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Antalne Banga
Antalne Banga
Antalne Banga on her 107th birthday.
Birth: 9 August 1887
Kistelek, Csongrád, Austria-Hungary (present-day Hungary)
Death: 1 July 1995
Szank, Bács-Kiskun, Hungary
Age: 107 years, 326 days
Country: HungaryHUN
Centenarian

Antalne Banga (née Anna Rekasi) [Hungarian: Banga Antalné Rékasi Anna] (9 August 1887 – 1 July 1995) was a Hungarian centenarian. At the time of her death, she was to oldest living person in the country.

Biography

Anna was born on 9 August 1887, in Kistelek, Austria-Hungary (present-day Hungary).

As a child, Anna was an exemplary student. She married to Antal Banga at the age of 18, they had seven children in total. They lived in the village of Szank since 1907. Anna worked as a housewife in her whole life. She got widowed in 1950.

As a centenarian, Anna lived with one of her daughter-in-laws. She was elected to be the honorary citizen of Szank at the age of 106. She became the oldest living person in Hungary upon Janosne Ando’s death in September 1994, aged 107. At that time, she had 18 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.

Anna died on 1 July 1995 after a brief sickness, in Szank, at the age of 107 years, 326 days.

References


Hungary's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (VE)

Lajosne Kovassy • Unknown • Jozsefne Laki • Unknown • Gyorgyne KokenyesiAlajosne DuronelliIstvanne Vojcek • (Gizella Bartha) • Alajosne ZsarkoImrene SzaloczyBoldizsarne SztrechoMihalyne GneiszGyorgyne JonasImrene VajdaEmilne FlochelKarolyne NemethKaroly BurjanHenrik HavasiSandorne SarkoziIstvanne LadiJanosne AndoAntalne BangaJanosne Kemeny • (Ilka Zolnai) • Istvanne Morocz • Ferencne Lazar • Jozsefne SzucsFerencne VadaszSandorne CsikiJanosne VargaGergely Andras MolnarLajosne Buzaky • Janosne SzentirmayFerencne KustosMargit AmbrusMatyasne KovesdiGyorgyne Toth • Maria Magirius • Janosne Kudasz • Rezso Gallai • Maria HoffnerMargit Dezsone KovacsJanosne BelikVeronika ZsilinszkiIstvanne FejesArpadne Juhasz

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