Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado Y Alonso Realonda

Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado Y Alonso Realonda Born: June 19, 1861 Died: December 30, 1896 Accomplishments: He was a patriot, physician, and writer. Two of his notable works are Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo which inspired the Philippine nationalist movement. He also sacrificed himself for the freedom of our country.

Francisco Mercado Born: May 11, 1818 Died: January 5, 1898 Accomplishments: As a young industrious and efficient farmer, Francisco was able to raise a family that was financially comfortable. He was respected by the townspeople that he became cabeza de barangay of Calamba.

Teodora Alonso Born: November 9, 1927 Died: August 16, 1911 Accomplishments: She was known for being a disciplinarian as well as a dedicated, courteous and hard- working mother. As the young Rizal's first teacher, she had a profound influence on his development and was his inspiration in taking up medicine.

Saturnina Rizal Born: June 4, 1850 Died: September 14, 1913 Accomplishments: She and her mother provided the little Jose with good basic education that by the age of three, Pepe already knew his alphabet. In 1909, Doña Saturnina published Pascual Poblete’s Tagalog translation of the Noli Me Tangere.

Paciano Rizal Born: March 9, 1851 Died: April 13, 1930 Accomplishments: He supported the Katipunan by recruiting members in Laguna. After Rizal was executed, Paciano became a general of the Revolutionary Army. He was also appointed as a military commander of the revolutionary forces in Laguna, where the American forces captured him in 1900.

Narcisa Rizal Born: October 29, 1852 Died: June 24, 1939 Accomplishments: Narcisa helped in financing Rizal’s studies in Europe, even pawning her jewelry and peddling her clothes if needed. It was also Narcisa who painstakingly searched for the place where the authorities secretly buried the dead Rizal.

Olympia Rizal Born: 1855 Died: August 1887 Accomplishments: Jose’s first love, Segunda Katigbak, was Olimpia’s schoolmate at the La Concordia College. Rizal confided to Olympia about Segunda and the sister willingly served as the mediator between the two teenage lovers. Wherever Olympia and Silvestre were, they corresponded with Jose, telling him updates about the family.

Lucia Rizal Born: 1856 Died: December 25, 1919 Accomplishments: In December 1891, the then widowed Lucia was among Rizal’s siblings who were present in their so-called ‘family reunion’ in Hong Kong. She also accompanied Jose when he returned to Manila in June the following year.

Maria Rizal Born: 1859 Died: September 1, 1945 Accomplishments: It was to her whom Jose talked about wanting to marry Josephine Bracken when the majority of the Rizal family was apparently not amenable to the idea. In his letter dated December 12, 1891, Jose had also brought up to Maria his plan of establishing a Filipino colony in North British Borneo.

Concepcion Rizal Born: 1862 Died: 1865 Accomplishments: Of his sisters, it is said that Pepe loved most the little Concha who was a year younger than him. Jose played games and shared children stories with her, and from her he felt the beauty of sisterly love.

Josefa Rizal Born: 1865 Died: December 10, 1945 Accomplishments: After Jose’s martyrdom, the epileptic Josefa joined the Katipunan and is even supposed to have been elected the president of its women section. She was one of the original 29 women admitted to the Katipunan. They safeguarded the secret papers and documents of the society and danced and sang during sessions so that civil guards would think that the meetings were just harmless social gatherings.

Trinidad Rizal Born: June 6, 1868 Died: May 9, 1951 Accomplishments: Right before Jose’s execution, Trinidad and their mother visited him in the Fort Santiago prison cell. Jose handed over to \"Trining\" an alcohol cooking stove, whispering to her in a language which the guards could not understand, “There is something in it.” That ‘something’ was Rizal’s elegy now known as “Mi Ultimo Adios.”Like Josefa and two nieces, Trinidad joined the Katipunan after Rizal’s death.

Soledad Rizal Born: 1870 Died: August 26, 1929 Accomplishments: Being a teacher, she was arguably the best educated among Rizal’s sisters. Jose told her sister that he was proud of her for becoming a teacher. He thus counseled her to be a model of virtues and good qualities

Sources: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jose-Rizal https://kahimyang.com https://ourhappyschool.com/history