GE 9: The Life and Works of Rizal

1. The family and
Childhood of Jose
Rizal
TANDAAN, SENA
SANADO, SARIO

2. OBJECTIVES:
At the end of this lesson, the students should be able to:
a.) Familiarize with the family and their influence in Jose
Rizal’s life.
b.) State some instances what makes Jose Rizal so
knowledgeable.

3. RIZAL’S FAMILY
 The Rizal family was known to be well-off family in Calamba, Laguna
and they were considered as one of the biggest families in those
times. They lived a life of comfort and prosperity, then considered
that his family belonged to the principalia class or the ruling elite of
their town.
 Rizal came from a mixture of races, his paternal ascendant was
Domingo Lamco, a full-blooded Chinese that was married to a
wealthy Chinese mestiza, Ines dela Rosa. Japanese, Chinese, and
Spanish blood that is originated from the mother side of Jose Rizal.

4. DON FRANCISCO RIZAL MERCADO
(1818-1898)
 Rizal’s father was born on May 11,
1818.
 Mercado was a well-respected man
in their home town of Calamba in
which citizensmade him the their
"cabeza de barangay" (head of
town.)
 Mercado die shortly after Rizal in the
home of his daughter, Narcisa Rizal
inBinondo, Manila on January 5,
1898.

5. TEODORA ALONSO (1827-1913)
 Doña Teodora Alonso was
born on November 14, 1827 in
Santa Cruz Manila.
 She was known to be a
hardworking, intelligent,
business mindedwoman.
 She died in 1913 in Manila.

6. SATURNINA RIZAL (1850-1913)
 Saturnina Mercado Rizal
Hidalgo was born in 1818 and
was the eldest sister ofJose
Rizal.
 She had five children together
with husband Manuel T.
Hidalgo and died thesame
year as her mother in 1913.

7. PACIANO RIZAL (1851-1930)
 General Paciano Mercado Rizal aka
"Lolo Ciano" was the only brother of
JoseRizal.
 He was born in 1851 and studied in
Biñan later attending school at the
Colegio deSan Jose in Manila.
 He married Severina Decena of Los
Banos and had two children of
which one died at an early age.
 Pacianopassed away in 1930.

8. NARCISA RIZAL (1852-1939)
 Narcisa Rizal Lopez was born in
1852 and was the one who found
the unmarkedgrave of her
brother, Jose in the
abandoned Old Paco
Cemetery.
 Narcisa marriedAntonio Lopez
who was a teacher and musician
from Morong, Rizal.
 She died in 1938.

9. OLYMPIA RIZAL (1855-1887)
 Olympia Rizal Ubaldo was
born in 1855.
 She married Silvestre Ubaldo
andtogether they had three
children.
 She died in 1887 from childbirth
when she was only 32years old.

10. LUCIA RIZAL (1857-1919)
 Lucia Rizal Herbosa was born in 1857.
 She married Mariano Herbosa and had
5children together.
 In 1889 Mariano died due to an epidemic
but was denied a Christianburial. This was
due to the fact that he was the
brother in law of Jose Rizal. This showed
the beginning of the persecution of the
Rizal family by Spanish friars.
 Lucia died in 1919.

11. MARIA RIZAL (1859-1945)
 Maria Cruz Rizal was born in 1855.
 She married Daniel Faustino Cruz of Biñan,
Laguna and together they had 5
children.
 Mauricio Cruz, one of Maria's children
became a student of Jose Rizal in Dapitan
and was known to be one of his uncle's
favorites.
 Maria was a known recipient of many of
Jose's letters during his lifetime.
 Maria died in 1945

12. JOSE RIZAL
 Jose Protacio Rizal was the
second son and the seventh
child.
 He was executedby the
Spaniards on December
30,1896.
 Jose Rizal (Jose Protacio
Mercado Rizal y Alonso
Realonda) was born on June
 19, 1861 at Calamba, Laguna.

13. CONCEPCION RIZAL (1862-1865)
 Concepcion Rizal was
born in 1862.
 Concepcion did not live
very long as she died at
the age of 3 in 1865.

14. JOSEFA RIZAL (1865-1945)
 Josefa Rizal was born in 1865.
 She was unmarried lived together
with sisterTrinidad until death.
 Josefa was said to have suffered
from epilepsy.
 She died in 1945

15. TRINIDAD RIZAL (1868-1951)
 Trinidad Rizal was born in 1868.
 She remained unmarried and lived together
withher sister Josefa.
 Trinidad was the one who receivedan
alcohol lamp from brother Jose, in which he
secretly hid the "Last Farewell"betterknown
as "Mi Ultimo Adios," a poem Rizal wrote on
the eve of his death in 1896.
 Trinidad died in 1951, outlivingall hersiblings.

16. SOLEDAD RIZAL (1870-1929)
 Soledad Rizal Quintero was born in
1870 making her the youngest of
the Rizalsiblings.
 She married Pantaleon Quintero
and together they had 5 children.
 Soledaddied in 1929.

18. RIZAL’S CHILDHOOD
 According to some readings, his mothernearly died during his delivery
because of his big head. Three days after his birth, Rizal was baptized
on June 22 of the said year with the name Jose Rizal Mercado at the Catholic
church of Calamba by the parish priest Rev. Rufino Collantes.
 During 1865-1867, his mother taught him how to read and write. At the age of
three, Rizal mastered and learned the alphabet taught by his mother.
 When Jose Rizal grew older, his parents acquired private tutors to
give him lessons at home in preparation for his formal education.
 Rizal, in his childhood, used to take long rides through all the surrounding
country by riding his pony that his father gave him. Among his pets were doves
and a dog.