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26/04/2022 4:01 pm
Ms. Camacho Quiros currently lives in Escazu, San Jose Province, Costa Rica.
She has been validated by LAS.
She has been validated by LAS.
At 111:
The Doyen of Costa Rica should be Juan Gabriel Alberto de Jesus Hernandez Matamoros (born 19 October 1913, 108).
Ms. Hernandez Matamoros currently lives in Heredia, Heredia Province, Costa Rica.
He has been validated by LAS.
He has been validated by LAS.
In Costa Rica there are other men who claim to be older than Mr. Hernandez Matamoros but their age is, nowadays, unverified.
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
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26/04/2022 10:44 pm
Juan Gabriel is validated by LAS, and has been for several months now.
Profile picture: Marita Camacho Quirós (1911-Present)
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20/10/2022 10:23 am
The Doyen of Costa Rica should be Juan Gabriel Alberto de Jesus Hernandez Matamoros (born 19 October 1913, 108).Ms. Hernandez Matamoros currently lives in Heredia, Heredia Province, Costa Rica.
He has been validated by LAS.In Costa Rica there are other men who claim to be older than Mr. Hernandez Matamoros but their age is, nowadays, unverified.
He turned 109:
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
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28/07/2023 4:17 pm
New photo of Juan Gabriel Hernández Matamoros (b. 19 October 1913) on 23 July 2023:
Profile picture: Marita Camacho Quirós (1911-Present)
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23/10/2023 9:29 am
The Doyen of Costa Rica should be Juan Gabriel Alberto de Jesus Hernandez Matamoros (born 19 October 1913, 108).
Ms. Hernandez Matamoros currently lives in Heredia, Heredia Province, Costa Rica.
He has been validated by LAS.In Costa Rica there are other men who claim to be older than Mr. Hernandez Matamoros but their age is, nowadays, unverified.He turned 109:
He turned 110: Juan Gabriel Hernández Matamoros, Costa Rica's Oldest Living Man, Turns 110 Years Old - LongeviQuest
https://longeviquest.com/2023/10/juan-gabriel-hernandez-matamoros-costa-ricas-oldest-living-man-turns-110-years-old/
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
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03/01/2024 3:12 pm
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
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03/01/2024 7:38 pm
Profile picture: Marita Camacho Quirós (1911-Present)
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03/01/2024 8:03 pm
@mendocino Because there was no mention of her reached 112th birthday in this thread about Doyenne and Doyen of CRI.
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
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22/01/2024 10:35 am
LongeviQuest reports the death of Mr. Matamoros on 20 January 2024, aged 110 years and 93 days.The Doyen of Costa Rica should be Juan Gabriel Alberto de Jesus Hernandez Matamoros (born 19 October 1913, 108).
Ms. Hernandez Matamoros currently lives in Heredia, Heredia Province, Costa Rica.
He has been validated by LAS.In Costa Rica there are other men who claim to be older than Mr. Hernandez Matamoros but their age is, nowadays, unverified.He turned 109:
He turned 110: Juan Gabriel Hernández Matamoros, Costa Rica's Oldest Living Man, Turns 110 Years Old - LongeviQuest
https://longeviquest.com/2023/10/juan-gabriel-hernandez-matamoros-costa-ricas-oldest-living-man-turns-110-years-old/
May he rest in peace.
https://longeviquest.com/supercentenarians/juan-gabriel-hernandez-matamoros/
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
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30/01/2024 5:26 pm
The new Doyen of Costa Rica should be Bernabe Cordoba Cordoba (born 11 June 1915, 108).
Ms. Cordoba Cordoba currently lives in Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica.
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
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11/03/2024 9:51 am
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
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18/06/2024 2:20 pm
Costa Rica’s oldest man, Bernabé Córdoba, turns 109 years old.The new Doyen of Costa Rica should be Bernabe Cordoba Cordoba (born 11 June 1915, 108).
Ms. Cordoba Cordoba currently lives in Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica.
https://longeviquest.com/2024/06/bernabe-cordoba-1915-present-costa-ricas-oldest-man-turns-109/
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
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03/07/2024 1:46 am
María Trinidad has celebrated her claimed 108th birthday in Nicoya, Guanacaste.
