Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper
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Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper was a Dutch supercentenarian who lived to the age of 115 years, 62 days. She is the oldest person ever from the Netherlands, breaking the previous record of Catharina van
Van Andel-Schipper on her 113th birthday in 2003
María Capovilla
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María Esther Heredia Lecaro de Capovilla, known internationally as María Capovilla, was an Ecuadorian supercentenarian, and, at the time of her death at age 116 years, 347 days, was recognized by Guin
Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper
…previous record of Catharina van Dam on 26 September 2003, and from 29 May 2004 was the oldest verified person in the world, until the verification of María Capovilla. Van Andel-Schipper was born as Hendrikje Schipper on 29 June 1890 in Smilde, a small village in Drenthe. She was born prematurely, and there were…
Capovilla in 2005