Francisca Castillo Carrillo | |
Birth: | 3 November 1906 Guanacaste, Costa Rica |
Death: | 20 December 2016 Guanacaste, Costa Rica |
Age: | 110 years, 47 days |
Country: | CRI |
Unvalidated |
Maria Francisca Isolina Castillo Carrillo [Spanish: María] (3 November 1906 – 20 December 2016) was a Costa Rican supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). At the time of her death, she was the oldest known living person in Costa Rica.
Biography[]
Maria Francisca Isolina Castillo Carillo was born in Matina, Guanacaste, Costa Rica as the daughter of Tomas Castillo, a Cuban immigrant. Francisca had her first son, Paul, at the age of 15 and later had four more children. She said that she never married or lived together with a man for any longer period of time because they would get violent while drunk.
She became the oldest known living person in Costa Rica, following the death of 110-year-old Celina Fernandez-Pacheco on 16 October 2016.
Francisca Castillo lived in Mansion, Guanacaste and became a great-great-great-great-grandmother at the age of 106 in 2013. She died on 20 December 2016, at the age of 110 years, 47 days. Her son Pablo Castillo Castillo (born 29 June 1922) turned 98 in June 2020.
References[]
- Las personas más longevas Supercentenarios Latinoamericanos (LAS)
- Nicoyana Is Great Great Great Great Grandmother Q Costa Rica, 27 January 2014
- Tribute to Panchita: One of the Oldest People in the World La Voz de Guanacaste, 17 February 2015 (Archived)
- Feliz cumpleaños número 98 a mi amigo Pablo Castillo Carrillo conocido como "Pablo Cuba" Jorge Vindas (Facebook), 29 June 2020
Costa Rica's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
Antonio Ardon Soto • Unknown • Rosalina Vargas Solano • Faustino Vargas Perez • Unknown • Josefina Quiros Soto • Celina Fernandez-Pacheco • Francisca Castillo Carrillo • Lidia Menis Peresini • Claudia Soto Saborio • Marita Camacho Quiros |