Pictures from 2021 https://www.reneschwerdtel.de/maria-trinidad-espinoza-medina-cbt/
Report from 2020 at age 104 https://www.teletica.com/masqn/dona-trinidad-y-sus-historias-a-los-104-anos-de-vida_248676
03/07/2024 2:16 am
María Trinidad has celebrated her claimed 108th birthday in Nicoya, Guanacaste.
Pictures from 2021 https://www.reneschwerdtel.de/maria-trinidad-espinoza-medina-cbt/
Report from 2020 at age 104 https://www.teletica.com/masqn/dona-trinidad-y-sus-historias-a-los-104-anos-de-vida_248676
1. This case is already known about and verified.
2. Nicoya, Guanacaste is in Costa Rica, not Nicaragua.
Profile picture: Marita Camacho Quirós (1911-Present)
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03/07/2024 4:11 am
@mendocino thanks, i don't know why I put it here. I have even read some papers on the Nicoya peninsula recently.
I couldn't find anything about her on any of the SC websites, though. Glad to know she is validated
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03/07/2024 8:22 am
Last 3 posts moved here.
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
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01/11/2024 6:25 am
Belia Engracia Cabezas Araya, the second-oldest (known) living person in Costa Rica, passed away on October 29, at the age of 111 years, 60 days.
Cabezas Araya was born in Ángeles de San Ramón, Alajuela, Costa Rica, on 30 August 1913, as the fifth daughter born to parents Eleodoro Cabezas Quesada and Amada Ester Araya Salas. Her paternal grandfather was José Gabriel Cabezas Alfaro (1815–1917), one of the founders of Ángeles de San Ramón, and a veteran of the Second Battle of Rivas.
Cabezas Araya never married nor had children.
At the time of her passing, she was the second-oldest (known) living person in Costa Rica, behind Marita Camacho Quirós.
From the Longeviquest article.
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
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11/11/2024 5:52 pm
from mendocino:
Top 10 oldest (known) living men in Costa Rica
1. Bernabé Córdoba (b. 11 June 1915), 109, (Santa Ana, San José)
2. Jose Francisco Duarte Quesada (b. 30 October 1916), 108, (Pérez Zeledón, San José)
3. Anonymous (b. 20 September 1917), 107, (Limon, Limon)
4. Jose Rosales Vallejos (b. 17 February 1918), 106, (Santa Cruz, Guanacaste)
5. Anonymous (b. 24 March 1918), 106, (Limon, Limon)
6. Benitivo Arias Campos (b. 20 January 1919), 105, (Puriscal, San José)
7. Anonymous (b. 20 August 1919), 105, (Heredia, Heredia)
8. Antonio Camacho Mondragón (b. 17 January 1920), 104, (Heredia, Heredia)
9. Antonio Calderon Quesada (b. 1 February 1920), 104, (La Unión, Cartago)
10. Juan de Dios Ruiz (b. 8 March 1920), 104, (Nicoya, Guanacaste)
Note: These are just the cases that have been confirmed alive recently - there are a few other men born in 1917, 1918, and 1919 still listed in voter records, but I can't 100% confirm that they're still alive. The true top 10 is likely 105+. Cases without public reports are listed as "anonymous", but I researched and verified all of them.
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
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24/11/2024 8:34 am
from mendocino:
Top 10 oldest (known) living men in Costa Rica as of 23 November 2024
Updates: Two additional cases from 1919 confirmed alive; 1 case previously unconfirmed to be alive died: Ramon Reyes Navarrete (5 May 1919 - 20 November 2024). This means that the confirmed top 10 up until a few days ago was entirely born before the 1920s.
