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{{Short description|People from the U.S.A. who have attained or surpassed the age of 110 years}} |
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'''American supercentenarians''' are citizens or residents of the [[United States]] who have attained or surpassed 110 years of age. {{As of|January 2015}}, the [[Gerontology Research Group]] (GRG) had validated the longevity claims of 782 American [[supercentenarian]]s.<ref name=GRG-G-2015/>{{Needs update|date=December 2023}} As of {{date|2=MDY}}, it lists the oldest living American-born person as Spanish emigrant [[Maria Branyas]] (born in [[San Francisco, California]], on March 4, 1907), aged {{age in years and days|1907|03|04}}. The oldest American resident is listed as [[Elizabeth Francis]] (born in [[Houston|Houston, Texas]], on July 25, 1909), aged {{ayd | July 25, 1909}}.<ref name=WSRL/> The longest-lived person ever from the United States is [[Sarah Knauss]], of [[Hollywood, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania]], who died on December 30, 1999, aged 119 years and 97 days.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/584685.stm|title=World's oldest person misses millennium|work=[[BBC News]]|date=December 31, 1999|access-date=November 8, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Frassinelli|first=Mike|url=http://grg.org/knauss119.htm|title=Mrs. Sarah Knauss, the World's Oldest Person, Turns 119|newspaper=[[The Morning Call]]|date=September 25, 1999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071227005447/http://www.grg.org/knauss119.htm|url-status=live|archive-date=December 27, 2007}}</ref> |
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== 100 oldest known Americans == |
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Below is a list of the 100 longest lived American supercentenarians according to the GRG and reliable sourcing.<ref name=GRG-G-2015/><ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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! scope="col" | Rank |
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! scope="col" | Name |
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! scope="col" | Sex |
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! scope="col" data-sort-type="date" | Birth date |
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! scope="col" data-sort-type="date" | Death date |
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! scope="col" | Age |
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! scope="col" | Birthplace |
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! scope="col" | Place of death <br/> or residence |
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| {{0}}1 |
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! Name |
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| data-sort-value="Knauss" | [[Sarah Knauss]]<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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! From |
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| {{center|F}} |
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! To |
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| September 24, 1880 |
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! Age range |
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| December 30, 1999 |
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! Gender |
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| {{ayd | September 24, 1880 | December 30, 1999}} |
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! Lifespan |
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| [[Pennsylvania]] |
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! State/Country |
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| Pennsylvania |
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|- style="background:#9f9;" |
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| style="background:#f9f9f9;" | {{0}}2 |
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| data-sort-value="Branyas" | [[Maria Branyas]]<ref name=WSRL/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| March 4, 1907 |
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| Living |
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| {{ayd | March 4, 1907}} |
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| [[California]] |
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| [[Spain]] |
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| {{0}}3 |
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| Mary Bittlebrun |
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| data-sort-value="Welford" | Delphia Welford<ref name=GRG-2023/> |
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| May 18, 1974 |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| August 6, 1976<br> (811 days) |
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| September 9, 1875 |
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| 110–112 |
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| November 14, 1992 |
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| F |
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| {{ayd | September 9, 1875 | November 14, 1992}} |
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| March 19, 1864 – August 6, 1976<br />112 years 140 days |
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| [[Mississippi]] |
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| {{flag|Illinois}} (born) <br />{{flag|Arkansas}} (died) |
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| [[Tennessee]] |
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| {{0}}4 |
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| Sophia DeMuth |
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| data-sort-value="Jones, Susannah" | [[Susannah Mushatt Jones]]<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| August 6, 1976 |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| December 2, 1977<br> (483 days) |
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| July 6, 1899 |
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| 110–111 |
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| May 12, 2016 |
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| F |
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| {{ayd | July 6, 1899 | May 12, 2016}} |
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| June 30, 1866 – December 2, 1977<br />111 years 155 days |
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| [[Alabama]] |
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| {{flag|Missouri}} (born) <br /> {{flag|Nebraska}} (died) |
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| [[New York (state)|New York]] |
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| {{0}}5 |
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| Fannie Thomas |
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| data-sort-value="Weaver" | Gertrude Weaver<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| December 2, 1977 |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| January 22, 1981<br> (1,147 days) |
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| July 4, 1898 |
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| 110–113 |
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| April 6, 2015 |
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| F |
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| nowrap | {{ayd | July 4, 1898 | April 6, 2015}} |
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| April 14?, 1867 – January 22, 1981<br />113 years 283? days |
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| [[Arkansas]] |
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| {{flag|Illinois}} (born) <br /> {{flag|California}} (died) |
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| Arkansas |
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| {{0}}6 |
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| Neille Spencer |
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| data-sort-value="Bolden" | [[Elizabeth Bolden]]<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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| January 22, 1981 |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| November 13, 1982<br> (660 days) |
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| August 15, 1890 |
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| 111–113 |
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| December 11, 2006 |
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| F |
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| August |
| {{ayd | August 15, 1890 | December 11, 2006}} |
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| Tennessee |
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| {{flag|New Hampshire}} (born) <br />{{flag|New Jersey}} (died) |
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| Tennessee |
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| {{0}}7 |
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| Emma Wilson |
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| data-sort-value="Cooper" | [[Besse Cooper]]<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| November 13, 1982 |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| October 13, 1983<br> (334 days) |
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| August 26, 1896 |
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| 112–113 |
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| December 4, 2012 |
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| F |
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| {{ayd | August 26, 1896 | December 4, 2012}} |
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| May 12, 1870 – October 13, 1983<br />113 years 154 days |
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| Tennessee |
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| {{flag|Missouri}} |
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| [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] |
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| {{0}}8 |
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| Matthew Beard |
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| data-sort-value="Talley" | [[Jeralean Talley]]<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| October 13, 1983 |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| February 16, 1985<br> (492 days) |
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| May 23, 1899 |
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| 113–114? |
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| June 17, 2015 |
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| M |
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| {{ayd | May 23, 1899 | June 17, 2015}} |
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| July 9, 1870? – February 16, 1985<br />114? years 222 days |
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| Georgia |
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| {{flag|Virginia}} (born) <br /> {{flag|Florida}} (died) |
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| [[Michigan]] |
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|- |
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| {{0}}9 |
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| data-sort-value="Ceccarelli" | [[Edith Ceccarelli]]<ref name=2024-Deaths/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| February 5, 1908 |
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| February 22, 2024<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/edie-ceccarelli-willits-resident-and-oldest-living-american-dies-two-week/?gallery=7e411f74-ab6e-433a-b847-84c4a05e2685 |title=Edie Ceccarelli, Willits resident and oldest living American, dies two weeks after 116th birthday |first=Chris |last=Smith |publisher=[[The Press Democrat]] |date=February 22, 2024 |access-date=February 23, 2024}}</ref> |
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| {{ayd | February 5, 1908 | February 22, 2024}} |
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| California |
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| California |
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| 10 |
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| Ollie Bay |
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| data-sort-value="Barnes" | [[#Maggie Barnes|Maggie Barnes]]<ref name=GRG-G-2015/>{{efn|May have been older (116 or even 117); possibly born in 1881 or even 1880}} |
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| February 16, 1985 |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| December 31?, 1985<br> (318 days) |
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| March 6, 1882 |
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| 112–113 |
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| January 19, 1998 |
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| F |
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| {{ayd | March 6, 1882 | January 19, 1998}} |
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| November 11, 1872 – December 31?, 1985<br />113 years 50? days |
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| [[North Carolina]] |
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| {{flag|Illinois}} |
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| North Carolina |
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| 11 |
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| [[Mamie Eva Keith]] |
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| data-sort-value="Manfredini" | Dina Manfredini<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| December 31?, 1985 |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| September 20, 1986<br> (263 days) |
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| April 4, 1897 |
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| 112–113 |
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| December 17, 2012 |
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| F |
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| {{ayd | April 4, 1897 | December 17, 2012}} |
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| March 22, 1873 – September 20, 1986<br />113 years 182 days |
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| [[Italy]] |
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| {{flag|Illinois}} |
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| [[Iowa]] |
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| 12 |
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| Mary McKinney |
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| data-sort-value="Mortensen" | [[Christian Mortensen]]<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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| September 20, 1986 |
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| {{center|M}} |
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| February 2, 1987<br> (135 days) |
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| August 16, 1882 |
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| 113 |
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| April 25, 1998 |
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| F |
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| {{ayd | August 16, 1882 | April 25, 1998}} |
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| May 30, 1873 – February 2, 1987<br />113 years 248 days |
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| [[Denmark]] |
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| {{flag|California}} |
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| California |
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|- |
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| Florence Knapp |
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| February 2, 1987 |
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| January 11, 1988<br> (343 days) |
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| 113–114 |
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| F |
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| October 10, 1873 – January 11, 1988<br />114 years 93 days |
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| {{flag|Pennsylvania}} |
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|- |
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| Carrie C. White |
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| January 11, 1988 |
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| February 14, 1991<br> (1,130 days) |
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| 113–116?<br>(disputed) |
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| F |
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| November 18, 1874? – February 14, 1991<br />116? years 88 days |
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| {{flag|Florida}} |
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| 13 |
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| [[Lucy Hannah]] |
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| data-sort-value="Ford" | Hester Ford<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| February 14, 1991 |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| March 21, 1993<br> (766 days) |
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| August 15, 1905 |
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| 115–117 |
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| April 17, 2021<ref>{{cite news |last1=Korynta |first1=Emma |last2=Mendis |first2=Tanya |url=https://www.wcnc.com/article/features/producers-picks/hester-ford-dies-at-116/275-fec0a906-3788-4199-b3d8-11d85f73bd03 |title=She was a pillar {{!}} Hester Ford, oldest living American, has died at 116 |date=April 17, 2021 |access-date=April 17, 2021 |publisher=[[WCNC-TV]]}}</ref> |
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| F |
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| {{ayd | August 15, 1905 | April 17, 2021}} |
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| July 16, 1875 – March 21, 1993<br />117 years 248 days |
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| [[South Carolina]] |
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| {{flag|Alabama}} (born) <br /> {{flag|Michigan}} (died) |
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| North Carolina |
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| 14 |
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| [[Margaret Skeete]] |
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| data-sort-value="Parker" | [[Edna Parker]]<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| March 21, 1993 |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| May 7, 1994<br> (412 days) |
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| April 20, 1893 |
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| 114–115 |
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| November 26, 2008 |
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| F |
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| {{ayd | April 20, 1893 | November 26, 2008}} |
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| October 27, 1878 – May 7, 1994<br />115 years 192 days |
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| [[Indiana]] |
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| {{flag|Texas}} (born) <br /> {{flag|Virginia}} (died) |
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| Indiana |
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| 15 |
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| Wilhelmina Kott |
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| data-sort-value="Skeete" | Margaret Skeete<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| October 27, 1878 |
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| May 7, 1994 |
| May 7, 1994 |
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| {{ayd | October 27, 1878 | May 7, 1994}} |
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| September 6, 1994<br> (122 days) |
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| [[Texas]] |
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| 114 |
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| [[Virginia]] |
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| F |
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| March 7, 1880 – September 6, 1994<br />114 years 183 days |
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| {{flag|Illinois}} |
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| 16 |
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| [[Sarah Knauss]] |
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| data-sort-value="Madigan" | Bernice Madigan<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| September 6, 1994 |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| December 30, 1999<br> (1,941 days) |
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| July 24, 1899 |
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| 113–119 |
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| January 3, 2015 |
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| F |
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| {{ayd | July 24, 1899 | January 3, 2015}} |
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| September 24, 1880 – December 30, 1999<br />119 years 97 days |
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| [[Massachusetts]] |
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| {{flag|Pennsylvania}} |
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| Massachusetts |
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| 17 |
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| Myrtle Dorsey |
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| data-sort-value="Baines" | Gertrude Baines<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| December 30, 1999 |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| June 25, 2000<br> (178 days) |
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| April 6, 1894 |
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| 114 |
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| September 11, 2009 |
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| F |
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| {{ayd | April 6, 1894 | September 11, 2009}} |
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| November 22, 1885 – June 25, 2000<br />114 years 216 days |
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| Georgia |
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| {{flag|Ohio}} |
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| California |
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| 18 |
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| [[Maude Farris-Luse]] |
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| data-sort-value="Wilson" | [[#Bettie Wilson|Bettie Wilson]]<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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| June 25, 2000 |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| March 18, 2002<br> (631 days) |
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| September 13, 1890 |
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| 113–115 |
