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BIRTHDAY GIRL

ELINVESTIG8R - 10-22-2013 at 03:04 PM

MAMA ESPINOZA TURNED 107 YEARS OLD OCTOBER 16TH 2013
BORN IN 1906 AND REGISTERED IN 1910




Edit to correct her age and year of birth!

[Edited on 10-22-2013 by ELINVESTIG8R]

DENNIS - 10-22-2013 at 03:06 PM

Feliz Cumplea�os, Madrecita.

Not that it matters much ..

durrelllrobert - 10-22-2013 at 03:53 PM

but from David K's earlier post:
"Mama (Anita Grosso de) Espinoza in her own autobiography 'Reflections' c1994 gives the birth years for all 10 Grosso siblings. Anita was the youngest, born in 1908."
:?::?::?::?:

rts551 - 10-22-2013 at 04:02 PM

and someone else says 107.

http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=69783#pid8517...

elgatoloco - 10-22-2013 at 04:10 PM

Good for her! :dudette:

She's a living legend. Thanks for sharing that photo. No candles? Fire marshal must have been there. :saint:

DENNIS - 10-22-2013 at 04:13 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by elgatoloco

No candles? Fire marshal must have been there. :saint:



They're warming her feet. :biggrin:

David K - 10-22-2013 at 04:52 PM

Re-post from last week:

According to her, she is 105 now (in October, 2013). What a life... and Baja is so much part of it!





Other books put her age at 103 this year... including the one she told me was 'correct' in 2009...





I think her list of all 10 siblings birth years in the first book is most convincing, written nearly 20 years ago.

Hope she is happy as long as she is on this world!

ELINVESTIG8R - 10-22-2013 at 05:04 PM

Well the book has it wrong! Period end of report. She was born October 16 1906 and was registered in 1910.

Bajahowodd - 10-22-2013 at 05:05 PM

Is it not a woman's prerogative to lie about her age? 105 or 107, what does it matter? Everyone should be jealous of someone who lives such a long and rich life.

David K - 10-22-2013 at 05:13 PM

So when was her younger sister Adelaida born, if not 1906?

I am only wanting to keep historical details correct. If you say Mama's own autobiography is wrong with 1908, but her newer biography (she told me is "correct") and Greg Niemann's book 'Baja Legends' puts the year as 1910... it is really odd.

20 years ago when her autobiography was written, she sure had a good memory of all 10 sibling's birth years. Where they all off by two years?

Anyway, I hope you had a nice visit with here no matter how old she is, she is a remarkable person, indeed!

ELINVESTIG8R - 10-22-2013 at 05:19 PM

Geez Louise. I have said enough on the subject!

David K - 10-22-2013 at 05:22 PM

Just trying to be a good detective Dave... no worries amigo!

mtgoat666 - 10-22-2013 at 07:56 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by ELINVESTIG8R
Well the book has it wrong! Period end of report. She was born October 16 1906 and was registered in 1910.


David, you will need to produce her long form birth certificate to prove your case. Why did you release only the short form? Where is the long form? Something fishy here,... Hmmmmmm,...

ELINVESTIG8R - 10-22-2013 at 08:08 PM

Quite Fishy Goat!

BajaBlanca - 10-22-2013 at 09:34 PM

Happy birthday!

bajacalifornian - 10-23-2013 at 08:47 AM

Too cool for words. A legend she is . . . Happy Birthday.

durrelllrobert - 10-23-2013 at 09:26 AM

How quickly we all forget? I have absolutely no memory of the day I was born 1937? or maybe 1938 or ???

Bajahowodd - 10-25-2013 at 04:43 PM

Do you get out of your wheelchair much?:lol::lol::lol::lol:

DianaT - 10-25-2013 at 06:52 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by David K
So when was her younger sister Adelaida born, if not 1906?

I am only wanting to keep historical details correct. If you say Mama's own autobiography is wrong with 1908, but her newer biography (she told me is "correct") and Greg Niemann's book 'Baja Legends' puts the year as 1910... it is really odd.


Who cares? She has survived a very long and important life and is a living legend.

Shoot, we celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the birth of the US on July 4th and that date is not accurate.

Happy Birthday and hope she has as many more as she desires.

windgrrl - 10-25-2013 at 08:58 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by DianaT
Quote:
Originally posted by David K
So when was her younger sister Adelaida born, if not 1906?

I am only wanting to keep historical details correct. If you say Mama's own autobiography is wrong with 1908, but her newer biography (she told me is "correct") and Greg Niemann's book 'Baja Legends' puts the year as 1910... it is really odd.


Who cares? She has survived a very long and important life and is a living legend.

Shoot, we celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the birth of the US on July 4th and that date is not accurate.

Happy Birthday and hope she has as many more as she desires.


Indeed. A lady deserves a little mystery wrapped around her age!

[Edited on 10-26-2013 by windgrrl]