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25/07/2024 1:37 pm
Mr. Egerico Martinez Martinez was a semi-supercentenarian from Costa Rica, who claimed to have been born on 19 November 1907, and passed away at the claimed age of 109 on 03 April 2017. He may have held the title of OLM in Costa Rica for a period of time.
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26/07/2024 2:22 am
@AQ According to this list, Egérico Martínez Martínez is partially documented.
I originally had his name italicized because he seemingly never married, making his birth record match less certain. I don't doubt his case quite as much anymore, however.
Profile picture: Marita Camacho Quirós (1911-Present)
26/07/2024 2:55 am
I originally had his name italicized because he seemingly never married, making his birth record match less certain. I don't doubt his case quite as much anymore, however.
Egerico seems like a rare name, so the possibly of an accidental identity switch would probably be less than for a more common name.
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26/07/2024 3:05 am
I originally had his name italicized because he seemingly never married, making his birth record match less certain. I don't doubt his case quite as much anymore, however.
Egerico seems like a rare name, so the possibly of an accidental identity switch would probably be less than for a more common name.
That was part of the reason why I concluded that his case was less doubtful than many of the other Costa Rican centenarians born to single mothers, since there didn't seem to be any other people named Egérico Martínez born in Costa Rica in the early 20th century, meaning that nobody would have mistakenly been matched to the wrong birth record. By contrast, José Flores has one of the most "generic" birth records humanly possible: extremely common name, and born to a single mother with an equally common name (Josefa).
Profile picture: Marita Camacho Quirós (1911-Present)
26/07/2024 3:08 am
I originally had his name italicized because he seemingly never married, making his birth record match less certain. I don't doubt his case quite as much anymore, however.
Egerico seems like a rare name, so the possibly of an accidental identity switch would probably be less than for a more common name.
That was part of the reason why I concluded that his case was less doubtful than many of the other Costa Rican centenarians born to single mothers, since there didn't seem to be any other people named Egérico Martínez born in Costa Rica in the early 20th century, meaning that nobody would have mistakenly been matched to the wrong birth record. By contrast, José Flores has one of the most "generic" birth records humanly possible: extremely common name, and born to a single mother with an equally common name.
Similar to just how rare names like Tripolino and Ardra and Lora (for males) are, I would presume.
Validating longevity claims with common names can be very difficult, no doubt about that.
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