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03 Rizal Family History
03 Rizal Family History
03 Rizal Family History
HISTORY
Don Francisco Mercado
• April 18, 1818- 1898
• Biñan, Laguna
• Youngest of the 13
offsprings of Juan and
Cirila Mercado
• Took Philosophy and
Latin(Classics) in San
Jose College, Manila
• Successful and
educated farmer
• Built a stone house
(Status symbol)
Doña Teodora Alonso
• Nov. 14, 1827- 1913
• 2nd child of Lorenzo
Alonso and Brigida de
Quintos
• Studied at Colegio de
Sta. Rosa
• Good mathematician
and business manager
• Owned the largest
library in Sta. Cruz,
Laguna
• Rizal’s Parents. Jose Rizal was the seventh of
the eleven children of Francisco Mercado Rizal
and Teodora Alonso Realonda. God blessed
the marriage of the Rizal with eleven children
– two boys and nine girls.
• MERCADO – Merchant/
Market.
– adopted in 1731 by Domingo
Lamco (the paternal great-
great grandfather of Jose
Rizal), who was a full-
blooded Chinese.
• Y – and
S P N O L M J Co Jo Tri So
Saturnina Rizal-Hidalgo (1850 – 1913)
• Neneng
• Oldest of the Rizal children
• Spouse: Manuel Hidalgo
from Tanawan Batangas
• Had five children
• Published Pascual H.
Poblete’s Tagalog
translation of the Noli Me
Tangere
Paciano Rizal (1851 – 1930)
• Oldest boy in the family
(lived to be 79 yrs. Old)
• Joined the revolutionary
army and rose to the rank of
Major General
• Had two children, a boy and
a girl, with Severina Decena
of Los Baños
• His daughter later married
her 1st cousin, Antonio Lopez
(a son of Narcisa Rizal)
Narcisa Rizal-Lopez (1852 – 1939)
• Spouse: Antonio Lopez (a
schoolmaster from
Morong)
• Also known as Doña Sisa
• Could recite from memory
all the poems of Jose Rizal
Olimpia Rizal-Ubaldo (1855 – 1887)
• Ypia
• Spouse: Silvestre Ubaldo
(telegraph operator from
Manila)
• Albay, Bulacan and Manila
• Jose’s first love, Segunda
Katigbak, was Olimpia’s
schoolmate at Colegio De
La Concordia.
Lucia Rizal-Herbosa (1857 – 1919)
• Spouse: Mariano Herbosa,
a farmer from Calamba
• Mariano died of cholera in
1889 and was denied a
Christian burial
• Children: Delfina, Jose,
Concepcion
Maria Rizal-Cruz (1859 – 1945)
• Biang
• Spouse: Daniel Faustino Cruz
of Biñan, Laguna.
• had 3 children: Maria
Antonia Mercado Rizal and 2
other siblings.
• Maria passed away in 1945
at the age of 86.
• Grandmother of Gemma
Cruz-Araneta (Miss
International)
Jose Rizal (1861 – 1896)
• Second son and the seventh
child
• An ophthalmologist by
profession, Rizal became a writer
and a key member of the
Filipino Propaganda Movement,
which advocated political
reforms for the colony
under Spain.
• First to use the surname “Rizal”
in their family
• Married to Josephine Bracken
and had a son.
Concepcion Rizal (1862– 1865)
• Was also known as Concha
• Died at the age of three
• Her death was Rizal’s first
sorrow in life
Josefa Rizal (1845 – 1865)
• Panggoy
• was the ninth child in the
family who was unmarried.
• After Jose’s death, the
epileptic Josefa joined the
Katipunan.
Trinidad Rizal (1851 – 1868)
• Trinidad Rizal, or ‘Trining’,
was the tenth child and the
custodian of Rizal’s last and
greatest poem, "Mi Ultimo
Adios.“
Soledad Rizal-Quintero (1829 – 1970)
• Choleng
• Youngest of Jose Rizal's
sisters, was educated as a
teacher. His letters scolded
her for marrying without the
blessing of their parents.
• Spouse: Pantaleon Quintero
of Calamba
• Studied at Colegio De La
Concordia.
• Classmate of Leonor Rivera
• As a typical Filipino,
Rizal was a product
of the mixture of
races. In his veins
flowed the blood of
both East and West –
Negrito, Indonesian,
Malay, Chinese,
Japanese and
Spanish.