Life and Works of DR Jose Rizal
Life and Works of DR Jose Rizal
Life and Works of DR Jose Rizal
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THE FATHER
THE MOTHER
Saturnina Mercado Rizal Hidalgo was born in 1818 and was the
eldest sister of Jose Rizal. She had five children together with
husband Manuel T. Hidalgo and died the same year as her
mother in 1913.
Narcisa Rizal Lopez was born in 1852 and was the one who found
the unmarked grave of her brother, Jose in the abandoned Old Paco
Cemetery. Narcisa married Antonio Lopez who was a teacher and
musician from Morong, Rizal. She died in 1938.
Josefa Rizal was born in 1865. She was unmarried lived together
with sister Trinidad until death. Josefa was said to have suffered
from epilepsy. She died in 1945.
THE YOUNGEST
Rizal’s mother Teodora Alonso came from the clan of Lakan Dula, known as the
last Malay king of Tondo. She was also traced to Eugenio Ursua whose ancestors
came from Japan. She was the second daughter of Lorenzo Alberto Alonso who
was a former representative of Spanish Cortes and Brigida de Quintos whose
parents were Manuel de Quintos, of a well-known family in Pangasinan and
Regina Ursua who was the daughter of Benigna and Eugene Ursua.
As already noted, Teodora Alonso had a trace of Japanese ancestry. Moreover, she
was of Ilocano-Tagalog-Chinese-Spanish descent. Combining the paternal and
maternal ancestry, therefore Jose Rizal was born with Malay, Chinese, Japanese
and Spanish lineages in his blood. Teodora Alonzo died on August 16, 1911 at the
age of 84.
Rizal's surname
Domingo Lam-Co, the great-great-grandfather of Jose Rizal, decided to use
Mercado as his surname in 1731 to match his profession, being a merchant. He
used this surname from 1731 to November 11, 1849 as soon as Governor-General
Narciso Claveria posed a regulation that requires them to make use of Spanish
family names. Meanwhile, for Don Francisco Mercado, Rizal’s father, Rizal was
used, which means new pasture or greenfield.
Paternal Ancestry
Maternal Ancestry
THE POEMS
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RIZAL
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