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	Tekla Juniewicz
	; Juniewicz in June 2020, one week before her 114th birthday
	Validated

Revision as of 22:19, 15 October 2020

Tekla Juniewicz (née Dadak; born 10 June 1906) is a Polish supercentenarian who is the longest-lived person in the history of Poland whose age has been validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She is the first validated supercentenarian in Poland's history to have reached the ages of 112, 113, and 114.

Born in modern-day Ukraine, Juniewicz has lived in Gliwice, Poland since the end of the Second World War. She has been the oldest living person in Poland since the death of Jadwiga Szubartowicz on 20 July 2017, and is currently the ninth-oldest validated living person in the world.

Biography

Early Life and Family

Tekla Juniewicz was born on 10 June 1906 in Krupsko, Austria−Hungary (now Ukraine). After Poland regained independence in 1918, Krupsko became part of Rozdol Commune, Stanislawow Voivodeship, Poland, and is now part of Ukraine. Juniewicz's parents were Jan and Katarzyna Dadak, and she had two younger sisters, Rozalia and Katarzyna. Their father worked for Count Karol Lanckoronski, and their mother died during the First World War.

As a child, Juniewicz attended the school of Szarytki Sisters in Przeworsk, Poland, where she learned to sew, embroider, and cook. In Przeworsk, she met her future husband, Jan Juniewicz (22 years her senior), whom she married on 28 February 1927. After the wedding, they moved to Boryslaw, Poland, where she took a job in an earth wax mine. They had two daughters, Janina and Urszula, born in 1928 and 1929.

Later Life

In November 1945, Juniewicz moved to Gliwice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, where her husband got a job in a mine. The couple were married until Jan Juniewicz's death in 1980 at the age of 96. Tekla Juniewicz lived alone until she was 103 years old, when her grandson Adam moved in to assist her with her daily activities.

In June 2016, Juniewicz celebrated her 110th birthday. On her 113th birthday in June 2019, Juniewicz received a congratulatory letter from Prime Minister of Poland, Mateusz Morawiecki. In August 2019, Prime Minister Morawiecki visited Juniewicz in person at her home.

Longevity Records

Juniewicz is the first recorded supercentenarian from Poland's Silesia Voivodship. Juniewicz became the oldest living person in Poland following the death of 111-year-old Jadwiga Szubartowicz 20 July 2017. Juniewicz is currently the third-oldest living person in Europe, after Frenchwomen Lucile Randon and Jeanne Bot, and the ninth-oldest living person in the world whose age is validated by the GRG.

On 24 April 2018, Juniewicz became the longest-lived person ever documented in the history of Poland after surpassing the previous record of 111 years, 317 days set by Wanda Wierzchleyska. On 10 June 2018, Juniewicz became the first Polish person on record to reach the age of 112. She subsequently became the first Pole to reach the ages of 113 and 114 in 2019 and 2020 respectively.

On 11 May 2020, Juniewicz became the oldest documented person ever born in present-day Ukraine, after surpassing the previous record of 113 years, 335 days set by Goldie Michelson.

Gallery

References

World Supercentenarian Rankings List Gerontology Research Group
Polscy superstulatkowie Najstarsi Polacy
Tekla Juniewicz z Gliwic ma 110 lat [ZDJĘCIA] Druga najstarsza Polka! TVS, 9 March 2016
Tekla Juniewicz z Gliwic ma 111 lat! Jej recepta na długowieczność to głód i bieda Dziennik Zachodni, 13 June 2017
Najstarsza Polka mieszka w Gliwicach. Ma 112 lat. Najstarsi Polacy, 11 June 2018
Tekla Juniewicz, 112 lat – polska rekordzistka GazetaSenior, 27 June 2018
Tekla Juniewicz, oldest validated person ever to live in Poland, celebrates 113th birthday Gerontology Research Group, 28 June 2019
Gliwice: premier odwiedził najdłużej żyjącą obywatelkę Polski Wiadomości, 2 August 2019
Najstarsza Polka mieszka w Gliwicach. Pani Tekla Juniewicz kończy 114 lat Najstarsi Polacy, 5 June 2020
Najstarsza Polka ma 114 lat. Tekla Juniewicz z Gliwic 10 czerwca obchodzi urodziny Gliwice Naszemiasto, 10 June 2020
Każdy człowiek boi się śmierci. Tekla Juniewicz, najstarsza Polka (114 l.) w mocnych słowach o życiu Dziennik Zachodni on YouTube, 12 October 2020
Tekla Juniewicz to superstulatka. Ma 114 lat. Jest najstarszą kobietą w Polsce Wiadomosci, 13 October 2020

