Maria Olívia da Silva

Maria Olívia da Silva
Claimed oldest person ever
Born	28 February 1880? Itapetininga, São Paulo, Brazil
Died	8 July 2010(2010-07-08) (aged &10000000000000130000000130 years, &10000000000000130000000130 days) Astorga, Paraná
Occupation	Retired

Maria Olívia da Silva (attested 28 February 1880^[1] – 8 July 2010) of Brazil is a claimant to the title of world's oldest person ever. She died on Georgian woman Antisa Khvichava's claimed 130th birthday.

Life

Silva was born in Itapetininga, São Paulo, and lived in Astorga, Paraná.^[2] She was of Polish descent. She was married twice,^[2] the first time allegedly in 1893,^{[citation needed]} and outlived all but three of her 14 children.^[2] Four of them were adopted. Da Silva lived with her 64-year-old adopted son, Aparecido H. Silva.^[2]

She was still in good shape at the time of her death, loved to talk, and still had a sharp memory.^[2] Da Silva ate rice, beans, and bananas every day.^[3]

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.

See also

• Longevity claims
• Longevity traditions

Notes

1. ^ "Brazil's oldest woman dies (in portuguese)". Jornal de Maringá. http://portal.rpc.com.br/jm/online/conteudo.phtml?tl=1&id=1023014&tit=Morre-a-mulher-mais-velha-do-Brasil. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Brazilian believed to be world’s oldest woman". Associated Press. 2005-03-04. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7090143/. Retrieved 2009-10-11. 
3. ^ "Oldest Woman-world record set by Maria Olivia da Silva". World Records Academy. 2009-03-16. http://www.worldrecordsacademy.org/human/oldest_woman_world_record_set_by_Maria_Olivia_da_Silva_90175.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-11. 

External Links

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.

Still Images

• China Daily
• Outside her home, late 2000s
• With cane in chair
• Presumed third from left, c. 1900

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Name	Silva, Maria Olivia Da
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	28 February 1880
Place of birth	Itapetininga, São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death	8 July 2010
Place of death	Astorga, Paraná