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This is a list of supercentenarians of Puerto Rico who have attained the age of at least 110 years. There have been 3 supercentenarians from Puerto Rico verified or pending by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).[1] The oldest Puerto Rican person ever was Emiliano Mercado del Toro (1891–2007), who died at the age of 115 years, 156 days. The oldest woman ever to die in Puerto Rico was Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan (1888–2000) at 114 years, 272 days. The oldest ever woman born in Puerto Rico was Antonia Gerena Rivera (1900–2015), who died aged 115 years, 14 days in the USA.

Living Puerto Rican supercentenarians

      Verified [2]       Pending       Unverified

Rank Name Sex Birth Age as of 19 Apr 2024 Region of birth Country of residence

Living Puerto Rican emigrant supercentenarians

Rank Name Sex Birth Age as of 19 Apr 2024 Region of birth Country of residence

Puerto Rican supercentenarians

      Deceased (Verified) [2]       Living (Verified)       Pending [3]

Rank Name Sex Birth Death Age Region of birth Region of death
1 Emiliano Mercado del Toro M 21 Aug 1891 24 Jan 2007 115 years, 156 days Mayaguez Aguadilla
2 Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan F 31 Aug 1889 29 May 2004 114 years, 272 days Utuado San Juan
Maria Colon F 27 Apr 1891 28 Oct 2003 112 years, 184 days ? ?
Emilia Hernandez de Ramos[4] F 9 Jun 1889 26 Jan 2001 111 years, 231 days ? ?
Petronila Ramos Gonzales F 20 Dec 1882 9 Mar 1994 111 years, 79 days Aguadilla Aguadilla
Maria Mojica Torres F 3 May 1903 30 Apr 2014 110 years, 362 days Toa Alta Toa Alta
Angelino Rivera [5] M 10 Apr 1907 3 Apr 2018 110 years, 358 days ? ?
Ramona Echevarria F 17 Jun 1896 12 Jan 2007 110 years, 209 days Ponce Ponce
Secundina Rivera Cumba [6] F 9 Aug 1907 15 Dec 2017 110 years, 128 days ? ?

Puerto Rican emigrant supercentenarians

Rank Name Sex Birth Death Age Region of birth Country of death
1 Antonia Gerena Rivera F 19 May 1900 2 Jun 2015 115 years, 14 days Loíza United StatesUSA
Cristina Collado F 18 Nov 1885 22 Nov 1998 113 years, 4 days Yauco United StatesUSA
2 Brigida Dearroyo F 7 Oct 1888 31 Dec 2000 112 years, 85 days ? United StatesUSA

Limbo

Rank Name Sex Born Last confirmed alive Age Region of birth Region of death
Maria Rivera Cruz F 10 Oct 1902? fl.19 Nov 2013 fl.111 years, 40+ days Humacao Las Piedras
Urbana Santiago [7] F 2 Feb 1901? fl.2 Feb 1901 110 years, 0+ days Hatillo ?
Carmen Marrero Burgos [8] F 1906/1907? fl.29 Dec 2017 110 years, 0+ days ? ?

Other cases

Rank

Name Sex Born Died Age Region of birth Region of death
Agustin Reyes Ortiz F 7 Feb 1886/1890? 6 Nov 1998 108-112? years Cidra Cidra

References

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