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| February 13, 2006 |
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| F |
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| {{ayd | September 13, 1890 | February 13, 2006}} |
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| January 21, 1887 – March 18, 2002<br />115 years 56 days |
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| Mississippi |
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| {{flag|Michigan}} |
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| Mississippi |
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| 19 |
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| Grace Clawson |
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| data-sort-value="Westman" | Iris Westman<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| March 18, 2002 |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| May 28, 2002<br> (71 days) |
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| August 28, 1905 |
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| 114 |
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| January 3, 2021<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iversonkassianfuneralservices.com/obituary/Iris-Westman|title=Obituary for Iris Westman|website=Iverson – Kassian Funeral Services}}</ref> |
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| F |
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| {{ayd | August 28, 1905 | January 3, 2021}} |
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| November 15, 1887 – May 28, 2002<br />114 years 194 days |
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| [[North Dakota]] |
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| {{flag|United Kingdom}} (born)<br />{{flag|Florida}} (died) |
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| North Dakota |
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| 20 |
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| Adelina Domingues |
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| data-sort-value="Gaudette" | [[Marie-Josephine Gaudette]]<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| May 28, 2002 |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| August 21, 2002<br> (85 days) |
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| March 25, 1902 |
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| 114 |
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| July 13, 2017 |
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| F |
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| {{ayd | March 25, 1902 | July 13, 2017}} |
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| February 19, 1888 – August 21, 2002<br />114 years 183 days |
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| [[New Hampshire]] |
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| {{flag|Cape Verde}} (born)<br />{{flag|California}} (died) |
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| Italy |
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| Mae Harrington |
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| data-sort-value="Gibson, Susie" | Susie Gibson<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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| August 21, 2002 |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| December 29, 2002<br> (130 days) |
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| October 31, 1890 |
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| 113 |
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| February 16, 2006 |
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| F |
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| rowspan=2 | {{ayd | October 31, 1890 | February 16, 2006}} |
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| January 20, 1889 – December 29, 2002<br />113 years 343 days |
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| Mississippi |
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| {{flag|New York}} |
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| Alabama |
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| data-sort-value="Sutcliffe" | Thelma Sutcliffe<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| [[Mary Christian]] |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| December 29, 2002 |
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| October 1, 1906 |
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| April 20, 2003<br> (112 days) |
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| January 17, 2022<ref>{{Cite news|last=Conley|first=Alia|date=January 20, 2022|title=Omaha woman who was oldest living person in U.S. has died at 115|work=[[Omaha World-Herald]]|url=https://omaha.com/news/local/omaha-woman-who-was-oldest-living-person-in-u-s-has-died-at-115/article_bbcf726c-7a23-11ec-9bda-4fa92ab64e20.html|access-date=January 20, 2022}}</ref> |
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| 113 |
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| [[Nebraska]] |
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| F |
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| Nebraska |
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| June 12, 1889 – April 20, 2003<br />113 years 312 days |
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| {{flag|Massachusetts}} (born) <br /> {{flag|California}} (died) |
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| 23 |
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| Elena Slough |
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| data-sort-value="Kern" | Edna Kern<ref name=GRG-2023/> |
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| April 20, 2003 |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| October 5, 2003<br> (168 days) |
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| October 14, 1900 |
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| 113–114 |
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| January 20, 2016 |
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| F |
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| {{ayd | October 14, 1900 | January 20, 2016}} |
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| California |
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| {{flag|Pennsylvania}} (born) <br /> {{flag|New Jersey}} (died) |
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| [[Nevada]] |
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| 24 |
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| [[Charlotte Benkner]] |
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| data-sort-value="Holtz" | Augusta Holtz<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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| October 5, 2003 |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| May 14, 2004<br> (222 days) |
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| August 3, 1871 |
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| 113–114 |
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| October 21, 1986 |
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| F |
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| {{ayd | August 3, 1871 | October 21, 1986}} |
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| November 16, 1889 – May 14, 2004 <br /> 114 years 180 days |
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| [[Prussia]]{{efn|Holtz was born in the [[Province of Posen]], which was a part of the [[German Empire]] at the time of her birth. Today, this area is a part of [[Poland]].}} |
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| {{flag|Germany}} (born) <br /> {{flag|Ohio}} (died) |
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| [[Missouri]] |
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| 25 |
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| [[Emma Verona Johnston]] |
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| data-sort-value="Hendricks" | Bessie Hendricks<ref name=2023-Deaths/> |
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| May 14, 2004 |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| December 1, 2004<br> (201 days) |
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| November 7, 1907 |
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| 113–114 |
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| January 3, 2023<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/local/2023/01/04/bessie-hendricks-death-obituary-oldest-person-america-united-states-iowa/69778962007/|title=Iowan Bessie Hendricks, America's oldest person, dies at 115 in Lake City|last=Block|first=Francesca|publisher=[[The Des Moines Register]]|date=4 January 2023|access-date=4 January 2023}}</ref> |
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| F |
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| {{ayd | November 7, 1907 | January 3, 2023}} |
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| August 6, 1890 – December 1, 2004<br />114 years 117 days |
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| Iowa |
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| Iowa |
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| 26 |
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| [[Elizabeth Bolden]] |
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| data-sort-value="Wiggins" | Easter Wiggins<ref name=GRG-2020/> |
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| December 1, 2004 |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| December 11, 2006<br> (740 days) |
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| June 1, 1875 |
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| 114–116 |
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| July 7, 1990 |
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| F |
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| {{ayd | June 1, 1875 | July 7, 1990}} |
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| August 15, 1890 – December 11, 2006<br />116 years 118 days |
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| Mississippi |
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| {{flag|Tennessee}} |
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| Mississippi |
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| 27 |
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| [[Emma Tillman]] |
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| data-sort-value="Farris" | Maud Farris-Luse<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lq1.wpengine.com/supercentenarians/maud-farris-luse/ |title=Maud Farris-Luse |publisher=LongeviQuest |date=August 27, 2023 |access-date=August 27, 2023}}</ref> |
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| December 11, 2006 |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| January 28, 2007<br> (48 days) |
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| February 21, 1887 |
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| 114 |
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| March 18, 2002 |
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| F |
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| {{ayd | February 21, 1887 | March 18, 2002}} |
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| November 22, 1892 – January 28, 2007<br />114 years 67 days |
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| Michigan |
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| {{flag|North Carolina}} (born) <br /> {{flag|Connecticut}} (died) |
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| Michigan |
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| 28 |
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| [[Corinne Dixon Taylor]] |
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| data-sort-value="Rivera" | Antonia Gerena Rivera<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| January 28, 2007 |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| February 14, 2007<br> (17 days) |
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| May 19, 1900 |
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| 113 |
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| June 2, 2015 |
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| F |
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| {{ayd | May 19, 1900 | June 2, 2015}} |
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| April 2, 1893 – February 14, 2007<br />113 years 318 days |
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| [[Puerto Rico]]{{efn|Residents of Puerto Rico born on or after April 25, 1898, are United States citizens.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Levinson |first1=Sanford |last2=Sparrow |first2=Bartholomew H. |title=The Louisiana Purchase and American Expansion: 1803–1898 |location=New York |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |year=2005 |pages=166 and 178 |quote=U.S. citizenship was extended to residents of Puerto Rico by virtue of the Jones Act, chap. 190, 39 Stat. 951 (1971)(codified at 48 U.S.C. § 731 (1987)) }}</ref>}} |
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| {{flag|Washington, D.C.}} |
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| [[Florida]] |
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| 29 |
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| [[Edna Parker]] |
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| data-sort-value="Bidwell" | [[#Mary Bidwell|Mary Bidwell]]<ref name=Bidwell>{{cite web |url=https://lq1.wpengine.com/supercentenarians/mary-bidwell/ |title=Mary Bidwell |publisher=LongeviQuest |date=August 27, 2023 |access-date=August 27, 2023}}</ref> |
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| February 14, 2007 |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| November 26, 2008<br> (651 days) |
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| May 9, 1881 |
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| 113–115 |
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| April 25, 1996 |
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| F |
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| {{ayd | May 9, 1881 | April 25, 1996}} |
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| April 20, 1893 – November 26, 2008<br />115 years 220 days |
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| [[Connecticut]] |
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| {{flag|Indiana}} |
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| Connecticut |
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| 30 |
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| bgcolor="99FF99" | '''[[Gertrude Baines]]''' |
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| data-sort-value="Plummer" | Hazel Plummer<ref name=2023-Deaths/> |
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| bgcolor="99FF99" | '''November 26, 2008''' |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| bgcolor="99FF99" | '''Present'''<br>'''({{age in days|2008|11|26}} days)''' |
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| June 19, 1908 |
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| bgcolor="99FF99" | '''114 –''' |
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| May 25, 2023<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.littletonma.org/home/news/hazel-plummer-1908-2023|title=Hazel Plummer 1908 – 2023|website=Littleton MA|date=May 25, 2023|access-date=May 27, 2023}}</ref> |
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| bgcolor="99FF99" | '''F''' |
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| {{ayd | June 19, 1908 | May 25, 2023}} |
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| bgcolor="99FF99"| '''April 6, 1894 –'''<br>'''age, {{age in years and days|1894|4|6}}''' |
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| Massachusetts |
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| bgcolor="99FF99" | {{flagicon|Georgia (U.S. state)}} [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] (born) <br /> {{flag|California}} (residence) |
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| Massachusetts |
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|} |
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==The forty oldest verified Americans in History== |
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{{main article|List of the verified oldest people}} |
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{| class="wikitable" |
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! Rank !! width=17%|Name !! width=17%|Age !! width=17%|Born !! width=17%|Died !! Sex !! Race !!width=22%|State/Territory of Birth |
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| 31 |
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| 1 || [[Sarah Knauss]] || 119 years, 97 days || September 24, 1880 || December 30, 1999 || F || W ||{{flagicon|Pennsylvania}} Born in [[Pennsylvania]]. |
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| data-sort-value="Burks" | Ophelia Burks<ref name=GRG-Historical/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| October 25, 1903 |
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| September 27, 2018 |
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| {{ayd | October 25, 1903 | September 27, 2018}} |
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| [[Louisiana]] |
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| Louisiana |
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|- style="background:#9f9;" |
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| style="background:#f9f9f9;" | 32 |
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| data-sort-value="Francis" | [[Elizabeth Francis]]<ref name=WSRL/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| July 25, 1909 |
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| Living |
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| {{ayd | July 25, 1909}} |
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| Louisiana |
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| Texas |
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|- |
|- |
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| 33 |
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| 2 || [[Lucy Hannah]] ||nowrap| 117 years, 248 days || July 16, 1875 || March 21, 1993 || F || B ||{{flagicon|Alabama}} Born in [[Alabama]]. |
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| data-sort-value="Ray" | Mary Josephine Ray<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| May 17, 1895 |
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| March 7, 2010 |
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| {{ayd | May 17, 1895 | March 7, 2010}} |
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| [[Canada]] |
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| New Hampshire |
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|- |
|- |
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| 34 |
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| 3 || [[Elizabeth Bolden]] || 116 years, 118 days || August 15, 1890 || December 11, 2006 || F || B ||{{flagicon|Tennessee}} Born in [[Tennessee]]. |
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| data-sort-value="Steinberg" | Goldie Steinberg<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| October 30, 1900 |
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| August 16, 2015 |
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| {{ayd | October 30, 1900 | August 16, 2015}} |
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| [[Moldova]]{{efn|Steinberg was born in [[Chișinău|Kishinev]], which had then been a part of the [[Russian Empire]]. It is now the capital of Moldova.}} |
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| New York |
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|- |
|- |
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| 35 |
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| 4 || [[Carrie C. White]]<ref>Recent research has indicated [[Carrie C. White]] might in fact have been 21 rather than 35 when she was institutionalized, meaning she may have died at 102 (instead of 116).</ref> || 116 years, 88 days<br>(disputed) || November 18, 1874 || February 14, 1991 || F || W||{{flagicon|Florida}} Born in [[Florida]]. |
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| data-sort-value="Gibson, Delphine" | Delphine Gibson<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| August 17, 1903 |
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| May 9, 2018 |
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| {{ayd | August 17, 1903 | May 9, 2018}} |
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| South Carolina |
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| Pennsylvania |
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|- |
|- |
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| 36 |
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| 5 || [[Maggie Barnes]] || 115 years, 319 days || March 6, 1882 || January 19, 1998 || F || B ||{{flagicon|North Carolina}} Born in [[North Carolina]]. |
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| data-sort-value="Royster" | Mary Royster<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lq1.wpengine.com/supercentenarians/mary-royster/ |title=Mary Royster |publisher=LongeviQuest |date=March 28, 2024 |access-date=March 30, 2024}}</ref> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| April 15, 1875 |
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| December 28, 1989 |
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| {{ayd | April 15, 1875 | December 28, 1989}} |
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| Virginia |
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| North Carolina |
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|- |
|- |
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| 37 |
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| 6 || [[Edna Parker]] || {{age in years and days|1893|4|20|2008|11|26}} || April 20, 1893 || November 26, 2008 || F || W ||{{flagicon|Indiana}} Born in [[Indiana]]. |
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| data-sort-value="Morris" | Neva Morris<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| August 3, 1895 |
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| April 6, 2010 |
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| {{ayd | August 3, 1895 | April 6, 2010}} |
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| Iowa |
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| Iowa |
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|- |
|- |
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| 38 |
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| 7 || [[Margaret Skeete]] || 115 years, 192 days || October 27, 1878 || May 7, 1994 || F || W || {{flagicon|Texas}} Born in [[Texas]]. |
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| data-sort-value="Cobb" | Blanche Cobb<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| September 8, 1900 |
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| May 1, 2015 |
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| {{ayd | September 8, 1900 | May 1, 2015}} |
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| Georgia |
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| Florida |
