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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.
Nov 3, 2016 · Where and when did Josephine Bracken arrive from Ireland to the Philippines? How did fate bring them together?
Jan 4, 2013 · Life of poverty. After her stint in Cavite, probably out of pity, Rizal’s elder brother, Paciano, gave her some money for a return ticket to Hong Kong, her land of birth. Due to poverty, she later petitioned for her share of her husband’s library, which was under the care of Jose Maria Basa.
Si Marie Josephine Leopoldine Bracken (Agosto 8, 1876 - Marso 15, 1902) ay ang nakaisang palad ng pambansang bayani ng Pilipinas na si José Rizal sa kanyang pagkakatapon sa Dapitan sa lalawigan ng Zamboanga del Norte sa katimugan ng Pilipinas.
Josephine Bracken arrived at the shores of Dapitan accompanying her blind adoptive father, Mr. George Taufer. No ophthalmologist in Hong Kong, their home country, could cure the man's blindness and so they sought the services of the famous Dr. Jose Rizal.
A heart for you beats high. Rizal wrote this poem for Josephine Bracken, an Irish woman who went to Dapitan to have her father George Taufer treated for an eye problem.
