List of Portuguese supercentenarians
Portuguese supercentenarians are citizens, residents or emigrants from Portugal or its former colonies who have attained or surpassed 110 years of age. As of January 2015[update], the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) had validated the longevity claims of 9 Portuguese supercentenarians, including 7 residents and 2 emigrants.[1] Maria de Jesus was the oldest Portuguese citizen whose age was validated; she lived 115 years and 114 days, from 1893 to 2009.[2]. Currently, the oldest living person in Portugal is Romana Marques, born 22 July 1908, aged 110 years, 196 days; the GRG has not yet verified her documentation.
Contents
Oldest Portuguese people ever[edit]
Deceased
Living
Unranked entries have not yet been validated by the GRG.
†^ denotes age at death, or, if living, age as of 3 February 2019
| Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age[†] | District or region of birth |
District or country of death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maria de Jesus[1][2] | F | 10 September 1893 | 2 January 2009 | 115 years, 114 days | Santarém | Santarém |
| 2 | Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes[1] | F | 24 October 1890 | 25 July 2005 | 114 years, 274 days | Porto | Porto |
| 3 | Adelina Domingues[1] | F | 19 February 1888 | 21 August 2002 | 114 years, 183 days | Cape Verde | United States |
| 4 | Maria Luíza Nunes da Silva[1] | F | 7 July 1898 | 26 September 2011 | 113 years, 81 days | Porto | Lisbon |
| 5 | Catarina Carreiro-Pascoal[1] | F | 9 January 1891 | 13 February 2004 | 113 years, 35 days | Castelo Branco | Castelo Branco |
| 6 | Clara Lopes dos Santos[1] | F | 26 March 1894 | 25 October 2006 | 112 years, 213 days | Viseu | Lisbon |
| 7 | Augusto Moreira de Oliveira[1] | M | 6 October 1896 | 13 February 2009 | 112 years, 130 days | Aveiro | Porto |
| 8 | Mary Marques[1] | F | 11 February 1896 | 3 January 2008 | 111 years, 326 days | Leiria | United States |
| Benvinda Marques Matias[3] | F | 15 February 1906 | 23 September 2017 | 111 years, 220 days | Coimbra | Leiria | |
| 9 | Antonio Fernandes de Castro[1] | M | 6 January 1898 | 22 June 2009 | 111 years, 167 days | Braga | Braga |
| 10 | Maria Dolores Ferreira[4] | F | 22 July 1902 | 29 July 2013 | 111 years, 7 days | Braga | Braga |
| Romana Marques[5] | F | 22 July 1908 | Living | 110 years, 196 days | Leiria | Leiria | |
| 11 | Alice Sanders[1] | F | 12 May 1897 | 7 November 2007 | 110 years, 179 days | Azores | United States |
Biographies[edit]
Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes[edit]
Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes (24 October 1890 – 25 July 2005) is the 2nd longest-lived 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.[6]
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).[7] Maia-Lopes died 25 July 2005, aged 114 years 274 days.
Alice Sanders[edit]
Alice Sanders (São Jorge Island, 12 May 1897 – Merced, California, 7 November 2007)[1] 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, who became her husband on Christmas Day in 1913.[8] [9]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Wikkerink, Marco; Kroczek, Waclaw Jan (1 January 2015). "GRG Database by Nation". Gerontology Research Group. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- ^ a b "World's oldest woman dies at age 115". NBC News. Associated Press. 2 January 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ "Morreu portuguesa de 111 anos em Alcobaça". www.sabado.pt. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ "1902Gallery.html, as of July 15, 2018". www.grg.org. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ http://www.diarioleiria.pt/noticia/34514
- ^ on Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes Archived 2012-07-29 at Archive.today
- ^ Reporter, Staff. "Portugal's oldest woman dies at 114". The M&G Online. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ "New Bedford, Mass". Portuguese Times. Archived from the original on 2010-05-30. Retrieved 2010-09-11.
- ^ Jasonmerced, Scott (2007-11-09). "One of oldest Portuguese women, 110, dies - Local". Modbee.com. Archived from the original on 2009-02-17. Retrieved 2010-09-11.
