RIZAL’S CHILDHOOD

CONTENT
▪ Birth
▪ Family and ancestry
▪ Hometown
▪ Story of the Moth
▪ Sa aking mga kababata
▪ Boy hood influences
RIZAL’S BIRTH
 Born on June 19, 1861 in Calamba, Laguna
 According to his autobiography, his birth was a
Wednesday between eleven o’clock and midnight
 His birth almost cost the life of her mother,
Teodora Alonzo
 Named Jose in honor of St. Joseph and Protasio
as his second name, after a 4th century saint who
was a bishop of Milan
 Baptized in the Catholic church of his town on
June 22, 1861 by Fr. Rufino Collantes; his
godfather was Fr. Pedro Casanas
 RIZAL’S ANCESTRY

 DOMINGO LAM-CO A Chinese immigrant from the Fukien

city of Changchow. He is Rizal’s great-great-grandfather.
He arrived in Manila about 1690. He married a well-to-do
Chinese Christian girl of Manila named Ines de la Rosa,
then assumed Mercado as his surname in 1731.

 FRANCISCO MERCADO- Son of Domingo and Ines,

great-grandfather of Rizal. He married a Chinese-Filipino
mestiza, Cirila Bernacha, and was elected
governadorcillo of Binan.
 JUAN MERCADO- One of Francisco’s and Cirila’s sons,
grandfather of Rizal. Married Cirila Alejandro, a
Chinese-Filipino mestiza. Like his father, he was
elected governadorcillo of Binan

 FRANCISCO MERCADO- Rizal’s father. The young of

thirteen children of Juan and Cirila. At the age eight he
lost his father. HE met and fell in love with Teodora
Alonso Realonda in Manila while studying. They got
married on June 28, 1848
 LAKANDULA- The last native king of Tondo. He is a believed
ancestor of Dona Teodora’s family.

 EUGENIO URSUA- Rizal’s great-great-grandfather from his

mother’s side. He was a Japanese ancestry. He married a Filipina
named Benigna

 REGINA- the daughter of Eugenio and Benigna, married Manuel

de Quintos, a Filipino-Chinese lawyer from Pangasinan. One of
their daughters married Lorenzo Alberto Alonzo, a prominent
Spanish-Filipino mestizo of Binan; their children were; Narcisa,
Teodora (Rizal’s Mother), Gregorio, Manuel and Jose
THE SURNAME “RIZAL”

MERCADO- the real surname of the Rizal family which was

adopted in 1731 by Domingo Lam-co

RIZAL- the second surname which was given by a Spanish

alcalde mayor of Laguna, who was a family friend. In
Spanish it means, “A field where wheat, cut while still
green, sprouts again”
THE FATHER OF RIZAL: FRANCISCO MERCADO

 Descendants of Domingo Lam-co, from

Fujian, China and who arrived in the
Philippines during the late 18th century
 His father adopted the name “Mercado”
in compliance with the decree of Gov.
Gen. Narciso Claveria requiring natives to
adopt new surnames for taxation
purposes
 Lived in Binan until he met Teodora
THE MOTHER OF RIZAL: TEODORA ALONZO

 A native of Manila
 Under Claveria Decree, their
family adopted their name
Realonda
 Moved with his husband to the
town of Calamba, south of Binan
 Called “Lolay”
 THE RIZAL’S SIBLINGS

SATURINA “Neneng” PACIANO NARCISA “Sisa”

1850-1913 1851-1930 1852-1939
OLIMPIA “Ypia” LUCIA MARIA “Biang”
1855-1887 1857-1919 1859-1945
CONCEPTION “Concha” JOSEFA “Panggoy” TRINIDAD “Trining” SOLEDAD “Choleng”
1862-1865 1865-1945 1868-1951 1870-1929
THE RIZAL HOME

 was one of the distinguished stone houses

in Calamba during the Spanish times
 it was a two-storey building, rectangular
in shape, built of adobe stones and hard-
woods and roofed with red tiles
 by day, it hummed with the noises of
children at play and the songs of the birds
in the garden; by night, it echoed with
the dulcet notes of family prayers
 The Rizal family belonged to the principalia, a
town aristocracy in Spanish Philippines

 The Rizal family had a simple, contented and

happy life
A GOOD AND MIDDLE CLASS FAMILY

 The Rizal family belonged to the principalia, a town

aristocracy in Spanish Philippines

 They owned a carriage which was a status symbol of the

illustrados (Composed of native-born intellectuals and cut
across ethnolinguistic and racial lines– Indios, insulares and
mestizos, among others)

 They also owned a library ; the largest in Calamba, consisting

of more than 1000 volumes
RIZAL’S HOMETOWN; CALAMBA

 Calamba was named after a big native jar

 Un Recuerdo A Mi Pueblo (In Memory of My Town)- a poem about
Rizal’s beloved town written by
 Rizal in 1876 when he was 15 years old and was student in the
Ateneo de Manila
 The first memory of Rizal, in his infancy, was his happy days in the
family garden when he was three years old
 Another childhood memory was the daily Angelus prayer. By
nightfall, Rizal related, his mother gathered
 all the children at the house to pray the Angelus
 Another memory of Rizal’s infancy was the nocturnal walk in the
town, especially when there was a moon
 The death of little Concha brought Rizal his first sorrow
 At the age of three, Rizal began to take a part in the family
prayers
 When Rizal was five years old, he was able to read haltingly the
Spanish family bible
THE STORY OF THE MOTH

 made the profoundest impression on Rizal

 “died a martyr to its illusions”

 At the age of five, Rizal began to make sketches with his

pencil and to mould in clay and wax objects which
attracted his fancy
 SA AKING MGA KABATA

• This Tagalog poem was long assumed to have been written

by Filipino national hero Jose Rizal when he was eight years
old, though that assumption is now widely doubted. It is
translated into English as ‘To My Fellow Youth.’
• 1869
• 8 years old
• 1st poem wrote by Rizal
• Gabriel Beato Francisco
• Herminigildo Cruz
 INFLUENCE ON THE HERO’S BOYHOOD

1. HEREDITATRY INFLUENCE
Malayan ancestors- love for freedom; innate desire to travel and
his indomitable courage.

2. ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCE
• Scenic beauties of Calamba and the beautiful garden of the Rizal
family stimulated Rizal’s inborn artistic and literary talents
• Religious atmosphere at home- fortified his religious nature
• Paciano- instilled in his mind the love for freedom and justice
• From his sisters- he learned courtesy and kindness to women
• Fairy tales told by his Aya- awakened his interest in folklore and
legends
• Tio Jose Alberto who studied for 11 years in British School in
Calcutta, India/travelled to Europe- inspired him to develop his
artistic ability
• Tio Manuel- husky and athletic- encouraged him to develop his frail
body through exercise, walking, wrestling
• Tio Gregorio-book lover-intensified Rizal’s vicarious reading of
good books
• Fr. Leoncio Lopez- fostered Rizal’s love for scholarship and
intellectual honesty
• Death of Concha (1865), imprisonment of his mother in 1871-74-
strengthened his character
• Spanish abuses, cruelties, brutal acts of guardia civil and alcalde, tortures
on innocent Filipinos and execution of GOMBURZA (1872) awakened his
patriotism

3. AID OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE

God endowed him with versatile gifts of a genius, vibrant spirit of
nationalistic and valiant heart for a noble cause