Maria Olivia da Silva
Encyclopedia
Maria Olívia da Silva of Brazil
is a claimant to the title of world's oldest person ever. She died on Georgia
n woman Antisa Khvichava
's claimed 130th birthday.
, São Paulo, and lived in Astorga
, Paraná
. She was of Polish descent. She was married twice, the first time allegedly in 1893, and outlived all but three of her 14 children. Four of them were adopted. Da Silva lived with her -year-old adopted son, Aparecido H. Silva.
She was still in good shape at the time of her death, loved to talk, and still had a sharp memory. Da Silva ate rice, beans, and bananas every day.
In March 2005 she was first claimed to be three years older than the then oldest undisputed person
ever. At the time, the Guinness World Records
website considered then 114-year-old Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper
, born 29 June 1890, as the world's oldest person
, and later retrospectively accepted the claims of María Capovilla
, who was then aged 116.
RankBrasil has only produced documents dating from the 1970s or later, including the birth certificate on its website indicating she was born in 1880, and a Brazilian ID with the same birthdate.
The oldest living person verifiably documented by Guinness at the time of Silva's death was the French
woman Eugénie Blanchard
who was born in 1896, three years after Silva was allegedly already married and who died in November 2010.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
is a claimant to the title of world's oldest person ever. She died on Georgia
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
n woman Antisa Khvichava
Antisa Khvichava
Antisa Khvichava is a Georgian woman who claims to be 131 years old, which, if true, would make her the oldest person of all time. Her passport is given as evidence....
's claimed 130th birthday.
Life
Silva was born in ItapetiningaItapetininga
Itapetininga is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The name comes from the Tupi languageIt is situated in the southwestern region of the state, and is known as cidade das escolas, meaning city of schools in Portuguese....
, São Paulo, and lived in Astorga
Astorga, Paraná
Astorga is a town in the state of Paraná in Brazil. It was founded in 1951, and has about 23,630 inhabitants....
, Paraná
Paraná (state)
Paraná is one of the states of Brazil, located in the South of the country, bordered on the north by São Paulo state, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Santa Catarina state and the Misiones Province of Argentina, and on the west by Mato Grosso do Sul and the republic of Paraguay,...
. She was of Polish descent. She was married twice, the first time allegedly in 1893, and outlived all but three of her 14 children. Four of them were adopted. Da Silva lived with her -year-old adopted son, Aparecido H. Silva.
She was still in good shape at the time of her death, loved to talk, and still had a sharp memory. Da Silva ate rice, beans, and bananas every day.
In March 2005 she was first claimed to be three years older than the then oldest undisputed person
Jeanne Calment
Jeanne Louise Calment was a French supercentenarian who had the longest confirmed human life span in history, living to the age of . She lived in Arles, France, for her entire life, and outlived both her daughter and grandson. She became especially well known from the age of 113, when the...
ever. At the time, the Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records , is a reference book published annually, containing a collection of world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world...
website considered then 114-year-old Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper
Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper
Hendrikje "Henny" van Andel-Schipper was the oldest person ever in the history of the Netherlands , and from 29 May 2004 was thought to be the oldest recognized person in the world until her death Hendrikje "Henny" van Andel-Schipper (née Schipper) (29 June 1890 – 30 August 2005) was the...
, born 29 June 1890, as the world's oldest person
Oldest people
This is a list of tables of the verified oldest people in the world in ordinal rank, such as oldest person or oldest man. In these tables, a supercentenarian is considered 'verified' if his or her claim has been validated by an international body that specifically deals in longevity research, such...
, and later retrospectively accepted the claims of María Capovilla
María Capovilla
María Esther Heredia de Capovilla was an Ecuadorian supercentenarian, and, at the time of her death at age 116 years 347 days, was recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living person. She was the last remaining person born in the 1880s...
, who was then aged 116.
RankBrasil has only produced documents dating from the 1970s or later, including the birth certificate on its website indicating she was born in 1880, and a Brazilian ID with the same birthdate.
The oldest living person verifiably documented by Guinness at the time of Silva's death was the French
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
woman Eugénie Blanchard
Eugénie Blanchard
Anne Eugénie Blanchard was a French supercentenarian, who at the age of was the oldest living person at the time of her death. She became the recognised titleholder upon the death of Japanese supercentenarian Kama Chinen on 2 May 2010...
who was born in 1896, three years after Silva was allegedly already married and who died in November 2010.
Video
- (Portugues) Brazilian News on You Tube showing birth certificate
- (Portugues) Brazilian News on You Tube showing birth certificate, interview on 129th birthday
- (Portugues) Brazilian News on You Tube another interview on 129th birthday, shows she was then ambulatory
- (Portugues) Appears to also be 129th. She speaks here, feeds herself and the flexibility of her joints is demonstrated. Same video bites of the birth certificate.
