Anticipating Rizals courtship to _________, his compatriot ______________teased the lover

boy by suggesting that his first novel should be renamed ______________.

Nellie Boustead, also called____, was the younger of the ____pretty daughters of the
wealthy businessman________, son of a rich British trader, who went to the Orient in 1826.
The Bousteads hosted Rizals stay in ________in February 1891 at their winter residence,
______on the superb_________. Rizal had befriended the family back in 1889-90 and used
to fence with the Anglo-Filipino Boustead sisters (Adelina and Nellie) at the studio of
__________
Having learned Leonor Riveras marriage to___________, Rizal entertained the idea of
having romantic relation with the highly educated, cheerful, athletic, beautiful, and
morally upright Nellie. He wrote some of his friends (though remarkably
except____________) about his affection for Nelly and his idea of ________to her.
His friends seemed to be supportive of his intentions.______, for instance, wrote him: if
Mademoiselle Boustead suits you, court her, and marry her, and we are here to applaud
such a good act.

Even _______, who had been Nellys fianc, explicitly permitted Rizal to court and marry
her. It could be remembered that Jose and Antonio nearly had a ________before when he
(Antonio), being drunk one time, made negative remarks on their common denominator.
As regards Joses courtship to Nelly later, Antonio gentlemanly conceded to Rizal through
a letter:

Nellie Bousted, Marcelo H. del

Pilar, Nelly Me Tangere
Nelly, two, Eduardo Boustead,
Biarritz,
Villa Eliada,
French Riviera
Juan Luna
Henry Kipping
Ferdinand Blumentritt
proposing marriage

Tomas Arejola

Antonio Luna, deadly duel,

moonlight nights
Bousteds residence

With Nelly, Rizal enjoyed his stay in Biarritz as he had many lovely ______with her.
Inspired by her company, Rizal was also able to work on the last part of his second novel
at the_______.
Though very much ideal, Nelly-and-Joses lovely relationship unfortunately did not end up
in marriage. Nellys mothera Filipina who came from the rich Genato family in Manila
was not in favor of taking as a son-in-law a man who could not provide a sure
stable future for her daughter
, Rizal refused to be converted in Protestantism which Nellie demanded.

friends

The breakup between the very civil and educated couple was far from bitter as the two
parted as _____

Jose Rizal's Dear and Unhappy Wife

A few hours before his execution, they embraced for the last time and he gave her a
souvenira _____________with his dedication, ______________

religious book
To my dear unhappy
wife, Josephine.

Full name of Josephine

Marie Josephine Leopoldine Bracken

Born on ____________ in Victoria, Hongkong

August 9, 1876, five, Irish

Youngest of _____ children of an ____couple who were married on May 3, 1868

in Belfast, Ireland
Parents of Josephine: British army corporal ________and ___________

James Bracken
Elizabeth Jane MacBride

A few days after giving birth,, her mother ______. Her father decided to give her up for
______ to her childless godparents, American_______, an engineer of the pumping plant
of the ___________, and his Portuguese (second) wife. Josephines real father (James)
left Hong Kong after retirement and was said to have died at the hands of_______ in
Australia.

Died, Adoption, George Taufer

Josephine age when her grandmother died

Name of grandmother which was added to josephines

Leopoldine

In 1891, her foster father remarried another Portuguese lady from Macau, _________

Francesca Spencer

Because Josephine could not get along with Taufers new wife, she (Josephine) ran
away and sought shelter in a boarding house run by ____After______, either she was
taken back or she voluntarily returned home.
Josephine and Taufer first met Rizal in _____, when they consulted the Filipino doctor
for Taufers _______

nuns

In 1895, the Taufer family sailed to the ________to seek treatment from Rizal for
Taufers ______

Philippines

Hong Kong Fire Department, robbers

two months
Hongkong
failing eyesight

They arrived in Manila on_____, and later that month, Josephine, George, and a
certain____, the mistress of a friar at the Manila Cathedral, sailed to Dapitan where
Rizal had been living as a political exile for_____.

cataract
February 5
Manuela Orlac
three years

The petite Josephine who had ___eyes and ____hair was___years old at the time

Blue, brown 18

Taufers supposed _________and _______to the couples union caused Josephine to

accompany him as they left for Manila on March 14, 1895, together with Rizals sister,
________

furious jealousy
strong opposition, Narcisa.

Josephine nonetheless carried a letter from Rizal recommending her to _______

When Taufer left for Hong Kong, it was with_______ that Josephine stayed. The rest of
Rizals family was suspicious that Josephine had been working as a ___for
the__________.

