Teresa Fernandez Casado, the oldest resident of Castile and León (Spain), turns 111

Zambroncinos del Páramo — The oldest living resident of Spain’s autonomous community of Castile and León, Teresa Fernandez Casado, celebrated her 111th birthday on July 29th. Her birthday was first confirmed by the Diario de León.

Teresa Fernandez Casado was born in Zambroncinos del Páramo, in the municipality of Zotes del Páramo of Castile and León, Spain, on 29 July 1913. She was the youngest of eight siblings. As a child, she took care of sheep but also attended the village school, where she learned to read and write.

At the age of 18, she married Julián de Paz Casas, a young man from the village. The following year, her first-born son, Ángel, was born, and her second son, Amancio, was born in September 1933. After the birth of their third child, her husband was called to war, but due to certain circumstances, he did not have to go. They later had six more children. They had a total of nine children. Two of her children passed away in childhood. To support her family, she made cheese from sheep’s milk, knitted woolen socks, and sewed clothes for her children using her sewing machine.

Six of her children are still alive: Ángel, Amancio (both in their early 90s), Felicísima, Ausibio, Manuela and Rosalina. She also has 11 grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandson who is about to turn 2 years old.