Emilia Canché Caamal was a Mexican semi-supercentenarian whose age has been validated by LongeviQuest. She was the oldest (known) living person in the State of Quintana Roo at the time of her death.
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BIOGRAPHY
Emilia Canché Caamal was born into a Mayan family in Tekit, Yucatán, Mexico, on 28 May 1915 (claimed 1914). At some point, she married Augusto Nahuat Soberanis, with whom she had five children (three daughters and two sons).
In the 1950s, she moved to José María Morelos, Quintana Roo. At the time, there were barely a few Mayan houses, made of guano. She worked as a midwife in the city, for which many local people recognize the service she provided to low-income families by bringing 20 children into the world.
Her mother, Petronila Caamal, apparently died at the age of 115.
At the age of 108, she had 33 grandchildren, 95 great-grandchildren and 61 great-great-grandchildren.
Canché Caamal died on 24 January 2025 in José María Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico, at the age of 109.
RECOGNITION
Her age was verified by Fabrizio Villatoro and James Roberts, and validated by LongeviQuest on 8 June 2023.
ATTRIBUTION
* “La longevidad familiar de doña Emilia Canché, el viernes cumplió 107 años” – La Vieja Guardia, May 2022
* “DOÑA EMILIA ESTÁ MUY CONSCIENTE: Cumple 109 años abuelita de José María Morelos” – Noticaribe, 28 May 2023
GALLERY
Emilia Canché Caamal c.2020
As a centenarian. (Source: Facebook/El Pregón Yucateco)
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