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Antonia Valderrama Ocampo
Antonia Valderrama Ocampo
Unvalidated

Antonia Valderrama Ocampo (claims birth 11 April 1905?) is a Mexican supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography

Antonia Valderrama Ocampo claims to have been born in in Hacienda de Cabanas, Guerrero, Mexico, on 11 April 1905. She witnessed the passage of hurricane Tara in 1961, which left several communities in the region destroyed, including her birthplace, Hacienda de Cabanas. She remember that when she was a girl, she saw the men and women who participated in the Mexican Revolution. She married in Hacienda de Cabanas.

Antonia allegedly met Lucio Cabanas Barrientos, Mexican schoolteacher, when he was traveling through the region: "I met him when he came several times to Hacienda (Cabanas), we even gave him food..." she said.

Antonia currently lives in Hacienda de Cabanas, Guerrero, Mexico at the age of 119 years, 8 days. She is cared by two of her nieces.

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