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|- |
|- |
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| 39 |
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| 8 || [[Bettie Wilson]] || 115 years, 153 days || September 13, 1890 || February 13, 2006 || F || B || {{flagicon|Mississippi}} Born in [[Mississippi]]. |
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| data-sort-value="Mangold" | Mila Mangold<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| November 14, 1907 |
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| July 2, 2022<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ktvu.com/news/bay-area-woman-who-was-the-oldest-living-in-california-dies-at-age-114|title=Bay Area woman who was the oldest living in California dies at age 114|first=Sharon|last=Song|publisher=[[KTVU]]|date=July 12, 2022|access-date=July 13, 2022}}</ref> |
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| {{ayd | November 14, 1907 | July 2, 2022}} |
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| Nebraska |
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| California |
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|- |
|- |
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| 40 |
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| 9 || [[Susie Gibson]] || 115 years, 108 days || October 31, 1890 || February 16, 2006 || F || W || {{flagicon|Mississippi}} Born in [[Mississippi]]. |
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| data-sort-value="Dorsey" | Myrtle Dorsey<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lq1.wpengine.com/supercentenarians/myrtle-dorsey/ |title=Myrtle Dorsey |publisher=LongeviQuest |date=August 27, 2023 |access-date=August 27, 2023}}</ref> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| November 20, 1885 |
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| June 25, 2000 |
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| {{ayd | November 20, 1885 | June 25, 2000}} |
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| [[Ohio]] |
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| Ohio |
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|- |
|- |
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| 41 |
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| 10 || [[Maude Farris-Luse]] || 115 years, 56 days || January 21, 1887 || March 18, 2002 || F || W ||{{flagicon|Michigan}} Born in [[Michigan]]. |
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| data-sort-value="Lazenby" | Carrie Lazenby<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lq1.wpengine.com/supercentenarians/carrie-lazenby/ |title=Carrie Lazenby |publisher=LongeviQuest |date=September 22, 2023 |access-date=December 18, 2023}}</ref> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| February 9, 1882 |
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| September 4, 1996 |
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| {{ayd | February 9, 1882 | September 4, 1996}} |
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| Georgia |
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| [[Illinois]] |
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|- |
|- |
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| 42 |
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| 11 || [[Mary Bidwell]] || 114 years, 352 days || May 9, 1881 || April 25, 1996 || F || W ||{{flagicon|Connecticut}} Born in [[Connecticut]]. |
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| data-sort-value="Breuning" | [[Walter Breuning]]<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| {{center|M}} |
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| September 21, 1896 |
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| April 14, 2011 |
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| {{ayd | September 21, 1896 | April 14, 2011}} |
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| [[Minnesota]] |
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| [[Montana]] |
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|- |
|- |
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| 43 |
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| bgcolor="99FF99"| '''12''' || bgcolor="99FF99"| '''[[Gertrude Baines]]''' ||bgcolor="99FF99"| '''{{age in years and days|1894|4|6}}''' ||bgcolor="99FF99"| '''April 6, 1894''' ||bgcolor="99FF99"| '''Living''' ||bgcolor="99FF99"| '''F''' ||bgcolor="99FF99"|'''B'''||bgcolor="99FF99"| '''[[Image:Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg|22px]] Born in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].''' |
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| data-sort-value="Sanborn" | Eunice Sanborn<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| July 20, 1896 |
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| January 31, 2011 |
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| {{ayd | July 20, 1896 | January 31, 2011}} |
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| Louisiana |
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| Texas |
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|- |
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| 44 |
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| 13 || Mathew Beard <ref name="Beard">The [[Social Security Administration]] (USA) recognizes Beard's claim, based on census information, but that census match is not universally accepted.</ref>|| 114? years, 222 days || July 9, 1870? || February 16, 1985 || M || B ||{{flagicon|Virginia}} Born in [[Virginia]]. |
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| data-sort-value="Clawson" | Grace Clawson<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| November 15, 1887 |
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| May 28, 2002 |
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| {{ayd | November 15, 1887 | May 28, 2002}} |
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| [[United Kingdom]] |
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| New York |
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|- |
|- |
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| rowspan=2 | 45 |
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| 14 || [[Carrie Lazenby]] || 114 years, 218 days || February 9, 1882 || September 14, 1996 || F || B ||[[Image:Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg|22px]] Born in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. |
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| data-sort-value="Kott" | Wilhelmina Kott<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| March 7, 1880 |
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| September 6, 1994 |
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| rowspan=2 | {{ayd | March 7, 1880 | September 6, 1994}} |
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| Illinois |
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| Illinois |
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|- |
|- |
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| data-sort-value="Domingues" | Adelina Domingues<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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| 15 || Myrtle Dorsey || 114 years, 216 days || November 22, 1885 || June 25, 2000 || F || W ||{{flagicon|Ohio}} Born in [[Ohio]]. |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| February 19, 1888 |
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| August 21, 2002 |
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| [[Cape Verde]]{{efn|Domingues was born in Cape Verde, which was at that time a [[Colonial Cape Verde|Portuguese colony]]. Now it is an independent country.}} |
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| California |
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|- |
|- |
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| 47 |
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| 16 || [[Wilhelmina Kott]] || 114 years, 183 days || March 7, 1880 || September 6, 1994 || F || W ||{{flagicon|Illinois}} Born in [[Illinois]]. |
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| data-sort-value="Mirigian" | Lucy Mirigian<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| August 15, 1906 |
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| February 12, 2021 |
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| {{ayd | August 15, 1906 | February 12, 2021}} |
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| [[Armenia]]{{efn|Mirigian was born in Armenia, then part of the [[Ottoman Empire]].}} |
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| California |
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|- |
|- |
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| 48 |
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| 17 || [[Martha Graham (supercentenarian)|Martha Graham]]<ref name="Leapday1">The day count for [[Martha Graham (supercentenarian)|Martha Graham]] is an estimate as her month of birth is known but not her date of birth.</ref> || 114 years, c.180 days || December, 1844 ||June 25, 1959 || F || B ||{{flagicon|Virginia}} Born in [[Virginia]]. |
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| data-sort-value="Benkner" | [[#Charlotte Benkner|Charlotte Benkner]]<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| November 16, 1889 |
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| May 14, 2004 |
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| {{ayd | November 16, 1889 | May 14, 2004}} |
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| [[Germany]] |
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| Ohio |
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|- |
|- |
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| 49 |
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| 18 || [[Ettie Mae Greene]] || 114 years, 171 days || September 8, 1877 || February 26, 1992 || F || W || {{flagicon|West Virginia}} Born in [[West Virginia]]. |
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| data-sort-value="Greene" | Ettie Mae Greene<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lq1.wpengine.com/supercentenarians/ettie-mae-greene/ |title=Ettie Mae Greene |publisher=LongeviQuest |date=August 29, 2023 |access-date=August 29, 2023}}</ref> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| September 19, 1877 |
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| February 26, 1992 |
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| {{ayd | September 19, 1877 | February 26, 1992}} |
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| [[West Virginia]] |
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| West Virginia |
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|- |
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| 50 |
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| 19 || Irene Frank || 114 years, 150 days || October 1, 1881 || February 28, 1996 || F || W ||{{flagicon|Texas}} Born in [[Texas]]. |
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| data-sort-value="Velasco" | Dominga Velasco<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| May 12, 1901 |
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| October 11, 2015 |
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| {{ayd | May 12, 1901 | October 11, 2015}} |
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| [[Mexico]] |
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| California |
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|- |
|- |
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| 51 |
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| 20 || [[Emma Verona Johnston]] || 114 years, 117 days || August 6, 1890 || December 1, 2004 || F || W ||{{flagicon|Iowa}} Born in [[Iowa]]. |
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| data-sort-value="Frank" | Irene Frank<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| October 1, 1881 |
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| February 28, 1996 |
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| {{ayd | October 1, 1881 | February 28, 1996}} |
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| Texas |
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| Missouri |
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|- |
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| 52 |
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| 21 || Bettie Chatmon || 114 years, 108 days || April 30, 1884 || August 16, 1998 || F || B || {{flagicon|Louisiana}} Born in [[Louisiana]]. |
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| data-sort-value="Jordan" | Georgia Ella Jordan<ref name=GRG-2024/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| September 18, 1880 |
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| February 9, 1995 |
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| {{ayd | September 18, 1880 | February 9, 1995}} |
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| Georgia |
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| Virginia |
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|- |
|- |
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| rowspan=2 | 53 |
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| 22 || Odie Matthews || 114 years, 107 days || December 28, 1878 || April 14, 1993 || F || W || {{flagicon|Texas}} Born in [[Texas]]. |
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| data-sort-value="Thomas, Olivia" | Olivia Patricia Thomas<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| June 29, 1895 |
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| November 16, 2009 |
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| rowspan=2 | {{ayd | June 29, 1895 | November 16, 2009}} |
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| Iowa |
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| New York |
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|- |
|- |
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| data-sort-value="Murphy" | Alelia Murphy<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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|rowspan="2"|23 || [[Florence Knapp]] || 114 years, 93 days || October 10, 1873 || January 11, 1988 || F || W ||{{flagicon|Pennsylvania}} Born in [[Pennsylvania]]. |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| July 6, 1905 |
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| November 23, 2019 |
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| North Carolina |
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| New York |
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|- |
|- |
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| 55 |
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| [[Elena Slough]] || 114 years, 93 days || July 4, 1889 || October 5, 2003 || F || W ||{{flagicon|Pennsylvania}} Born in [[Pennsylvania]]. |
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| data-sort-value="Dunham" | Irene Dunham<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| December 16, 1907 |
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| May 1, 2022<ref>{{Cite news|last=Greco|first=Rachel|date=May 2, 2022|title=Irene Dunham, the last surviving student of Bath School bombing, Michigan's oldest resident, has died|work=[[Lansing State Journal]]|url=https://eu.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/05/02/lansings-irene-dunham-michigans-oldest-resident-dies-age-114/9613036002/|access-date=May 2, 2022}}</ref> |
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| {{ayd | December 16, 1907 | May 1, 2022}} |
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| Michigan |
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| Michigan |
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|- |
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| rowspan=2 | 56 |
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| 25 || Mary Anna Boone || 114 years, 92 days || February 10, 1887 || May 13, 2001 || F || W ||{{flagicon|Kentucky}} Born in [[Kentucky]]. |
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| data-sort-value="Willis" | Nina Willis<ref name=2023-Deaths/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| January 14, 1909 |
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| May 17, 2023<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.articobits.com/obituaries/donald-trimble-mortuary/nina-frazier-willis-obituary |title=Obituary for Nina Frazier Willis |publisher=Donald Trimble Mortuary |access-date=May 21, 2023}}</ref> |
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| rowspan=2 | {{ayd | January 14, 1909 | May 17, 2023}} |
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| Georgia |
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| Georgia |
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|- |
|- |
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| data-sort-value="Berg" | [[Pearl Berg]]<ref name=2024-Deaths/> |
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| 26 || [[Emma Tillman]] || 114 years, 67 days || November 22, 1892 || January 28, 2007 || F || B ||{{flagicon|North Carolina}} Born in [[North Carolina]]. |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| October 1, 1909 |
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| February 1, 2024<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-02-05/9th-oldest-person-in-the-world-pearl-berg-dies-at-114 |title=Pearl Berg, 9th oldest person in the world, dies in L.A. at 114 |first=Karen |last=Garcia |publisher=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=February 5, 2024 |access-date=February 5, 2024}}</ref> |
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| Indiana |
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| California |
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| 58 |
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| 27 || [[Grace Thaxton]] || 114 years, 18 days || June 18, 1891 || July 6, 2005 || F || W ||{{flagicon|New York}} Born in [[New York]]. |
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| data-sort-value="Henderson" | Anna Henderson<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| March 5, 1900 |
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| July 1, 2014 |
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| {{ayd | March 5, 1900 | July 1, 2014}} |
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| Georgia |
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| Pennsylvania |
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|- |
|- |
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| rowspan=3 | 59 |
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| 28 || Minnie Ward || 114 years, 13 days || November 19, 1885 || December 2, 1999 || F || B ||{{flagicon|Tennessee}} Born in [[Tennessee]]. |
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| data-sort-value="Johnston" | [[#Emma Verona Johnston|Emma Verona Johnston]]<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| August 6, 1890 |
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| December 1, 2004 |
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| rowspan=3 | {{ayd | August 6, 1890 | December 1, 2004}} |
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| Iowa |
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| Ohio |
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|- |
|- |
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| data-sort-value="Rearden" | Mamie Rearden<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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| 29 || [[Arbella Ewing]] || 114 years, 9 days || March 13, 1894 || March 22, 2008 || F || B ||{{flagicon|Texas}} Born in [[Texas]]. |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| September 7, 1898 |
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| January 2, 2013 |
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| South Carolina |
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| Georgia |
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|- |
|- |
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| data-sort-value="Zahn" | Erna Zahn<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| 30 || [[Catherine Hagel]] || 114 years, 8 days || November 28, 1894 || December 6, 2008 || F || W ||{{flagicon|Minnesota}} Born in [[Minnesota]]. |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| April 14, 1908 |
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| August 9, 2022<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mvfh.org/obituary/erna-zahn|title=Obituary {{!}} Erna A. Zahn of New Ulm, Minnesota|publisher=Minnesota Valley Funeral Home|date=August 9, 2022|access-date=August 12, 2022}}</ref> |
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| [[Wisconsin]] |
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| Minnesota |
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|- |
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| rowspan=2 | 62 |
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| 31 || [[Fred H. Hale, Sr.]] || 113 years, 354 days || December 1, 1890 || November 19, 2004 || M || W ||{{flagicon|Maine}} Born in [[Maine]]. |
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| data-sort-value="Chatmon" | Bettie Chatmon<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| April 30, 1884 |
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| August 16, 1998 |
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| rowspan=2 | {{ayd | April 30, 1884 | August 16, 1998}} |
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| Louisiana |
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| Texas |
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|- |
|- |
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| data-sort-value="Brown" | Lessie Brown<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| 32 || [[Bertha Fry]] || 113 years, 348 days || December 1, 1893 || November 14, 2007 || F || W ||{{flagicon|Indiana}} Born in [[Indiana]]. |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| September 22, 1904 |
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| January 8, 2019 |
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| Georgia |
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| Ohio |
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|- |
|- |
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| 64 |
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| 33 || [[Mae Harrington]] || 113 years, 343 days || January 20, 1889 || December 29, 2002 || F || W ||{{flagicon|New York}} Born in [[New York]]. |
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| data-sort-value="Matthews" | Odie Matthews<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| December 28, 1878 |
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| April 14, 1993 |
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| {{ayd | December 28, 1878 | April 14, 1993}} |
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| Texas |
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| [[Arizona]] |
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|- |
|- |
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| rowspan=2 | 65 |
