Maria Esther Canessa Lawlor was an Uruguayan supercentenarian.
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BIOGRAPHY
Maria Esther Canessa Lawlor was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, on 1 June 1894, to parents Cesar Canessa (born 1864) and Julia Lawlor McDouglas (1861–1931). Her paternal grandfather was Italian, while her maternal grandfather, William Lawlor (1822–1909), was born in Ireland. She married Agustin Lombardini Sayago (1899–1949), and the couple had two children.
On her 111th birthday in 2005, it was noted that she lived in Montevideo with her family and spent her summers in La Paloma. At the time, she said there was no secret to living so many years, as “everything depends on God,” although she believed that having a good character contributed to her longevity.
Maria Esther Canessa Lawlor passed away in Montevideo, on 1 July 2006, at the age of 112 years, 30 days.
RECOGNITION
Her age was verified by Esteban González Olase, and validated by the Latin American Supercentenarians (LAS) on 12 January 2020.
ATTRIBUTION
* Esther Canessa Lawlor – geneanet
* “Los del siglo: uruguayos del XIX, recordando en el XXI” by Alvaro Barros-Lemez, 2003
* “Una vida que pasa en tres siglos” – EL PAÍS Uruguay, 4 June 2005
* Obituary – El Telégrafo, 10 July 2006
GALLERY
At the age of 107. (Source: “Los del siglo: uruguayos del XIX, recordando en el XXI”)
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