Generoza Araújo Soares of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, dies at 109
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BIOGRAPHY
Julio Saldarriaga Hernandez was born in El Carmen de Viboral, Antioquia, Colombia on 3 November 1913 (claims 30 July). As a young man, he lived in various towns and cities throughout Colombia, where he found work chopping wood and making charcoal. When he was 15 years old, he met a girl named María Calista García. After three years of dating, the couple were married and would have 19 children. They remained together for 79 years until Calista’s death.
As of 2020, he had 65 grandchildren, 85 great-grandchildren, and 64 great-great-grandchildren.
Julio Saldarriaga Hernandez currently lives in Carmen de Viboral, Antioquia, Colombia, at the age of 109.
RECOGNITION
His age was verified by Santiago García Medina and Stefan Maglov and listed as a pending validation on the LAS as of 15 November 2021.
GALLERY
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Undated, with his wife. (Source:
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In August 2020, at the age of 106. (Source: MiOriente)
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(Source: MiOriente)
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Around the age of 107. (Source: Facebook/Oriente Antioqueño)
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In July 2022, on his claimed 109th birthday. (Source: Facebook/Primero Oriente)
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In July 2023, aged 109. (Source: MiOriente)
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