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                        <title>RE: Portuguese centenarians of the past</title>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 11:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[@gabriel_pt Ah, for the family tree reconstruction part of the validation process, I imagine? &#x1f914; If you&#039;d like, I would be happy to help with any potential investigation in the future...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@gabriel_pt Ah, for the family tree reconstruction part of the validation process, I imagine? &#x1f914; If you'd like, I would be happy to help with any potential investigation in the future (like I said before, I'm not on any paying websites and such, so I only have access to records publicly available online, but that should still be sufficient for, say, any descendants of the centenarians born in the 1860s).</p>
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<p>Obrigada!  &#x1f44d; </p>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[@mmnmadv91 I only investigated the ancestors of the Portuguese supercentenarians that I obtained documentation to be validated by ESO. Perhaps one day, with more time, I can investigate that...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@mmnmadv91 I only investigated the ancestors of the Portuguese supercentenarians that I obtained documentation to be validated by ESO. Perhaps one day, with more time, I can investigate that &#x1f914;</p>
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<p>(Já agora, se quiseres podes falar comigo em privado, e em português, caso tenhas alguma dúvida &#x1f609;)</p>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: Portuguese centenarians of the past</title>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[@gabriel_pt Out of curiosity, and given the strong genetic component of longevity, have you ever looked into the descendants of some of these earlier centenarians (namely, those born in the ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@gabriel_pt Out of curiosity, and given the strong genetic component of longevity, have you ever looked into the descendants of some of these earlier centenarians (namely, those born in the 19th century)? &#x1f914; (Of course, I understand that you simply may not have had the time and preferred to focus your research elsewhere.)</p>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: Portuguese centenarians of the past</title>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 12:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Here are the other three cases I&#039;ve found during my genealogical research that I mentioned yesterday:
Miguel Bandola: born 8 December 1903 em Fronteira, Fronteira, Portalegre District (bapt...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here are the other three cases I've found during my genealogical research that I mentioned yesterday:</p>
<p><strong>Miguel Bandola:</strong> born 8 December 1903 em Fronteira, Fronteira, Portalegre District (<a href="https://digitarq.arquivos.pt/fileViewer/0ee8d14abdc74c51b505de16ceaa74f5?isRepresentation=false&amp;selectedFile=47452587&amp;fileType=IMAGE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">baptised 3 April 1904</a> in the same parish), died 24 May 2005 in São Lourenço, Portalegre, Portalegre District: 101 years, 167 days (despite only having access to freely available files, I know what full name he used in adulthood via <a href="https://digitarq.arquivos.pt/fileViewer/062c66dbfdd84866a93b73cf115fa569?isRepresentation=false&amp;selectedFile=47452193&amp;fileType=IMAGE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the baptismal record of his wife</a>, Maria Ludovina Machado)</p>
<p><strong>Laurinda d'Almeida:</strong> born 18 February 1905 in Sebal, Condeixa-a-Nova, Coimbra District (<a href="https://pesquisa.auc.uc.pt/viewer/descriptions/35967/543715" target="_blank" rel="noopener">baptised 5 March 1905</a> in the same parish), died 20 September 2007 in Anobra, Condeixa-a-Nova, Coimbra District: 102 years, 214 days (I know the full name she went by in adulthood from her <a href="https://pesquisa.auc.uc.pt/viewer/descriptions/46951/549628" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1926 marriage record</a>)</p>
<p><strong>Maria:</strong> born 31 August 1908 in Fronteira, Fronteira, Portalegre District (<a href="https://digitarq.arquivos.pt/fileViewer/28d544378ad044f6938903ab76850279?isRepresentation=false&amp;selectedFile=47452457&amp;fileType=IMAGE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">baptised 8 November 1908</a> in the same parish), died 22 June 2011 em São Lourenço, Portalegre, Portalegre District: 102 years, 295 days</p>
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<p>While I haven't investigated the families of these three centenarians in as much detail as that of the de Sousa Namorado sisters, I do know about some cases of long-lived relations of all three. Miguel Bandola had a paternal uncle who lived to 87, a paternal aunt who lived to 88, and two paternal first cousins who lived to 97 and 96. Laurinda d'Almeida had a maternal first cousin who lived to 95. Maria's mother lived to 91 and she also had a maternal uncle who lived to 92.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 18:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Dropping by to add the cases of two centenarian sisters I found out about when researching my maternal grandmother&#039;s family:
Brites de Sousa Namorado Risques: born 1 March 1880 in Santo Ama...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dropping by to add the cases of two centenarian sisters I found out about when researching my maternal grandmother's family:</p>
<p><strong>Brites de Sousa Namorado Risques:</strong> born 1 March 1880 in Santo Amaro, Sousel, Portalegre District (<a href="https://digitarq.arquivos.pt/fileViewer/39c7300b500c43be9dd24b0e2281b788?isRepresentation=false&amp;selectedFile=47785675&amp;fileType=IMAGE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">baptised 16 March 1880</a> in the same parish); died <a href="https://digitarq.arquivos.pt/fileViewer/fa83bf7be2de4edba0cac0c55abfadb6?isRepresentation=false&amp;selectedFile=28946506&amp;fileType=IMAGE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">20 March 1982</a> in São Sebastião da Pedreira, Lisbon, Lisbon District: 102 years, 19 days</p>
