In the 1980s.

Aged 103.

Aged 108 receiving the COVID-19 vaccine on 19 January 2021.

On her 109th birthday in 2021.

On her 110th birthday. 

Aged 110 in May 2023.

On her 112th birthday in 2024.

On her 113th birthday in 2025.

He was born on 24 April 1917 in Teramo, Abruzzo Region (ITA).

He is the 1st man in italian history to turn 109 y.o. in Marche Region! Congratulations!

https://www.lanuovariviera.it/category/dal-territorio/san-benedetto-del-tronto-notizie/san-benedetto-109-anni-per-il-brigadiere-guerino-patani-un-traguardo-incredibile/

Augurissimi!

LongeviQuest in Paris for 16th Supercentenarian Seminar

Earlier this month, LongeviQuest researchers Guillaume Legris and Jimmy Lindberg attended the 16th Supercentenarian Seminar hosted in Paris.

The researchers presented findings on four of the earliest known verifiable centenarians, all of whom lived during the 1600s or earlier. Their presentations included a variety of documentation and reconstructed family trees, along with discussions of potential issues related to the age claims.

You can read about some of the centenarians discussed here: Searching for the first (verifiable) centenarian, which includes individuals such as Gershom Rice (1667?–1768), who lived in what would later become the United States, and Martha Thomlinson (ca. 1668?–1769) of England.

Do note that additional, potentially earlier centenarians were discussed, and there is an intention to publish research on them at a later date.

Researcher Jimmy Lindberg also presented posters on work conducted on Eliza Underwood (1866?/67–1981), who at the time of her death was the oldest known person of all time. In addition, Lindberg presented a poster on the familial longevity of relatives of Swedish semi‑supercentenarians, finding evidence that these relatives tend to live longer than the general Swedish population.

LongeviQuest was pleased to participate and we thank the INED and the International Database on Longevity for hosting the event.

He was born on 30 December 1916 in Carei, Satu Mare, Romania. 

He was the oldest Romanian male emigrant ever, the 3rd oldest living man born in Romania, the last Romanian man born in 1916, the oldest living man in New York, the 10th oldest known living man in USA, the third-oldest ethnic Hungarian man ever (excluding Miklós Kürtök), behind Mr. Sarosy and Mr. Gallai.

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/dix-hills-ny/george-szilagyi-12842646

Rest in peace.

OBITUARY

George Szilagyi

December 30, 1916 – April 20, 2026

She was born on 27 July 1917.

https://longeviquest.com/supercentenarian/mariana-de-jesus-soares-barbosa/

Her age was validated by LongeviQuest on 9 August 2025.

Rest in peace.

Frank Chester, who was born in Ludlow, Shropshire, on 10 April 1917, died at a nursing home in Malvern, Worcestershire, on 19 April 2026, nine days after his birthday.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yv33xyek8o

He was the 3rd OLM in the UK.

Rest in peace.

She was born in Glen Falls, Warren County, New York, USA, on 18 April 1916.

Happy 110th Birthday!

Alabama Woman Mary Crenshaw Turns 110

Mary Crenshaw, a resident of Tallassee, Alabama, USA, celebrated her 110th birthday on 19 April.

Mary Crenshaw was born in Greenville, Alabama, on 19 April 1916. She moved to Tallassee, Alabama, as a young child and settled there. For many years, she worked as a housekeeper at a local hospital, retiring around the age of 60.

Even in her later years as a centenarian, she was known to enjoy reading Christian books, shopping, taking walks, and spending time with family and friends. When asked about the secret to her longevity, she credited her faith, saying it came from putting God first in everything she did and praying every day.

Crenshaw is the second-oldest known living person in Alabama, after Lillie Cunningham, age 111, although her age has not been validated.

Happy Birthday!

Puerto Rican Woman Ynés María de Jesús Garay Turns 111

Ynés María de Jesús Garay, a resident of Cayey, Puerto Rico, is celebrating her 111th birthday today. Her birthday was first reported by the Facebook page Conociendo a Puerto Rico, which frequently features stories about Puerto Rico’s oldest citizens.

Ynés María de Jesús Garay was born in the Rincón neighborhood of Cayey, Puerto Rico, on 20 April 1915 to parents Eugenio De Jesús Cartagena and Juana Garay Tirado. At the age of 10, her family moved to the Pasto Viejo neighborhood, where she spent her adolescent years. She left school in the third grade, and began working in tobacco farming – then a booming industry in Puerto Rico – at the age of 13.

After her first marriage ended in divorce, she married Domingo Colón Ortiz in 1939. The couple would have 11 children together, and both earned a living working in a factory, where their job was to strip tobacco leaves. The family owned a farm, where they would grow crops such as sweet potato, avocado, and corn, and owned livestock which included cows, pigs, and goats. Her husband died in 1983, after 44 years of marriage.

At the moment, she is the second-oldest known living person in Puerto Rico, after the anonymous lady who turned 112 in February.

Happy 111th Birthday!

This topic would be about centenarians and supercentenarians claims from the Caucasian country of Georgia.

Oldest Known Living People (105+) April 2026:

1. Nakipe Davitadze (b. 4 July 1914), 111, Skhepi, Shuakhevi, Adjara Georgia's oldest known living person

2. Neli Kukhilava (b. 31 Dec 1917), 108, Chale, Tsalenjikha, Samegrelo Zemo-Svaneti

3. Galina Begashvili (b. 1 Feb 1920), 106, Tsotsinkari, Lagodekhi, Kakheti

4. Tina Gurashvili (b. 10 Mar 1920*), 106, Sakobo, Sighnaghi, Kakheti

5. Jefer Kamadadze (b. 30 June 1920**), 105, Nenia, Shuakhevi, Adjara Georgia's oldest known living man 

6. Nina Jishiashvili (b. 1 Aug 1920), 105, Kvenobani, Chokhatauri, Guria

*Family claim 10 March birthdate, but there is also the possibility that she was born on 1 June 1920.

** Possibly born on 1 July 1920.

Note: There is two anonymous women with 105 years old or more, one living in Adjara (b. 1 Jan 1921), and another one possibly living (105th birthday not confirmed) in an unknown place (b. 25 Feb 1921).