A Portuguese woman believed to be Europe’s oldest person and the second-oldest in the world celebrated her 115th birthday this month with her family, local media reported.
Maria de Jesus marked the occasion in her village of Corujo in central Portugal. Born Sept. 10, 1893, Maria de Jesus is classified as the oldest person in Europe and second oldest in the world after American Edna Parker, born April 20, 1893.
The US-based Gerontology Research Group tracks “supercentenarians,” or people over the age of 110, worldwide whose birth dates can be verified. De Jesus celebrated her birthday by eating her favorite Portuguese dessert, rice cake, local media said.
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Born into a poor family, de Jesus lost the use of one of her eyes when she was a child and began working in the fields at the age of 12. She raised six children and was a widower at 57. De Jesus never attended school, said her 84-year-old daughter, Maria Madalena, according to Diario de Noticias.
For her 100th birthday, de Jesus said she wanted to learn to read and write. “A teacher came for a few months, but she never made it. You can’t teach an old dog new tricks,” said her daughter.
(AFP)
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