I voted 104. Definitely he doesn't looks like supercentenarian, especially 116.

Posted by: @michal1095

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I voted 104. Definitely he doesn't looks like supercentenarian, especially 116.

The 1913 birth record found is almost certainly not a match, though, since it's quite far away from his claimed place of birth (Moncagua, San Miguel). The 1913 born baby is also illegitimate, and registered as "Juan Maradiaga". Of course, it's very possible that Juan Pablo Villalobos Maradiaga was also born to an unmarried mother, but a person with the name "Juan Pablo" would almost never be referred to as just "Juan". This is because Pablo is his "real" name, whereas Juan is more of a decorative name (similarly to Juan Vicente Pérez Mora). This 1906 record is more likely to be a match, since it's closer to his claimed place of birth and matches his "main" first name, but there's no way to know for sure without confirming his mother's name. A 1906 birthyear would also mean he was around 16 in 1922, when he claims his first child was born - this is obviously quite young and probably would've been before he married, but that wouldn't be too uncommon for the time period (Santos Rivas actually fathered his first child when he was only around 15).

@mendocino wow that's interesting. So if the 1906 birth record is correct, he would have probably still been the oldest man in El Salvador at the time of his death.

I was thinking about researching a new unvalidated supercentenarian. Does anyone know if Mrs. Rosa Zoila Higuera Velandia's age has been debunked? She seems like an interesting case to research. I don't know anything about her yet though, I've only found about her case yesterday.