Title LIFE AND WORKS OF RIZAL .pdf ✅

DO NOT REPRODUCE. CONTROLLED COPY. 7. Jose (1861-1896) • the greatest Filipino hero and peerless genius • nickname was Pepe • lived with Josephine Bracken, Irish girl from Hong Kong • had a son but this baby-boy died a few hours after birth; Rizal named him “Francisco” after his father and buried him in Dapitan 8. Concepcion (1862-1865) • her pet name was Concha • died of sickness at the age of 3 • her death was Rizal’s first sorrow in life 9. Josefa (1865-1945) • her pet name was Panggoy • died an old maid at the age of 80 10. Trinidad (1868-1951) • Trining was her pet name • she died also an old maid in 1951 aged 83 11. Soledad (1870-1929) • youngest of the Rizal children • her pet name was Choleng • married Pantaleon Quintero of Calamba THE RIZAL HOME • was one of the distinguished stone houses in Calamba during the Spanish times • a two-storey building, rectangular in shape, built of adobe stones and hard- woods and roofed with red tiles • The Rizal family belonged to the principalia, a town aristocracy in Spanish Philippines CHILDHOOD YEARS IN CALAMBA • Calamba was named after a big native jar • Calamba was a hacienda town which belonged to the Dominican Order, which also owned all the lands around it • Un Recuerdo A Mi Pueblo (In Memory of My Town)- a poem about Rizal’s beloved town written by Rizal in 1876 when he was 15 years old and was student in the Ateneo de Manila • The first memory of Rizal, in his infancy, was his happy days in the family garden when he was three years old • Another childhood memory was the daily Angelus prayer. • Another memory of Rizal’s infancy was the nocturnal walk in the town, especially when there was a moon