Doa Teodora
Narcisa, spy, Spanish friars

Dapitan parish priest __________wanted Rizals retraction of his _________as a

prerequisite and would only grant the church ceremony (marriage) if Rizal could get
permission from the Bishop of _______Either the Bishop __________or Rizal was not
able to mail the letter because of the sudden___________
With Josephines consent, Rizal nonetheless took her as his wife even without
the_______________. The couple married themselves before the eyes of God by holding
hands in the presence of _____witnesses

Antonio Obach, anti-clerical views,

Cebu. did not write him back,
departure of Mr. Taufer

________told her excommunicated son that loving each other in _____was better than
being married in__________
believing that his live-in relationship was somewhat of a_____, Rizal never told his
friend and confidant _________about it.

Doa Teodora, Gods grace,

mortal sin
Shame, Blumentritt

Rizal and Josephine lived together either in Rizals ________or _______house

casa cuadrada,
octagonal bamboo

letters to his family, Rizal related that Josephine turned the house into a______,
stocking the pantry with and To prove the depiction, the letters were accompanied by
_______prepared by Josephine
Her nickname for Rizal
Rizals nephews called her
Before the year ended in _____, the couple had a child who was born_____. Rizals
sisters say the boy was named____; others say he was named_____, after his father
Unfortunately, the son died a ___________Rizal was said to have made a _______of the
dead infant on the jacket of a_____.
He then buried the baby in an unmarked grave in a secluded part of______
Filipino historian _________narrated that Rizal played a ___on Josephine which
frightened her so that she untimely gave birth to an ____-month baby
Some sources declare that the two had quarrels, one of which, according to a 1966

love nest, preserves, pickles,

packages of food

Catholic blessings, two

Joe
Auntie
1895, prematurely, Peter, Francisco
few hours after birth, pencil sketch,
medical book, Talisay
Gregorio Zaide, prank, eight
Free Press, L. Rebomantan, Cuba

article in the_____, was violent, leading to her miscarriage. The same article, written
by_______, suggests that Rizals days of consolation with Josephine were [soon] over
and that his request for assignment to ____was also prompted by his unhappiness with
her.
On________, Rizal received a letter from the governor general sanctioning his petition
to serve as __________in Cuba.
In the late afternoon of July 31, Rizal and Josephine got on the ____ along with____, a
______, _____, ____.
The steamer departed at midnight of July 31 and arrived in Manila on______.

July 30, 1896, volunteer physician

Espaa, Narcisa, a niece, 3 nephews,
3 students
August 6

While Rizal was being kept under arrest aboard the cruiser _______ docked
at Cavite, Josephine stayed in _____home in Manila. While waiting for Joses
fate, she filled her time with ________and taking _______from one of her
____pupils
When Rizal was tried on the morning of____________, Josephine was said to be among
the ______inside the military building, _______, along with some newspapermen and
many Spaniards
At about ______on the day before Rizals execution, Josephine Bracken arrived
in_________. Rizal called for her and they emotionally talked to each other.

Castilla, Narcisas, tutoring in

English, piano lessons , 15

the historian Gregorio Zaide wrote that at_____ on the day of his martyrdom, ______
and ________ came
The couple was said to have _______for the last time and Rizal gave to
Josephine the book _____ (by_________) on which he lovingly wrote: To my
dear and unhappy wife, Josephine/ December 30th, 1896/ Jose Rizal.
Theres an allegation that either the evening before or in the early morning of Rizals
day of execution, the couple was married in a ceremony officiated by the _________.
Nonetheless, the members of Rizal family themselves seriously doubt the claim as no
records were found as regards the wedding

5:30 a.m., Josephine and Josefa

_____ days after Rizals martyrdom, Josephine hurriedly joined the________s forces in
Cavite.
As Rizals widow, she could have easily penetrated the ___________but it was said that
_________was reluctantly persuaded to admit Josephine into the______, providing her
with lessons in ______and________

