Key

Points:• June 19, 1861,

Wednesday, between

Eleven o’clock and

midnight

• Jose Rizal has a very

big head.

• June 22, 1861, baptized

by Fr. Rufino

Collantes

• “Jose” inspired by

San Jose (St. Joseph)

Key

Points:• His GodFather was Fr. Pedro

Casanas

“Take good care of this

child, for someday he will

become a great man.”• “Memorias De Un Estudyante De

Manila”

Family of

Rizal

Domingo Lamco

Isabel de la Rosa

Francisco Mercado

CirilaBernacha

Juan Mercado

CirilaAlejandro

Francisco Mercado

Eugenio Ursua

Benigna

ReginaManuel de

Quintos

BrigidaLorenzo Alberto Alonso

TeodoraAlonso

Jose Rizal

Francisco Mercado (1818 –

1898) • May 11, 1818 – Binan,

Laguna

• College of San Jose in

Manila

• Tenant-farmer of

Dominican-owned

hacienda

• “A model of fathers” – Memoirs of

Teodora Alonso (1826 – 1911)

• November 8, 1826 –

Manila

• College of Sta. Rosa

• Died August 16, 1911

• Rejected government

life pension

• “My mother is a woman of more than ordinary culture; she knows literature and speaks Spanish better than I. She corrected my poems and gave me good advice when I was studying rhetoric. She is a mathematician and

Teodora Alonso (1826 – 1911)

Rizal in his letter to

Blumentritt:I am the only Rizal because at home

my parents, my sisters, my brother, and

my relatives have always preferred our

old surname Mercado. Our family name

was in fact Mercado, but there were

many Mercados in the Philippines who

were not related to us.

Rizal in his letter to

Blumentritt:It is said that an alcalde mayor, who was

a friend of our family added Rizal to our

name. My family did not pay much

attention to this, but now I have to use it.

In this way, it seems that I am an

illegitimate son.

“A field where wheat, cut while still

green, sprouts again.”

ECONOMIC, SOCIAL &

POLITICAL STATUS

Key

Points:• Belonged to the Principalia

• Farming, stockraising, general goods store, flour-mill and home-made ham press

• Two large stone houses, carriage and private library

• Children sent to colleges in Manila

• Participated prominently in all