List of Portuguese supercentenarians
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This is a list of verified Portuguese
supercentenarian
s (people from Portugal
who have attained the age of at least 110 years). There have been 8 verified supercentenarian
s from Portugal
. The oldest person ever from Portugal was Maria de Jesus
, who died in 2009 aged 115 years 114 days. As of , there are no verified supercentenarians living in Portugal, with 1 unverified case.
research, such as the Gerontology Research Group
. Those listed as 'pending' have provided at least one document supporting the claimed age but not the three necessary for validation. Those that are 'unverified' have provided no documents to support the age claimed.
(verified in 2002) and was for a time thought to be Portugal's oldest person, until Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes was discovered. Carreiro ranks 4rd in list. She died at the age of 113 years 35 days.
person to be documented in Portugal
. She was born and lived in Grijó
, in Vila Nova de Gaia
, which is near the city of Porto
.
She remembered the day when the last king of Portugal, D. Manuel II
, visited the nearby town of Espinho
, on 23 November 1908.
Maia-Lopes was nearly deaf and blind in her later years, and was confined to bed after a 2002 domestic accident with boiling water that burned her feet. She had a total of eight daughters, seven grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. Her husband died in 1942. One of her great-granddaughters married a grandson of Portugal's oldest ever man, Augusto Moreira de Oliveira (1896 – 2009).
Maia-Lopes died at the age of 114 years 274 days, which places her as one of the 35 longest lived people ever. At the time of her death, she was the 2nd-oldest person in Europe
, behind Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper
. She was also recognized as the 4th-oldest person in the world behind van Andel-Schipper, Elizabeth Bolden
and Bettie Wilson, both from the United States
. Maia-Lopes would later be relegated to fifth-oldest in the world at the time of her death with the recognition of María Capovilla
of Ecuador
.
, 7 November 2007) was one of the last survivors of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
. Alice Catarina Matos was born in the Azores
archipelago. Her family emigrated to Half Moon Bay
(California) in 1903, when Alice was 6 years old. The April 18, 1906 San Francisco earthquake, a few weeks prior to Alice's ninth birthday, was a traumatic experience to her family, since they believed the end of the World had come. In 1912, the Matos family moved to Gustine
, where Alice met Clarence Leonard Sanders, which became her husband in the Christmas Day of 1913.
's oldest ever man, and the oldest person in Portugal
at the time of his death. He was the 4th-oldest man in the world, the 2nd-oldest man in Europe
and the 5th-oldest person in the continent. He ranks in the top 25 oldest men ever and was one of the 25 oldest verified living people in the world. He is the 6th oldest person ever from Portugal. On 2 January 2009, Oliveira became Portugal's oldest living person.
male ever behind Augusto Moreira de Oliveira who died on 13 February 2009. In addition, he was one of the 50 oldest verified men ever. At the time of his death, Fernandes was also the 4th-oldest man in the world and the 2nd-oldest in Europe
, behind the world's then oldest man, Henry Allingham
, from the United Kingdom
.
was a Portuguese supercentenarian who was 113 years 81 days at her death. She was the oldest living person in Portugal. She became the oldest living woman in Portugal on 2 January 2009 following the death of Maria de Jesus
, who at 115 years 114 days was the oldest verified living person worldwide and the last remaining person from 1893. With the death of Antonio de Castro on the 22 June 2009 at age 111 years 167 days, she was the oldest Portuguese person. Silva was the only validated living supercentenarian in Portugal at the time of her death and also the last remaining validated living person in Portugal who was born in the 19th century.
Maria Luiza Nunes da Silva exercised everyday and was reported to be in good health, although she was in a wheelchair most of the time. She resided in Lisbon with a daughter of hers. da Silva also had 12 grandchildren, 41 great-grandchildren, and 14 great-great-grandchildren at the time of her death.
On 5 August 2011, Maria Luíza Nunes da Silva aged 113 years 29 days became one of 40 oldest people from Europe ever.
On 26 September 2011 at the age of 113 years 81 days and was the 11th oldest person in the world at the time of her death.
