| Carolina Zambon | |
 Zambon on her 112th birthday in 2013 | |
| Birth: | 3 June 1901 Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Death: | 9 November 2014 Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Age: | 113 years, 159 days |
| Country: |  BRA
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| Validated | |
Carolina Zambon-Geraldin (3 June 1901 – 9 November 2014) was a Brazilian supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography[]
Carolina Zambon was born in Fazenda Boa Vista, currently called Santa Lavinia, an area located between the cities of Piracicaba and Charqueada (SP), Brazil, on 3 June 1901. Throughout his life, she always lived in places and only went to have a house with electricity when she was over 80 years old.
"We always live on the farm. The ninth lived the entire transition from planting coffee, cotton, rice, beans to the permanence of sugarcane. Before moving to this house, she lived in two other places. And only in this one, 25 years ago, that she had electric light in the residence, "said the elderly woman's daughter-in-law, Elza Bombache Geraldin, 73 years old.
The family members said that the most difficult moment of the old woman's life was when she left her mother-in-law's house. "74 years ago we were very hungry, mother and father had nothing. And we started from scratch. When we became teenagers, we came to help. That's when things got better for us. "
Zambon died in Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil on 9 November 2014, at the age of 113 years, 159 days.
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References[]
- 2021 validations Gerontology Research Group
- Las personas más longevas Supercentenarios.net
- Mulher de 112 anos diz que gordura de porco é o 'segredo da longevidade' G1, 12 March 2014
- Viela em Santana levará nome de moradora que viveu 113 anos no bairro Câmara Municipal de Piracicaba, 16 February 2016