Maria Farrugia was born in Hamrun, Malta, then a British colony on 7 March 1912. Her mother lived to be 100. She had four siblings. One of her siblings was killed by a bomb during one of Malta’s very first air raids at the age of 37.

On 8 December 2021 at the age of 109 years, 276 days, she surpassed the age of Ms. Galea, becoming the oldest known person ever in Malta.

In her youth.

 On her wedding day in 1941.

At the claimed age of 107.

At the age of 111: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/i-thank-god-every-single-day-i-lived-says-malta-oldest-person.1041932