Three, Katipunan

she assisted in operating the reloading of jigs for Mauser cartridges at

December 26, 1896, spectators,

Cuartel de Espaa
6 p.m., Fort Santiago

Embraced, Imitation of Christ,

Thomas a Kempis
priest Vicente Balanguer

revolutionary group, Gen. Emilio

Aguinaldo, military ranks, shooting,
horseback riding
Imus arsenal, Pantalen Garcia

the____________under revolutionary General____________

When Imus became under threat of________, Bracken made her way through bushes
and mud to Tejeros, she witnessed the __________ on March 22, 1897.
When the enemies captured____________, Josephine, accompanied by her brother-inlaw_________, left for Bay, Laguna, passing through forests and over mountains, many
times barefoot and riding on a carabao
While in_____, Josephine was summoned by the Spanish governor general__________.
She was given the options of leaving the country or be subjected to torture and
imprisonment. Owing however_____________, she could not be compulsorily banished,
though Josephine eventually left for Hong Kong in May 1897 upon the advice of the
__________in Manila
Upon returning to_______, Josephine went back to Taufers house. She petitioned for
her share of ______in Hong Kong, which was under the guardianship of___________.
Though sympathetic to her, Basa could not grant her request because the Rizals,
especially_________, were contesting the petition and Josephine had ______that she was
legally married to Jose.
After her foster fathers death, she married the ___________________from Cebu. Some
sources introduce Brackens second husband as the son of a _________________
company owner whereas others present him as one of the employees of Tabacalera.
It was said that Hong Kong-based__________, a Cebuano friend of Rizal, introduced
Abad to Bracken
________was also the one who wrote the _________to Rizal carried by Josephine and
Taufer when they arrived in Dapitan in 1895.Llorente must have referred his coCebuano Abad to Josephine to be her student in______. As a businessman in Hong
Kong, Abad had to learn English. Having been to the Philippines and knowing Spanish,
Josephine was thus an ideal tutor for him.
The two fell for each other and after a short courtship got married on _________.
Josephine gave birth to their daughter, ________, on April 17, 1900.
After some months in Manila, they moved and settled in ________
Abad returned to Cebu to open the first ___________and rental in the place, a business
which was said to have blossomed.
While Abad was managing the bicycle business, Josephine was also earning
in the place by using it as__________. This is proved by the advertisement
placed in the newspaper ____________in April 1900, which posted:
_________________________living near Plaza Rizal, is giving lessons in English
and German in her residence.

Recapture, Tejeros Convention

San Francisco de Malabon, Gen.
Paciano Rizal
Bay, Camilo Polavieja, to Mr.
Taufers American citizenship,
American consul

Hong Kong, Rizals library, Jose Maria

Basa, Doa Teodora, no proof

Philippine-born mestizo Vicente Abad

y Recio
Hong Kong Tabacalera
Julio Llorente
Llorente, letter of introduction,
English

December 15, 1898., Dolores

Cebu City,
bicycle store
study center, El Pueblo, Josephine
Bracken (sic) de Abad, Profesora de
Lenguas,

Their place was on _________and__________, just a stones throw away from

Basilica del Santo Nio and the present-day Cebu City Hall. There, Josephine
had taught the young _____________(better known as __________.) who later
became the _______ of the Philippines (1944 to 1946).
Osmea was said to have learned at least two things in the place: _____________ and
________However, Osmeas biographer, ______________, doubts that the first Visayan
to become Philippine president learned much from Bracken
Brackens little experience as English tutor in Manila and Cebu (and most probably her
connection to the national hero and Llorente) made it easier for her to get a more
steady occupation as _________at the recommendation of__________ The poor
condition of her health nonetheless precluded her to work further. To seek a cure for
her____________, she returned to Hong Kong once again.
The rapid advancement of Josephines __________of the larynx took its toll on her body
and also drained her familys ____________. She was confined in_________, a Catholic
charitable institution in Hong Kong.
_________, the Vicar General in Hong Kong who visited her in the hospital, had
this to say about the dying Josephine: The last time I saw Mrs. Rizal, I was
stricken with pity. She was broken down; yes, very much broken down both
in health and in spirit
On the eve of_______, Bracken restfully died in the land where she was born. Because
of the contagiousness of her ailment, she was immediately buried the next day at
the______________, not too far from the grave of her mother(Grave No. 4258 in the
Military Section). A small news item on __________reported that she died at ________,
where she had been residing for some time.
However, the idea that Josephine was buried in a ______in Hong Kong was fervidly
refuted later by her husbands family.
Dolores mother died when she was about to turn____, Dolores Bracken Abad did not
have vivid memories of Josephine.
Dolores married __________of Ilocos. (Though Dolores was not a fruit of RizalJosephines union, this Ilocano could legitimately boast that he married the only
sibling [half-sister] of Jose Rizals son).
Josephines daughter died on __________and was survived by _____
children.____________, Dolores grandson wrote the first full biography of Josephine
Bracken, ______________.
It is almost a historical fact that the Rizal family, except for _______(and
possibly_________ and ________), had never liked Joses dear unhappy wife. One may

