The new oldest of the French (and of the South American continent) is Eudoxie Baboul, a Guyanese. She owes her longevity to cassava semolina, according to her family.
“Eudoxie Baboul” is the name of the new oldest of the French, a Guyanese woman of 113 years and 8 months who lives at Savane Brigandin in Sinnamary. A longevity record broken since the death, on May 12, of Olympe Amaury, in Amilly, in the Loiret, at just under 114 years old.
In her biography unveiled by Agence France Presse (AFP), it is written that Eudoxie Baboul was born on September 30, 1901 in this region and French overseas department (DOM) of South America. She lives with her grandson, a professional high school teacher. “I was making abattis (small agricultural clearing),” Eudoxie Baboul told journalists, in memory of her work as a farmer.
Comments confirmed by her grandson Joubert Baboul who specified that all her life she had worked, “she was a farmer and also a seamstress”. The man attributes his grandmother’s longevity to quack, cassava semolina, widely consumed in Guyana.
No medical care
In more detail, Eudoxie Baboul lived until she was 109 years old, alone at her home in Sinnamary, before being lodged with her grandson in Matoury. Five generations come after her. She has seventeen great grandchildren. His great-great-great-grandson is six years old. His two daughters died thirty years ago. Eudoxie Baboul has never been married.
No marriage, therefore, but a big heart since for a large part of her life, this woman welcomed children into her home. “She offered them board and lodging from Monday to Friday, so that, although living in remote hamlets, they could take lessons at the school in the town of Sinnamary,” said a member of his family.
On the health side, apart from two visits per day for daily care, the oldest French citizen does not receive any medical care but remains almost only bedridden. “It is only happiness to have her at home”, assures her grandson who is the only one able to converse a little with her. He explains that “for fifteen years she has asked the Lord to take her back. “
As a reminder, the oldest woman of all time is still the French Jeanne Calment, who died at 122 years and 164 days. The oldest of today’s humanity is the 115-year-old American Jeralean Talley. She took over at the beginning of April from Gertrude Weaver, who died at the age of 116 and who had only retained her title for five days.
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