| Antonio de Castro | |
 Antonio de Castro on his 111th birthday in 2009 | |
| Birth: | 6 January 1898 Durraes, Braga District, Portugal |
| Death: | 22 June 2009 Durraes, Braga District, Portugal |
| Age: | 111 years, 167 days |
| Country: |  POR
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Antonio Fernandes de Castro (6 January 1898 – 22 June 2009) was a Portuguese supercentenarian, who was, at the time of his death, the oldest living man in Portugal, and the last living Portuguese man born in the 1800s.
Biography[]
Antonio de Castro was born in Durraes, Barcelos, Braga Portugal on 6 January 1898. His parents were Joaquim Jose de Castro (1857-?)[1] and Maria Fernandes (1862-1950)[2]. He married Antonia da Costa in 1926. The couple had 10 children. He was widowed in 1984, at the age of 86.
He became the oldest living person in Portugal, following the death of 112-year old Augusto Moreira de Oliveira on 13 February 2009.
Antonio de Castro died in Durraes, Barcelos, Portugal on 22 June 2009 at the age of 111 years, 167 days.
Gallery[]
References[]
- Verified Supercentenarians (Listed Chronologically By Birth Date) Gerontology Research Group
- 110th birthday (video)
- 111th birthday (video)
- Baptism Record - (nº1)
- António Fernandes de Castro | UF Durrães e Tregosa (durraesetregosa.pt)
- António Fernandes de Castro | Fairy Style
| Portugal's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
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Maria da Conceicao Silva • Unknown • Maria Alves de Jesus • Unknown • Maria Pereira • Unknown • Custodia Jacinto • Unknown • Mariana Chiromo • Unknown • Elvira de Jesus Caldeira • Jose Ferreira Andrade • Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes • Maria de Jesus • Augusto Moreira de Oliveira • Antonio de Castro • Maria Luiza Nunes da Silva • Carmelina Augusta Delgado • Maria Dolores Ferreira • Laurinda da Conceicao • Maria da Conceicao • Joaquina Martins • Romana Marques • Maria da Encarnacao Sousa • Isabel Gomes Sarmento • Inacia Carmelino • Maria da Conceicao Brito |
| Portugal's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E) |
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Augusto Ferreira da Silva • Manuel Antonio • Manuel Eduardo Figueira • Paulo Fernandes de Sa • Manuel de Sousa • Joao Sebastiao Ferreira • Jose Ferreira Andrade • Unknown • Jose Maria Hermano Baptista • Jose Luis Ladeira • Augusto Moreira de Oliveira • Antonio de Castro • Unknown • Manuel dos Santos • Manuel Rodrigues Horta • Albano Andrade • Alberto Andrade • Jose Martins • Vitorino Fernandes • Manuel Ferreira • Joaquim Varela |
- ↑ Antonio´s father baptism record page 43 (second baptism record)
- ↑ Antonio´s mother baptism record page 15 (Nº3)