1. Bernabé Córdoba (b. 11 June 1915), 109, (Santa Ana, San José)
2. Jose Francisco Duarte Quesada (b. 30 October 1916), 108, (Pérez Zeledón, San José)
3. Anonymous (b. 20 September 1917), 107, (Limon, Limon)
4. Jose Rosales Vallejos (b. 17 February 1918), 106, (Santa Cruz, Guanacaste)
5. Anonymous (b. 24 March 1918), 106, (Limon, Limon)
6. Benitivo Arias Campos (b. 20 January 1919), 105, (Puriscal, San José)
7. Jose Acuña (b. 7 February 1919), 105, (San Sebiastian, San José)
8. Anonymous (b. 20 August 1919), 105, (Heredia, Heredia)
9. Juan Gabriel Vargas Duran (b. 10 Dec 1919), 104, (Palmares, Alajuela)
10. Antonio Camacho Mondragón (b. 17 January 1920), 104, (Heredia, Heredia)
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
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01/01/2025 7:29 pm
Mr. José Francisco Duarte Quesada of Pérez Zeledón, San José, Costa Rica, sadly passed away on 26 December at the age of 108.
He was the second oldest knwon living man in Costa Rica.
Rest in Peace
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03/01/2025 3:54 am
he is the 16th oldest man in Costa Rican history
If no man born in 1916 is found in the country, he was the last man born in that year in Costa Rica.
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10/03/2025 5:48 pm
She turned 113on her 112th birthday in 2023.
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Ms. Marita del Carmen Camacho Quirós of Escazu, San Jose Province, Costa Rica turns 114 y.o.
She was born on 10 March 1911 in San Ramon, Alajuel, Costa Rica.
On 10 December 2020, following the passing of 111-year-old Claudia Soto Saborio, she became the oldest living person in Costa Rica.
She is the world's 15th known documented OLP.
https://longeviquest.com/supercentenarian/marita-camacho-quiros/
LongeviQuest is pleased to confirm that Sra. Marita Camacho Quirós, former First Lady of Costa Rica, has reached the age of 114. Sra. Camacho Quirós is the oldest validated living person in Costa Rica, as well as the longest-living First Lady (or presidential spouse) in world history.
She celebrated her 114th birthday on 8 March 2025. Her grandson told LongeviQuest that the family chose to celebrate over the weekend to ensure that all family members could attend. He also reported that her health remains “stable and doing well.”
To mark this special occasion, LongeviQuest collected over 40 birthday messages from around the world and forwarded them to Sra. Marita Camacho Quirós’ family. Her grandson, touched by the heartfelt messages, shared that they carefully read each one. Both Sra. Marita Camacho and her family expressed their deep gratitude and appreciation. “They loved the messages so much,” he said.
Sra. Camacho Quiros was born in San Ramón, Alajuela, Costa Rica on 10 March 1911, as the seventh daughter of Salustio Camacho Muñoz and Zeneida Quirós Quirós. Her second-cousin, Daniel Oduber Quirós (1921–1991), was the President of Costa Rica from 1974 to 1978.
She married Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich in Naranjo, Alajuela, Costa Rica on 16 April 1932. The couple adopted two children, Francisco José and Mauricio Orlich Camacho. Her husband served as the 34th President of Costa Rica from 1962 to 1966, during which time Sra. Camacho Quirós held the role of First Lady.
As First Lady, she traveled extensively and met with prominent historical figures, including Pope John XXIII, Francisco Franco, and U.S. Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. She also dedicated herself to social causes, advocating for the poor and spearheading initiatives to provide housing for those in need.
Sra. Camacho Quirós has spent her entire life in Costa Rica. Widowed in 1969, she now enjoys the company of her close family, including multiple great-grandchildren.
One of the few supercentenarians recognized for achievements beyond longevity, her status as a supercentenarian was formally documented in 2021 by Latin American Supercentenarians, based on research by Fabrizio Villatoro, who now leads LongeviQuest’s research efforts in Latin America.
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
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08/05/2025 9:09 am
Today Ms. Camacho Quiros has reached the age of Dr. Leila Denmark (41685 days), the oldest person notable for reasons other than longevity. Congratulations!
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
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08/05/2025 5:03 pm
Today Ms. Camacho Quiros has reached the age of Dr. Leila Denmark (41685 days), the oldest person notable for reasons other than longevity. Congratulations!
What a milestone. Congratulations to her!
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09/05/2025 7:12 am
She is now the oldest person notable for reasons other than longevity (41686 days) surpassing Leila Denmark's record (41685 days). I always thought this record set by mrs Denmark was very "extreme" and would take a long time to be reached again. I also expected it to be achieved by someone much more controversially/ambiguously notable and not a woman who was first lady. Many congratulations to mrs Quiros.
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