| Apolonia Malate | |
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Apolonia Juan Valencia Malate (4 March 1899 – 4 December 2009) was a Filipino-American supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She is the oldest validated Filipino-born person ever
Biography[]
Apolonia Malate was born on 4 March 1899 in Dingras, Ilocos Norte, Philippines, just after the Treaty of Paris, which gained the United States the control of the Philippines.
On 3 May 1933, Apolonia married Carmelo Malate, and would go on to have two sons, Vincent and Quirino, and a daughter with him. At some point in her life, she immigrated to Ewa Beach, Hawaii, where she would live the rest of her life with her son Quirino.
She celebrated her 105th birthday in March 2004 in a John Dominis Restaurant with her two sons, daughter-in-law, grandson, and granddaughter.
Malate died in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, USA on 4 December 2009 at the age of 110 years, 275 days. She was survived by two sons Quirino, and Vincent; one daughter Feliza Peralta; two brothers Alex Sr., and Philip Juan; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
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References[]
- 2016 validations Gerontology Research Group
- [1] The Honolulu Advertiser, 24 December 2009
- [2] The Honolulu Advertiser, 7 March 2004