| Isabel Gomes Sarmento | |
 Gomes Sarmento on her 112th birthday in 2022 | |
| Birth: | 27 December 1910 Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil |
| Death: | 12 January 2023 Amarante, Porto District, Portugal |
| Age: | 112 years, 16 days |
| Country: |  BRA POR
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| Validated | |
Ana Isabel Gomes Sarmento (27 December 1910 – 12 January 2023) was a Brazilian-Portuguese supercentenarian whose age was validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) on 6 September 2021.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Isabel Gomes Sarmento was born on 27 December 1910 in Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre state, Brazil. She was the daughter of Ayres Gomes Sarmento and Maria Candida Gomes. They lived in a big house in the Amazon Rainforest. They had gotten married in 1900 in the parish of Rua, Moimenta da Beira, Viseu district, Portugal. At some point, they emigrated to Brazil where Ayres worked as a carpenter. Their three oldest children, Manuel, Carlos, and Luis, were left behind in Portugal, living with an aunt. After moving there, Isabel and her brother Francisco were born. Ayres died of lung problems when she was seven years old. Around 1919/1920, Maria Candida returned to Portugal with her two youngest children to reunite with the rest of her family.
Gomes Sarmento attended school, enough to learn to read and write. She worked as a seamstress. She married Antonio Gomes Cardia, who worked a tailor and a bricklayer. The couple had five children: four daughters and one son.
Two of Gomes Sarmento's children died prematurely: Ayres, who was named after her father, died at age four, while Esther, aged 18, died of paralysis caused by a stroke. Her husband Antonio died at the age of 73. Her daughters Otilia and Gorete took her to Switzerland, but she didn't adapt and returned to Portugal.
Later life and longevity[]
In December 2020, Gomes Sarmento celebrated her 110th birthday. As of May 2022, she had three living daughters: Maria Candida (who lives in Brazil at age 90), Otilia, and Gorete. She resided with either of her surviving daughters, some times in Amarante, Porto Distrct and other times in Vila de Rua, Viseu District. At the time of her 111th birthday, her hearing was said to be bad and she had recently broken her hip. However, she was still relatively lucid for someone her age. She occasionally drank a glass of port wine, and enjoyed watching television.
Isabel celebrated her 112th birthday in Amarante, Porto, at her 75-year-old daughter Maria Gorete's house. To celebrate her birthday, she had a glass of port wine, which she drank frequently until recently. At the time of her death, Sarmento mantained good health, remained lucid and had never tested positive for COVID-19.
Gomes Sarmento died in Amarante, Porto District, Portugal on 12 January 2023 at the age of 112 years, 16 days. Her funeral was in Moimenta da Beira, Viseu District. At the time of her death, she was the oldest known living person in Portugal, following the death of 113-year-old Maria da Encarnacao Sousa on 20 July 2022.
Gallery[]
References[]
- Isabel´s parent´s marriage record, parish of Rua, Moimenta da Beira, Viseu 1900 Archeevo
- Faz 111 anos. É uma das mulheres mais idosas de Portugal Município de Moimenta da Beira, 27 December 2021
- ISABEL SARMENTO FEZ 111 ANOS E CONTINUA A MOSTRAR VITALIDADE O Gaiense, 28 December 2021
- SARMENTO TEM 111 ANOS E PASSA OS SEUS DIAS ENTRE AMARANTE E MOIMENTA DA BEIRA O Comercio de Baiao, 3 May 2022
- 112th birthday, Emília Gonçalves, Facebook Post, 27 December 2022
- 112th birthday (VIDEO), Emília Gonçalves, Facebook Post, 27 December 2022
- Isabel celebrou os 112 anos com um cálice do Porto, Jornal de Notícias, 27 December 2022
- Amarante: Isabel Sarmento brindou aos 112 anos com um cálice de vinho do Porto, a verdade, 28 December 2022
- Celebrou os 112 anos, em Amarante, com um cálice de Porto (VIDEO), Tâmega TV, 28 December 2022
- Não perdia um bailarico e hoje não dispensa o vinho do Porto: Isabel celebra 112 anos em Amarante (VIDEO), CNN Portugal, 30 December 2022
- Morreu a mulher mais velha de Portugal Jn Local noticias Amarante, 12 January 2023
| 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 |