A historic record has been achieved in the Maltese Islands after Maria Farrugia turned 111 years, 3 months and 25 days old, not including her birth day, making her the oldest person to ever live in Malta.
This means that Maria is old enough to have lived through both World Wars, Malta’s Independence, the introduction of Malta’s Constitution, our European Union membership, 10 presidents, 14 prime ministers, 36 Eurovision entries and so much more.
According to the Public Register, which dates back to 1539, to the days of the parochial churches’ ‘rites of passage’ text, Maria is the oldest person to ever live in Malta.
Interestingly, Maria’s mother also lived a long life, passing away in 1982 at the age of 100.
Before Maria, the previous record holder was Qormi’s Ġanni “Il-Giġa” Schembri, who was also born on 7th March in the year 1757, who lived until the age of 108.
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