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| 34 || Agatha Mitchell || 113 years, 336 days || March 26, 1887 || February 25, 2001 || F || B ||{{flagicon|Virginia}} Born in [[Virginia]]. |
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| data-sort-value="Knapp" | Florence Knapp<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| October 10, 1873 |
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| January 11, 1988 |
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| rowspan=2 | {{ayd | October 10, 1873 | January 11, 1988}} |
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| Pennsylvania |
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| Pennsylvania |
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|- |
|- |
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| data-sort-value="Slough" | Elena Slough<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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| 35 || [[Moses Hardy]]<ref name="Hardy">Hardy may have been born on the same date in 1894 and therefore may have been 112 years, 335 days old at death.</ref> || 113? years, 335 days || January 6, 1893 || December 7, 2006 || M || B ||{{flagicon|Mississippi}} Born in [[Mississippi]]. |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| July 4, 1889 |
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| October 5, 2003 |
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| Pennsylvania |
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| [[New Jersey]] |
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|- |
|- |
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| 67 |
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| 36 || [[Clara Huhn]] || 113 years, 327 days || January 28, 1887 || December 20, 2000 || F || W ||{{flagicon|Nebraska}} Born in [[Nebraska]]. |
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| data-sort-value="Boone" | Mary Anna Boone<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| February 10, 1887 |
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| May 13, 2001 |
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| {{ayd | February 10, 1887 | May 13, 2001}} |
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| [[Kentucky]] |
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| Kentucky |
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|- |
|- |
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| 68 |
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| 37 || [[Corinne Dixon Taylor]] || 113 years, 318 days || April 2, 1893 || February 14, 2007 || F || B ||{{flagicon|District of Columbia}} Born in [[Washington, D. C.]] |
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| data-sort-value="Whicker" | Minnie Whicker<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| July 24, 1906 |
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| October 22, 2020 |
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| {{ayd | July 24, 1906 | October 22, 2020}} |
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| Arkansas |
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| California |
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|- |
|- |
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| 69 |
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| 38 || [[Mary Christian]] || 113 years, 312 days || June 12, 1889 || April 20, 2003 || F || W ||{{flagicon|Massachusetts}} Born in [[Massachusetts]]. |
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| data-sort-value="Kollar" | Delma Kollar<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| October 31, 1897 |
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| January 24, 2012 |
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| {{ayd | October 31, 1897 | January 24, 2012}} |
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| [[Kansas]] |
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| [[Oregon]] |
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|- |
|- |
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| 70 |
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| 39 || [[Fannie Thomas]] || 113 years, 283 days || April 14, 1867 || January 22, 1981 || F || W ||{{flagicon|Illinois}} Born in [[Illinois]]. |
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| data-sort-value="Jones, Ila" | Ila Jones<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| August 21, 1903 |
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| November 10, 2017 |
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| {{ayd | August 21, 1903 | November 10, 2017}} |
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| Georgia |
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| Georgia |
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|- |
|- |
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| 71 |
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| 40 || Johnson Parks || 113 years, 275 days || October 15, 1884 || July 29, 1998 || M || B || [[Image:Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg|22px]] Born in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. |
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| data-sort-value="Renfro" | Maggie Renfro<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| November 14, 1895 |
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| January 22, 2010 |
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| {{ayd | November 14, 1895 | January 22, 2010}} |
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| Louisiana |
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| Louisiana |
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|- |
|- |
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| rowspan=2 | 72 |
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|} |
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| data-sort-value="Tillman" | [[Emma Tillman]]<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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=== Living American supercentenarians === |
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| November 22, 1892 |
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Currently, there are 26 verified living individuals, of whom 22 are female and 4 are male. |
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| January 28, 2007 |
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| rowspan=2 | {{ayd | November 22, 1892 | January 28, 2007}} |
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Note: there are additional supercentenarians in Japan who wish to remain anonymous; and those identified by the press but whose birthdate is unreported, especially those who turned 110 after the Sept 2008 list was released. |
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| North Carolina |
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| Connecticut |
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{| class="wikitable" border="1" |
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|- |
|- |
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| data-sort-value="Stoehr" | [[Anna Stoehr]]<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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! Rank |
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| {{center|F}} |
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! Name |
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| October 15, 1900 |
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! Born |
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| December 21, 2014 |
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! Gender |
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| Iowa |
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! Age |
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| Minnesota |
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! Prefecture |
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|- |
|- |
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| 74 |
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| align="center" | 1 |
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| data-sort-value="Denmark" | [[Leila Denmark]]<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| Kama Chinen<ref name="GRG">{{cite web|url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM|title=Validated Living Supercentenarians|accessdate=2008-11-02}}</ref> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| 10 May 1895 |
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| February 1, 1898 |
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| align="center" | F |
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| April 1, 2012 |
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| {{Age in years and days|1895|5|10}} |
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| {{ayd | February 1, 1898 | April 1, 2012}} |
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| {{flag|Okinawa}} |
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| Georgia |
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| Georgia |
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|- |
|- |
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| 75 |
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| align="center" | 2 |
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| |
| data-sort-value="Dunlap" | Adele Dunlap<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| 6 August 1895 |
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| December 12, 1902 |
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| align="center" | F |
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| February 5, 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/oldest-american-adele-dunlap-dies/|title=Oldest American, New Jersey native Adele Dunlap, dies at age 114|website=CBS New York|date=February 9, 2017}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1895|8|6}} |
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| {{ayd | December 12, 1902 | February 5, 2017}} |
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|{{flag|Ibaraki}} |
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| New Jersey |
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| New Jersey |
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|- |
|- |
||
| |
| rowspan=2 | 76 |
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| |
| data-sort-value="Conner" | Naomi Conner<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| 18 September 1895 |
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| August 30, 1899 |
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| align="center" | M |
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| October 18, 2013 |
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| {{age in years and days|1895|9|18}} |
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| rowspan=2 | {{ayd | August 30, 1899 | October 18, 2013}} |
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| {{flag|Miyazaki}} |
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| Texas |
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| Texas |
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|- |
|- |
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| data-sort-value="Holland" | Ora Holland<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| align="center" | 4 |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| Yoshino Ide<ref name="GRG"/> |
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| December 24, 1900 |
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| 1 January 1896 |
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| February 11, 2015 |
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| align="center" | F |
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| Missouri |
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| {{age in years and days|1896|1|1}} |
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| [[Oklahoma]] |
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| {{flag|Hyōgo}} |
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|- |
|- |
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| 78 |
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| align="center" | 5 |
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| data-sort-value="Hatton" | Katie Hatton<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lq1.wpengine.com/supercentenarians/katie-hatton/ |title=Katie Hatton |publisher=LongeviQuest |date=November 10, 2023 |access-date=November 10, 2023}}</ref> |
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| Kou Iijima<ref name="GRG"/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| 25 March 1896 |
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| December 18, 1877 |
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| align="center" | F |
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| January 24, 1992 |
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| {{age in years and days|1896|3|25}} |
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| {{ayd | December 18, 1877 | January 24, 1992}} |
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| {{flag|Chiba}} |
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| Texas |
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| Texas |
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|- |
|- |
||
| 79 |
|||
| align="center" | 6 |
|||
| |
| data-sort-value="Goodwill" | Ellen Goodwill<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| 1 November 1896 |
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| February 2, 1907 |
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| align="center" | F |
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| March 2, 2021<ref>{{cite news |last=Buckley |first=Nick |url=https://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/2021/03/05/battle-creeks-ellen-goodwill-michigans-oldest-resident-dies-114/4592493001/ |title=Battle Creek's Ellen Goodwill, Michigan's oldest resident, dies at 114 |date=March 5, 2021 |access-date=March 7, 2021 |work=Battle Creek Enquirer}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1896|11|1}} |
|||
| {{ayd | February 2, 1907 | March 2, 2021}} |
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| {{flag|Miyagi}} |
|||
| Kentucky |
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| Michigan |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| 80 |
|||
| align="center" | 7 |
|||
| |
| data-sort-value="Thaxton" | Grace Thaxton<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| 20 November 1896 |
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| June 18, 1891 |
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| align="center" | F |
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| July 6, 2005 |
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| {{age in years and days|1896|11|20}} |
|||
| {{ayd | June 18, 1891 | July 6, 2005}} |
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| {{flag|Saga}} |
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| New York |
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| Kentucky |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| 81 |
|||
| align="center" | 8 |
|||
| |
| data-sort-value="Mexia" | Soledad Mexia<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| 28 March 1897 |
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| August 13, 1899 |
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| align="center" | F |
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| August 30, 2013 |
|||
| {{age in years and days|1897|3|28}} |
|||
| {{ayd | August 13, 1899 | August 30, 2013}} |
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| {{flag|Kagoshima}} |
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| Mexico |
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| California |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| 82 |
|||
| align="center" | 9 |
|||
| |
| data-sort-value="Ward" | Minnie Ward<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
||
| {{center|F}} |
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| 8 April 1897 |
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| November 19, 1885 |
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| align="center" | F |
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| December 2, 1999 |
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| {{age in years and days|1897|4|8}} |
|||
| {{ayd | November 19, 1885 | December 2, 1999}} |
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| {{flag|Fukuoka}} |
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| Tennessee |
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| Massachusetts |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| 83 |
|||
| align="center" | 10 |
|||
| |
| data-sort-value="Ewing" | Arbella Ewing<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| 19 April 1897 |
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| March 13, 1894 |
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| align="center" | M |
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| March 22, 2008 |
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| {{age in years and days|1897|4|19}} |
|||
| {{ayd | March 13, 1894 | March 22, 2008}} |
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| {{flag|Kyoto}} |
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| Texas |
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| Texas |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| 84 |
|||
| align="center" | 11 |
|||
| |
| data-sort-value="Hagel" | Catherine Hagel<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| 7 June 1897 |
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| November 28, 1894 |
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| align="center" | F |
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| December 6, 2008 |
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| {{age in years and days|1897|6|7}} |
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| {{ayd | November 28, 1894 | December 6, 2008}} |
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| {{flag|Niigata}} |
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| Minnesota |
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| Minnesota |
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|- |
|- |
||
| 85 |
|||
| align="center" | 12 |
|||
| |
| data-sort-value="Otis" | Emma Otis<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| 24 June 1897 |
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| October 22, 1901 |
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| align="center" | F |
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| October 25, 2015 |
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| {{age in years and days|1897|6|24}} |
|||
| {{ayd | October 22, 1901 | October 25, 2015}} |
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| {{flag|Okinawa}} |
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| [[Washington (state)|Washington]] |
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| Washington |
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|- |
|- |
||
| 86 |
|||
| align="center" | 13 |
|||
| |
| data-sort-value="Hale" | Fred H. Hale, Sr.<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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| {{center|M}} |
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| 25 July 1897 |
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| December 1, 1890 |
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| align="center" | F |
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| November 19, 2004 |
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| {{age in years and days|1897|7|25}} |
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| {{ayd | December 1, 1890 | November 19, 2004}} |
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| {{flag|Tokyo}} |
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| [[Maine]] |
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| New York |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| rowspan=2 | 87 |
||
| |
| data-sort-value="Carpelan" | Miriam Carpelan<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
||
| {{center|F}} |
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| 2 August 1897 |
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| July 8, 1882 |
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| align="center" | M |
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| June 22, 1996 |
|||
| {{age in years and days|1897|8|2}} |
|||
| rowspan=2 | {{ayd | July 8, 1882 | June 22, 1996}} |
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| {{flag|Hokkaidō}} |
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| United Kingdom |
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| California |
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|- |
|- |
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| data-sort-value="Thompson" | [[Elsie Thompson]]<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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| align="center" | 15 |
|||
| {{center|F}} |
|||
| Komiya Miyazaki<ref name="GRG"/> |
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| |
| April 5, 1899 |
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| March 21, 2013 |
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| align="center" | F |
|||
| Pennsylvania |
|||
| {{age in years and days|1897|8|20}} |
|||
| Florida |
|||
| {{flag|Hiroshima}} |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| 89 |
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| align="center" | 16 |
|||
| |
| data-sort-value="Fry" | Bertha Fry<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| 10 October 1897 |
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| December 1, 1893 |
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| align="center" | F |
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| November 14, 2007 |
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| {{age in years and days|1897|10|10}} |
|||
| {{ayd | December 1, 1893 | November 14, 2007}} |
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| {{flag|Okinawa}} |
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| Indiana |
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| Indiana |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| 90 |
|||
| align="center" | 17 |
|||
| |
| data-sort-value="Harrington" | Mae Harrington<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| 8 November 1897 |
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| January 20, 1889 |
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| align="center" | F |
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| December 29, 2002 |
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| {{age in years and days|1897|11|8}} |
|||
| {{ayd | January 20, 1889 | December 29, 2002}} |
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| {{flag|Kagoshima}} |
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| New York |
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| New York |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| rowspan=2 | 91 |
