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She died of tuberculosis, aged 25. Biography. Early life. A copy of Bracken's baptismal certificate. Bracken was born in Victoria Barracks in Hong Kong on August 9, 1876, to Irish parents [4] James Bracken, a corporal in the British Army, and Elizabeth Jane McBride, who were married on May 3, 1868, in Belfast, Ireland.
Jan 4, 2013 · ADVERTISEMENT. It is unfortunate, though, that not much is known about his “dulce extranjera (sweet stranger),” Josephine Bracken. Besides, their brief love affair in Dapitan and the Rizal family’s dislike for Josephine was a mere footnote after his death.
Aug 5, 2013 · When Josephine was 7, her godmother—whose name Leopoldine was added to her own—also died. In 1891, her foster father remarried another Portuguese lady from Macau, Francesca Spencer. Because Josephine could not get along with Taufer’s new wife, she (Josephine) ran away and sought shelter in a boarding house run by nuns.
May 13, 2011 · WHILE MOST people are forgotten as soon as they are put six feet under, Josephine Bracken remains controversial 119 years after she died of “milliary tuberculosis and ulceration of the breast.”
Dec 30, 2014 · One of the most misunderstood women in Philippine history is Josephine Bracken, otherwise known as Mrs. Jose Rizal. The National Hero himself referred to her as his dulce extranjera and Errante Golondrina (the wandering swallow).
Nov 3, 2016 · A planned statue commemorating our national hero and his Irish wife Josephine Bracken was aborted when the Philippine Embassy in Dublin suddenly closed during the recession. – Rappler.com
Oct 26, 2016 · When Fr. Murphy met with Francis Bracken, it was made clear that his great, great grandfather James was the father of Josephine. Murphy then happily filled him in on the love story of his grandaunt Josephine and her husband Jose Rizal, the Philippines’ national hero and martyr.
He missed the company of his friends and family, and the death of Leonor Rivera on August 28, 1893 left a gaping void in his heart. Josephine Bracken arrived at the shores of Dapitan accompanying her blind adoptive father, Mr. George Taufer.
Historians studying Rizaliana have contested the veracity of the account by Josephine Bracken and later by her descendants that Rizal and Bracken were married on the eve before his execution on the 30th of December 1896.
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.
