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26/08/2026 9:12 am
Tome Nakada (JPN, 20 Aug 1915 - 11 Aug 2026, 110) validated by LQ on 25 August 2026;
Hazel Laverne Myrick (USA, 20 Aug 1916 - Present, 110) validated by LQ on 25 August 2026.
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26/08/2026 10:03 am
Tamae Ōyama (JPN, 23 Oct 1896 - 10 Nov 2006, 110) validated by LQ on 23 August 2026;
Limbo case solved! Great work! 😍
Overduidelijk misschien.
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28/08/2026 10:31 pm
Raquel de Albuquerque Silva (BRA, 5 Dec 1915 - Present, 110) validated by LQ on 28 August 2026;
Libby DelGiudice (USA, 21 Aug 1916 - Present, 110) validated by LQ on 28 August 2026.
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01/09/2026 1:38 am
Rosa Micaela Puertas, Argentina’s Second-Oldest Living Person, Validated at 113
Rosa Micaela Puertas Quiroga, the second-oldest living person in Argentina, has been officially validated by LongeviQuest on 31 August. At the age of 113 years, 336 days, she is also the world’s 10th-oldest living person.
Puertas Quiroga was born in the neighborhood of Boedo of Buenos Aires City, Argentina, on 29 September 1912 to parents Victoriano Puertas Herrero, a Spanish immigrant, and Rosa Quiroga López, a native of Salta Province. Her father taught her how to read, write, and do math. As a child, she worked extensively, assisting her family with everyday chores. Her father succumbed to the Spanish flu. As his final wish to protect his family from the disease, he entrusted his wife with traveling to Europe along with their five children. At the age of 9, she arrived to Castilla la Vieja in Spain.
As a young woman, she moved from Valladolid to Madrid, where she met her husband, Franz (Francisco) Elbl, an Austrian pastry chef in the service of King Alfonso XIII. He had learned to make chocolate, bonbons, and pastries in Vienna and was hired at a confectionery shop in Madrid that served the kings of Spain. They met in the city and got married in March 1935. He was ten years her senior.
With the outbreak of the Civil War (1936–39), they were compelled to return to her native Argentina. Their first child had just been born, and although her husband had the opportunity to work in Austria, they perceived that all of Europe was in turmoil, on the brink of World War II, and she didn’t speak German. Advised by the Argentine embassy, they decided to return to her homeland. They left behind most of their belongings and returned to Argentina as war refugees. Drawing on his experience as a chocolatier, her husband found employment at the Noel factory in Argentina, and later at the Suchard company. There, he focused primarily on crafting recipes for Sugus candies. It was he who instructed the factory workers on how to create candied Sugus.
Her age was verified by Stefan Maglov, Sergio Tonarelli and Fabrizio Villatoro. We also congratulate Mrs. Rosa Micaela Puertas and wish her many more years of health and happiness.
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01/09/2026 4:10 am
Congratulations to Ms Rosa Micaela Puertas Quiroga on being validated at such a wonderful age!
Wonderful work from the validation teams … I know this one has taken a while to complete.
01/09/2026 4:24 am
I know that 1 or 2 on this forum keep very extensive databases and may know the answer.
This may be the first time Argentina has had two supercentenarians in the top 10?
… unless Casilda Romona Benegas de Gallego 115-81 and Evangelista Luisa Lopez de Contarino 114-68 achieved it, noting they were born in April and June 1907 respectively.
01/09/2026 6:41 am
@chrisr Evangelista Luis Lopez was the 15th oldest person when she died, if you can believe it.
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01/09/2026 12:28 pm
@filipe93 Congratulations to Ms. Puertas Quiroga, her family and the validation team!
ESO Correspondent for Portugal (since 2026)
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When the young commander of the guard declared his love for her, she rejected him simply because his frivolity startled her. "See how simple he is," she told Amaranta. "He says that he’s dying because of me, as if I were a bad case of colic."
-One Hundred Years of Solitude
01/09/2026 12:54 pm
Thank you Musicotic !!
- a timely reminder that one can be well outside
the top 10 despite being comfortably past one’s 114th birthday.
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Topic starter
03/09/2026 7:59 am
Miyo Kubota (JPN, 27 Aug 1907 - 23 October 2018, 111) validated by LQ on 2 September 2026.
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06/09/2026 10:08 am
Recent validation, accepted on 4 September 2026:
Isabel Vicente Hernández, ESP, 5 Nov 1913 - 12 Aug 2024, 110 years and 281 days.
Overduidelijk misschien.
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12/09/2026 7:37 am
Marina van der Es-Siewers (NLD, 4 Mar 1913 - 11 Mar 2024, 111) validated by ESO and recognized by LongeviQuest on 11 September 2026;
Leny Mackenbach (NLD, 29 Dec 1912 - 3 Dec 2023, 110) validated by ESO and recognized by LongeviQuest on 11 September 2026;
Solveig Huck (FRA, 23 May 1916 - Present, 110) validated by LGCF and recognized by LongeviQuest on 11 September 2026;
Armande Pizzetta (FRA, 11 June 1916 - Present, 110) validated by LGCF and recognized by LongeviQuest on 11 September 2026;
Catherine Hedges (IRL/UK, 8 July 1916 - Present, 110) validated by ESO and recognized by LongeviQuest on 11 September 2026.
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