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| data-sort-value="Thomas, Ellen" | Ellen Thomas<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lq1.wpengine.com/supercentenarians/ellen-thomas/ |title=Ellen Thomas |publisher=LongeviQuest |date=May 1, 2024 |access-date=May 3, 2024}}</ref> |
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| Fumi Nonaka<ref name="GRG"/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| 7 January 1898 |
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| December 25, 1877 |
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| align="center" | F |
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| December 2, 1991 |
|||
| {{age in years and days|1898|1|7}} |
|||
| rowspan=2 | {{ayd | December 25, 1877 | December 2, 1991}} |
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| {{flag|Yamaguchi}} |
|||
| Tennessee |
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| Michigan |
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|- |
|- |
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| data-sort-value="Bailey" | Daisey Bailey<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| align="center" | 19 |
|||
| {{center|F}} |
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| Koto Uemura<ref name="GRG"/> |
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| |
| March 30, 1896 |
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| March 7, 2010 |
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| align="center" | F |
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| Tennessee |
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| {{age in years and days|1898|3|1}} |
|||
| Michigan |
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| {{flag|Miyazaki}} |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| 93 |
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| align="center" | 20 |
|||
| |
| data-sort-value="Mitchell" | Agatha Mitchell<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| 4 March 1898 |
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| March 26, 1887 |
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| align="center" | F |
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| February 25, 2001 |
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| {{age in years and days|1898|3|4}} |
|||
| {{ayd | March 26, 1887 | February 25, 2001}} |
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| {{flag|Kagoshima}} |
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| Virginia |
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| Virginia |
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|- |
|- |
||
| 94 |
|||
| align="center" | 21 |
|||
| |
| data-sort-value="Michelson" | Goldie Michelson<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| 12 March 1898 |
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| August 8, 1902 |
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| align="center" | M |
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| July 8, 2016 |
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| {{age in years and days|1898|3|12}} |
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| {{ayd | August 8, 1902 | July 8, 2016}} |
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| {{flag|Saitama}} |
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| [[Ukraine]]{{efn|Michelson was born in [[Kropyvnytskyi|Elizabethgrad]], which was then a part of the Russian Empire. It is now part of Ukraine.}} |
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| Massachusetts |
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|- |
|- |
||
| 95 |
|||
| align="center" | 22 |
|||
| |
| data-sort-value="Barwis" | Merle Barwis<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| 24 March 1898 |
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| December 23, 1900 |
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| align="center" | F |
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| November 22, 2014 |
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| {{age in years and days|1898|3|24}} |
|||
| {{ayd | December 23, 1900 | November 22, 2014}} |
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| {{flag|Okayama}} |
|||
| Iowa |
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| Canada |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| rowspan=2 | 96 |
||
| |
| data-sort-value="Huhn" | Clara Huhn<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| 1 April 1898 |
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| January 28, 1887 |
|||
| align="center" | F |
|||
| December 20, 2000 |
|||
| {{age in years and days|1898|4|1}} |
|||
| rowspan=2 | {{ayd | January 28, 1887 | December 20, 2000}} |
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| {{flag|Tochigi}} |
|||
| Nebraska |
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| California |
|||
|- |
|- |
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| data-sort-value="Meloche" | Beulah Meloche<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| align="center" | 24 |
|||
| {{center|F}} |
|||
| Shika Shimada<ref name="GRG"/> |
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| December 5, 1906 |
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| 7 July 1898 |
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| October 27, 2020 |
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| align="center" | F |
|||
| New York |
|||
| {{age in years and days|1898|7|7}} |
|||
| New York |
|||
| {{flag|Nagasaki}} |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| rowspan=2 | 98 |
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| data-sort-value="Underwood" | Eliza Underwood<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lq1.wpengine.com/supercentenarians/eliza-underwood/ |title=Eliza Underwood |publisher=LongeviQuest |date=October 25, 2023 |access-date=October 25, 2023}}</ref> |
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| Hatsu Hirai<ref name="GRG"/> |
|||
| {{center|F}} |
|||
| 15 August 1898 |
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| March 15, 1867 |
|||
| align="center" | F |
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| January 27, 1981 |
|||
| {{age in years and days|1898|8|15}} |
|||
| rowspan=2 | {{ayd | March 15, 1867 | January 27, 1981}} |
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| {{flag|Kanagawa}} |
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| North Carolina |
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| [[District of Columbia]] |
|||
|- |
|- |
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| data-sort-value="Taylor" | Corinne Dixon Taylor<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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| align="center" | 26 |
|||
| {{center|F}} |
|||
| Yoshi Kobayashi<ref name="GRG"/> |
|||
| April 2, 1893 |
|||
| 2 September 1898 |
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| February 14, 2007 |
|||
| align="center" | F |
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| District of Columbia |
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| {{age in years and days|1898|9|2}} |
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| District of Columbia |
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| {{flag|Saitama}} |
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|} |
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==Summary table== |
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The order of people in the main list is by date of birth. The table below summarizes the people listed on this page, providing name, birth year, age and an indicator of whether or not the person is still living or deceased. Age claims may be disputed. |
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{| class="sortable wikitable" |
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! Name !! Birth Year !! Death Year !!| Age |!! Living/deceased |
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|- |
|- |
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| 100 |
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| [[Delina Filkins]] || 1815 || 1928 ||| 113 years, 214 days || Deceased |
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| data-sort-value="Holblinger" | Annabelle Holblinger<ref name=2023-Deaths/> |
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|- |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| [[Martha Graham (supercentenarian)|Martha Graham]] || 1844? || 1959 ||| 114? years, 180 days || Deceased |
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| March 16, 1909 |
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| January 27, 2023<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scdemocratonline.com/stories/rosenberger-matriarch-passes-at-113-years-old,80143|title=Rosenberger matriarch passes at 113 years old|publisher=[[Sullivan County Democrat]]|date=January 31, 2023|access-date=January 31, 2023}}</ref> |
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| Fannie Thomas || 1867 || 1981 || 113 years, 283 days || Deceased |
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| Mary McKinney || 1873 || 1987 || 113 years, 248 days || Deceased |
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| Florence Knapp || 1873 || 1988 || 114 years, 93 days || Deceased |
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| Carrie C. White || 1874? || 1991 || 116? years, 88 days || Deceased |
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| Joe Thomas || 1875 || 1986 || 111 years, 227 days || Deceased |
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| [[Ettie Mae Greene]] || 1877 || 1992 || 114 years, 171 days || Deceased |
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| Wilhelmina Geringer Kott || 1880 || 1994 || 114 years, 183 days || Deceased |
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| [[Mary Electa Bidwell]] || 1881 || 1996 || 114 years, 352 days || Deceased |
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| Carrie Lazenby || 1882 || 1996 || 114 years, 218 days || Deceased |
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| [[Maggie Barnes]] || 1882 || 1998 || 115 years, 319 days || Deceased |
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| Clara Huhn || 1887 || 2000 || 113 years, 327 days || Deceased |
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| Delvina Dahlheimer || 1888 || 2002 || 113 years, 72 days || Deceased |
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| Mae Harrington || 1889 || 2002 || 113 years, 343 days || Deceased |
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| Elena Slough || 1889 || 2003 || 114 years, 93 days || Deceased |
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| Bettie Wilson || 1890 || 2006 || 115 years, 153 days || Deceased |
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| Grace Thaxton || 1891 || 2005 || 114 years, 18 days || Deceased |
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| Consuelo Moreno-López || 1893 || 2004 || 111 years, 282 days || Deceased |
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| [[Edna Parker]] || 1893 || 2008 || 115 years, 220 days || Deceased |
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| Grace Nelsen Jones || 1893 || 2006 || 112 years, 324 days || Deceased |
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| [[Flossie Page]] || 1893 || 2006 || 112 years, 255 days || Deceased |
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| Marion Higgins || 1893 || 2006 || 112 years, 249 days || Deceased |
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|style="background-color:gold;"| '''[[Gertrude Baines]]'''<ref name="Alive">Still living as of {{date}}.</ref> ||style="background-color:gold;"| '''1894''' ||style="background-color:gold;"| '''Living''' ||style="background-color:gold;"|'''{{age in years and days|1894|4|6}}'''||style="background-color:gold;"| '''Living''' |
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| [[George Johnson (supercentenarian)|George Johnson]] || 1894 || 2006 || 112 years 121 days || Deceased |
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| [[Catherine Hagel]] || 1894 || 2008 || 114 years 8 days || Deceased |
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| Elizabeth Stefan || 1895 || 2008 || 112 years 332 days || Deceased |
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| Thomas Nelson, Sr. || 1895 || 2007 || 111 years, 185 days || Deceased |
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|style="background-color:gold;"| '''Olivia Patricia Thomas'''<ref name="Alive" /> ||style="background-color:gold;"| '''1895''' ||style="background-color:gold;"| '''Living''' ||style="background-color:gold;"|'''{{age in years and days|1895|6|29}}'''||style="background-color:gold;"| '''Living''' |
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|style="background-color:gold;"| '''Neva Morris'''<ref name="Alive" /> ||style="background-color:gold;"| '''1895''' ||style="background-color:gold;"| '''Living''' ||style="background-color:gold;"|'''{{age in years and days|1895|8|3}}'''||style="background-color:gold;"| '''Living''' |
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| George Rene Francis || 1896 || 2008 || 112 years, 204 days || Deceased |
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| Delphia Spencer Hankins || 1896 || 2007 || 111 years, 86 days || Deceased |
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|style="background-color:gold;"| '''[[Walter Breuning]]'''<ref name="Alive" /> ||style="background-color:gold;"| '''1896''' ||style="background-color:gold;"| '''Living''' ||style="background-color:gold;"|'''{{age in years and days|1896|9|21}}'''||style="background-color:gold;"| '''Living''' |
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| [[Walter H. Seward]] || 1896 || 2008 || 111 years, 337 days || Deceased |
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|style="background-color:gold;"| '''[[Ella Schuler]]'''<ref name="Alive" /> ||style="background-color:gold;"| '''1897''' ||style="background-color:gold;"| '''Living''' ||style="background-color:gold;"|'''{{age in years and days|1897|9|5}}'''||style="background-color:gold;"| '''Living''' |
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|style="background-color:gold;"| '''[[Leila Denmark]]'''<ref name="Alive" /> ||style="background-color:gold;"| '''1898''' ||style="background-color:gold;"| '''Living''' ||style="background-color:gold;"|'''{{age in years and days|1898|2|1}}'''||style="background-color:gold;"| '''Living''' |
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== Biographies == |
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=== Delina Filkins === |
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{{main|Delina Filkins}} |
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'''Delina Ecker Filkins''' (May 4, 1815 – December 4, 1928) was an [[United States|American]] [[supercentenarian]] who was [[oldest people|the first person verified to reach the age of 113]], in 1928. Her case was thoroughly investigated in the 1970s and re-investigated in 2005, and found to be fully verifiable. In fact, the number of documents located make this the second-most verified case of all time, after [[Jeanne Calment]]. Age 113 would not be reached again until Betsy Baker attained it in 1955. Filkins' age was [[list of the oldest people|113 years 214 days]] at the time of her death in Richland Springs, [[New York]]. |
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As of December 2008, Filkins is listed as one of the 100 [[list of the verified oldest people|longest lived people ever]]. |
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|title = [[Oldest people|Undisputed Oldest Recorded Person Ever]] |
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|years = September 21, 1926 – November 15, 1980 |
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=== Martha Graham === |
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{{main|Martha Graham (supercentenarian)|l1=Martha Graham}} |
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'''Martha Graham''' (December, 1844 – June 25, 1959) was an [[United States|American]] [[supercentenarian]] who became [[oldest people|the oldest recorded person ever]]. [[Guinness World Records]] recognizes her as being born into [[slavery]] in December 1844 in [[Virginia]], and to have died at [[list of the oldest people|age 114 years and 180 days]] in [[Fayetteville, North Carolina]].<ref name="MGrahamGRG1">{{cite web |
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| url = http://www.grg.org/Adams/EmergSupCentPop1.htm |
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| title = Complete Table of Supercentenarians Older Than 112 |
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|date=2004-12-04 | accessdate = 2007-12-17 | publisher = [[Gerontology Research Group]] |
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| quote = ...and the American former slave Martha Graham both turned 112 in 1956 according to The Guinness Book of World Records, but in both cases the evidence presented is far from satisfactory. |
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}}</ref> Her original claimed year of birth, however, was 1840.{{Fact|date=December 2007}}{{Or|date=December 2007}} According to continuous Guinness books in the 1970s, she allegedly claimed to be "117 or 118," suggesting more than 1 year of birth (1840 and 1841). The 1900 census is the only census listing her as born in 1844 (aged 114). |
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As of October 2008, Graham is listed as one of the 50 [[list of the verified oldest people|longest lived people ever]]. |
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|years = July 28, 1958 – December 27, 1979 |
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|years1 = October 24, 1955 – June 25, 1959 |
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|after1 = James Henry Brett, Jr. (disputed) |
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|title2 = [[Oldest people|Oldest Recognized Living Woman]] |
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|years2 = October 24, 1955 – June 25, 1959 |
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=== Fannie Thomas === |
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'''Fannie Thomas''' (April 14?, 1867 – January 22, 1981)<ref>{{cite book |last=Hess |first=Beth B. |coauthors=Elizabeth Warren Markson |title=Growing Old in America |origdate= |origyear= |origmonth= |url= |format= |accessdate= |accessyear= |accessmonth= |edition= |series= |date= |year=1991 |publisher=Transaction Publishers |location= |language= |isbn=0887388469 |pages=173 |chapter=Chapter 11 |chapterurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=Y_cqOCs1g5UC&pg=PA173&lpg=PA173&dq=%22fannie+thomas%22+oldest&source=web&ots=FlqnLDZQy5&sig=pkWKFRokUdEHI_jT2EIP55abh5g |quote= }}</ref> was listed in [[Guinness World Records]] as the oldest living [[United States|American]] [[supercentenarian]]. As the [[Shigechiyo Izumi]] case was later disputed, Thomas may in fact have been the [[oldest people|world's oldest person]] when she died at 113 years and 283? days.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} Regardless, she was still the world's oldest living woman at the time of her death. Her age was validated by a [[Social Security Administration|SSA]] study in 2002.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} However, the study put her birthdate as April 14, 1867, making her ten days older than previously believed.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} |
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As of October 2008, Thomas is listed as one of the 90 [[list of the verified oldest people|longest lived people ever]]. |
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=== Mary McKinney === |
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'''Mary Elizabeth Wallace McKinney''' (May 30, [[1873]] – February 2, 1987) was briefly recognized by Guinness as the world's oldest person. Following the death of fellow 113-year-old [[Mamie Eva Keith]] in September 1986, she became the "[[oldest people|world's oldest person]]" according to the Guinness Book of Records. However, her own death five months later in [[Sacramento, California]] meant that she never appeared in the record book, even though her Guinness recognition made the news. She lived for [[list of the verified oldest people|113 years and 248 days]]. |
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As of October 2008, McKinney is listed as one of the 100 [[list of the verified oldest people|longest lived people ever]]. |
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=== Florence Knapp === |
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'''Florence Knapp''' (October 10, 1873 – January 11, 1988) was, for the last two weeks of her life, recognized by the [[Guinness World Records|Guinness Book of World Records]] as the oldest person in the world. |
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Born in [[Lansdale, Pennsylvania]], she lived in nearby Montgomery Square much of her life and came from a large and long-lived family, eight of her siblings dying in their 80s and 90s and one sister reaching [[centenarian|age 108]]. |
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By October 1987, when she was honored by the [[Pennsylvania]] legislature, she was recognized by Guinness as the oldest person in the [[United States]], and the death of [[Anna Eliza Williams]] on December 27, 1987 meant that Knapp became the [[oldest people|oldest verified recognized living person]]. Her death just 15 days after meant that she never appeared in a Guinness Book as the oldest living person. |
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Her death caused some confusion as to who her successor was, with Guinness recognition and press publicity alighting first on Orpha Nusbaum (August 1875 – March 1988), who died before the 1989 edition's deadline, then Birdie May Vogt (August 1876 – July 1989), who appeared in the 1989 edition's main text, then [[Jeanne Calment]], mentioned in the addenda section, and finally in November 1988 on Carrie C. White, whose claim to birth in November 1874 was accepted. However, with recent census research calling White's authentication into question, Calment may very well have been Florence Knapp's actual immediate successor. |
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As of October 2008, Knapp is listed as one of the 60 [[list of the verified oldest people|longest lived people ever]]. |
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=== Carrie C. White === |
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'''Carrie C. White''', born '''Carrie C. Joyner''' (November 18, 1874? – February 14, 1991), was recognized by the [[Guinness World Records|Guinness Book of World Records]] as the [[oldest people|oldest person in the world]] around the time she celebrated her alleged 114th birthday in 1988. |
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A resident of a [[Palatka, Florida]] nursing home, she had been institutionalized since a [[mental breakdown|nervous breakdown]] in 1909, about the time of her [[divorce]]. Her documentation was described as impeccable, but recent research has indicated she might in fact have been 21 rather than 35 when she was admitted, meaning she may have died at 102 (instead of 116). {{Fact|date=May 2008}} |
