Maria de Jesus

Maria de Jesus dos Santos (born September 10, 1893 in Olival , Ourém , Kingdom of Portugal , † January 2, 2009 in Tomar ) was a Portuguese supercentenarian and from November 26, 2008 until her death the oldest living person in the world . She was 115 years and 114 days old. She is the person from Portugal with the longest verified life span.

Life

Maria de Jesus was born on September 10th, 1893 in Olival, a then still independent community in the Kingdom of Portugal. In 1919 she married José dos Santos, who died in 1951. In contrast, as is customary in Portugal, Maria de Jesus did not use her husband's last name. The marriage resulted in 5 children. Their daughter Madalena, who was born in 1924, lived with her mother. At her death she left 11 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and 6 great-great-grandchildren. She is said to have been to a hospital only once in her entire life and to have been in good health until her death. In the last years of her life, however, she was increasingly restricted in her mobility and needed a walker to move about. In the end she did not recognize her relatives anymore because she had severe problems with her eyes and hearing. However, she was still able to wave and smile to visitors. Maria de Jesus lived at home all her life. She loved looking at old photo albums, enjoying the sun on her terrace and eating rice and ice cream. The pescetarian said she had never had alcohol or coffee and loved vegetables.

death

Maria de Jesus died on January 2, 2009 in an ambulance on the way to the hospital from septic shock due to swelling.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Maria de Jesus GRG
2. ↑ A mulher mais velha da Europa é portuguesa e vai fazer 113 anos
3. ↑ World's oldest person dies in Portugal at 115
4. ↑ World's oldest person dies at 115