Jose rizal- 7th if the eleven children, born on June 19,1861.

Lakeshores,Calamba Laguna (Wednesday

Father- Franciso Mercado

RIZAL'S PARENTS • Rizal's father, Francisco Mercado, was born in Birian, Laguna on May 11, 1818. At the
age of 8, he lost his father and grew up into manhood under the care of his mother. He was well
educated in terms of what was the standard in those in those days having studied Latin and Philosophy
at the College of San Jose in Manila. It was here that he met and fell in love with Teodora Alonso
Realonda. They were married in the year 1848 and settled in Calamba where they engaged in farming
and business and reared a

big family. He was described as a silent, 01 but industrious & independent man, who died of old age at
80. The Spanish term Mercado means "market' in English, a name adopted by his paternal great-great-
grandfather, who was a full-blooded Chinese, and who likewise married a Chinese girl.

•Rizal's mother, younger by 8 years than her husband, was born in Manila on November 8, 1826. •She
studied at the College of Santa Rosa, which was a well-known college at that time. She is described as an
intelligent, cultured, and likewise a woman of strong character. She did not only speak Spanish fluently,
but was also a mathematician. She was a "remarkable woman" It was said that Dona Teodora's family
descended from the royalty or from Lakandula, the last native king of Tondo. Rizal's heritage therefore
was a rich blending of features of the East and the West

THE RIZAL CHILDREN

1.) SATURNINA
- She was the oldest of the rizal children Who was nicknamed Neneng.
- She married Manuel T. Hidalgo, From Tanauan, Batangas.
2.) PACIANO
- He acted like a Second faher to Jose
- He was enraged and angered over the Gom-Bur-Za execution
- He joined the Philippine Revolution after the former’s death as a general.
- He never married and died as a bachelor at the age of 79, survived by two children of his
mistress.
3.) NARCISA
- She was the second girl in the family, and was nickname Sisa.
- She married Antonio Lopez and became a School Teacher.
4.) OLYMPIA
- She was the Third girl and Yepa was her Pet name.
- She married a telegraph operator form Manila.
5.) LUCIA
- She was the fourth girl & no nickname. She married Herbosa who died of cholera in 1889.
6.) MARIA
- Biang was her nickname
 - She Daniel Cruz form Binan (Binyan)
7.) JOSE
- The hero, was nicknamed Pepe.
- It is known that he lived with Josephine Bracken, an Irish girl form Hong kong and who bore him
a son, who died a few Hours after birth.
- He was a poet, an artist, a sculpture; he had the manifestations of a genius.
8.) CONCEPTION
- Her pet name was Concha. She died of sickness when she was only 3 years old. Her death was
mourned greatly by the family, especially Jose. He described the death of Concepcion as his first
sorrow.
9.) JOSETA
- • She had a unique nickname. She was called Panggoy and died as an old maid at the age of 80.
10.) TRINIDAD
- Trining was her pet name and like Josefa, she never married and died at the age of 83.
11.) SOLEDAD
- She had a pet name – Choleng
- She married Pantaleon Quintero From Calamba.

RIZAL FAMILY
The Rizals was a large family, but they t had in general a pleasant and harmonious relationship, their
friction being minimal and normal. Their parents were disciplinarians and they taught their children the
values of love, truth, and Deity. They trained their children to be respectful especially to hithe old folks
and were meted the proper punishment when caught doing wrong. However, there was a special
relationship between Jose and his brother Paciano, the former looking up to the latter as

second father . The Rizal family was by no means well-to-do; they were one of the distinguish families in
Calamba. Their income allowed them not only to build a large stone-house but also to buy a carriage,
construct a private library, and send their children to colleges. They played leading roles in social ,
religious, as well as various community activities.

EARLY CHILDHOOD
•Rizal loved Calamba with his heart and soul which inspired him to write a beautiful poem

entitled "Un Recuerdo A Mi Pueblo" ( Memory of My Town). •Although his family was a happy one, Rizal
in his infancy was sickly, frail, and small for his age. • In order that he could play in the garden, a little
nipa cottage was built by his father, a place where he could sit quietly, think, and dream , till he would
be called for the Angelus.

•His earliest childhood was one of where

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my heart nourished with sombre and melancholic thoughts, which even when I was still a child, I already
wandered on the wings of fantasy in the high regions of the unknown. His childhood memory was filled
with happy events. One of these was the daily Angelus prayer. By the nightfall, Jose and the rest of the
Rizal children would rush to the house for the religious activity. •Rizal, because of his religious
upbringing, was a devoted son of the church and even at the young age of three, he participated in
prayers in the house, went to church and read though haltingly and the Spanish Family Bible.

•One of the happiest events in Rizal's early childhood was the journey with his father to Antipolo, on
June 6, 1868 in order to fulfill his mother's religious vow which was made on his birth, who at that time
of this trip, had given another birth, his sister Trinidad.