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30/01/2026 11:08 am
Ms. Grace Gatt, the oldest living resident of Malta, celebrates her 110th birthday today, 30 January.
Ms. Gatt was born on 30 January 1916. She grew up in a large house in Valletta with her parents and paternal grandparents. Her grandfather, Joseph Howard (1862–1925), became Malta’s first prime minister when she was five and passed away when she was nine.
In 1940, she married Alfred Gatt, whom she had met through friends who invited her to join a carnival company. A year into their marriage, they were forced to evacuate Valletta when it became too dangerous and relocated to Mosta. Later, they settled in Sliema, where they raised their two sons. She was widowed at 61.
On 23 December 2024, following the passing of 112-year-old Maria Farrugia, the nation’s oldest person ever, Ms. Gatt became the oldest living resident of Malta, at the age of 108 years, 328 days.
On 17 April 2025, following the passing of 110-year-old Theresa Ryan, a resident of Devon, England, Ms. Gatt became the oldest living Maltese-born person, at the age of 109 years, 77 days.
Ms. Gatt is only the second person in Malta confirmed to have reached the age of 110.
Happy 110th Birthday!
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
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30/01/2026 4:30 pm
https://longeviquest.com/2026/01/grace-gatt-maltas-oldest-resident-turns-110/
Grace Gatt, Malta’s Oldest Resident, Turns 110
Grace Gatt, the oldest living person in Malta, is celebrating her 110th birthday today in Sliema. This morning, she was visited by the Nationalist Party leader Alex Borg.
Grace Gatt was born in Valletta, Port Region, Malta, on 30 January 1916. She spent her early years in a spacious home opposite the Manoel Theatre in Valletta, where she lived with her parents and her paternal grandparents. Her grandfather, Joseph Howard (1862–1925), became Malta’s first Prime Minister when she was five, and he passed away when she was nine.
In 1940, as World War II reached Malta, Grace married Alfred Gatt, whom she had met through friends at a carnival event. Owing to the dangers of wartime Valletta, the couple evacuated to Mosta and later settled in Sliema, where they raised their two sons, Edgar and John. Edgar was born in an air-raid shelter in 1942. She was widowed at 61.
On 23 December 2024, following the passing of 112-year-old Maria Farrugia, she became the oldest living person in Malta.
In January 2026, she celebrated her 110th birthday, becoming the second documented supercentenarian in Malta, after Maria Farrugia, and the third Maltese supercentenarian overall, following Farrugia and Theresa Ryan.
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
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31/01/2026 9:07 am
Happy 110th birthday, Ms. Grace Gatt!
