| Elvira de Jesus Caldeira | |
 Jesus Caldeira on her 108th birthday in 1994. | |
| Birth: | 27 July 1886 Anceriz, Arganil, Coimbra District, Portugal |
| Death: | 5 June 1998 Cerdeira, Arganil, Coimbra District, Portugal |
| Age: | 111 years, 313 days |
| Country: |  POR
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| Validated | |
Elvira de Jesus Caldeira Figueiredo (27 July 1886 – 5 June 1998) was a Portuguese supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group.
Biography
Elvira de Jesus Caldeira was born in Anceriz, Arganil, Coimbra District, Portugal on 27 July 1886 to Jose Caldeira and Pulqueria Rosa.
She married in 1914 at the age of 27 with Jose Pereira Quaresma de Figueiredo and was widowed seven years after the wedding. The couple had one daughter. Later she married with Jose Goncalves Junior and they had nine children, four of them died young. She was widowed in 1950.
Longevity was common in her family: both of her parents lived over 100 years, her sister Maria Jose Morais (1893-fl.1996) reached the age of 103, her sister Rita (1889-1992) lived 102 years, her sister Maria Adelaide (1880-1978) lived 97 years and her sister Maria Augusta (1883-1973) lived 89 years.
Jesus Caldeira died in Cerdeira, Arganil, Coimbra District, Portugal on 5 June 1998, aged 111 years, 313 days. At the time of her death, she was the oldest person ever from Portugal.
Gallery
References
- 2017 GRG validations
- Gerontology Research Group
- 100th birthday[1][2]
- 108th birthday
- 110th birthday (page 7)
- 111th birthday (page 3)
- Death Mention (page 4)
- Baptism Record - (nº15)
| 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 |