Dr.

Jose Rizal’s Family

By: Aragon, Beboso, Calamba, Gebora, Jakosalem
BS Pharmacy N36-A
 Dr. Jose Rizal
José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda
• Birthdate: June 19, 1861
• Birth Place: Calamba, Laguna
• Baptismal date: June 22, 1861
• Death Anniversary: December 30, 1869
Who is Dr. Jose Rizal?

• Philippine National Hero

• A linguist, he knows about 22 languages, Traveler
• A talented, brilliant and genius man of honor
• An Ophthalmologist
• A poet, a novelist, philosopher and a historian
& more?! Yes!
• He is also a Farmer-Business man
• Sculptor :
• “The Triumph of Science over Death”
• Cartographer
• Bibliophile
• Sportsman: Fencing, Archery & Chess
The Family Tree
Who is Domingo Lam-co?

• Rizal Family’s Paternal Ascendant

• A full-blood Chinese from Amoy, China
• Came to the Philippines and married a Half-Chinese lady
named Ines de la Rosa in late 16th century
• He took the last name Mercado in early 17th century
Francisco Mercado
Rizal
• Jose’s Father
• “A model of Fathers”
• Studied Latin and Philosophy at
the College of San Jose
Teodora Alonso
Realonda
• Jose’s Mother
• “A loving and prudent mother”
• Studied at the College of Santa
Rosa
The Rizal Siblings
• SATURNINA RIZAL (1850-1913)
Eldest child of the Rizal-Alonzo marriage. Married Manuel Timoteo Hidalgo
of Tanauan, Batangas.
• PACIANO RIZAL (1851-1930)
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.
• NARCISA RIZAL (1852-1939)
The third child. married Antonio Lopez at Morong, Rizal; a teacher and
musician.
The Rizal Siblings
• OLYMPIA RIZAL (1855-1887)
The fourth child. Married Silvestre Ubaldo; died in 1887 from childbirth.
• LUCIA RIZAL (1857-1919)
The fifth child. Married Matriano Herbosa.
• MARIA RIZAL (1859-1945)
The sixth child. Married Daniel Faustino Cruz of Biñan, Laguna.
• JOSE RIZAL (1861-1896)
The second son and the seventh child. He was executed by the Spaniards on
December 30,1896.
The Rizal Siblings
• CONCEPCION RIZAL (1862-1865)
The eight child. Died at the age of three.
• JOSEFA RIZAL (1865-1945)
The ninth child. An epileptic, died a spinster.
• TRINIDAD RIZAL (1868-1951)
The tenth child. Died a spinster and the last of the family to die.
• SOLEDAD RIZAL (1870-1929)
The youngest child married Pantaleon Quintero.
The Rizal Family: A Good Middle Class
Family
• They belonged to the Principalia
• Had a large 2-storey Stone House, a Carjuahe and a
vast private library home of 1,000 and more books
• Can afford to send their children to Manila for
college
The Rizal Family: A Good Middle Class
Family
• They had a simple, happy and contented life
• They believe in a maxim:
“Spare the rod and spoil the child”
• Every day, the family prays angelus and rosary
Thank you for
listening!!!