Portuguese people
The Portuguese are a nation and ethnic group native to the country of Portugal, in the west of the Iberian peninsula of south-west Europe. Their language is Portuguese, and Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion....
supercentenarian
Supercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
s (people from Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
who have attained the age of at least 110 years). There have been 8 verified supercentenarian
Supercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
s from Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
. The oldest person ever from Portugal was Maria de Jesus
Maria de Jesus
Maria de Jesus dos Santos was a Portuguese supercentenarian who was the world's oldest verified living person for 37 days, until her death at 115 years 114 days. She assumed this status after the 26 November 2008 death of American Edna Parker, who was 115 years 220 days old...
, who died in 2009 aged 115 years 114 days. As of , there are no verified supercentenarians living in Portugal, with 1 unverified case.
Living Portuguese supercentenarians
Below is a list of the oldest living people from Portugal. Those listed as 'verified' have been validated by an international body that specifically deals in longevityLongevity
The word "longevity" is sometimes used as a synonym for "life expectancy" in demography or known as "long life", especially when it concerns someone or something lasting longer than expected ....
research, such as the Gerontology Research Group
Gerontology Research Group
The Gerontology Research Group was started in 1990, and is a global eGroup of researchers in gerontology, some of who also meet monthly at UCLA in Los Angeles, California. The primary function of the group is to further gerontology research, with the objective of reversing or retarding aging...
. Those listed as 'pending' have provided at least one document supporting the claimed age but not the three necessary for validation. Those that are 'unverified' have provided no documents to support the age claimed.
| Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Age as of | District of birth | District of residence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Felícia Bento | F | 13 April 1901 | ? | Coimbra |
Portuguese supercentenarians
| Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age | District or region of birth | District or region of death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maria de Jesus Maria de Jesus Maria de Jesus dos Santos was a Portuguese supercentenarian who was the world's oldest verified living person for 37 days, until her death at 115 years 114 days. She assumed this status after the 26 November 2008 death of American Edna Parker, who was 115 years 220 days old... |
F | 10 September 1893 | 2 January 2009 | 115 years, 114 days | Santarém | Santarém |
| 2 | Maria do Couto Maia | F | 24 October 1890 | 25 July 2005 | 114 years, 274 days | Porto Porto District The District of Porto , sometimes Oporto in English, is located on the north-west coast of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Porto, the second largest city in the country... |
Porto Porto District The District of Porto , sometimes Oporto in English, is located on the north-west coast of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Porto, the second largest city in the country... |
| 3 | Maria Nunes da Silva | F | 7 July 1898 | 26 September 2011 | 113 years, 81 days | Porto Porto District The District of Porto , sometimes Oporto in English, is located on the north-west coast of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Porto, the second largest city in the country... |
Lisbon |
| 4 | Catarina Carreiro | F | 9 January 1891 | 13 February 2004 | 113 years, 35 days | Castelo Branco | Castelo Branco |
| 5 | Clara dos Santos | F | 26 March 1894 | 25 October 2006 | 112 years, 213 days | Viseu | Lisbon |
| 6 | Augusto Moreira de Oliveira | M | 6 October 1896 | 13 February 2009 | 112 years, 130 days | Aveiro | Porto Porto District The District of Porto , sometimes Oporto in English, is located on the north-west coast of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Porto, the second largest city in the country... |
| Elvira de Jesus Caldeira | F | 27 July 1886 | 5 June 1998 | 111 years, 313 days | Coimbra | Coimbra | |
| 7 | Antonio de Castro | M | 6 January 1898 | 22 June 2009 | 111 years, 167 days | Braga | Braga |
Portuguese emigrant supercentenarians
| Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age | District or region of birth | Country of death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary Marques Mary Marques Maria Jose Felicia Nunes Marques was an American supercentenarian. She was born in Portugal and had two daughters. At the time of her death, she was believed to be the twenty-second oldest person in the world and the oldest person in Massachusetts. She never learned to read, write, or drive;... |
F | 11 February 1896 | 3 January 2008 | 111 years, 326 days | Leiria | United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
| 2 | Alice Sanders | F | 12 May 1897 | 7 November 2007 | 110 years, 179 days | Azores Azores The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the... |
United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Oldest Portuguese person by district and region
This is a list of the oldest people by birth from each district or regionDistricts of Portugal
Portugal is divided into 18 districts in mainland Portugal, plus two autonomous regions .The Portuguese Constitution of 1976 specifies that Portugal have only, as first level divisions, the autonomous regions and the administrative regions...