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+|caption = Juniewicz in June 2020, one week before her 114th birthday
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--->'''Tekla Juniewicz''' (born 10 June 1906) is a validated Polish [[supercentenarian]] who holds the record for the oldest ever person in the history of Poland. She surpassed the previous record of 111 years, 317 days - set by [[Wanda Wierzchleyska]] - on 24 April 2018. Thereafter, she became the first validated supercentenarian in Poland to have reached both the age of 112 and 113.
+-->'''Tekla Juniewicz''' (née '''Dadak'''; born 10 June 1906) is a Polish [[supercentenarian]] who is the longest-lived person in the history of Poland whose age has been validated by the [[Gerontology Research Group]] (GRG). She is the first validated supercentenarian in Poland's history to have reached the ages of 112, 113, and 114.
-Juniewicz has been the oldest living person in Poland since the death of [[Jadwiga Szubartowicz]] of Lublin on 20 July 2017.
+Born in modern-day Ukraine, Juniewicz has lived in Gliwice, Poland since the end of the Second World War. She has been the oldest living person in Poland since the death of [[Jadwiga Szubartowicz]] on 20 July 2017, and is currently the ninth-oldest validated living person in the world.
 ==Biography==
+==='''Early Life and Family'''===
-Tekla Juniewicz was born as Tekla Dadak, the daughter of Jan Dadak (son of Bazyli and Eufrozyna) and Katarzyna of the home of Szkwyrko (daughter of Bazyli and Ewa), on June 10, 1906 in the town of Krupsko. This town then was located in the Austria-Hungary; Mrs. Tekla was born, therefore, as the subject of Emperor Franz Joseph. After regaining independence (1918), Krupsko was part of Rozdol Commune, Zydaczow County, Stanislawow Voivodeship of the Second Republic of Poland. In 1945, it was joined to the USSR, and after 1991 it is in the Lviv region of the independent Ukraine.
+Tekla Juniewicz was born on 10 June 1906 in Krupsko, Austria−Hungary (now Ukraine). After Poland regained independence in 1918, Krupsko became part of Rozdol Commune, Stanislawow Voivodeship, Poland, and is now part of Ukraine. Juniewicz's parents were Jan and Katarzyna Dadak, and she had two younger sisters, Rozalia and Katarzyna. Their father worked for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karol_Lanckoro%C5%84ski Count Karol Lanckoronski], and their mother died during the First World War.
+As a child, Juniewicz attended the school of Szarytki Sisters in Przeworsk, Poland, where she learned to sew, embroider, and cook. In Przeworsk, she met her future husband, Jan Juniewicz (22 years her senior), whom she married on 28 February 1927. After the wedding, they moved to Boryslaw, Poland, where she took a job in an earth wax mine. They had two daughters, Janina and Urszula, born in 1928 and 1929.
-In Krupsko, Mrs. Tekla spent the first years of her life, and two younger sisters, Rozalia and Katarzyna, were born there. Her father worked for Count Lanckoronski, mother took care of the house. Mrs. Tekla mentions her as a very beautiful woman. Unfortunately, she died during the First World War. At that time, little Tekla went to the school of Szarytki Sisters in Przeworsk, where she learned to sew, embroider, and help in the kitchen. The sisters used to call Mrs. Tekla "Kluska"; they were very good to her and replaced her mother, who she lost prematurely. After many years, she often visited them with her own daughters. In Przeworsk she also met her future husband, Jan Juniewicz, whom she married on February 28, 1927.
+==='''Later Life'''===
-After the wedding, they moved to Boryslaw, where Juniewicz took a job in the earth wax mine. Despite the 22 years of difference between spouses, the marriage was very happy. In 1928 and 1929, two daughters came into the world: Janina and Urszula. Mrs. Tekla often visited Warsaw, having the opportunity to participate in parades with the participation of Jozef Pilsudski. She did not like stagnation, she was always on the move. She liked cinema, playing cards and social life. She also read a lot and practiced her own garden. A happy family life was interrupted by the outbreak of World War II. Mrs. Tekla mentioned that both wars were terrible, but the second was incomparably more, because in the first there was not the ruthlessness and mass destruction on such scale. She left her home in November 1945 when, together with her first repatriation, she and her family came to the regained territories.
