María Capovilla

María Capovilla - 116 years, 347 days, Ecuador
Maria Capovilla is another claimant who could potentially attain a high standard of validation if her validators would provide more details of her records. A team of gerontologists (Young, Jeune, Robine, Cheung) visited her home country at around the time of her death in 2006 and were able to obtain some documentation, but only a few biographical details have been published [48]. She spent her life in Ecuador where her 1889 birth date is said to have been recorded at her baptism. We would like more details of when and where this was, but the birth validation can be accepted provisionally on that basis.

Capovilla belonged to the Ecuadorian high society so her life was well documented. She married an Italian and they had five children, two of whom outlived her along with many other descendants. If a detailed account of her life can be provided along with sufficient photographs and official records it should be possible to independently determine whether any identity switch possibilities are viable, or are ruled out by the evidence.