| District or region | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azores Azores The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the... |
Alice Sanders | F | 12 May 1897 | 7 November 2007 | 110 years, 179 days |
| Aveiro | Augusto Moreira de Oliveira | M | 6 October 1896 | 13 February 2009 | 112 years, 130 days |
| Beja | |||||
| Braga | Antonio de Castro | M | 6 January 1898 | 22 June 2009 | 111 years, 167 days |
| Bragança | |||||
| Castelo Branco | Catarina Carreiro | F | 9 January 1891 | 13 February 2004 | 113 years, 35 days |
| Coimbra | Elvira de Jesus Caldeira | F | 27 July 1886 | 5 June 1998 | 111 years, 313 days |
| Évora | |||||
| Faro | |||||
| Guarda | |||||
| Leiria | Mary Marques Mary Marques Maria Jose Felicia Nunes Marques was an American supercentenarian. She was born in Portugal and had two daughters. At the time of her death, she was believed to be the twenty-second oldest person in the world and the oldest person in Massachusetts. She never learned to read, write, or drive;... |
F | 11 February 1896 | 3 January 2008 | 111 years, 326 days |
| Lisbon | |||||
| Madeira Madeira Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago that lies between and , just under 400 km north of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the north Atlantic Ocean and an outermost region of the European Union... |
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| Portalegre | |||||
| Porto Porto District The District of Porto , sometimes Oporto in English, is located on the north-west coast of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Porto, the second largest city in the country... |
Maria do Couto Maia | F | 24 October 1890 | 25 July 2005 | 114 years, 274 days |
| Santarém | Maria de Jesus Maria de Jesus Maria de Jesus dos Santos was a Portuguese supercentenarian who was the world's oldest verified living person for 37 days, until her death at 115 years 114 days. She assumed this status after the 26 November 2008 death of American Edna Parker, who was 115 years 220 days old... |
F | 10 September 1893 | 2 January 2009 | 115 years, 114 days |
| Setúbal | |||||
| Viana do Castelo | |||||
| Vila Real | |||||
| Viseu | Clara dos Santos | F | 26 March 1894 | 25 October 2006 | 112 years, 213 days |
Limbo cases
Limbo cases refer to supercentenarians who were verified to have reached the age of 110 but their death date is unknown| Name | Sex | Birth date | Last confirmed to have been alive | District of birth | District of death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maria da Costa Almeida | F | 29 September 1899 | 9 September 2010 | Coimbra | Coimbra |
Chronological list of the oldest living person in Portugal since 1998
| From | To | Name | Sex | Age(s) when oldest | Lifespan | District of death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ? | 5 June 1998 | Elvira de Jesus Caldeira | F | ? – 111 | 27 July 1886 – 5 June 1998 111 years, 313 days |
Coimbra Coimbra Coimbra is a city in the municipality of Coimbra in Portugal. Although it served as the nation's capital during the High Middle Ages, it is better-known for its university, the University of Coimbra, which is one of the oldest in Europe and the oldest academic institution in the... |
| 5 June 1998 | 22 February 2000 |
Jose Ferreira-Andrade | M | 108 – 109 | 24 April 1890 – 22 February 2000 109 years, 304 days |
Viseu Viseu Viseu is both a city and a municipality in the Dão-Lafões Subregion of Centro Region, Portugal. The municipality, with an area of 507.1 km², has a population of 99,593 , and the city proper has 47,250... |
| 22 February 2000 | 25 July 2005 |
Maria do Couto Maia | F | 109 – 114 | 24 October 1890 – 25 July 2005 114 years, 274 days |
Oporto |
| 25 July 2005 | 2 January 2009 |
Maria de Jesus Maria de Jesus Maria de Jesus dos Santos was a Portuguese supercentenarian who was the world's oldest verified living person for 37 days, until her death at 115 years 114 days. She assumed this status after the 26 November 2008 death of American Edna Parker, who was 115 years 220 days old... |
F | 111 – 115 | 10 September 1893 – 2 January 2009 115 years, 114 days |
Santarém Santarém, Portugal Santarém is a city in the Santarém Municipality in Portugal. The city itself has a population of 28,760 and the entire municipality has 64,124 inhabitants.It is the capital of Santarém District.... |
| 2 January 2009 | 13 February 2009 ( days) |
Augusto Moreira | M | 112 | 6 October 1896 – 13 February 2009 112 years, 130 days |
Aveiro |
| 13 February 2009 | 22 June 2009 ( days) |
Antonio de Castro | M | 111 | 6 January 1898 – 22 June 2009 111 years, 167 days |
Braga Braga Braga , a city in the Braga Municipality in northwestern Portugal, is the capital of the Braga District, the oldest archdiocese and the third major city of the country. Braga is the oldest Portuguese city and one of the oldest Christian cities in the World... |
| 22 June 2009 | 26 September 2011 |
Maria Nunes da Silva | F | 110 – 113 | 7 July 1898 – 26 September 2011 113 years, 81 days |
Lisbon Lisbon Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban... |
| 26 September 2011 | Present ( days) |
Maria Felícia Bento | F | 110* | born 13 April 1901 age |
Living in Coimbra |
Catarina Carreiro-Pascoal
Catarina Carreiro Pascoal (9 January 1891 – 13 February 2004) was the 1st verified supercentenarian case from PortugalPortugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
(verified in 2002) and was for a time thought to be Portugal's oldest person, until Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes was discovered. Carreiro ranks 4rd in list. She died at the age of 113 years 35 days.
Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes
Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes (24 October 1890 – 25 July 2005) was the 2nd longest-livedOldest people
This is a list of tables of the verified oldest people in the world in ordinal rank, such as oldest person or oldest man. In these tables, a supercentenarian is considered 'verified' if his or her claim has been validated by an international body that specifically deals in longevity research, such...
person to be documented in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
. She was born and lived in Grijó
Grijó
-In Portugal:*Grijó, a parish in Macedo de Cavaleiros*Grijó, a parish in Vila Nova de GaiaIt is part of a name of a parish:*Grijó de Parada, a parish in Bragança...
, in Vila Nova de Gaia
Vila Nova de Gaia
Vila Nova de Gaia, or simply Gaia is a city in Vila Nova de Gaia Municipality, Portugal. It is located in the Porto District, south of the city of Porto on the other side of the Douro River. The city proper has a population of 178,255 and the municipality contains 24 parishes with a total...
, which is near the city of Porto
Porto
Porto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...
.
She remembered the day when the last king of Portugal, D. Manuel II
Manuel II of Portugal
Manuel II , named Manuel Maria Filipe Carlos Amélio Luís Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga Francisco de Assis Eugénio de Bragança Orleães Sabóia e Saxe-Coburgo-Gotha — , was the last King of Portugal from 1908 to 1910, ascending the throne after the assassination of his father and elder brother Manuel...
, visited the nearby town of Espinho
Espinho, Portugal
Espinho is a city in Espinho Municipality in Portugal. It is a reputed beach resort and a zone of legal gambling with a casino - Casino Solverde. Its fair - Feira de Espinho, having been first organised in 1894, is well known in Portugal...
, on 23 November 1908.
Maia-Lopes was nearly deaf and blind in her later years, and was confined to bed after a 2002 domestic accident with boiling water that burned her feet. She had a total of eight daughters, seven grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. Her husband died in 1942. One of her great-granddaughters married a grandson of Portugal's oldest ever man, Augusto Moreira de Oliveira (1896 – 2009).
Maia-Lopes died at the age of 114 years 274 days, which places her as one of the 35 longest lived people ever. At the time of her death, she was the 2nd-oldest person in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, behind Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper
Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper
Hendrikje "Henny" van Andel-Schipper was the oldest person ever in the history of the Netherlands , and from 29 May 2004 was thought to be the oldest recognized person in the world until her death Hendrikje "Henny" van Andel-Schipper (née Schipper) (29 June 1890 – 30 August 2005) was the...
. She was also recognized as the 4th-oldest person in the world behind van Andel-Schipper, Elizabeth Bolden
Elizabeth Bolden
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bolden was an American supercentenarian woman who, at the time of her death at age 116 years and 118 days, was recognized by Guinness World Records as the then world's oldest living person. She was the last remaining documented person born in 1890. Bolden was the seventh...
and Bettie Wilson, both from the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Maia-Lopes would later be relegated to fifth-oldest in the world at the time of her death with the recognition of María Capovilla
María Capovilla
María Esther Heredia de Capovilla was an Ecuadorian supercentenarian, and, at the time of her death at age 116 years 347 days, was recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living person. She was the last remaining person born in the 1880s...
of Ecuador
Ecuador
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.
