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Centenarian: Eltevina Duran Barreiro

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Published: April 26, 2012 8:59 PM

 

Etelvina Duran Barreiro was born on April 18, 1912, in Galicia, Spain. She is the oldest of seven children. In 1933 she wed Alfonso Barreiro (now deceased) in Spain, where their daughter Maria (Mary) was born. Shortly after, they went to Brazil and had three more children — Ruben, Joseph and Alba. They came to Brooklyn in 1946. Etelvina learned English at night school and was a seamstress making…

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