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If this is the case, [[Jeanne Calment]] became the world's oldest living person not when Carrie White died February 14, 1991 (considered the holder of the [[United States]] [[longevity]] record until it was first broken by [[Lucy Hannah]], then later by [[Sarah Knauss]]), but immediately on the death of [[Florence Knapp]] in January 1988. However, the [[United States Census, 1900|1900 Census]] match could not be considered an unequivocal identification. |
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As of October 2008, White is listed as one of the 10 [[list of the verified oldest people|longest lived people ever]]; however, there is still much debate concerning this case. {{Fact|date=June 2008}} |
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=== Joe Thomas === |
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'''Joe Thomas''' (May 1, 1875 – December 14, 1986) was an [[United States|American]] [[supercentenarian]] and the [[oldest people|oldest recognized living man]] from February 1986 until his own death. He lived in [[Louisiana]]. Following his death, [[Herman Smith-Johannsen]] became the world's oldest living man. |
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(Note: this is a retroactive reconstruction of history. In reality, the Joe Thomas case was not verified until July 2002 by the [[Social Security Administration|SSA]] study, and [[Guinness World Records|Guinness]] did not recuperate the "oldest living man" category until 2000). |
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=== Ettie Mae Greene === |
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{{main|Ettie Mae Greene}} |
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'''Ettie Mae Greene''' (September 8, 1877 – February 26, 1992) was an [[United States|American]] [[supercentenarian]] who was recognized by [[Guinness World Records]] as the 'oldest living American' in 1991 (later, the [[Social Security Administration|SSA]] study would replace her with [[Lucy Hannah]], who was apparently older).{{Fact|date=December 2007}} She was born in [[Wayside, West Virginia]], and worked as a seamstress and a farmer.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} In an interview in 1991, she claimed that her [[longevity]] was due to her "good, clean living" and a milkshake she drank every day.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} |
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Greene died of a cold at the ''Springfield Comprehensive Care Center'' in [[Springfield, West Virginia]].{{Fact|date=December 2007}} At the time of her death at the age of 114 years 171 days, she had nine children (four of whom she had outlived), 21 grandchildren, 47 great-grandchildren and 37 great-great-grandchildren.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} She still holds the record for being the [[list of oldest people by U.S. state|the oldest person ever]] in the state of [[West Virginia]]. |
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As of October 2008, Greene is listed as one of the 50 [[list of the verified oldest people|longest lived people ever]]. |
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* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE3DE1F3DF93AA15751C0A964958260 New York Times obituary] |
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===Wilhelmina Geringer Kott=== |
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'''Wilhelmina Geringer Kott''' (March 7, 1880 – September 6, 1994) was an [[United States|American]] [[supercentenarian]] recognized by [[Guinness World Records]] as the '[[oldest people|oldest living American]]' in its 1995 edition, following the death of [[Margaret Skeete]]. Born in [[Peru, Illinois]] as one of 16 children, she moved to [[Chicago]] in 1881, where she lived almost her entire life and subsequently died. |
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Her age was subject to a one-year discrepancy. Guinness recognized her as born in 1879 (based on the [[United States Census, 1900|1900 Census]]), but later research by the [[Social Security Administration|SSA]] study showed that she was listed as two months old in the [[United States Census, 1880|1880 Census]], making her age more likely 114, not 115. |
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As of October 2008, Kott is listed as one of the 40 [[list of the verified oldest people|longest lived people ever]]. |
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=== Mary Electa Bidwell === |
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{{main|Mary Electa Bidwell}} |
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'''Mary Electa Bidwell''' (May 9, 1881 — April 25, 1996)<ref name=ssdi>[[Social Security Death Index]]; 040383799</ref> was an [[United States|American]] [[supercentenarian]]. She died at age 114 years 352 days, making her the 27th [[list of the oldest people|oldest person]] on record. She was thought to be the [[oldest people|oldest American living]] at the time of her death (though the [[Sarah Knauss]] case was later verified). Bidwell was also the oldest person ever born in [[Connecticut]].<ref name=nyt1>{{cite news |
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| author = Gail Collins | title = Life is Long |
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| url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D05E1DC163DF93AA15751C1A960958260 |
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| publisher = [[New York Times]] | work = Magazine |
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|date=1996-12-29 | accessdate = 2007-12-17 |
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| quote = There are certain conventions to telling the oldest-living-American story. We feel compelled to note that Mary Bidwell, who died two weeks shy of her 115th birthday, had a weakness for coffee. ... Mrs. Bidwell's husband died at 93 in 1975; their only son had been dead since 1945. Mrs. Thompson outlived two husbands and several children. |
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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |
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| url = http://www.bidwellhousemuseum.org/Articles/mary_electa_bidwell.htm |
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| title = Mary Electa Bidwell, Oldest person in the USA |
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| year = 1996 | accessdate = 2007-12-17 |
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| work = Articles | publisher = Bidwell House Museum |
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| quote = According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Mary Electa Bidwell, at 114, is the oldest person in the United States. Born in 1881, to Charles Woodruff Bidwell and Alice Beach Nobel, Mary Bidwell's life spans the time from kerosene lamps to home computers, from horse and wagons to automobiles. |
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}}</ref><ref name=cnn/><ref>{{cite news |title=Mary Electa Bidwell |
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| url= http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/9631175.html?dids=9631175&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS&date=Apr+27%2C+1996&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&edition=&startpage=B6&desc=Mary+Electa+Bidwell |
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|quote=Mary Electa Bidwell, who in Nov 1995 was said to be the oldest living American woman, died Apr 25, 1996 at the age of 114. |
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|publisher=[[Washington Post]] |date=1996-04-27 |accessdate=2007-12-09 |
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}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Mary Electa Bidwell, 114, was oldest living American. |
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|url= |quote=Mary Electa Bidwell, the oldest-living American, has died at 114. Mrs. Bidwell, born May 9, 1881, when James Garfield was president and Queen Victoria ruled half the world, died Thursday at a convalescent home in Hamden. Her grandson, William Bradford Bidwell, said she began to fail physically during the past two months. When the Guinness Book of Records recognized Mrs. Bidwell as the oldest-living American in November 1995, she said she did not have the answer to her ... |
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|publisher=[[Associated Press]] |date=1996-04-28 |accessdate=2007-12-09 |
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}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Oldest US woman is 114, from Connecticut. |
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|url= http://nl.newsbank.com/cgi-bin/ngate/BG?ext_docid=0EADE194502CD892&ext_hed=OLDEST%20US%20WOMAN%20IS%20114,%20FROM%20CONN.&ext_theme=bg&pubcode=BG |
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|quote=The Guinness Book of Records has recognized a Hamden woman as the oldest person in the United States. But 114-year-old Mary Electa Bidwell can't read about it yet because the 1996 edition already has gone to press. Bidwell was born on May 9, 1881, two months before President Garfield was shot. She isn't sure why she's lived so long, but she's proud of her achievement. ''I feel I must be very good indeed''. |
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|publisher=[[Boston Globe]] |date=1995-12-08 |accessdate=2007-12-09 |
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}} ''Note: Fee required to access full text''</ref> |
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Her parents were Charles Woodruff Bidwell and Alice Beach Nobel. She was a descendant of John Bidwell, one of the founders of [[Hartford, Connecticut]]. Bidwell worked as a teacher in a one-room school house for six years. She married Charles Hubbell Bidwell, a distant cousin, in 1906.<ref name=nyt1/> |
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Bidwell lived on her own in [[North Haven, Connecticut]] until she was 110. Bidwell died at the Arden House, a nursing home in [[Hamden, Connecticut]].<ref name=ssdi/><ref name=cnn>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Oldest person in the U.S. still teaching life lessons. |url=http://cgi.cnn.com/US/9512/oldest_american/ |quote= ... Mary Bidwell has a long memory because she has had a long life. At 114, she is the oldest person in the United States. ... The Guinness Book of Records verified Mrs. Bidwell's age too late to get her into the 1996 edition. ... Mary Bidwell's notoriety has sparked the interest of David Letterman, who wanted to fly her to New York to appear on his TV show. But she said she was not interested. |publisher=[[CNN]] |date= |accessdate=2007-12-09 }}</ref> She was the last surviving person documented as born in 1881. |
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As of October 2008, Bidwell is listed as one of the 30 [[list of the verified oldest people|longest lived people ever]]. |
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=== Carrie Lazenby === |
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=== Mary Bidwell === |
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'''Carrie Lazenby''' (February 9, 1882 — September 14, 1996) was an [[United States|American]] [[supercentenarian]]. She died at age [[List of the verified oldest people|114 years 218 days]], making her the 34th oldest person on record (tied with [[Japan]]ese woman [[Ura Koyama]]), the [[List of supercentenarians from the United States#The thirty oldest verified Americans in History|sixteenth-oldest]] American person on record, and the seventh-oldest [[African American]] person on record. Lazenby's record as [[U.S. state longevity recordholders|the oldest person ever]] in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] was surpassed by [[Gertrude Baines]], on November 11, 2008. |
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'''Mary Electa Bidwell''' (May 9, 1881 – April 25, 1996)<ref name=Bidwell/> was an American [[supercentenarian]]. She died aged 114 years and 352 days and is the oldest person on record ever to die in [[Connecticut]].<ref name=nyt>{{cite news | last=Collins | first=Gail |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D05E1DC163DF93AA15751C1A960958260 |title=Life is Long |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | date=December 29, 1996 | access-date=December 9, 2007}}</ref><ref name="museum">{{cite news |url=http://www.bidwellhousemuseum.org/Articles/mary_electa_bidwell.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724055848/http://www.bidwellhousemuseum.org/Articles/mary_electa_bidwell.htm |title=Mary Electa Bidwell. Oldest person in the USA |archive-date=July 24, 2011 |publisher=Bidwell House Museum |year=1996 |access-date=December 9, 2007}}</ref><ref name=CNN>{{cite news |url=http://cgi.cnn.com/US/9512/oldest_american/ |title=Oldest person in the U.S. still teaching life lessons |publisher=CNN |year= 1996 |access-date=December 9, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020312233627/http://cgi.cnn.com/US/9512/oldest_american/ |archive-date=March 12, 2002 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> |
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Her parents were Charles Woodruff Bidwell and Alice Beach Nobel.<ref name="museum"/> She was a descendant of John Bidwell, one of the founders of [[Hartford, Connecticut]]. Bidwell worked as a teacher in a [[one-room school]]house for six years. She married Charles Hubbell Bidwell, a distant cousin, in 1906.<ref name=nyt/> Bidwell lived on her own in [[North Haven, Connecticut]], until she was 110. Bidwell died at the Arden House, a nursing home in [[Hamden, Connecticut]].<ref name=CNN/> |
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As of October 2008, Lazenby is listed as one of the 40 [[list of the verified oldest people|longest lived people ever]]. |
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=== Maggie Barnes === |
=== Maggie Barnes === |
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'''Maggie Pauline Barnes''' (née '''Hinnant'''; March 6, 1882 – January 19, 1998)<ref>{{cite book | last=Jeune | first=Bernard | pages=298–299 | title=Supercentenarians (Demographic Research Monographs) | chapter=Jeanne Calment and her Successors. |editor-first=Heiner |editor-last=Maier | publisher=Springer |date=May 2010 | isbn=978-3-642-11519-6 | display-authors=etal}}</ref> was an American supercentenarian. She was born to a former slave and married a [[tenant farmer]]. Barnes died on January 19, 1998, in [[Johnston County, North Carolina]], of [[gangrene]].<ref name="RNOmb">Musante, Glenna B. (January 22, 1998) "Johnston woman, one of world's oldest, dies at 117" ''[[The Raleigh News & Observer]]''. Section: News; B1.</ref> |
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Her exact year of birth has been disputed. Though the year 1882 is written in her family bible, the 1900 US Census records her birth year as 1881 and her [[marriage license]] claims that she was born in 1880.<ref name="RNOmb"/> Authenticating to what was put on the family Bible, Barnes lived for 115 years and 319 days. |
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'''Maggie Hinnant Barnes''' (March 6, 1882 – January 19, 1998)<ref>New England Supercentenerain Study. [http://www.bumc.bu.edu/www/BUSM/Cen/supercentenarian%20lists/Oldest%20Authenticated%20Centenarians.pdf Oldest Authenticated Centenarians] Boston University Medical Campus. Retrieved 2008-08-05.</ref> was an [[United States|American]] [[supercentenarian]]. She was a resident of [[Johnston County, North Carolina]]. Barnes died from complications following a minor foot infection.<ref name="RNOmb">Musante, Glenna B. (January 22, 1998) "Johnston woman, one of world's oldest, dies at 117" ''[[The Raleigh News & Observer]]. Section: News; B1.</ref> Barnes, who was born to a slave and married a [[tenant farmer]], was survived by four children; 11 of her children preceded her in death.<ref name="RNOmb"/> |
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=== Adelina Domingues === |
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Some dispute exists as to her date of birth. Though the family Bible gives the 1882 date, she is listed as having been born in 1881 by the 1900 US Census, and she is listed as having been born in 1880 on her [[marriage license]].<ref name="RNOmb"/> Authenticating to the latter of those dates, Barnes was 115 years, 319 days old when she died. |
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'''Adelina Domingues''' (February 19, 1888 – August 21, 2002) was a [[Cape Verdean American]] [[supercentenarian]] who was the [[Oldest people|world's oldest person]] from the death of 114-year-old British-American woman Grace Clawson on May 28, 2002, to her own death less than three months later.<ref>{{cite web| last = Young| first = Robert D.| url = http://grg.org/Adams/CCCCC.HTM| title = GRG Table C (2012) World's Oldest Person Titleholders (since 1955)| publisher = Gerontology Research Group| date = September 17, 2012| access-date = January 1, 2013}}</ref> Domingues was born in [[Cape Verde]]. Domingues's [[Italian people|Italian]] father was a harbor pilot by profession, and her mother was [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] by ethnicity.<ref name=Domingues>[https://articles.latimes.com/2002/aug/24/local/me-domingues24 Adelina Domingues, 114; Oldest Person in the U.S.] ''Los Angeles Times'', August 24, 2002.</ref> She married a [[Sea captain|ship captain]] in 1907, and moved to the [[United States]] that year.<ref name=Domingues/> Her husband died from [[cancer]] in 1950.<ref name=Domingues/> Domingues was a missionary from the [[Church of the Nazarene]] in [[Cape Verde]] and other parts of [[Africa]], and also a religious [[preacher]] when she lived in [[Massachusetts]], as well as an expert seamstress.<ref name=Domingues/> |
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Domingues was a firm believer in the [[American Dream]], was deeply religious, had [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] political views and was a [[pen pal]] of former [[President of the United States]] [[Ronald Reagan]].<ref name=Domingues/> She had four children, but only one of them (a son, Frank) reached adulthood.<ref name=Domingues/> Frank died in 1998 at the age of 71, with Adelina outliving him by four years.<ref name=Domingues/> Domingues died at a nursing home in the [[San Diego]], [[California]], area on August 21, 2002, at age 114 years and 183 days.<ref name=Domingues/> She had claimed she was actually one year older, or 115 years old, but her family and Cape Verdean diplomats did some research and discovered her baptismal information, from which they concluded that Domingues was 114 years old when she died.<ref>{{citation|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UeAeAAAAIBAJ&pg=6039,2746662&dq=adelina-domingues&hl=en|title=Woman was oldest in U.S.|newspaper=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]|page=11|date=August 24, 2002|access-date=January 1, 2013}}</ref> |
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As of October 2008, Barnes is listed as one of the 15 [[list of the verified oldest people|longest lived people ever]]. |
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=== Charlotte Benkner === |
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'''Charlotte Benkner''' (née '''Enterlein'''; November 16, 1889 – May 14, 2004)<ref name="toledoblade.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040517/NEWS08/405170361/-1/NEWS|title=North Lima woman dies at age 114|newspaper=[[Toledo Blade]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616043919/http://www.toledoblade.com/Deaths/2004/05/17/North-Lima-woman-dies-at-age-114.html|archive-date=June 16, 2012|access-date=24 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="latimes">{{cite web|url=https://articles.latimes.com/2004/may/18/local/me-benkner18|title=Charlotte Benkner, 114; 2nd-Oldest Person in World Lived 'Steadily'|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=18 May 2004|access-date=24 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="Guinness2005">Guinness World Records 2005. [[Guinness World Records]] {{ISBN|978-0553588101}}</ref><ref name="cbsnews" /> was an American [[supercentenarian]] and considered the [[world's oldest person]] from 2003 to 2004.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3166758.stm |title=Oldest American dies age 114 |work=BBC News |date=October 6, 2003 |access-date=November 3, 2010}}</ref><ref name="toledoblade.com" /><ref name="latimes" /> Subsequent recognition of other supercentenarians ranked Benkner as the third oldest at the time of her death.<ref name="Guinness2005" /> |
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Benkner was born in [[Leipzig]], Germany, and [[immigration to the United States|emigrated to the U.S.]] in 1896. She grew up in [[Peekskill, New York]], where her family ran the ''Albert Hotel'', and as a young woman once met then U.S. President [[Theodore Roosevelt]].<ref name="cbsnews" /><ref name="Bischoff 2005">{{cite web | last=Bischoff | first=Katrin | url=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/frieda-mueller--der-aelteste-mensch-in-deutschland--ist-am-donnerstag-in-potsdam-gestorben-110-jahre--neun-monate-und-drei-tage-15753738 | title=Frieda Müller, der älteste Mensch in Deutschland, ist am Donnerstag in Potsdam gestorben: 110 Jahre, neun Monate und Drei Tage | newspaper=[[Berliner Zeitung]] | language=de | date=2005-07-23 | access-date=2018-02-18}}</ref> After her 1908 marriage to Karl Benkner, she moved west, living in [[Pennsylvania]] and [[Ohio]], before retiring to [[Arizona]]. Already a supercentenarian and the oldest person in Arizona, Benkner returned to Ohio to live in [[North Lima, Ohio|North Lima]] with her sister Tillie O'Hare, her youngest sibling.<ref name="cbsnews">{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/11/15/national/main583871.shtml|title=Oldest Person Ready To Turn 114|publisher=[[CBS News]]|date=}}</ref> Tillie died in January 2004, just three weeks shy of becoming a [[centenarian]].<ref name="Bischoff 2005"/> Benkner survived her sister by only four months, and died at age 114 years and 180 days, after a brief hospital stay in [[Youngstown, Ohio]]. |
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'''Clara Herling Huhn''' (January 28, 1887 – December 20, 2000) was an [[United States|American]] homemaker and [[supercentenarian]]. Born near [[Clarkson, Nebraska]], she lived near [[Schuyler, Nebraska|Schuyler]] for most of her life. She remained active, healthy and independent until the last few months of her life, and even answered an interview just before her 113th birthday. At age [[list of the oldest people|113 years 327 days]], she is the [[List of oldest people by U.S. state|oldest person]] on record born in [[Nebraska]], but she was not the oldest person on record to die in that particular state, since she died in [[La Mesa, California]]. The title of the oldest person on record to die in Nebraska belongs to [[Helen Stetter]], who died on June 1, 2007 at age 113 years 195 days.<ref>[http://www.nebpress.com/700/huhn.php Nebraska Press Association - 700 Famous Nebraskans - Clara Herling Huhn]</ref> |
