CHAPTER 1: Advent of a National Hero
SOURCE: LECTURE + PPT
GEC 105: LIFE AND WORKS OF RIZAL
BMMA - 2A | Teacher: REYES NORLIZAH T. | 1st SEM
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CHAPTER 1: BIRTH
Full Name: José Protacio Rizal Mercado y
Alonso Realonda
June 19, 1861 - Wednesday in Calamba
June 22, - baptized by Fr. Rufino Collantes
and Rev. Pedro Casanas as the godfather
3 days after birth
Maria (Biang) - Married Daniel
Faustino Cruz
7. Jose Rizal
8. Concepcion - died at the age of
three
9. Josefa - died an old maid at 80
10. Trinidad - died also as an old
made
11. Soledad - married to Pantaleon
Quintero
The Surname Rizal
Jose was chosen by his mother as a
devotee of St. Joseph
RIZAL’s PARENTS
Don Francisco Mercado Rizal
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Native Binan Laguna
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Studied Latin and Philosophy and
Letters at College of San Jose in
Manila
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Hardy, independent-minded man,
talked less and worked more
Dona Teodora
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Born in Manila, studied at College
of Sta. Rosa
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Remarkable woman possessing
refined culture, literary talent,
business ability, mathematician
The Mercado - Rizal Siblings In Order
1. Saturnina - became the wife of
Manuel Hidalgo
2. Paciano - became a combat
general, had two children, died at
79
3. Narcisa (Sisa) - married to
Antonio Lopez; a school teacher
of Morong
4. Olympia - was married to
Silvestre Ubaldo,; a telegraph
moderator
5. Lucia - wife of Matriano Herbosa,
Mercado meaning market, was adopted in
1731 by Domingo Lamco who was a fullblooded Chinese
Rizal the second surname was acquired
from a word “racial” meaning field, or new
pasture
Only Jose adopted the surname Rizal
Rizal’s Home
A two-story building, rectangular in shape,
built in adobe stones and hardwoods and
roofed with red tiles.
Behind the house was a poultry yard full of
turkeys and chickens and a big garden of
tropical fruit trees - atis, balimbing, chico,
macopa, papaya, santol, tampoy
A Good Middle Class Family
Principalia - a town aristocracy and a
distinguished family in Calamba
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Harvested rice, corn, sugarcane
Pigs, chickens, turkeys and fruits
Dona Teodora managed a
general goods store and a small
flour-mill and a home-made ham
press
Owned a carriage with a status
symbol
Owned another home near the
town and a private library
consisted of 1000 volumes
Are prominent participants of
social and religious affairs of the
community’
The children were sent to
colleges in Manila
The children are trained to love
God, to behave otherwise, they
get beaten