+In November 1945, Juniewicz moved to Gliwice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, where her husband got a job in a mine. The couple were married until Jan Juniewicz's death in 1980 at the age of 96. Tekla Juniewicz lived alone until she was 103 years old, when her grandson Adam moved in to assist her with her daily activities.
+In June 2016, Juniewicz celebrated her 110th birthday. On her 113th birthday in June 2019, Juniewicz received a congratulatory letter from Prime Minister of Poland, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mateusz_Morawiecki Mateusz Morawiecki]. In August 2019, Prime Minister Morawiecki visited Juniewicz in person at her home.
-Initially, they planned to settle in Walbrzych, but at the instigation of friends, they got off in Gliwice, where Jan Juniewicz got a job at the Sosnica mine. Mrs. Tekla took care of the home and raising her daughters. Her husband died in 1980 at the age of 96. Mrs. Tekla lived alone until she was 103 years old. Then her grandson Adam moved in to help her with her daily activities.
+==Longevity Records==
-On June 10, 2016, Tekla Juniewicz turned 110, becoming the first supercentenarian in the contemporary history of Silesia Voivodship.<ref>[http://www.tvs.pl/informacje/tekla-juniewicz-z-gliwic-ma-110-lat-zdjecia-druga-najstarsza-polka Tekla Juniewicz z Gliwic ma 110 lat [ZDJĘCIA<nowiki>]</nowiki> Druga najstarsza Polka!]</ref>  The birthday party, in which the jubilate took part with full commitment, took place in a local restaurant in Sosnica. In June 2017, she turned 111. On July 20, 2017 111-year old Jadwiga Szubartowicz of Lublin died and Tekla Juniewicz became the oldest living person in Poland. On April 22, 2018, Tekla Juniewicz broke the national record of longevity in Poland, which belonged to Wanda Wierzchleyska of Warsaw (1900-2012), also from the Lviv region. Her age has been validated by the Gerontology Research Group on May 16, 2018. According to modern standards, the date of birth was confirmed by sources from different periods of her life. The action to find the original birth certificate from 1906 was undertaken in cooperation with the family of Mrs. Juniewicz, through the mediation of the General Consulate of the Republic of Poland in Lviv. On June 10, 2018, Tekla Juniewicz turned 112, becoming the first person in the history of Poland to have achieved this milestone.<ref>[http://www.najstarsipolacy.pl/aktualnosci/najstarsza-polka-mieszka-w-gliwicach-ma-112-lat/ Najstarsza Polka mieszka w Gliwicach. Ma 112 lat.] Najstarsi Polacy, 11 June 2018</ref> On 10 June 2019, Tekla Juniewicz turned 113. On this occasion, she received a congratulory letter from Prime Minister of Poland. One day later, she surpassed the age of [[Astrid Zachrison]], becoming the oldest person to have ever lived in the Baltic Sea region.
+Juniewicz is the first recorded supercentenarian from Poland's Silesia Voivodship. Juniewicz became the oldest living person in Poland following the death of 111-year-old [[Jadwiga Szubartowicz]] 20 July 2017. Juniewicz is currently the third-oldest living person in Europe, after Frenchwomen [[Lucile Randon]] and [[Jeanne Bot]], and the ninth-oldest living person in the world whose age is validated by the GRG.
+On 24 April 2018, Juniewicz became the longest-lived person ever documented in the history of Poland after surpassing the previous record of 111 years, 317 days set by [[Wanda Wierzchleyska]]. On 10 June 2018, Juniewicz became the first Polish person on record to reach the age of 112. She subsequently became the first Pole to reach the ages of 113 and 114 in 2019 and 2020 respectively.
