Purificacion Martinez
- Full name: Purificacion Martinez Julian
- Lifespan: 02.02.1906
- Age: 110 years, 31 days
- Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
- Last residence: Madrid, Spain
- Application date: 02.02.2016
- Validation date: 18.03.2020
- Validation source: Miguel Quesada/Emilio Ibanez
Biography
Purificacion Martinez was born on 2 February 1906 in Barajas, Madrid, Spain, as one of eight children. At the age of seven, in 1913, she started working in a lord’s house, taking care of the youngest children. All through her childhood and into her adulthood, dancing was always a hobby of hers.
In 1930, aged 24, she married Simon Losada [Spanish: Simón] and had four children with him: Ascension (born 1933), Ignacio (born 1937) and Maria del Carmen (born 1945). The couple had a son in 1931, but he died at a young age. The Spanish Civil War (at the front of which her husband worked as a driver) claimed the lives of three of Martinez’s brothers. Martinez was later widowed.
By her 100th birthday in 2006, Martinez was living in a nursing home. Every day from her centenary birthday, she read the newspaper, showing a keen interest in politics. She was wheelchair bound from the age of 106. At the time of her 108th birthday in 2014, she had 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. By this time she was also blind and was nearly deaf.
Purificacion Martinez passed away on 4 March 2016 in Madrid, Spain, at the age of 110 years, 31 days.
Validation
Purificacion Martinez age was verified by Miguel Quesada together Emilio Ibanez and validated by the GRG on March 18th 2020.
Martinez at the age of 109.
