De Souza Archives

LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Olga De Souza Caldas of Brazil at age 110. She was a Brazilian supercentenarian whose validation by the Latin American Supercentenarians (LAS) was on pending status since 2021. Her age was validated by LongeviQuest on 3 September 2023.

Olga de Souza Caldas was born in Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 24 September 1911. In her 30s, she got married and moved to the city of São Gonçalo. She had three children. Until she got older, she would regularly attend church in São Gonçalo. As of 2019, only one of her children was still living; Maurício Antonio Caldas, aged 75.

In October 2021, aged 110.
(Source: Facebook/Leo Peres)

Olga de Souza Caldas passed away in São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 14 March 2022, at the age of 110 years, 171 days.

LongeviQuest congratulates Olga De Souza Caldas’s family on her posthumous recognition.

For more information, please view Olga De Souza Caldas’s Directory Profile here.

LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of João Paulo De Souza of Brazil at age 110. He was born in Ceará-Mirim, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil on 16 June 1902. He was a husband and a father of six children. He is the first documented male supercentenarian from the State of Rio Grande do Norte.

(Source: Tribuna do Norte)

De Souza founded Armazém Pará with his son Pedro Câmara de Souza in 1959. Over the next 40 years, he opened multiple store chains, and the company grew into Natal’s largest construction materials retailer. Upon retiring, one of his sons took on the role of managing the company. Although he was in a wheelchair and hard of hearing as a centenarian, De Souza still played an active role in his stores by checking the products on the shelves every day to ensure they met his standards.

João Paulo de Souza passed away in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, on 20 December 2012, at the age of 110 years, 187 days.

LongeviQuest congratulates João Paulo De Souza’s family on his posthumous recognition.

For more information, please view De Souza’s Directory Profile here.