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Eulalia Bravo Bravo, Mexico’s Oldest Living Person, Turns 113

Eulalia Bravo Bravo, the oldest living person in Mexico, celebrated her 113th birthday today at her home in Pachuca, Hidalgo. Among those that attended were her four children: Manuel, Raúl, Amalia and Elena.

BIOGRAPHY

Eulalia Bravo Bravo was born in the municipality of Nopala de Villagrán, Hidalgo, Mexico, on 12 February 1913. Her parents were Deciderio Bravo Rivera and María Bravo Chávez. In 1940, at the age of 27, she was pregnant and the family decided to take her to Celaya, Guanajuato, where she would be assisted in labor. Her first daughter, Amalia, was born there, and her second daughter, María del Carmen, was born five years later. The father was not present, so she struggled alone to raise her daughters.

At the age of 30, she left her uncle’s home and moved to San Luis Potosi with her two daughters. She got a job in another grocery store after she met a merchant whom she had previously met while working with her uncle. Before leaving for San Luis Potosí, she met Manuel Fernández Medina, who became her suitor. They had a long-distance relationship and communicated through letters. In each letter he sent, he always began by saying: “I’m writing to greet you, my unforgettable Lalita”. Manuel was a widower who had no children from his first marriage. After several months of living in San Luis Potosí, she lived in Querétaro for a short time before moving to Huichapan, Hidalgo, where Manuel lived. In 1949, before getting married, they decided to emigrate to Pachuca de Soto, Hidalgo. In the beginning, they lived in a rented house on Patoni Street. They got married on 29 January 1950 in the parish of Santa Ana Querétaro. At the time, she was 36, while her husband was 52. Her third child, a son named Manuel, was born in 1950. The couple had three more children, Raul (born 1952), Elena (born 1953), and Yolanda (born 1956).

Happy 113th Birthday and congratulations!