Giuseppina Projetto

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Giuseppina Projetto-Frau (born May 30, 1902 on La Maddalena ; † July 6, 2018 in Montelupo Fiorentino ) was an Italian supercentenarian , the last and oldest person born in 1902 and the second oldest living person from April 21, 2018 .

Life

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Projetto was of Sicilian origin (her grandfather came to Sardinia with Giuseppe Garibaldi ) and was born in 1902 in La Maddalena , a small group of islands off the north coast of Sardinia . Her father Cicillo Projetto, born in Sciacca , met her mother while doing military service and later became a cook in a military hospital. She had three older and one younger sister. After the death of her parents, she went to boarding school with her sisters until she moved back to Maddalena in 1923. In 1946 she married Giuseppe Frau , a widower with three children. Together they had a son, Renato, who died trying to save a swimmer at the age of 39. After her son found work in Montelupo Fiorentino in Tuscany , Projetto followed suit a little later. She lived there with her daughter-in-law Giulia Mannozzi and her grandchildren until her death. She was known in her town as "Nonna Pina"; her family attributes their longevity to their optimism and spirit, determination, dignity and zest for life, and habits such as eating chocolate every day. She was also mentally active and never been to the hospital.

She died on July 6, 2018 at the age of 116 years and 37 days in Montelupo Fiorentino .

Age records

As of the death of Susannah Mushatt Jones on May 12, 2016, she was one of the ten oldest people alive. She reached fifth place on July 13, 2017, and third place on December 15, 2017. After Tajima Nabi's death on April 21, 2018, she was the second oldest living person after the Japanese Miyako Chiyo . As of April 15, 2017, the anniversary of Emma Morano's death , Projetto was the oldest living person born in Italy, and after Marie-Josephine Gaudette's death on July 13, 2017, the oldest living Italian woman (Gaudette was born in the United States). At the same time she became the last living person born in 1902. On August 12, 2016, Projetto entered the list of the 100 oldest people , and on February 6, 2018, she reached 20th place. At the time of her death, she was 17th. After Ana Vela Rubio's death on December 15, 2017, she was the oldest living European, also from February 11, 2018 or February 6, 2017 the second oldest Italian person (after Morano) until her age was exceeded by Maria Giuseppa Robucci in April 2019 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Europe’s oldest woman dies near Florence. ANSAen General News, July 6, 2018, accessed July 6, 2018.
  2. ↑ GIUSEPPINA PROJETTO, CON I SUOI ​​115 ANNI E 110 GIORNI, È LA SECONDA PERSONA PIÙ LONGEVA D'ITALIA (Italian)
  3. ↑ L'ultracentenaria più vecchia della Toscana risiede a Montelupo Fiorentino (Italian)
  4. ↑ La Maddalena. Ha 111 anni, è maddalenina, è la terza centenaria ex equo d'Italia e la più angiana della Sardegna (Italian)
  5. ^ Italian nonna becomes the world's second oldest person
  6. ↑ Pina, un altro record a 115 anni: "Il Signore si è scordato di me ..." (Italian)
personal data
SURNAME Projetto, Giuseppina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Projetto woman, Giuseppina; Nonna Pina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian supercentenarian
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH La Maddalena , Sassari Province , Italy
DATE OF DEATH 6th July 2018
Place of death Montelupo Fiorentino , metropolitan city of Florence , Italy