The Family Background of Rizal

 

"THE MERCADO FAMILY"

Father - Francisco Mercado (1818–1898)

●       Francisco Engracio Rizal Mercado y Alejandro

●      The father of the Philippines' national hero.

●      He studied Latin and philosophy at Colegio de San Jose in Manila. 

Mother - Teodora Alonso (1827-1913)

●      Teodora Alonso Realonda de Quintos

●      Best known as the mother of the Philippines' national hero.

●      Also known for being a disciplinarian and hard-working mother.

●      Her medical condition inspired Rizal to take up medicine.

Saturnina (Neneng) (1850–1913) 

●      Saturnina Mercado Rizal de Hidalgo

●      Eldest child of the Rizal-Alonzo marriage.

●      Married to Manuel Timoteo Hidalgo of Tanauan, Batangas.

●      Children are Alfredo Rizal Hidalgo, Amelia Rizal Hidalgo, Abelardo Rizal Hidalgo, Adela Rizal Hidalgo, Augusto Rizal Hidalgo

Paciano (Lolo Ciano) (1851–1930)

●      General Paciano Mercado Rizal aka "Lolo Ciano".

●      Second child in the family.

●      His daughter is Severina Decena.

●      Filipino general and revolutionary.

●      Founding member of La Juventud Liberal.

●      He died due to tuberculosis 

Narcisa (Sisa) (1852–1939)

●      Narcisa Mercado Rizal Lopez.

●      Third child in the family.

●      Married to  Antonio Lopez who was a teacher and musician from Morong, Rizal.

●      Children are Emilio, Angélica, Isabel, Consuelo, Leoncio, Francisco, Arsenio, Antonio and Fidela.

●      A teacher and a musician by profession.

Olimpia (1855-1887)

●      Olympia Rizal Ubaldo

●      Fourth child in the family.

●      Married to Silvestre Ubaldo, a telegraph operator from Manila.

●      Children are Cesario Rizal Ubaldo, Aristeo Rizal Ubaldo and Baby Ubaldo. 

Lucia (1857–1919)

●      Lucia Rizal Herbosa.

●      Fifth child in the family.

●      Married to Mariano Herbosa of Calamba, Laguna.

●      Children are Paz, Delfina, Concepcion, Virginia, José,Teodosio, Patrocinio, and Estanislao.

María (Biang) (1859–1945)

●      Maria Mercado Realonda Cruz.

●      Sixth child in the family.

●      Married to Daniel Faustino Cruz of Biñan,Laguna.

●      Children are Mauricio, Encarnación, Paz, Petrona, and Prudencio

●      A known recipient of many of Jose's letters during his lifetime. 

José Protasio (Pepe) (1861–1896)

●      José Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda.

●      Second son and the seventh child in the family.

●      The national hero of the Philippines.

●      Filipino nationalist, writer and revolutionary.

●      Author of Noli Me Tángere, El Filibusterismo and a number of poems and essays.

●      An ophthalmologist by profession.

●      Married to Marie Josephine Leopoldine Bracken. 

Concepción (Concha) (1862–1865)

●      Concepcion Alonso Mercado Rizal

●      Eight child in the family.

●      Concepcion did not live very long as she died at the age of 3 in 1865.

Josefa (Panggoy) (1865–1945)

●      Josefa Mercado Rizal.

●      Ninth child in the family.

●      She was unmarried lived together with sister Trinidad until her death.

●      Josefa was said to have suffered from epilepsy.

●      An epileptic, died a spinster.

Trinidad (1868–1951)

●      Trinidad Mercado Rizal.

●      Tenth child in the family.

●      She was unmarried lived together with sister Josefa.

●      Filipina feminist leader and co-founder of the Philippines' first feminist organization, the Asociación Feminista Filipina (AFF).

●      Also a member of Walana, a Filipino masonry society.

●      Died a spinster and the last of the family to die.

Soledad (Choleng) (1870–1929)

●      Soledad Alonso Quintero.

●      The youngest child in the family.

●      Married to Pantaleon Quintero of Calamba, Laguna.

●      Children are Ramon, Amelia, Maria, Serafin, and Feliz.

●      A teacher and was considered as the best educated among the sisters of Rizal.

●      Married to Luis Fernández Beliso Sr. and their child is Luis.