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{{Short description|English supercentenarian (1873-1987)}} |
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| name = Anna Eliza Williams |
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| image = [[File:Анна_Еліза_Вільямс.jpg]] |
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| caption = Anna Eliza Williams |
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| birth_name = Anna Davies |
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1873|6|2|df=y}} |
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| birth_place = [[Burford]], England |
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| death_date = {{death date|1987|12|27|df=y}}<br />(age {{age in years and days|1873|6|2|1987|12|27|df=y}}) |
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| death_place = [[Swansea]], Wales |
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| nationality = English |
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| known_for = {{bulleted list|[[Oldest people|Oldest known living person]] (2 February - 27 December 1987|}} |
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* {{marriage|William Henry Williams|1906|1954|reason=d}} |
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'''Anna Eliza Williams''' ([[Birth name#Maiden and married names|née]] '''Davies'''; 2 June 1873 – 27 December 1987)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=1987-12-30 |title=Anna Williams; Oldest Person in World at 114 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-30-mn-21572-story.html |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Top-100 Deceased Supercentenarians |url=https://mindmaps.aginganalytics.com/reports/29/faces/800 |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=Aging Analytics Agency |language=en}}</ref> was a British supercentenarian who was the [[List of oldest people in the world|oldest living person in the world]] for the final 11 months of her life.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=1987-12-30 |title=Anna Williams; Oldest Person in World at 114 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-30-mn-21572-story.html |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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Although her record has since been surpassed, she remains the oldest person ever to die in [[Wales]]. |
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== Biography == |
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Williams was born in [[Burford, Shropshire|Burford]] in [[Shropshire]] in 1873 as '''Anna Davies'''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biography of Anna Eliza Williams |url=https://www.biographies.net/biography/anna-eliza-williams/m/02tvs9 |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=www.biographies.net}}</ref> She married William Henry Williams, who died in 1954. On 5 June 1975, at the age of 102, she voted in favour of retaining Britain's membership in the [[1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum|referendum on Great Britain's EC membership]]. At the end of her life she lived at the Tuxedo Home for the Aged in Swansea in [[Wales]]. |
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With the death of Mary McKinney on 2 February 1987, she became the oldest person in the world. She died on the evening of 27 December, 1987, at the Tuxedo Home at the age of 114. She was succeeded as the oldest human by [[Florence Knapp (supercentenarian)|Florence Knapp]] and as the oldest European by [[Jeanne Calment]]. |
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Several of Williams' relatives also lived to old ages: her mother lived to be 94, and Williams' seven siblings lived to at least 80 years old. The eldest even lived to be 101. Connie Harvey, Williams' daughter, reached the age of 107. |
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==See also== |
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[[Category:1873 births]] |
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[[Category:1987 deaths]] |
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[[Category:19th-century British women]] |
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[[Category:20th-century British women]] |
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[[Category:British supercentenarians]] |
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[[Category:People from Shropshire]] |
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[[Category:People from Swansea]] |
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[[Category:Women supercentenarians]] |
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[[Category:World record holders]] |
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