintos

Question 10

Where and when was Teodora Alonso born?

Answer 10

Santa Cruz, Manila, on November 14, 1827

Question 11

Where did Teodora Alonso study?

Answer 11

She studied at the Colegio de Santa Rosa

Question 12

When did Teodora Alonso die?

Answer 12

1913

Question 13

Children of the Rizal-Mercado Family:

Answer 13

• Saturnina Rizal, the eldest
• Paciano Rizal, second eldest
• Narcisa Rizal, 3rd child
• Olympia Rizal, 4th child
• Lucia Rizal, 5th child
• Maria Rizal, 6th child
• Jose Rizal, 7th child
• Concepcion Rizal, 8th child
• Josefa Rizal, 9th child
• Trinidad Rizal, 10th child
• Soledad Rizal, youngest child

Question 14

• Eldest Rizal child
• Married Manuel Timoteo Hidalgo

Answer 14

Saturnina Rizal

Question 15

Only brother of Jose Rizal and the second child. Studied at San Jose College in Manila; became a farmer and later a general of the Philippine Revolution.

Answer 15

Paciano Rizal

Question 16

• The third child.
• A teacher and musician.
• Married Antonio Lopez at Morong, Rizal

Answer 16

Narcisa Rizal

Question 17

• The fourth child.
• Died in 1887 from childbirth.
• Married Silvestre Ubaldo

Answer 17

Olympia Rizal

Question 18

• The fifth child.
• Married Matriano Herbosa.

Answer 18

Lucia Rizal

Question 19

• The sixth child.
• Married Daniel Faustino Cruz of Biñan, Laguna.

Answer 19

Maria Rizal

Question 20

The second son and the seventh child. He was executed by the Spaniards on December 30,1896.

Answer 20

Jose Rizal

Question 21

• The eight child.
• Died at the age of three.

Answer 21

Concepcion Rizal

Question 22

• The ninth child.
• An epileptic, died a spinster.

Answer 22

Josefa Rizal

Question 23

• The tenth child.
• Died a spinster and the last of the family to die.

Answer 23

Trinidad Rizal

Question 24

• The youngest child
• Married Pantaleon Quintero.

Answer 24

Soledad Rizal