Josefa Santos Gonzalez

Josefa Santos Gonzalez [Spanish: González] (born 7 September 1906) is a Spanish supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She is the last remaining person in Spain born in 1906.

Biography
Josefa Santos Gonzalez was born on 7 September 1906 in Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. In around 1934, she married a man named Ramon and had five children with him: Rafaela, Luisa, Jose, Isabel, and Luis. All five of Josefa’s children later had to emigrate to find work, which saddened her. Despite this, she took it well, and knew it was for the best.

In her later years, Josefa moved to Madrid in order to be closer to her family. When she was 102, she broke her hip, and broke her femur aged 109. Her recovery from these incidents amazed her doctors. At the time of her 110th birthday in 2016, along with her five children, she had 15 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren. She celebrated her 111th birthday in 2017 in her care home with relatives from as far afield as Germany.

Josefa Santos Gonzalez currently lives in Madrid, Spain, at the age of. She is currently the fourth-oldest living person in Spain after Magdalena Oliver Gabarro, Francisco Nunez Olivera, and Avelina Mouzo Leis.