ADVENT OF A NATIONAL HERO

Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso

Realonda
June 19, 1861 in the lakeshore of

Calamba, Laguna Province,

Philippines.
Father Pedro Casanas a native of

Calamba and close friend of the

Rizal family, was the Godfather
His mother almost died during the

Leutenant General Jose Lemery , a

former senator of Spain was the

governor general of the Philippines
when Rizal was born.
first love of rizal Leonora

Valenzuela
Leon Monroy former classmate of

Rizals father, became the boys

tutor

delivery because of his big head.

his name Jose was chosen by his

mother who was a devoted of the

Christian Saint San Jose, (St. Joseph)
Rizals Parents
Francisco Engracio Rizal Mercado y Alejandra II (1818 - 1898)

Born in Bian, Laguna on May 11,

1818
Studied in Latin and Philosophy at
the College of San Jose in Manila
he was a hardly and independent-

minded man, who talked less and

worked more, and was strong in
body and valiant in spirit.

he died in Manila on January 5,

1898 at the age of 80

Teodora "Donya Lolay" Morales Alonzo Realonda y Quintos

Born on November 9, 1827 in

Meisik (Chinatown), Tondo,
Manila.

She was educated at the college of

Sta. Rosa, a well-known college for
girls in the city

She was a remarkable woman,

possessing refined culture, literary
talent, business, ability and a
fortified of Spartan woman.

She died in Manila on August 16,

1911 at the age of 85.

Rizals siblings
I.

Saturnina (1850 1913)

Nickname : Neneng
She married Manuel T.

Hidalgo of Tanawan,
Batangas
I.

Paciano (1851 - 1930)

older brother and confidant

of Jose Rizal
he died on April 13, 1930

 Rizals only brother who

was 10 years his senior,

was more than that of
younger to older brother.
He was a second father to
Rizal and he immortalized
in his first novel Noli Me
Tangere as the wise
Pilosopo Tacio.

I.

Olympia (1855 - 1887)

Pet name: Ypia
She married Silvestro

Ubaldo, a telegraph operator

from Manila

I.

Lucia (1857 - 1919)

I.

Narcisa (1852 - 1939)

Pet name: Sisa
She married Antonio Lopez

(nephew of father Leoncio

Lopez), a school teacher of
Morong.


She married Mariano Herbosa of Calamba, who was a nephew of father

Casanas.

I.

Maria (1859 - 1945)

Nickname: Biang
She married Daniel Faustino Cruz of Bian, Laguna

I.

II.

Jose (1861 1887)

Concepcion (1862 1865)

Pet name : Concha

She died of sickness at

the age of 3, her death

was Rizals first sorrow
in life.

I.

IX. Josefa (1865 1945)


Pet name: Panggoy
She died an old maid at the age of 80.

I.

Trinidad (1868 1951)

Pet name: Trining

She also died an old maid in 1951 aged 83.

I.

Soledad (1870 1929)

Pet name: Choleng

She married Pantaleon Quintero of Calamba.

Rizals Ancestry

Rizal was a product of the mixture of races. (Negrito, Indonesian, Malay, Chinese,
Japanese and Spanish). Predominantly, he was a Malayan and was a magnificent
specimen of Asian manhood.

Father Side:

Mother Side:

The Surname Rizal

Real surname of the Rizal Family was Mercado which means market. It was adopted
in 1731 by Domingo Lameo (the paternal great-great grandfather of Jose Rizal), also a fullblooded chinese. Rizals family acquired a second surname Rizal which was given by a
spanish alkalde mayor of laguna.

The Rizal Home

The house of Rizal family was one of the distinguished stone houses in Calamba during

Spanish time. It was a two storey building, rectangular in shape, built of adobe stones
and hand wood, and roofed with red tiles.
Behind the house were the poultry yard full of turkeys and chickens and a big garden of

topical fruit trees atis, alimbing, chico, macopa, papaya, santol, etc.

A Good Middle-Class Family

The Rizal family belonged to the principalia, a aristocracy in Spanish Philippines. It was

one of the distinguish families in Calamba.

Beneath their roof, all guests irrespective of their color, rank, social position, and
economic status, were welcome.

 Sources of Income:
Harvested rice, corns and sugarcane
Raised pigs, chickens and turkeys I their backyard
Good stores and a small flour-mill and a home-made religious ham press
which managed by Doa Teodora.
Home Life of Rizal
The Rizal family had a simple, contented and happy life.
Don Francisco and Doa Teodora loved their children but, they never spoiled them. They

were strict parents and they trained their children to love God, to behave well, to be
obefient and to respect people especially the old folks.
They believed in the maxim: Spare the rod and spoil the child.