Had his ancestral family name been carried through, national hero Jose Rizal would have been known as Jose Co, the great-great grandson of Siang Co and Zun Nio from Fujian, China. In order to hide this shameful act, Saturnina went out on a vacation with her mother Teodora, only to come back later with a newborn child. Rizal apparently came from a Chinese-Filipino descent – Francisco Mercado Y Chinco. He returned to the Philippines in 1892 but was exiled due to his desire for reform. Teodora came with daughter Saturnina. Surname information is crowd-sourced; the Geni community would be grateful if you helped update this page with information about the Rizal surname. There he became a tenant farmer of the Dominican-owned hacienda and later became one of the town’s wealthiest men. The name ‘Francisco’ was in high honor in Laguna for it had belonged to a famous sea captain who had been given the ENCOMIENDA of BAY for his services. One example was Dr. José Rizal’s mother. Saturnina Rizal is the eldest among the siblings, followed by Paciano, then Narcisa, Olympia, Lucia, Maria and then Jose Rizal, then Concepcion, Josefa, Trinidad and lastly, Soledad (“The Mercado Family,” n.d.). José Rizal, son of a Filipino father and a Chinese mother, came from a wealthy family. Teodora Alonzo with her half-brother Jose Alberto was charged for attempting to poison the other Teodora (Jose Albeto’s wife). 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. Rizal’s mother Teodora Alonso came from the clan of Lakan Dula, known as the last Malay king of Tondo. Rizal lived to be 113; Did not die in Bagumbayan, HISTORY: December 30, 1896, 6:00 a.m. Retraced, 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The story is that Jose Alberto found out that Teodora Formoso (his wife) was having an affair. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. She was arrested and made to walk all the way from Biñan to the provincial capital of Laguna because among other things, she refused to use the name Realonda, which was assigned to her. If this story is true, this could have been the real reason why Teodora Formoso hated Teodora Alonzo. “Because of you,” he wrote, “the peace of our family has been disturbed.”, Some timeless lessons in ethics and good manners can be learned from the letter. 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. Her great-grandfather, Rizal's maternal great-great-grandfather, Eugenio Ursua (of Japanese ancestry), who married a Filipina named Benigna (surname unknown). Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. According to her, Jose (Teodora’s brother) had fathered a child with his niece, Saturnina Rizal (the eledest of Rizal’s sisters) and that Soledad Rizal (the youngest) was the fruit of this incestuous affair. Another interesting account comes from the Philippine Star columnist Barbara Gonzalez, herself a Rizal descendant. So why did Rizal’s surname become Rizal instead of Mercado? Change ). Only handful of family members and trusted family friends were informed. The new name, however, caused confusion in the commercial affairs of the family. As already noted, Teodora Alonso had a trace of Japanese ancestry. ( Log Out /  Why is it that when the woman wants everyone in the family to have the same last name, she immediately assumes that it is she who must change her name? Not just as an ordinary story of a Filipino but a story of a very intelligent and talented Filipino, who is ready to sacrifice his whole life just to give freedom and peace to his family, and own nation. Victor Balaguer two hours before Rizal’s execution at Bagumbayan. Cruz to face trial. This section is a placeholder for information about the Rizal surname. Although he supported peaceful change, Rizal was convicted of sedition and executed on December 30, 1896, at age 35. He was a Philippine representative to the Spanish cortes. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Jose Rizal’s grandmother, Brigida Quintos was “another woman.”  Rizal’s grandfather, Lorenzo Alberto’s legal wife was Paula Florentino of Vigan who was younger by twelve years. 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. Rizal studied at the Ateneo, a private high school, and then to the University of St. Thomas in … Colorado had the highest population of Rizal families in 1920. Every family has its secrets, even the Rizals of Calamba, among the most important families in Philippine history. She was also traced to Eugenio Ursua whose ancestors came from Japan. So his … Don Francisco thus settled on the name ‘Rizal Mercado’ as a compromise, and often just used his more known surname ‘Mercado’. Francisco Mercado was born in Biñan, Laguna on May 11, 1818. José Rizal 1861-1896. Why … Rizal wrote "Noli Me Tangere" in Spanish; it was published in 1887 in Berlin, Germany. He said to Choleng, “If you have a sweetheart, behave towards him nobly and with dignity, instead of resorting to secret meetings and conversations which do nothing but lower a woman’s worth in the eyes of a man… You should value more, esteem more your honor and you will be more esteemed and valued.”. José Rizal was born in 1861 to Francisco Rizal Mercado y Alejandro and Teodora Alonso Realonda y Quintos in the town of Calamba in Laguna province. Jose’s Father, Francisco adopted the surname ‘Rizal’ (originally Ricial, the green of young growth or green fields), which was suggested to him by a provincial governor, or as Jose described him, “a friend of the family”. His real and complete name was Dr. José Rizal Protasio Mercado y Alonso Realonda. Share some things about the Rizal name. The Mercados of Calamba had decided that their son Jose was to use the surname Rizal. Jose Rizal’s parents are Francisco Mercado and Teodora Alonso (Rizal, 2011). They were a combination of Negrito, Malay, Indonesian, Japanese, Chinese, and Spanish, though Jose was predominantly Malayan. The Rizal surname was obtained by Francisco Mercado as suggested to him by a provincial governor after the Governor General of the Philippines, Narciso Claveria, issued a decree in 1849 by which native Filipino and immigrant families were to adopt Spanish surnames from a list of Spanish family names. José changed his surname from Mercado to his middle name, " Rizal." In order to avoid detection, he used the name Jose Mercado, name of his cousin in Calamba. Many wonder why he used “Rizal” while his father was Francisco Mercado. Lorenzo was from Biñan, Laguna. He was an educated mestizo that reached the pinnacle of political power during his time. He should have been Jose Mercado right? Rizal Enters the Universityizal entered UST in April 1877 and took up Philosophy andLetters.easons why he took it: • His father liked it • He was still uncertain as to what career to pursuet the first year, he also studied Cosmology, Metaphysics,Theodicy and History of Philosophy.r. Jose Burgos, and Paciano feared that Rizal would not be accepted under his real name. Jose Alberto’s wife Teodora did not eat the food. He had nine sisters and one brother. Barbara Gonzalez, a descendant of Rizal said that Jose Maria Alonzo de Alberto allegedly had an affair with his niece Saturnina (daughter of Teodora Alonzo) and that Soledad was the fruit of this love affair. According to Dr. Jose Rizal, his mother, Teodora Alonzo and Uncle Jose Alberto, came from the marriage of Joaquina Brigida de Quintos and Lorenzo Alberto. How Jose Obtained the ‘Rizal’ Last Name. Jose's father Francisco adopted the surname "Rizal" (originally Ricial, the green of young growth or green fields), which was suggested to him by a provincial governor, or as Jose had described him, "a friend of the family". Their daughter, Regina, married Manuel de Quintos, Filipino-Chinese lawyer from Pangasinan. 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. • Later, Francisco's grandson and namesake, Rizal's father, changed the family name to Rizal to suit his farming business, since Rizal is derived from the Spanish ricial, which means green fields. The life of Jose Rizal was a truly inspiring story. .Historical accounts say that this was done by Spanish officials to harass the Rizals who were suspected to have secret connections with the insurrectos. He thus counseled her to be a model of virtues and good qualities “for the one who should teach should be better than the persons who need her learning.”, Rizal nonetheless used the topic as leverage in somewhat rebuking her sister for getting married to Pantaleon Quintero of Calamba without their parents’ consent. To hide this shameful act, Saturnina went out in a vacation accompanied by Teodora only to come back later with a newborn child. 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