Magallanes, Burgos Streets, Sergio

Osmea y Suico, Sergio Osmea, Sr,
4th President
paddling a bike and the English
language, Vicente Albano Pacis
public school teacher, Dr. David
Barrows, tuberculosis

terminal tuberculosis, financial

resources, St. Francis Hospital
Msgr. Spada

March 14-15, 1902, Happy Valley

Cemetery,
page 4 of Hong Kongs China Mail,
No. 87, Praya East
paupers grave
2,
Antonio Mina

December 9, 1987, four, Macario

Ofilada, Errante Golondrina

Narcisa, Choleng and Paciano

argue that even after the passing of both Jose and Josephine, her memory was not
that generously welcomed in the Rizal clan.
One friend jokingly concluded, in hindsight, that Josephine was a sort of _________ (if
ever you believe in that) and exclaimed, ____________.
But this argument, which is an instance of a ________, is most likely not the reason the
Rizal family did not like Bracken. There was an explicit declaration that the Rizals were
suspicious that she was a ___________and regarded her as __________.
It was Orlacs being a mistress of a friar which caused some of Joses sisters to
presume that Josephine had come as______________.
While staying with Narcisas family in Binondo, Bracken would frequently leave the
house and return after some hours. To find out where she was going, the Rizal sisters
asked someone to trail and keep an eye on her. One afternoon, it was discovered that
she had gone to the___________s place. Josephine later confessed that she had indeed
gone to see the church official to beg for Rizals freedom.

bad omen,
Malas siya sa buhay ni Rizal,
false cause fallacy,
spy for the friars,
threat to Rizals security
friars undercover

archbishop

The spy-charge against Bracken was never proved as it was never true. But even
then, the Rizal family could not be persuaded to like her, especially that her union
with Jose was not sanctioned by the Church.

When Josephine (temporarily) left Dapitan to accompany Taufer to Manila, Rizal gave
her this short poem
As a testament of his love for her, Jose Rizal made use of his common-law wife as a
model and inspiration in at least two of his artworks:
In Rizals last and greatest poem posthumously entitled ____________, theres a line
which reads, _______________ which is now commonly translated, Farewell, sweet
foreigner, my darling, my delight! As the line is conventionally accepted as Rizals
farewell to his dear unhappy wife, Josephine Bracken had thus earned the historical
moniker, __________________(sweet foreigner).
Josephine had also immortalized her affection for Rizal through her _______with which

A Josefina

a carving of her head and shoulder

(side view) and a plaster statue of
her reclining.
Mi Ultimo Adios,
Adios, dulce estranjera, mi amiga, mi
alegria,
Rizals dulce estranjera
Letters

she consoled him when he was on his way to Cuba and during his prison days. Some
of her letters involved matters like sending him _________and the ________like a
hundred sweet santoles, lansones, and cheese.
Today, theres a small street somewhere in ____________which is named in the memory
of Rizals dear unhappy wife

his clothing, foods he loved

Project 4, Quezon City

Enumeration
Josephine was said to be not a remarkable beauty but had an agreeable countenance because of
1. childlike expression of her face
2. her profound blue and dreamy eyes
3. abundant hair of brilliant gold
Led the distressed Taufer to slash his wrist (some say throat)
1. Rizal told the patient that the illness was incurable.
2. Josephines wish to stay with Rizal
3. the marriage in Manila of a daughter by his first wife (Alburo)
When Josephine returned to Dapitan, the church wedding she hoped for could not happen. Bec
1. Rizal would not retract and so Obach denied them the permission to marry
2. Bishop of Cebu confirmed the priests decision
Josephine as a wife:
1. Learned to make suman (a sticky rice dessert wrapped in banana leaves), bagoong, Noodles, bread.
2. With the Spanish she learned from Rizal, she could write a simple letter
3. To his mother, Rizal described Josephine as good, obedient, and submissive
Josephine did as a member of Katipunan (Aside from serving as an inspiration to the Katipuneros (being Rizals wife)
1. she assisted in operating the reloading of jigs for Mauser cartridges
2. helped in taking care of the sick and wounded
3. suggested to start a field hospital in the casa hacienda of Tejeros
Options given to Josephine by Camilio Polavieja
1. She was given the options of leaving the country
2. Or be subjected to torture and imprisonment

Almost everyone who had become connected to Josephine died young

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

her own mother (who died shortly after giving birth to her),
her real father,
her Portuguese step mother
Jose Rizal
Mr. Taufer
his second husband Vicente Abad.