CHAPTER 1: ADVENT OF A NATIONAL HERO
JOSE RIZAL RIZAL’S PARENTS
 June 19, 1861 – birth date of Jose Rizal
 He was born in the lakeshore of Calamba,
Laguna at about midnight on Wednesday of his
birth date.
 Born in Calamba, Laguna Province
 June 22, 1861 – After three days he was
baptized in a Catholic church
 nickname “Pepe”
 the greatest Filipino hero and peerless genius
 Father Rufino Collantes - baptized Rizal
 Father Pedro Casañas – Rizal’s godfather
 Mariano Herbosa – nephew of Casañas and will
marry Lucia
 “Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado Y Alonzo
Realonda”
 Lieutenant-General Jose Lemery –the governor
general of the Philippines when Rizal was born
MEANINGS OF NAME
Jose - was chosen by his mother who was a devotee of
the Christian saint San Jose (St. Joseph)
Protacio - from Gervacio P. which come from a Christian
calendar
Mercado- adopted in 1731 by Domingo Lamco (the
paternal great great-grandfather of Jose Rizal) which the
Spanish term mercado means, “market” in English
Rizal - from the word “Ricial‟ in Spanish means a field
where wheat, cut while still green, sprouts again
Alonzo- old surname of his mother
Y – and
Realonda - it was used by Doña Teodora from the
surname of her godmother based on the culture by the
family
Francisco Mercado Rizal
 Francisco Engracio Rizal Mercado y Alejandra II
 Born on May 11, 1818
 Born in Biñan, Laguna
 June 28, 1848, he married Teodora
 the youngest of the 13 children of Cirila
Alejandro and Juan Mercado
Teodora Alonzo Realonda
 Teodora Morales Alonzo Realonda y Quintos
 Born on November 9, 1827
 Rizal’s first teacher
 Second child of Lorenzo Alonso and Brigida de
Quintos
 went to College of Sta. Rosa
THE RIZAL CHILDREN
The marriage of Francisco Mercado Rizal and Teodora
Alonso Realonda was blessed with eleven children –
nine girls and two boys. These children were:
SATURNINA – She was the oldest among Rizal children
who was nicknamed Neneng. She studied in La
Concordia College in Sta. Ana, Manila. She married
Manuel T. Hidalgo, a native of Tanawan, Batangas.
PACIANO – He was the older brother whom Rizal called
“Uto” and his second father. He accompanied Rizal
when he enrolled in schools. Enraged by the
GOMBURZA execution and the sentiments of his
younger brother Jose, he joined the Philippine
Revolution and became a combat general. After the
revolution, he had lived in his farm in Los Banos. He had
lived as a gentleman farmer and died an old bachelor at
the age of 79. He survived two children by his mistress,
Severina Decena, a boy and a girl.
NARCISA – she was the second girl in the family whose
nickname was Sisa. She was a school teacher of Morong.
She married Antonio Lopez, a nephew of Father Leoncio
Lopez.
OLIMPIA – she was the third girl among the children.
Her pet name was YPIA. She married Silvestre Ubaldo, a
telegraph operator from Manila.
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LUCIA – she was the fifth child. She married Mariano
Herbosa of Calamba. He died of Cholera and was denied
Christian burial because he was a brother-in-law of Jose
Rizal.
CONCEPCION – her pet name was CONCHA. She died
when she was only three years old (1862-1865). Her
death brought grief to the whole family. That was the
first sorrow Jose had experienced.
JOSEFA – she was called PANGGOY by the family. She
died an old maid at age 80.
TRINIDAD – her pet name was TRINING. Like her sister
Josefa, Trining never married and died an old maid at
age 83.
SOLEDAD – CHOLENG was her pet name and the
youngest among the eleven children. She married
Pantaleon Quintero of Calamba.
ANCESTRY PATERNAL SIDE
Domingo Lameo – great-great grandfather– A Chinese
immigrant from Chang chow “China’s City of Spring”, he
was married to Ines De la Rosa
1731 – he adopt the name “Mercado” meaning market
Francisco Mercado – Domingo Lameo’s son
Juan Mercado – Francisco’s son, married to Cirila
Alejandro
Francisco Mercado – Rizal’s father (son of Juan
Mercado)
ANCESTRY MATERNAL SIDE
Lakan Dula – descendant
Eugenio Ursua – great-great grandfather of Rizal – he
was married to Benigna
Regina – daughter of Eugenio, married to Manuel De
Quintos
Brigida – daughter of Regina, married to Lorenzo
Alberto, mother of Narcisa, Teodora, Gregorio, Jose and
Manuel
Rizal – “racial”; meaning “new pasture” and “green
field”