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=== Emma Verona Johnston === |
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As of October 2008, Huhn is listed as one of the 80 [[list of the verified oldest people|longest lived people ever]]. |
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'''Emma Verona Johnston''' (née '''Calhoun'''; August 6, 1890 – December 1, 2004) was an American [[supercentenarian]] who was born in [[Indianola, Iowa]], to a large family.<ref name="Johnston">{{cite news|last = Luther|first = Claudia|url = https://articles.latimes.com/2004/dec/03/local/me-johnston3|title = Emma Johnston, 114; Ohioan Was Oldest Living American|newspaper = [[Los Angeles Times]]|date = December 3, 2004|access-date = July 30, 2018}} Also available from the website of the [[Gerontology Research Group|GRG]] at [http://grg.org/EJohnston.htm OBITUARY: "Emma Johnston, 114; Ohioan Was Oldest Living American"]</ref> She graduated from [[Drake University]] in the Class of 1912 and went on to work as a [[Latin]] teacher before she married ophthalmologist Harry Johnston;<ref name = FromClass1912 /><ref>{{cite news|last = Hoven|first = Valerie|url = http://ddr.lib.drake.edu/digital/collection/du-vj/id/15/rec/1|title = Centenarian studied at Drake|work = Alumni News section of the Drake University publication "Update"|publisher = Drake University Digital Collections, Drake University Library|date = Spring 2004|access-date = July 30, 2018}}</ref><ref name = Honorary>{{cite web|last = Willey|first = John|url = http://ddr.lib.drake.edu/digital/collection/du-vj/id/19/rec/3|title = Honorary Degree Nomination|publisher = Drake University Digital Collections, Drake University Library|year = 2004|access-date = July 30, 2018}}</ref> at the time of her death, she was the university's oldest living graduate.<ref name = FromClass1912>{{cite web|url = http://www.lib.drake.edu/heritage/johnston/index.php|title = From the Class of 1912|work = The Drake Heritage Collections|publisher = Cowles Library at Drake University (lib.drake.edu)}}</ref> |
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At age 98, Johnston moved from Iowa to Ohio in order to live with her daughter and son-in-law. Even after turning 110, she continued to be in good health, alert and engaging in conversations, and was still able to walk up steps.<ref name="FromClass1912" /> She became the oldest known living American in May 2004.<ref name="Johnston" /> Three months later, on the occasion of her 114th birthday, she was presented with a proclamation signed by then Drake University President [[David Maxwell (academic)|David Maxwell]].<ref>{{cite news|url = http://ddr.lib.drake.edu/digital/collection/du-vj/id/13/rec/2|title = Drake celebrates alumna's 114th birthday|work = On Campus: Drake University's newsletter for Faculty and Staff|publisher = Drake University Digital Collections, Drake University Library|volume = 57|issue = 6|date = August 13, 2004|access-date = July 30, 2018}}</ref> The university's Vice President for Institutional Advancement, John Willey, nominated her for an honorary degree.<ref name = Honorary/> Johnston died in [[Worthington, Ohio]], on December 1, 2004,<ref name="Johnston" /> at age 114 years and 117 days. |
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=== Delvina Dahlheimer === |
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'''Mary Delvina Dahlheimer Morisette''' (December 31, 1888 – March 13, 2002) was an [[United States|American]] [[supercentenarian]]. At the time of her death, aged 113 years and 72 days, she was [[list of oldest people by U.S. state|the oldest person ever]] in [[Minnesota]], and [[oldest people|the fourth-oldest person in the world]].{{Fact|date=December 2007}} After she broke her hip in 2000, she was sent to the Guardian Angels Care Center, where she lived out the rest of her days.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} Dahlheimer's Minnesota state record title was surpassed by [[Catherine Hagel]] on February 9, 2008. Incidentally, Hagel was the sister-in-law of Dahlheimer. Hagel died on [[December 6]], [[2008]] aged 114, the third-oldest living person in the world at the time. |
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=== Mae Harrington === |
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'''Mae Maxwell Harrington''' (January 20, 1889 – December 29, 2002) was an [[United States|American]] [[supercentenarian]] who became [[U.S. state longevity recordholders|the oldest person in the history]] of the state of [[New York]], breaking the record held since the 1920s by then [[oldest people|world's oldest person]] [[Delina Filkins]], also 113, but her own record was subsequently broken in 2005 by [[Grace Thaxton]], who was born in the state before moving to and dying in [[Kentucky]]. Because her age was not authenticated during her lifetime, the public recognition she was due went to another 113-year-old, [[Mary Parr]] (January 29, 1889 – October 29, 2002), who was born nine days after her, dying two months before her, as her age was only validated [[posthumous]]ly.<ref>Jonas Kover. "Clinton woman's 'everyday' life ends at age 113 in nursing home". ''[[Observer-Dispatch]]''. January 1, 2003. Section A, Page 01.</ref> |
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As of October 2008, Harrington is listed as one of the 80 [[list of the verified oldest people|longest lived people ever]]. |
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=== Elena Slough === |
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'''Elena Rodenbaugh Proctor Slough''' (July 4, 1889 – October 5, 2003)<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |title=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3166758.stm |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3166758.stm |work=BBC News |date=October 6, 2003 |accessdate=2007-12-13}}</ref> was the oldest recognized person in the [[United States]] from the death of [[Mary Christian]] on April 20, 2003 until Slough's own death that following October, six months later. After her death, the oldest recognized person in the United States was [[Charlotte Benkner]].<ref name="BBC" /> |
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Born in [[Horsham, Pennsylvania]], she married twice and had children by each marriage.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} Incidentally, her 90-year-old daughter died three days before her at the same [[Cape May, New Jersey]] nursing home.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} |
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Some sources date her birth to 1888, but the oldest records state that she was born in 1889.<ref>{{cite news |title=Oldest American dies in her sleep |url=http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2003/oct/06/oldest_american_dies/ |author=David Porter |work=[[Associated Press]] |publisher=Lawrence Journal |date=October 6, 2003 |accessdate=2007-12-13 }}</ref> |
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As of October 2008, Slough is listed as one of the 60 [[list of the verified oldest people|longest lived people ever]]. |
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=== Bettie Wilson === |
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'''Bettie Antry Wilson''' (née '''Rutherford'''; September 13, 1890 – February 13, 2006)<ref name="Bettie Wilson">[http://grg.org/BWilson1.htm Bettie Wilson, 115; One of Three Oldest Americans] (LA Times)</ref> was the oldest resident of [[Mississippi]] ever recorded, and was considered the oldest living person in the United States from December 2004 until the subsequent verification of [[Elizabeth Bolden]].{{citation needed|date=May 2019}} Both were born in the rural South, where they lived less than 100 miles apart. Wilson was the daughter of freed slaves, Solomon and Delia Rutherford.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-10-15 |title=Did woman live to be 154? South's oldest-living people |url=https://www.al.com/living/2015/10/did_a_southern_woman_live_to_b.html |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=al |language=en}}</ref> |
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In April 2005, Wilson moved into a new home funded by donations, in [[New Albany, Mississippi|New Albany]]. She celebrated her 115th birthday in September 2005, and died on February 13, 2006, aged 115 years, 153 days.<ref name="Bettie Wilson" /> |
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Born of freed slaves, she is the oldest resident of the state of [[Mississippi]] ever recorded (the previous record was 113 years 12 days set in 1994). Her oldest son, Will Rogers, was said to be born (October 27, 1909 – October 21, 2008) making him 96 years old himself at the time (although the [[United States Census, 1930|1930 census]] lists him as 19 years old in April 1930, indicating that he was 95 instead). In late April 2005, Wilson moved into a new home funded by donations. |
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Wilson celebrated her 115th birthday in September 2005, at which time she ranked as the third-oldest living person in the world. |
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Wilson died at her [[New Albany, Mississippi|New Albany]] home on February 13, 2006, aged 115 years 153 days. She was survived by the aforementioned son (1909 – 2008), five grandchildren, 46 great-grandchildren, 95 great-great-grandchildren and 38 great-great-great grandchildren. |
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As of October 2008, Wilson is listed as one of the 20 [[list of the verified oldest people|longest lived people ever]]. |
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=== Grace Thaxton === |
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'''Grace Menges Thaxton''' (June 18, 1891 – July 6, 2005) was a [[supercentenarian]], the [[oldest people|oldest person]] in [[Kentucky]], the fourth-oldest person in the [[United States|U.S.]] and [[list of the oldest people|the sixth-oldest documented person in the world]] at the time of her death at age 114.<ref>[http://www.grg.org/GThaxton.htm LA Times report at the Gerontology Research Group]</ref> Grace was [[U.S. state longevity recordholders|the oldest documented person ever]] born in the state of [[New York]], in [[Rockland, New York|Rockland]] to be precise, and narrowly missed the all-time age record for a Kentucky-born resident of 114 years and 92 days, set by [[U.S. state longevity recordholders|Mary Anna Boone]] in 2001, when she died in [[Winchester, Kentucky|Winchester]] from a bout of [[pneumonia]] not long after her last birthday.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} |
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Moreover, her own mother died at 109,{{Fact|date=December 2007}} nearly a supercentenarian herself, and Thaxton almost lived to see her son Robert turn 90 on July 12, 2005. As of October 2008, Thaxton is listed as one of the 70 [[list of the verified oldest people|longest lived people ever]]. |
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=== Consuelo Moreno-López === |
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'''Consuelo Moreno-López''' (February 5, 1893 – November 13, 2004) was born in [[Spanish Morocco]] (then a colony of [[Spain]]) to Spanish parents.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1997/vp970207/02060153.htm|title= AT 105, CONSUELO MORENO SAYS: "BE GOOD AND DON'T HURT ANYONE"|accessmonthday= January 15|accessyear= 2008|last= Young|first= Mark|date= February 7, 1997|publisher= The Virginian-Pilot}}</ref> She later [[immigration to the United States|emigrated]] to the [[United States]] in 1960. She died stateside, aged 111 years and 282 days, as the result of an adverse reaction to a [[flu shot]]. Moreno-López holds the [[longevity]] record for [[Morocco]], which declared its independence in 1956.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58289-2004Dec11.html|title= Consuelo Romero, 112, Dies; Sewed for Sultan's Family|accessmonthday= January 15|accessyear= 2008|last= Sullivan|first= Patricia|date= December 12, 2004|publisher= [[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> |
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=== Edna Parker === |
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'''Edna Scott Parker''' (April 20, 1893 – November 26, 2008) was teacher from [[Morgan County, Indiana]] <ref>[http://www.in.gov/newsroom.htm?detailContent=125_6131.htm&backEnabled=true Governor meets with country's two oldest, both Hoosiers]</ref>and, until her death, at age (115 years, 220 days) was recognized as the [[oldest people|oldest recognized living person]] following the death of [[Yone Minagawa]] of [[Japan]] on August 13, 2007.<ref name="Minagawa">[http://www.japannewsreview.com/society/kyushu/kyushu/20070814page_id=1438 World's oldest person, Yone Minagawa, dies at 114] - [[Japan News Review]].</ref> She assumed the title at age 114 years 115 days. She became the oldest living American on February 14, 2007 at age 113 years 300 days, following the death of then fellow 113-year-old [[Corinne Dixon Taylor]] of [[Washington, D.C.]].<ref name="GRG">[http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM Validated Living Supercentenarians]</ref> |
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At the time of her death, Parker was listed as one of the 15 [[list of the verified oldest people|longest lived people ever]]. |
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=== Grace Nelsen Jones === |
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'''Grace Rebecca Nelsen Jones''' (June 4, 1893 – April 24, 2006) was born in [[Richmond, Virginia]], [[United States]] to [[Denmark|Danish]] [[immigration to the United States|immigrant]] parents. Grace was their 12th and last child, born when her mother was already 43 years old. She later married Charles Jones and started a family of her own. In 2005, Grace became the [[Virginia]] state recordholder for the oldest verified person born over there. She died at the age of 112 years and 324 days. At the time of her death, Jones ranked as the world's 10th-oldest person.<ref>[http://www.geocities.com/cooldancer/memory/memory.html In memory of Grace Nelsen Jones]</ref> |
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=== Flossie Page === |
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'''Flossie Page''' ([[Haven, Kansas]], June 12, 1893<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.kake.com/news/features/4/765737.html |title=Flossie Page |date= May 9, 2004 |publisher=Kake.com |accessdate=2007-12-09}}</ref> – [[Butler County, Kansas]], February 22, 2006 was an [[United States|American]] [[supercentenarian]] who broke [[U.S. state longevity recordholders|the record for the oldest person]] of [[Kansas]] on record on February 9, 2006, the previous record of 112 years 241 days having been set by Katherine Jones in 1992, but she died exactly two weeks after achieving this feat.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} |
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Page ranked as the [[oldest people|sixth-oldest person]] in the U.S. and eleventh in the world when she died, aged 112 years and 255 days.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} |
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After graduating from high school, she taught at a one-room school house near [[Lewis, Kansas|Lewis]], and later worked at the "War Risk and Insurance Department" in [[Washington, D.C.]] upon the start of [[World War I|the Second World War]]. Page married Fredric William Page in 1926. He died in 1967. She attributed her [[longevity]] to living a moral life, and taking no medication whatsoever.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} |
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=== Marion Higgins === |
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'''Marion Bigelow Higgins''' ([[New York City]], June 26, 1893 — [[Seal Beach, California]], March 2, 2006) was an [[United States|American]] [[supercentenarian]]. At an early age, she moved to [[Maine]], and later on to [[California]].<ref>Thurber, Jon. "Obituaries; Marion B. Higgins, 112", Los Angeles Times, March 4, 2006.</ref> |
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On May 29, 2005, Marion was recognized as California's [[oldest people|oldest living person]], four weeks shy of 112 following the death of Margaret Russell, aged 112. |
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Her memory was remarkable for a person her age. She could remember from age one, and recite poems backwards. |
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Moreover, she wrote her first book herself at the 'tender' age of 102.<ref>[http://www.grg.org/AMalcolm.htm Andrew H. Malcolm LA Times on GRG and Marion Higgins (June 25, 2005)]</ref> |
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Marion died from congestive [[heart failure]], aged 112 years and 249 days. She was ranked as sixth-oldest in the U.S. and 11th in the world at the time of her death. |
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=== Gertrude Baines === |
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'''Gertrude Baines''' (born April 6, 1894) is an [[United States|American]] [[supercentenarian]], who is currently [[oldest people|the oldest living person in the world]], since the January 2, 2009 death of Portuguese woman [[Maria de Jesus]]. Aside from her [[arthritis]], Baines is very healthy and has never had a seriously ill day in her life. Born in [[Shellman, Georgia]], she currently lives in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]. |
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As of [[November 11]], [[2008]], Baines has surpassed [[Carrie Lazenby]]'s (1882–1996) record of 114 years 218 days, to become [[List of oldest people by U.S. state|the oldest person ever]] born in the state of Georgia. |
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As of December 2008, aged 114, Baines is one of the 30 [[list of the verified oldest people|longest lived people ever]]. |
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=== George Johnson === |
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'''George Henry Johnson''' (May 1, 1894 – August 30, 2006) was, at the time of his death, [[California]]'s [[oldest people|oldest man]] and one of the last few surviving veterans of the [[World War I|First World War]] in the [[United States]]. He was drafted into the [[United States Army]] in 1917, and served in the Fourteenth Company, 154th Battalion. Johnson did not see combat during the war, but served at [[Fort Greene, North Carolina]] and [[Fort Dix, New Jersey]]. |
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Born in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]], Johnson led a rich and eventful life—by his own accounts, he had rubbed shoulders at various times with [[Standard Oil]] tycoon [[John D. Rockefeller]] and [[Henry Ford]], and also claimed that his grandfather was [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Andrew Johnson]]. His father, James Edward Johnson, the manager of the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad|Baltimore and Ohio Railway station]] in [[Philadelphia]], was alleged to be the illegitimate child of the former President. Though unconfirmed by independent journalists or academic researchers, some people address the facts of his father James' unusual position of authority for an [[African American]], as well as the claim that James was present at the [[Gettysburg Address]] in 1863, as evidence that George Johnson was truly the grandson of the 17th President. |
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He attributed his longevity to clean living free from drugs, alcohol, and tobacco. The doctor performing the autopsy on Johnson remarked how physically well he was—his internal organs were said to be in the condition of someone half his age. |
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As of October 2008, Johnson is one of the [[List of the verified oldest men|25 longest lived men ever]]. |
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=== Catherine Hagel === |
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'''Catherine Dahlheimer Hagel''' (November 28, [[1894]] – December 6, [[2008]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[supercentenarian]]. She was born in [[Dayton, Minnesota]], and was, at the time of her death, at age 114 years, 8 days; [[oldest people#Oldest validated people currently living (top 10)|the third-oldest validated person in the world]] and the second-oldest validated person in the [[United States]]. She was also [[list of oldest people by U.S. state|the oldest person ever]] in the state of [[Minnesota]]. This record was previously held by her sister-in-law [[Delvina Dahlheimer]]. Hagel was a farmer, and didn't stop farming until she was 100, when she moved to the North Ridge Care Center in [[New Hope, Minnesota]]. She had 11 children with her husband, John, who died in 1966 at age 74, nine of whom were still living as of early 2008. Her oldest living daughter, Cecilia Gulczinski, was 90 years old at the time of her mother's death. <ref>http://www.startribune.com/local/15467506.html</ref> |
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As of December 2008, Hagel is listed as one of the 70 [[list of the verified oldest people|longest lived people ever]]. |
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* [http://nc.startribune.com/blogs/kersten/?cat=3 "Her 112 Years Have Been Filled with Hard Work, Faith and the Funnies"], ''[[Minneapolis Star Tribune]]'' |
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===Elizabeth Stefan=== |
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'''Elizabeth Stefan''' (May 13, 1895 – April 9, 2008)<ref name="GRG"/><ref>[http://www.recordholders.org/en/list/oldest.html The Oldest Human Beings]</ref> was an [[United States|American]] [[supercentenarian]] of [[Hungarian American|Hungarian]] descent. |
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Born in [[Austria-Hungary]], Stefan [[immigration to the United States|emigrated]] to the United States in 1913. She is believed to be the oldest Hungarian ever. Stefan lived in a nursing home in [[Norwalk, Connecticut]], where she celebrated her 112th birthday in May 2007. |
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Stefan died aged 112 years and 332 days, just five weeks shy of her 113th birthday. At the time of her death, she was [[list of living supercentenarians|the seventh-oldest validated person in the world]] and the fifth-oldest validated person in the [[United States]]. She leaves behind a daughter, grandchildren and a great-grandson. |
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*Obituary: http://groups.google.com/group/alt.obituaries/browse_thread/thread/5eb39f4e67eeeb5f |
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=== Thomas Nelson, Sr. === |
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'''Thomas D. Nelson, Sr.''' (July 8, 1895 – January 9, 2007) was, at age 111, the oldest living man in the [[United States]] and the second-oldest one in the world from December 7, 2006 (the death of fellow [[African American|black American]] [[Moses Hardy]]) for one month until his own death. |
