The Rizal name

Siang-co
Lam-co
Bernarda Monica Francisco Mercado
Francisco Mercado
Ines de la Rosa
Teodora Alonso
Juan Mercado Cirila Alejandra
Zun-nio
family names for the
Indios to facilitate
census work and the
collection of taxes
Governor-General Narciso Claveria
Mercados of Calamba
chose the unlisted name
Rizal
Alonsos of Bian chose
the family name
Realonda
Jos Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda
Ambassador Leon Ma. Guerrero:
his choice was prophetic for Rizal in
Spanish means a field where wheat,
cut while still green, sprouts again.
The Rizal Home
Dr. Rafael Palma:
The house was high and
even sumtuous, a solid
and massive earthquake-
proof structure with
sliding shell windows
One of the
distinguished stone
houses in Calamba
during Spanish times.