Maria Cândida Machado Paes was a Brazilian supercentenarian whose age has been validated by the Latin American Supercentenarians (LAS).
Denise Waelbers, Belgium’s Oldest Resident, Turns 110
Translate:
BIOGRAPHY
Maria Cândida Machado Paes was born in Pedregulho, São Paulo, Brazil, on 25 October 1908 (claimed 20 May). She had eight siblings; four sisters and four brothers. The family lived in the neighborhoods of Brás and Pirituba.
Machado Paes married twice – one of her husbands was João Arruda Paes. She had three children with her first husband, and two children with her second husband. In the late 1990s, she moved to Analândia.
As of December 2015, one of her daughters, Luzia Passe, was 85 years old. One of her daughters died that year, aged 83.
Machado Paes passed away in Analândia, São Paulo, Brazil, on 18 December 2018, at the age of 110.
RECOGNITION
Her age was verified by Stefan Maglov and Filipe Lopes, and validated by the LAS on 28 July 2022.
ATTRIBUTION
* “Maria Cândida Machado Paes (107 anos) e sua filha Luzia Passe (85 anos)” – Facebook (Igreja Matriz de Sant’ Ana em Analândia/SP), 25 December 2015
GALLERY
In May 2017, on her claimed 109th birthday. (Source: Facebook/Vereador Profº Padre Sergio)
[crp limit=’4′ ]