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Ilda da Silva
Ilda da Silva
Ilda da Silva (aged 110) in January 2024
Birth: 16 April 1913
Alvor, Portimão, Algarve, Portugal
Death: 12 January 2025
Oeiras, Lisbon District, Portugal
Age: 111 years, 271 days
Country: PortugalPOR
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Ilda da Silva (16 April 1913 – 12 January 2025) was a Portuguese supercentenarian whose age was validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) in 2024.

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Ilda da Silva was born in Alvor, Portimão, Algarve, Portugal, to parents José Lourinho da Silva and Joaquina Maria. Her father was a fisherman and her mother was a domestic worker. In 1936, she married Joaquim Paulo da Silva, whom she had five children with; three sons, one of whom is now deceased, and two daughters. The couple later moved to the Lisbon region.

She worked as a seamstess at the fashion boutique Migacho in downtown Lisbon. Her husband was a merchant. She was widowed in 1982 after 46 years of marriage.

At the age of 94, she moved in with her youngest daughter, Maria de Deus Carrilho. At the age of 106, she suffered a fall which caused a fracture in the neck of her femur, requiring surgery. Following this, she moved into the Casa de Repouso de Porto Salvo in Oeiras.

Ilda de Silva died in Oeiras, Lisbon District, Portugal, on 12 January 2025 at the age of 111 years, 271 days.

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