BIOGRAPHY

Antònia Llanes Aiguadé was born in Vilanova de Bellpuig, Catalonia, Spain on 7 March 1912. She had two sisters and one brother. Her first job was at the town’s candy factory. When she came of age, her family moved to Monistrol de Montserrat, where she began working in a textile factory. Just as the Spanish Civil War broke out, her father died in Barcelona from an intestinal infection, and her brother, the only man left in the family, enlisted in the navy. During this time, the three sisters stayed at home with their mother. They raised rabbits as livestock at the time. During trips to Lleida, she recalled seeing dead bodies along the road. The most harrowing moments occurred during bombings that forced them to take refuge in caves in Montserrat. A few years after the war ended, they moved to Manresa, where she continued to work in a textile factory.

At the age of 31, she married Salvador Garriga Graells. The following year, she gave birth to their first daughter, Maria del Carme, and two more children followed.

On her 100th birthday, the Councilor for the Elderly, Àuria Caus, visited her to present a plaque and a bouquet of flowers on behalf of the City Council of Manresa.

Antonia Llanes Aiguade passed away in Manresa, Catalonia, Spain, at 3 a.m. on 26 October 2022, at the age of 110 years, 233 days. Two weeks before her passing, she was admitted to Hospital Sant Andreu due to an illness from which she was unable to recover.

RECOGNITION

At the time of her death, she was the third-oldest known living person in Catalonia just behind Maria Branyas Morera and Josefa Aragones Mayoral.

Her age has not been validated.

ATTRIBUTION

* “Antònia Llanes Aiguadé fa 100 anys” – Nació Digital, 7 March 2012

* “La iaia dels Comtals, AntòniaLlanes, compleix 110 anys” – Regió7, 7 March 2022

* “Mor als 110 anys Antònia Llanes, la manresana més longeva” – Regió7, 26 October 2022

* “Comiat a la longeva àvia dels Comtals Antònia Llanes, de 110 anys” – Regió7, 27 October 2022

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