<p><strong>Alice de Sousa Namorado:</strong> born 4 February 1885 in Fronteira, Fronteira, Portalegre District (<a href="https://digitarq.arquivos.pt/fileViewer/8377f5f6706443c3acfe7664536dad04?isRepresentation=false&amp;selectedFile=47462541&amp;fileType=IMAGE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">baptised 25 May 1885</a> in the parish of São Saturnino, Fronteira); died 22 February 1987 in Campo Grande, Lisbon, Lisbon District: 102 years, 18 days</p>
<p>They had a middle sister, Clara de Sousa Namorado (1883-1966), who lived to a more unremarkable age of 83. Interestingly, I investigated these three sisters' immediate ancestry in more detail recently (I was already aware of some of these ancestors' lifespans due to the aforementioned genealogical research), and there seems to have been no great longevity among the preceding three generations... Their parents died at 58 and 53, their paternal grandparents at 68 and 48, and their maternal grandparents at 46 and 66. As for the great-grandparents, the paternal grandfather's parents died at 47 and 65, the paternal grandmother's parents at 64 and 70, and the maternal grandfather's parents at 47 and 57. Regarding the parents of the maternal grandmother, I was unable to find the father's death record and the mother's baptismal record (though her death record, from 1847, states she died at age 58.)</p>
<p>(Apologies in advance for not attaching files, but I seem not to have the minimum required number of posts to do it yet. As for not linking to Alice de Sousa Namorado's death record, I only have access to freely available files, and the municipality of Lisbon only has death records available until 1985.)</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>I did come across three more cases of distant relations who lived to be centenarians during my research, but I'll have to look into my files and notes more thoroughly before I add them here.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2024 09:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Maria Joaquina (04.05.1885 - 08.08.1992) 107 years and 96 days
She was born in the village of Souto, municipality of Abrantes, district of Santarém on 4 May 1885. She married José Simões on...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Maria Joaquina</strong> (04.05.1885 - 08.08.1992) 107 years and 96 days</p>
<p>She was born in the village of Souto, municipality of Abrantes, district of Santarém on 4 May 1885. She married José Simões on 6 February 1907, at the age of 21. Then she moved to the village of Alferrarede Velha, municipality of Abrantes, district of Santarém, where she lived the rest of her life. Throughout her life she worked as a weaver and at the age of 100 she was still doing some work. She was widowed in 1951, aged 66. "Ti Maria Simões", as she was known, died on 8 August 1992, at the age of 107. She was one of the oldest living people in Portugal at that time.</p>
<p>Sources:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/peminada/videos/2004068146777640" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.facebook.com/peminada/videos/2004068146777640</a></p>
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<p>Baptism record (includes the dates of her marriage, her husband's death, and her own death).</p>
<p><a href="https://digitarq.adstr.arquivos.pt/viewer?id=999732">PT-ADSTR-PRQ-PABT14-001-0023_m0032.tif - Registo de batismos - Arquivo Distrital de Santarém - DigitArq</a> - page 32 (Nº37)</p>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jul 2024 18:56:50 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Rest in peace Ms Adelaide Sofia.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rest in peace Ms Adelaide Sofia.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jul 2024 09:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Adelaide Sofia, from Melcões, Lamego, Viseu district, passed away on 12 July 2024 at the age of 110. 
May she rest in peace.
Funerária Costa Pereira | Facebook]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Adelaide Sofia, from Melcões, Lamego, Viseu district, passed away on 12 July 2024 at the age of 110. </p>
<p>May she rest in peace.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0tzabVZbScA3mAPjGmD7fuogYXA5JPUVC6HQSP78prXwFCn9AJWNvRyPFjQ4otLXcl&amp;id=100057074185371">Funerária Costa Pereira | Facebook</a></p>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jul 2024 09:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I discovered that António Guerreiro Fome was born on 6 March 1908, making him the oldest living man in Portugal at the time of his death on 11 February 2016, aged 107 years and 342 days. Aft...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I discovered that António Guerreiro Fome was born on 6 March 1908, making him the oldest living man in Portugal at the time of his death on 11 February 2016, aged 107 years and 342 days. After his death, then 107-year-old Manuel Rodrigues Horta, born on 16 March 1908, became the oldest living man in Portugal.</p>
<p>He was born in Loulé, Faro District, and died in the same place. </p>
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<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/AgenciaFunerariaJoaoVitor/photos/a.158387467657112/554558254706696">Facebook</a></p>
<p><a href="https://digitarq.adfar.arquivos.pt/viewer?id=1114491">PT-ADFAR-PQR-LLE08-001-00116_m0183.tif - Baptismos - Arquivo Distrital de Faro - DigitArq (arquivos.pt)</a> - page 183</p>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2024 12:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[@gabriel_pt Congrats on debunking these two historical cases!]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[@gabriel_pt Congrats on debunking these two historical cases!]]></content:encoded>
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