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Marie Josephine Leopoldine Bracken (August 9, 1876 – March 14, 1902) was the common-law wife of Filipino nationalist José Rizal during his exile in Dapitan. Hours before Rizal's execution on December 30, 1896, the couple were allegedly married at Fort Santiago following Rizal's alleged reconciliation with the Catholic Church.
Aug 5, 2013 · Marie Josephine Leopoldine Bracken was born on August 9, 1876 in Victoria, Hong Kong. She was the youngest of the five children of an Irish couple who were married on May 3, 1868 in Belfast, Ireland: British army corporal James Bracken and Elizabeth Jane MacBride.
Aug 27, 2013 · Josephine MacBride Bracken, the daughter of James Bracken and Elizabeth Jane MacBride, was brought into life on August 9, 1876 in Hong Kong at Victoria Barracks. She is the petite Irish woman who truthfully loved and at the same time fascinated the Philippine national hero.
Oct 25, 2022 · On October 3, 1876, Marie Josephine Leopoldine Bracken was born at Victoria Barracks in Hong Kong. Her father was an Irishman serving in the British Army. That explains an Irishwoman being from Hong Kong easily enough.
Who was Josephine Bracken? Marie Josephine Leopoldine Bracken was the common-law wife of Philippine national hero José Rizal during his exile in Dapitan in the province of Zamboanga del Norte in the southern Philippines.
Nov 3, 2016 · How did fate bring them together? The hero meets his Irish love. It all happened in Dapitan, a secluded, rural village at the southern tip of Zamboanga, where Jose Rizal was banished to by Spanish...
May 13, 2011 · He was an engineer by profession, and for a number of years served on some of the coast and river steamers, afterwards enlisting in the Hong Kong Police Force, in which he did service for four years, retiring with the rank of sergeant.