Alice Sanders
Alice Sanders (São Jorge Island, 12 May 1897 – Merced, CaliforniaMerced, California
Merced is a city in, and the county seat of, Merced County, California in the San Joaquin Valley of Northern California. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 78,958. Incorporated in 1889, Merced is a charter city that operates under a council-manager government...
, 7 November 2007) was one of the last survivors of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was a major earthquake that struck San Francisco, California, and the coast of Northern California at 5:12 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18, 1906. The most widely accepted estimate for the magnitude of the earthquake is a moment magnitude of 7.9; however, other...
. Alice Catarina Matos was born in the Azores
Azores
The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the...
archipelago. Her family emigrated to Half Moon Bay
Half Moon Bay
Half Moon Bay is a city in San Mateo County, CaliforniaHalf Moon Bay may also refer to:- Geographic features :* Half Moon Bay , a bay on the San Mateo County Coast of California...
(California) in 1903, when Alice was 6 years old. The April 18, 1906 San Francisco earthquake, a few weeks prior to Alice's ninth birthday, was a traumatic experience to her family, since they believed the end of the World had come. In 1912, the Matos family moved to Gustine
Gustine, California
Gustine is a city in Merced County, California, United States. Gustine is located west of Merced, at an elevation of 98 feet . As of the United States 2010 Census, the city population was 5,520, up from 4,698 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
, where Alice met Clarence Leonard Sanders, which became her husband in the Christmas Day of 1913.
Augusto Moreira de Oliveira
Augusto Moreira de Oliveira (6 October 1896 – 13 February 2009) was at his death age 112 years, 130 days, PortugalPortugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
's oldest ever man, and the oldest person in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
at the time of his death. He was the 4th-oldest man in the world, the 2nd-oldest man in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and the 5th-oldest person in the continent. He ranks in the top 25 oldest men ever and was one of the 25 oldest verified living people in the world. He is the 6th oldest person ever from Portugal. On 2 January 2009, Oliveira became Portugal's oldest living person.
Antonio de Castro
Antonio Fernandes de Castro (6 January 1898 – 22 June 2009) was at his death age 111 years 167 days, the oldest person in Portugal and the 2nd-oldest PortuguesePortugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
male ever behind Augusto Moreira de Oliveira who died on 13 February 2009. In addition, he was one of the 50 oldest verified men ever. At the time of his death, Fernandes was also the 4th-oldest man in the world and the 2nd-oldest in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, behind the world's then oldest man, Henry Allingham
Henry Allingham
Henry William Allingham was a British supercentenarian, First World War veteran and, for one month, the verified oldest living man in the world...
, from the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
.
Maria Luíza Nunes da Silva
Maria Luíza Beires Nunes da Silva (7 July 1898 – 26 September 2011) of LisbonLisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
was a Portuguese supercentenarian who was 113 years 81 days at her death. She was the oldest living person in Portugal. She became the oldest living woman in Portugal on 2 January 2009 following the death of Maria de Jesus
Maria de Jesus
Maria de Jesus dos Santos was a Portuguese supercentenarian who was the world's oldest verified living person for 37 days, until her death at 115 years 114 days. She assumed this status after the 26 November 2008 death of American Edna Parker, who was 115 years 220 days old...
, who at 115 years 114 days was the oldest verified living person worldwide and the last remaining person from 1893. With the death of Antonio de Castro on the 22 June 2009 at age 111 years 167 days, she was the oldest Portuguese person. Silva was the only validated living supercentenarian in Portugal at the time of her death and also the last remaining validated living person in Portugal who was born in the 19th century.
Maria Luiza Nunes da Silva exercised everyday and was reported to be in good health, although she was in a wheelchair most of the time. She resided in Lisbon with a daughter of hers. da Silva also had 12 grandchildren, 41 great-grandchildren, and 14 great-great-grandchildren at the time of her death.
On 5 August 2011, Maria Luíza Nunes da Silva aged 113 years 29 days became one of 40 oldest people from Europe ever.
On 26 September 2011 at the age of 113 years 81 days and was the 11th oldest person in the world at the time of her death.