| Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes | |
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| Birth: | 24 October 1890 Grijo, Porto District, Portugal |
| Death: | 25 July 2005 Grijo, Porto District, Portugal |
| Age: | 114 years, 274 days |
| Country: |  POR
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| Validated | |
Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes (24 October 1890 — 25 July 2005) was a Portuguese supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She is the second-oldest validated person ever from Portugal, behind Maria de Jesus.
Biography
Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes was born on 24 October 1890 in Grijo, Porto District, Portugal to Jose do Couto e Silva and Rosa de Sousa Maia.
She remembered the day on which the last king of Portugal, "D. Manuel II" visited the nearby town of Espinho on 23 November 1908.
In her later years, Maia-Lopes was nearly deaf and blind. She lived with her daughter Rosa Lopes Couto, who was one of her three remaining children at the time. She raised her daughters by herself and was still active on a field of one of her grandchildren until age 106. Despite being bedridden after a 2002 accident with boiling water that burned her feet, she was not sick, took no medications and still had a good apetite. She had eight daughters, seven grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren in total. Her husband died in 1946.
She died in Grijo, Porto District, Portugal on 25 July 2005 at the age of 114 years, 274 days. At the time of her death she was the oldest living person in Portugal and was the oldest person ever from Portugal until 2008, when Maria de Jesus surpassed her age. Maia-Lopes became the oldest known living person in Portugal after the death of 109-year-old Jose Ferreira Andrade on 22 February 2000 and held the title until her death five years later. At the time of her death, she was also the second-oldest living person in Europe, behind Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper of the Netherlands and the world's fifth oldest living person, behind Maria Capovilla, Elizabeth Bolden, Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, and Bettie Wilson.
Coincidentally, one of her great-granddaughters married the grandson of Augusto Moreira de Oliveira, the oldest man ever from Portugal.
Gallery
References
- Jornal Serras de Ansião (2004)
- Maria do Couto Maia JN.pt, 26 July 2005
- Baptism Record - page m0066 (nº125)
- Death Report | CMJornal, 26 July 2005
| 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 |