Eulalia Bravo Bravo
Supercentenarian data for Mexico
- Full name: Eulalia Bravo Bravo
- Lifespan: (12.02.1913 – present)
- Age: 111 years
- Birthplace: Nopala de Villagran, Hidalgo, Mexico
- Last residence: Pachuca de Soto, Hidalgo, Mexico
- Application date: 18.12.2023
- Validation date: 09.01.2024
- Validation source: Oliver Trim
Biography
Eulalia Bravo Bravo was born in the municipality of Nopala de Villagran, Hidalgo, Mexico on 12 February 1913 to father Deciderio Bravo Rivera and mother Maria Bravo Chavez. Months after she was born, her mother abandoned her, leaving her in the care of her father, with whom she spent the first years of her life. Her father was raising pigs and selling the meat by touring the nearby ranches.
In 1940, at the age of 27, she was pregnant and the family decided to take her to Celaya, Guanajuato, where she would be assisted in labor. Her first daughter, Amalia, was born there, and her second daughter, Maria del Carmen, was born five years later. The father was not present, so she struggled alone to raise her daughters. At the age of 30, she got a job in another grocery store after she met a merchant whom she had previously met while working with her uncle. Before leaving for San Luis Potosi, she met Manuel Fernandez Medina, who became her future husband. They got married on 29 January 1950 in the parish of Santa Ana Queretaro. At the time, she was 36, while her husband was 52. Her third child, a son named Manuel, was born in 1950. The couple had three more children, Raul (born 1952), Elena (born 1953) and Yolanda (born 1956). Her husband died in 1984 at the age of 90.
On 12 February 2023, she celebrated her 110th birthday, becoming a supercentenarian.
On 17 March 2024, following the death of 111-year-old Tranquilina Urrutia Roque, she became the oldest known living person in Mexico.
Eulalia Bravo Bravo currently lives in Pachuca de Soto, Hidalgo, Mexico at the age of 111.
Eulalia Bravo Bravo on her 110th birthday in 2023.
Longevity recognition
- Oldest living person in Mexico (17.03.2024 – present)
Validation
Her age was verified by Oliver Trim, and validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) on 9 January 2024.
