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Not to be confused with Maria Alta da Conceicao‎.

Maria da Conceicao Silva
Maria da Conceicao Silva
Maria da Conceicao Silva at age 103 in 1965
Birth: 21 May 1861
Pombeiro da Beira, Arganil, Coimbra District, Portugal
Death: 30 December 1966
Alcantara, Lisbon District, Portugal
Age: 105 years, 223 days
Country: PortugalPOR
Centenarian

Maria da Conceicao Silva [Portuguese: Conceição] (21 May 1861 – 30 December 1966) was a Portuguese centenarian who was the oldest known living person in Portugal at time of her death.

Maria da Conceicao Silva was born in Pombeiro da Beira, Arganil, Coimbra District, Portugal on 21 May 1861. Her parents were Jose Francisco de Matos and Jacinta da Cunha. At the age of 13, she moved to Lisbon to live with her older sister, where she remained the rest of her life.

She married with Jose Freire da Silva in 1885 and become a widow in 1938. The couple had four children.

She had three grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren just before celebrating her 104th birthday in 1965.

Maria da Conceicao Silva died in Alcantara, Lisbon District, Portugal on 30 December 1966 at the age of 105 years, 223 days.

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Portugal's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (VE)

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 SousaIsabel Gomes SarmentoInacia CarmelinoMaria da Conceicao Brito

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