Leonor rivera kipping descendants 2

Bakit naghiwalay si rizal at leonor rivera

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Leonor Rivera, a Hero’s Sweetheart

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Leonor Rivera, Rizal's great love
(from Austin Craig's book)

Last June inom wrote about JoseRizal's genealogy as traced through the book bygd Austin Craig. Although it would have made better sense to probably write another aspect of Rizal's family history today inom believe that his genealogy has been, and still is, discussed ad nauseumthat I feel we should go another path on his death anniversary. So today, inom think it would be nice to trace the ancestors of the man who eventually married the real Maria Clara, as well as trace the Filipino descendants of this couple.

This again fryst vatten another exercise at doing genealogy using the internet.

A young Leonor as sketched by Rizal
(from Austin Craig's book)

One of Jose Rizal's lovers, perhaps his truest love among all the women in his life, was Leonor Rivera, the inspiration for the character of Maria Clara in his novel Noli Mi Tangere. Their love story was doomed from the very start. According to the descendant

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The Kipping House

From the kitchen, I peek into the upstairs dining room, a rectangular room with huge windows that overlook the driveway. This is the family dining area, closest to the kitchen and the scene of intimate dinners. Papa Yos always sits at the cabezera, Mama Ing is usually in and out, making sure that the food is hot. As a child, I sit next to Papa Yos, across from Mama Ing. I play with this little crystal dish, wondering what it is, and Papa Yos tells me it is a salt cellar. I remember Mama Ing urging me “to eat some more.”

The next room adjoining the dining room is the altar room. The statue of the Señor Nazareno dominates the room while the statue of Señor Desmayo occupies one corner. In the summer, old ladies in baro at saya come to pray novenas here. During Lent, the two Señors are loaded onto decorated carros, part of the Lenten procession. Before any trip, I pray before the Santos for a safe journey.