High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Maria de Jesus dos Santos (10 September 1893 2 January 2009) was a Portuguese supercentenarian who was the world's oldest verified living person for 37 days, until her death at 115 years and 114 days. She assumed this status after the 26 November 2008 death of American Edna Parker, who was 115 years and 220 days old. She was the only verified person born in 1893 to live into 2009, achieving this by a mere 2 days.