| Maria Pereira Neves | |
 Pereira Neves on her 110th birthday in 2021 | |
| Birth: | 14 May 1911 Jardim, Ceara, Brazil |
| Death: | 20 June 2022 Salgueiro, Pernambuco, Brazil |
| Age: | 111 years, 37 days |
| Country: |  BRA
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| Validated | |
Maria Pereira Neves (14 May 1911 – 20 June 2022), known as "Dona Lia" was a Brazilian supercentenarian whose age was validated by Gerontology Research Group (GRG) in 2023.
Biography[]
Pereira Neves was born in Jardim, Ceara, Brazil on 14 May 1911. Her parents were Antonio Juvenal Pereira da Silva and Maria Anunciada Pereira Neves. She had six siblings. She is the maternal granddaughter of Arconcio Pereira da Silva, a great figure of the Pereira do Pajeu family and Januaria Pereira.
She married Joao da Cruz on 22 March 1935. The couple had 10 children: Alaide, Antonio, Sinha, Adailton, Alice, Emanoel (who died with a few days to live), Jose Ailton, Adalgisa, Fatima (who died after heart surgery at the age of 23), and Socorro. She got widowed in 1984, after 49 years of marriage.
Her elder sister Generosa Pereira Neves (25 October 1909 – 23 October 2014) died at the age of 104 (almost 105). She also has a living 101-year-old cousin (20 May 1919).
On 27 January 2021 at the age of 109, she received her first dose of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, making her one of the oldest people to be vaccinated.
In May 2021, she celebrated her 110th birthday. She said she wanted to live to the age of 140.
Pereira Neves died in Salgueiro, Pernambuco, Brazil, at the age of 111 years, 37 days.
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References[]
- Las personas más longevas Supercentenarios Latinoamericanos (LAS)
- Personagem (edição VIII) Blog Alvinho Patriota, 30 May 2010
- Morre aos 105 anos Dona Generosa Blog Alvinho Patriota, 23 October 2014
- Personagem (XVIII) – Maria Pereira Neves Blog Alvinho Patriota, 3 June 2018
- Aniversário 109 anos *Homenagem* YouTube, 13 May 2020
- Parabenizamos a salgueirense dona Lia por seus 109 anos de idade Blog Alvinho Patriota, 14 May 2020
- 109 years, almost 110 Socorro Neves Parente Socorro (Facebook), 28 January 2021
- Dona Lia, de 109 anos, recebeu a primeira dose da vacina de Oxford em Salgueiro Blog Alvinho Patriota, 28 January 2021
- 110th birthday Socorro Neves Parente Socorro (Facebook), 13 May 2021
- 110 anos vó Lia YouTube, 13 May 2021
- Uma dádiva de Deus ter minha vozinha Lia com 111 anos com saúde Cleidivan Bolos Decorados (Facebook), 14 May 2022
- Dona Lia, mulher mais idosa de Salgueiro, morre aos 111 anos Blog Alvinho Patriota, 21 June 2022