JOSE RIZAL’S LIFE: FAMILY, CHILDHOOD AND EARLY EDUCATION

THE RIZAL CHILDREN

Name: JOSE PROTACIO RIZAL MERCADO Y ALONSO REALONDA
1. Saturnina (1850-1913)
Date of Birth: JUNE 19, 1861  Oldest of the Rizal children
 Nicknamed Neneng
Place of Birth: SMALL LAKESHORE TOWN OF CALAMBA, LAGUNA,  Married Manuel T. Hidalgo of Tanauan, Batangas
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2. Paciano (1851-1930)
KEY POINTS:  Older brother and confidant of Jose Rizal
 Joined the Philippine Revolution and became a combat
 Described the country he was born as “Pearl of the Orient” general
 Baptized in Catholic church of Calamba (June 22, 1961) by Father  Retired to his farm in Los Baños where he lived as a
Ruffino Collantes (Batangueno parish priest) gentleman farmer
 His name Jose was derived by his mother from the Christian saint  Died in April 13, 1930, an old bachelor aged 79
St. Joseph (San Jose).  Had two children by his mistress (Severina Decena) - a boy
and a girl
Father: FRANCISCO ENGRACIO RIZAL MERCADO Y ALEJANDRO
(1818-1898) 3. Narcisa (1852-1939)
 Place of Birth: Binan, Laguna  Pet name was Sisa
 Date of Birth: May 11, 1818  Married Antonio Lopez (nephew of Father Leoncio Lopez)-
 Date of Death: January 5, 1898 (age of 80 approximately a A school teacher of Morong
year after Jose Rizal‘s martyrdom in Bagumbayan)
 He matriculated at the College of San Jose in Manila to 4. Olimpia (1855-1887)
study Latin and Philosophy  Ypia was her pet name
 He became a tenant-farmer of the Dominican owned  Married Silvestre Ubaldo- a telegraph operator in Manila
hacienda.
 Rizal affectionately described him ―a model of fathers. 5. Lucia (1857-1919)
 Married Mariano Herbosa of Calamba, who was a nephew
Mother: TEODORA ALONSO REALONDA DE QUINTOS (1826-1911) of Father Casanas
 Place of Birth: Manila  Herbosa died of cholera in 1889 and was denied Christian
 Date of Birth: November 18, 1826 burial because he was a brother-in- law of Dr. Rizal.
 Date of Death: August 16, 1911 (she died in Manila at the
age of 85) 6. Maria (1859-1945)
 She was educated, she exerted great efforts to infuse her  Biang was her nickname
children with Christian ethical principles.  Married Daniel Faustino Cruz of Binan, Laguna.
 She matriculated at the Colegio de Santa
 She was a pictured as an impressive woman, well-educated, 7. Jose (1861-1896)
highly cultured, a disciplinarian as well as a dedicated,  Greatest Filipino hero and peerless genius
courteous and hard-working mother  Nickname was Pepe
  He lived with Josephine Bracken, Irish Girl from Hongkong
 He had a son by her, but this baby boy died after a few
hours after birth; Rizal named him ―Francisco after his
father and buried him in Dapitan.

8. Concepcion (1862-1865)
 Pet name was Concha
 Died of sickness at the age of three
 Her death was Rizal‘s first sorrow in life.

9. Josefa (1865-1945)
 Pet name was Panggoy
 Died an old maid at the age of 80

10. Trinidad (1868-1951)

 Trining was her pet name
 Died also an old maid in 1951 aged 83

11. Soledad (1870-1929)

 Youngest of the Rizal children
 Pet name was Choleng
 Married Pantaleon Quintero of Calamba

 The term ―Calamba was derived from the phrase ―kalan-banga.

KALAN-BANGA- an earthen jar being carried by a young woman whom a

Guardia Civil halted to inquire for the name of the place