+On 11 May 2020, Juniewicz became the oldest documented person ever born in present-day Ukraine, after surpassing the previous record of 113 years, 335 days set by [[Goldie Michelson]].
 ==Gallery==
+<gallery>
-<gallery>TJuniewicz1930s.png|'''Tekla Juniewicz as a young woman.'''</gallery><gallery>TJuniewicz100.png|'''Tekla Juniewicz at age 100.'''
+TJuniewicz1930s.png|Juniewicz in the 1930s
-TJuniewicz111.png|'''Tekla Juniewicz at age 111 with her grandson Adam Stachowski.'''</gallery>
+TJuniewicz100.png|Juniewicz at the age of 100
+Tekla_Juniewicz_2.jpg|Juniewicz in March 2016, aged 109
+Tekla Juniewicz 2016.jpg|Juniewicz shortly before her 110th birthday in 2016, pictured with GRG Poland correspondent Waclaw Jan Kroczek
+Tekla_Juniewicz_111th_birthday.png|Juniewicz celebrating her 111th birthday in 2017, pictured with GRG Poland correspondent Waclaw Jan Kroczek
+TJuniewicz111.png|Juniewicz at the age of 111, pictured with her grandson Adam Stachowski
+Tekla_Juniewicz_112th_birthday.png|Juniewicz celebrating her 112th birthday in 2018, pictured with GRG Poland correspondent Waclaw Jan Kroczek
+Tekla_Juniewicz_113_Aug2019_PM.png|Juniewicz, aged 113, meeting Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in August 2019
+Tekla_Juniewicz_114_2020.jpg|Juniewicz at the age of 114 in 2020
+</gallery>
 ==References==
-*[http://supercentenarian-research-foundation.org/TableE.aspx GRG World Supercentenarian Rankings List]
+*[http://supercentenarian-research-foundation.org/TableE.aspx World Supercentenarian Rankings List] Gerontology Research Group
-*[http://www.najstarsipolacy.pl Polscy stulatkowie i superstulatkowie - Oldest people of Poland]
+*[http://www.najstarsipolacy.pl/polscy-superstulatkowie/ Polscy superstulatkowie] Najstarsi Polacy
+*[http://www.tvs.pl/informacje/tekla-juniewicz-z-gliwic-ma-110-lat-zdjecia-druga-najstarsza-polka Tekla Juniewicz z Gliwic ma 110 lat [ZDJĘCIA<nowiki>]</nowiki> Druga najstarsza Polka!] TVS, 9 March 2016
-*[http://www.grg.org/GRGNews2019.html GRG News for 2019]
+*[https://dziennikzachodni.pl/tekla-juniewicz-z-gliwic-ma-111-lat-jej-recepta-na-dlugowiecznosc-to-glod-i-bieda/ar/12175768 Tekla Juniewicz z Gliwic ma 111 lat! Jej recepta na długowieczność to głód i bieda] Dziennik Zachodni, 13 June 2017
-{{Reflist}}{{Titleholders-oldest-living-Polish}}
+*[http://www.najstarsipolacy.pl/aktualnosci/najstarsza-polka-mieszka-w-gliwicach-ma-112-lat/ Najstarsza Polka mieszka w Gliwicach. Ma 112 lat.] Najstarsi Polacy, 11 June 2018
+*[https://www.gazetasenior.pl/tekla-juniewicz-112-polska-rekordzistka Tekla Juniewicz, 112 lat – polska rekordzistka] GazetaSenior, 27 June 2018
+*[http://www.grg.org/GRGNews2019.html Tekla Juniewicz, oldest validated person ever to live in Poland, celebrates 113th birthday] Gerontology Research Group, 28 June 2019
+*[https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/slask/morawiecki-odwiedzil-najstarsza-obywatelke-polski/hqbqd3j Gliwice: premier odwiedził najdłużej żyjącą obywatelkę Polski] Wiadomości, 2 August 2019
+*[http://www.najstarsipolacy.pl/aktualnosci/najstarsza-polka-mieszka-w-gliwicach-pani-tekla-juniewicz-konczy-114-lat/ Najstarsza Polka mieszka w Gliwicach. Pani Tekla Juniewicz kończy 114 lat] Najstarsi Polacy, 5 June 2020
+*[https://gliwice.naszemiasto.pl/najstarsza-polka-ma-114-lat-tekla-juniewicz-z-gliwic-10/ar/c14-7750173 Najstarsza Polka ma 114 lat. Tekla Juniewicz z Gliwic 10 czerwca obchodzi urodziny] Gliwice Naszemiasto, 10 June 2020
+*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z7YkGOxHYM&feature=emb_title Każdy człowiek boi się śmierci. Tekla Juniewicz, najstarsza Polka (114 l.) w mocnych słowach o życiu] Dziennik Zachodni on YouTube, 12 October 2020
+*[https://wiadomosci.com/tekla-juniewicz-to-superstulatka-ma-114-lat-jest-najstarsza-kobieta-w-polsce/ Tekla Juniewicz to superstulatka. Ma 114 lat. Jest najstarszą kobietą w Polsce] Wiadomosci, 13 October 2020
+{{Titleholders-oldest-living-Polish}}
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Tekla Juniewicz
Juniewicz in June 2020, one week before her 114th birthday
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