Aslim L.

Macabaas

 Francisco Mercado II
Father of José Rizal who was the youngest of 13
offspring’s of Juan and Cirila Mercado. Born in Biñan,
Laguna on April 18, 1818;
He studied Latin and Philosophy at the San José
College in Manila. After his parents death he moved
to Calamba and became a tenant-farmer of the
Dominican-owned hacienda. He was a hardy and
independent man, a hardworking man of few words.
He died in Manila on January 5, 1898 at the age of 80.
Rizal called his father affectionately “a model of
fathers”.

  Teodora Alonso Realonda

Dr. Rizal’s mother was born in Manila

on November 8, 1826 as the second
child of Lorenzo Alonso and Brijida de
Quintos. She went to school at
the College of Santa Rosa. She was a
remarkable woman, she possessed
refined culture, literary talent, business
ability and the fortitude of Spartan
women. Rizal wrote about his loving
mother “My mother is a woman of
more than ordinary culture; she is a
mathematician and has read many
books.” She died in Manila on August
16, 1911, at the age of 85, in her house
in San Fernando Street, Binondo.
Shortly before her death, the Philippine
government offered her a life pension.
She Courteously rejected it saying, “My
Family has never been patriotic for
money. If the government has plenty of
funds and does not know what to do
with them, better reduce taxes.” Such
remark truly befitted her as a worthy mother of a national.
Their Children
 SATURNINA MERCADO (1850-1913)

Eldest child of the Rizal-Alonzo marriage. Her

nickname was Neneng. She had five children by her
husband Manuel T. Hidalgo of Tanawan, Batangas.

PACIANO MERCADO (1851-1930

Only brother and confidant of José Rizal and the second
child. He became as a second father to Jose Rizal.
Studied at San José College in Manila. Just like his
father, Paciano became a farmer. It was his idea to send
Jose to continue his studies in Spain. After his younger
brother´ excecution, he joined the Philippine revolution
and became a combat General. After the Revolution, he
retired to his farm in Los Boños where he lived as a
gentleman farmer and died on April 13, 1930, an old
bachelor aged 79. he had two children by his mistress
(Severina Decena).
NARCISA MERCADO (1852-1939)

The third child. married Antonio Lopez at Morong,

Rizal; a teacher and musician

OLYMPIA MERCADO (1855-1887)

The fourth child. Ypia was her pet name. Married

Silvestre Ubaldo, a telegraph operator from Manila; she
died in 1887 from child birth.

LUCIA MERCADO (1857-1919)

The fifth child. Married Mariano Herbosa of Calamba. He was the nephew of Father
Casanas. Herbosa died of cholera in 1889 and was denied a Christian burial because Dr.
Rizal was his brother-in-law.

MARIA MERCADO (1859-1945)

The sixth child. Her nickname was Biang.

Married Daniel Faustino Cruz of Biñan, Laguna

JOSE RIZAL (1861-1896)

 The second son and the seventh child. The greatest
Filipino hero and a tremendous genius. His
nickbname was Pepe. During his excile in Dapitan he
lived together with Josephine Bracken, an Irisch girl
from Hong-Kong. They had a son with her but their
baby son died a few hours after birth. Rizal named
him Francisco after his father and buried him in
Dapitan. José was executed by the Spaniards on
December 30,1896. CONCEPCION MERCADO
(1862-1865) The eighth among the Rizal children, died at the age of three due to an illness.
Her pet name was Concha. As an older brother, Jose, who was four at that time (in 1865),
grieved so bitterly. He recalled having cried so hard for the first time due to love and sorrow
for their loss. According to him, “Till then I had shed tears only for my own faults which my
loving, prudent mother well knew how to correct.”

JOSEFA MERCADO (1865-1945)

Josefa Rizal or Panggoy had epilepsy. She was the ninth

child of the family. She died in 1945 at the age of 80. Due
to her illness she never got married and died as spinster.

TRINIDAD MERCADO (1868-1951)

The tenth child. She was the longest living family

member. They gave her the pet name Trining. Like her
sister Josefa, she never got married and also died an
old maid at the age of 83.

SOLEDAD MERCADO (1870-1929)

She was the youngest child of the Rizal-Mercado clan.
Choleng was het pet name. She later got married to
Pantaleon Quintero, a native from Calamba, Laguna.