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He had been living in [[Port Arthur, Texas]] since the early 1930s. He opened a candy shop in the mid-1930s, and worked there for more than 60 years.<ref>{{cite news |author=Ashley Sanders |title=PA’s Nelson celebrates birthday milestone |url=http://www.panews.com/features/local_story_189200405.html?start:int=0 |
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|quote= ... The creator and proprietor of Nelson’s Confectionery on Lincoln Avenue celebrated his 111th birthday Saturday surrounded by his friends and family. |
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=== Olivia Patricia Thomas === |
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'''Olivia Patricia Thomas''' née '''Trevellyan''' (born [[June]] [[29]] [[1895]]) is, at age 113, world's verified fifth oldest living person, since the death of [[Manuela Fernández-Fojaco]] on [[January 6]] [[2009]]. Thomas is currently fourth oldest American (third oldest born in the [[United States]], as [[Mary Josephine Ray]] was born in [[Canada]]). She is also the oldest living person in the state of [[New York]]. Her nickname is The Plant Lady, because of her hobby of caring about plants for years. |
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=== Neva Morris === |
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'''Neva Freed Morris''' (born August 3, 1895) is, at age 113, an [[United States|American]] [[supercentenarian]] who is, as of January 6, 2009, the [[oldest people#Oldest validated people currently living (top 10)|sixth-oldest living person]]. Morris is the oldest person living in [[Iowa]], although Olivia Patricia Thomas of [[New York]] was also born in Iowa, and is 35 days older. |
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She was born Neva Freed and married Edward Morris in 1914. They had four children: Leslie, Mary Jane, Walter and Betty Lee. They lived on a farm in Iowa. She stayed there until the age of 99, when she moved into a nursing home. She is also known for her love of cars. |
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=== George Francis === |
=== George Francis === |
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'''George Rene Francis''' (June 6, 1896 – December 27, 2008)<ref>{{cite |
'''George Rene Francis''' (June 6, 1896 – December 27, 2008)<ref name="georgefrancis">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-francis29-2008dec29-story.html |title=George Francis, oldest man in the United States, dies at 112 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=December 29, 2008 |access-date=September 12, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Jason |last=Dearen |url=http://www.sacbee.com/827/story/1503198.html |title=Oldest man in the US dies in Sacramento at 112 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130815204613/http://www.sacbee.com/827/story/1503198.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 15, 2013 |agency=Associated Press |work=The Sacramento Bee |quote=Francis died Saturday of congestive heart failure at a nursing home in Sacramento |location=Sacramento, CA |date=December 28, 2008 |access-date=November 3, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://grg.org/Adams/E.HTM |title=Recent Deaths for 2008 |access-date=November 3, 2010 |work=Gerontology Research Group |publisher=GRG Interactive |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071126092018/http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM |archive-date=November 26, 2007 |df=mdy }}</ref> was an American supercentenarian and the joint second-oldest living man in the world, together with Englishman [[Henry Allingham]], also born on June 6, 1896, until Francis's death aged 112 years and 204 days. He was also the oldest living man in the United States, following the death of then 111-year-old [[Antonio Pierro]] on February 8, 2007. Francis was from [[New Orleans]], Louisiana, but after 1949 lived in [[Sacramento, California]], where a local newspaper published a poem that Francis enjoyed reciting to friends and the public throughout his life.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://spontaneousoverflow.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/GeorgeFrancisPOEM.source.prod_affiliate.4.pdf |title= The Black Man's Plea for Justice |newspaper= [[The Sacramento Bee]] |location= Sacramento, CA |date=August 2010 |access-date=November 3, 2010 }}</ref> He credited his longevity to nature, and enjoyed a rich diet of pork, eggs, milk and lard. He gave up smoking cigars at the age of 75.<ref name="Sacbee">{{cite web |last=Magagnini |first=Stephen |url=http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/204734.html |title=Life looks good at 110 – A witness to history from Jim Crow to Barack Obama – and a family treasure |work=sacbee.com |date=June 4, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607234415/http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/204734.html |archive-date=June 7, 2007 }}</ref> |
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Francis attempted to join the army in World War I but was rejected for service in 1918 as being too short and small (he weighed only about 100 |
Francis attempted to join the army in World War I, but was rejected for service in 1918 as being too short and small (he weighed only about {{convert|100|lb|disp=sqbr}}). Despite this, he later was a boxer before becoming a barber and then a chauffeur.<ref name="georgefrancis" /> |
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===Bernice Madigan=== |
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George Francis claimed to have met [[Louis Armstrong]] and [[Booker T. Washington]] and to have seen [[Babe Ruth]] hit a home run. His wife died in 1964. |
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'''Bernice Madigan''' (née '''Emerson'''; July 24, 1899 – January 3, 2015) was born in [[West Springfield, Massachusetts|West Springfield]], [[Massachusetts]],<ref name=GRG-Deceased/><ref name="Geographic">{{cite journal |last=Hoffmann |first=Fritz |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2014/07/22/fritz-hoffmann-wishes-bernice-madigan-a-happy-115th-birthday/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209123757/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2014/07/22/fritz-hoffmann-wishes-bernice-madigan-a-happy-115th-birthday/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 9, 2018 |title=Fritz Hoffmann Wishes Bernice Madigan a Happy 115th Birthday |journal=National Geographic |date=22 July 2014 |access-date=9 December 2018}}</ref><ref name="iberkshires.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.iberkshires.com/story/48218/Bernice-Madigan-State-s-Oldest-Citizen-Dies-at-115.html|title=Bernice Madigan, State's Oldest Citizen, Dies at 115|website=www.iberkshires.com|date=December 14, 2023 }}</ref> and moved to Cheshire when she was six.<ref name="Globe">{{cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/07/24/at_110_bay_states_oldest_resident_is_a_marvel_of_longevity/ |title=At 110, Bay State's oldest resident is a marvel of longevity |work=The Boston Globe |date=July 24, 2009 |access-date=December 8, 2012}}</ref> In 1918, after graduating from Adams High School,<ref name="Globe"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Shanks |first=Adam |url=https://www.berkshireeagle.com/stories/cheshire-woman-turns-115-worlds-fifth-oldest-person,366679 |title=Cheshire woman turns 115; world's fifth-oldest person |newspaper=[[Berkshire Eagle]] |date=24 July 2014 |access-date=9 December 2018}}</ref> she responded to government [[United States home front during World War I#Women|drives to recruit women into employment during WWI]], and moved to [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="Geographic"/> After the war, she worked as a secretary for the [[United States Department of the Treasury|Department of the Treasury]] and the [[Veterans Administration]].<ref name="Diebel">{{cite news |last=Diebel |first=Matthew |url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/05/inkster-woman-115-among-6-living-people-born-in-19th-century/15126761 |title=Inkster woman 115 among 6 living people born in 19th century |work=Detroit Free Press |date=5 September 2014 |access-date=9 December 2018}}</ref> She married Paul Madigan (d. 1976) in 1925;<ref name="Diebel"/> they lived in the Washington, D.C., area and then in Silver Spring, Maryland.<ref name="Globe"/> She retired in 1942, after which she volunteered with the church and at nursing homes, playing piano for residents.<ref name="Globe"/> She returned to live with family in Massachusetts in 2007.<ref name="Diebel"/> She participated in [[Boston University School of Medicine]]'s [[New England Centenarian Study]],<ref name="ABCBerkshires">{{cite news |url=http://www.iberkshires.com/blog/?bid=373 |title=ABC News Features Cheshire's Madigan |work=iBerkshires.com |access-date=9 December 2018 |date=30 June 2010}}</ref> and was interviewed and filmed by the Center for Aging at the [[University of Chicago]] and the [[ABC World News]].<ref name="ABCBerkshires"/> She is one of 100 centenarians in [[Archon X Prize|The Archon Genomics XPRIZE]].<ref name=XPRIZE>{{cite web |url=http://genomics.xprize.org/100-over-100/community/bernice-madigan |title=Bernice Madigan Centenarian Profile |work=Archon Genomics |access-date=December 8, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120914062440/http://genomics.xprize.org/100-over-100/community/bernice-madigan |archive-date=September 14, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Ansberry|first=Clare|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10000872396390443890304578010513378135692|title=Contestants Race to Map DNA of 100 Centenarians|date=June 13, 2013|access-date=June 13, 2013|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref> She joined social media, with profiles on Facebook and Twitter.<ref name="Diebel"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Cain |first=Tim |url=https://herald-review.com/blogs/tim_cain/the-oldest-person-on-twitter/article_2a9d2a40-6d20-11e4-aa51-f7a91806ae4b.html |title=The oldest person on Twitter |work=Herald&Review |location=Decatur, Illinois |date=17 November 2014 |access-date=9 December 2018}}</ref><ref name="Metro">{{cite news |last=Rousseau |first=Morgan |url=https://www.metro.us/boston/bernice-emerson-madigan-oldest-mass-resident-dies-at-age-115/zsJoag---AyRqaJmwObAFI |title=Bernice Emerson Madigan, oldest Mass. resident, dies at age 115 |work=Metro USA |access-date=9 December 2018 |date=7 January 2015}}</ref> Madigan died in her sleep at the age of 115 years and 163 days at 2 a.m. on January 3, 2015.<ref name="iberkshires.com"/><ref name="Metro"/> At the time of her death, she was the oldest living resident of [[Massachusetts]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iberkshires.com/story/41827/Cheshire-Woman-16th-Oldest-In-The-World.html|title=Cheshire Woman 16th Oldest In The World|website=www.iberkshires.com|date=December 14, 2023 }}</ref> the fourth-oldest living person in the [[United States]]<ref name=3and4>{{cite web|url=https://www.iberkshires.com/story/44417/Cheshire-Woman-Is-Fourth-Oldest-in-the-World.html|title=Cheshire Woman Is Fourth Oldest in the World|website=www.iberkshires.com|date=December 14, 2023 }}</ref> and the world's fifth-oldest living person.<ref name=3and4/><ref>{{cite news |last=Buncombe |first=Andrew |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/secrets-of-longevity-meet-the-five-women-whose-lives-span-three-centuries-9996697.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/secrets-of-longevity-meet-the-five-women-whose-lives-span-three-centuries-9996697.html |archive-date=June 14, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Secrets of longevity: Meet the five women whose lives span three centuries |work=The Independent |publisher=Independent Digital News & Media |date=22 January 2015 |access-date=9 December 2018 |location=London, UK}}</ref> |
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===Evelyn Kozak=== |
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At the time of his death, Francis was listed as one of the [[List of the verified oldest men|20 oldest verified men ever]]. |
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'''Eva Chavka Rivka "Evelyn" Kozak''' (née '''Jacobson''') (August 14, 1899 – June 11, 2013)<ref name="GRG">{{cite web|url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/TableE.html |title=Validated Living Supercentenarians|date=August 29, 2018|accessdate=August 29, 2018}}</ref><ref name="YWN">{{cite web|url=http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/General+News/172435/Boro-Park%3A-Oldest-Jewish-Person-Dies-At-113-Years-Old%3B-Levaya-To-Be-Held-Today.html|title=Boro Park: Oldest Jewish Person Dies At 113 Years-Old; Levaya To Be Held Today|date=June 11, 2013|publisher=Yeshiva World News|accessdate=11 June 2013}}</ref> was an [[Americans|American]] [[Jews|Jewish]] [[supercentenarian]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.jwire.com.au/news/australias-oldest-jew-passes-away/17989 |author= |title=Australia's Oldest Jew Passes Away |publisher=Jwire.com.au |date=August 2, 2011 |accessdate=April 13, 2013 |archive-date=September 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922185525/http://www.jwire.com.au/news/australias-oldest-jew-passes-away/17989 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Australia's oldest Jew turns 110|url=http://www.jta.org/news/article/2011/03/06/3086294/australias-oldest-jew-turns-100|work=JTA|date=March 6, 2011|access-date=June 11, 2013|archive-date=August 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806072356/http://www.jta.org/news/article/2011/03/06/3086294/australias-oldest-jew-turns-100|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://poststar.com/oldest-records/article_288a694a-95c5-11e2-9556-0019bb2963f4.html |author= |title='Oldest' records |publisher=Poststar.com |date=March 25, 2013 |accessdate=April 13, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/62483/elsie-rich-of-santa-rosa-is-among-oldest-jews-in-u.s/ |author= Emma Silvers|title=Elsie Rich of Santa Rosa is turning 110 — she was among the oldest Jews in the world! |publisher=Jweekly |date=August 4, 2011 |accessdate=April 13, 2013}}</ref> born in [[New York City]] to Isaac and Kate Jacobson, who fled from the [[Russian Empire]], and the oldest verified Jewish person in history from November 6, 2012, 12 weeks after turning 113, when she broke fellow German-born American [[Adelheid Kirschbaum]]'s record of 113 years and 83 days though until August 27, 2014, when fellow Russian-born American [[Goldie Steinberg]] (born October 30, 1900), who was the oldest living Jewish person after her death, broke her record. |
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ankhRuMU0mw Video of George Francis at age 106] |
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Kozak died of a [[heart attack]] at a hospital in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]], early in the morning of Tuesday June 11, 2013{{when|reason=Exactly which time did Kozak die? Is there any report about her exact time of death?|date=February 2023}} - barely around a quarter of a day before the oldest living person, 116-year-old Japaneseman [[Jiroemon Kimura]] (who died 2:08 a.m. the night of June 12 = 1:08 p.m. the afternoon of June 11 [[Eastern Time Zone|EDT]]). |
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=== Delphia Spencer Hankins === |
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===Delphia Welford=== |
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'''Delphia Spencer Hankins''' (July 23, 1896 – October 17, 2007) was an [[United States|American]] [[supercentenarian]]. Hankins was the [[oldest people|oldest person]] in [[Mississippi]] at the time of her death at age 111. |
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'''Delphia S. Welford''' (9 September 1875 – 14 November 1992) was an [[Americans|American]] [[Supercentenarian]] claimed to have been born on 9 September 1881; however, the research conducted by the Gerontology Research Group between the years 2016–2023 determined that she was actually born in 1875, and that she was born in [[Okolona, Mississippi]]. USA. |
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Welford's parents were Richard and Heddie Welford. The family moved to [[Humboldt, Tennessee|Humboldt,]] [[Gibson, Tennessee|Gibson,]] Tennessee when she was still a child. She had one son, Leo Mathis, in the late 1890s. Welford never married and spent the rest of her life in Humboldt. She was a homemaker and a member of the Lane Chapel C.M.E Church. |
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She was born in [[Itawamba County, Mississippi]].<ref name=cd> {{cite news |first=|last=|title= Delphia Hankins |url=http://www.cdispatch.com/articles/2007/10/18/obituaries/obituaries.txt|work=[[Commercial Dispatch]] |publisher= |date=2007-10-18 |accessdate=2007-10-20}}</ref> to Henry Jackson Spencer and Samantha Fikes Spencer.<ref name=cd/> In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Curtis Hankins; her brothers, Bobby, Kip, Grady, Chester and Curtis Spencer; and a son who died in infancy. |
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Welford died at Parkview Manor Health Care Center in [[Humboldt, Tennessee]], USA on 14 November 1992 at the age of 117 years, 66 days. |
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Hankins had been a resident of [[Aberdeen, Mississippi]] from 1942 until 2000.<ref name=cd/> She worked at Aberdeen Hospital and at Dr. Murphree's Clinic,<ref name=cd/> and then a [[homemaker]] until she was 104.<ref name=cd/> Afterwards, she moved to [[West Point, Mississippi]], where she spent the last seven years of her life.<ref name=cd/> |
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Delphia Hankins died at the ''Dugan Memorial Home'' in West Point.<ref name=cd/> |
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At the time of her death she was survived by two daughters, Olema Poss of West Point and Kathryn Crump of Aberdeen; a son, W.D. Hankins of Aberdeen; twenty-seven grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren. |
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== References == |
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{{main|Walter Breuning}} |
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<ref name=2023-Deaths>{{cite web |url=https://www.grg-supercentenarians.org/supercentenarians-deaths-in-2023/ |title=Supercentenarian deaths in 2023 |publisher=[[Gerontology Research Group]] |access-date=May 12, 2024}}</ref> |
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'''Walter Breuning''' (born September 21, 1896) is an [[United States|American]] [[supercentenarian]] who is, as of December 2008, at age 112, one of the 25-[[list of living supercentenarians|oldest verified living people in the world]], the [[oldest people#Oldest men currently living (top 10)|third-oldest man in the world]] and [[list of the verified oldest men|the oldest man in the United States]]. As of October 2008, he is also one of the [[list of the verified oldest men|25-oldest men ever]]. On his 110th birthday, Breuning was declared the oldest living retired railroader in the United States. |
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<ref name=2024-Deaths>{{cite web |url=https://www.grg-supercentenarians.org/supercentenarians-deaths-in-2024/ |title=Supercentenarian deaths in 2024 |publisher=[[Gerontology Research Group]] |access-date=May 12, 2024}}</ref> |
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<ref name=GRG-2020>{{cite web |url=https://www.grg-supercentenarians.org/2020-validations/ |title=2020 validations |publisher=[[Gerontology Research Group]] |access-date=May 12, 2024}}</ref> |
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<ref name=GRG-2023>{{cite web |url=https://www.grg-supercentenarians.org/2023-validations/ |title=2023 validations |publisher=[[Gerontology Research Group]] |access-date=May 12, 2024}}</ref> |
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<ref name=GRG-2024>{{cite web |url=https://www.grg-supercentenarians.org/2024-validations/ |title=2024 validations |publisher=[[Gerontology Research Group]] |access-date=May 12, 2024}}</ref> |
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<ref name=GRG-Deceased>{{cite web |url=https://grg.org/WSRL/TableE.aspx |title=GRG World Supercentenarian Rankings List – Validated Deceased Supercentenarians |first1=Louis |last1=Epstein |first2=Robert |last2=Young |first3=Johnny |last3=Adams |first4=Mark |last4=Muir |publisher=[[Gerontology Research Group]] |date=December 11, 2023 |access-date=January 13, 2024}}</ref> |
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<ref name=GRG-G-2015>{{cite web |url=http://grg.org/Adams/G.HTM |title=GRG Database by Nation |first1=Marco |last1=Wikkerink |first2=Waclaw Jan |last2=Kroczek |publisher=[[Gerontology Research Group]] |date=January 1, 2015 |access-date=June 2, 2019}}</ref> |
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<ref name=GRG-Historical>{{cite web |url=https://www.grg-supercentenarians.org/recent-historical-validations-by-the-gerontology-research-group/ |title=Recent historical validations by the Gerontology Research Group |publisher=[[Gerontology Research Group]] |date=April 29, 2023 |access-date=May 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502020450/https://www.grg-supercentenarians.org/recent-historical-validations-by-the-gerontology-research-group/ |archive-date=May 2, 2023 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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<ref name=WSRL>{{cite web |url=https://www.grg-supercentenarians.org/world-supercentenarian-rankings-list/ |title=World Supercentenarian Rankings List |publisher=[[Gerontology Research Group]] |date=April 24, 2024 |access-date=May 12, 2024}}</ref> |
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Despite having lived at the Rainbow Retirement and Assisted Living Center in [[Great Falls, Montana]] for the last 27 years, Breuning is still in excellent health. He is able to walk, eats two meals a day, and always wears a suit and tie. He still maintains a very sharp and accurate memory. |
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=== Walter H. Seward === |
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{{main|Walter H. Seward}} |
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'''Walter H. Seward''' (October 13, 1896 – September 14, 2008) was an [[United States|American]] [[supercentenarian]] who at the time of his death, at age 111, was the third-oldest man living in the U.S. and the [[oldest people#Oldest men currently living (top 10)|sixth-oldest in the world]]. As of June 2008, he was one of the 30 [[oldest people|oldest verified living people in the world]]. As of October 2008, Seward also ranks as the [[List of the verified oldest men|30th oldest man ever]]. Seward was raised in [[Toledo, Ohio]], and moved to [[Vineland, New Jersey]] while he was in [[high school]]. |
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He was a 1917 graduate of [[Rutgers University]] and a 1924 graduate of [[Harvard Law School]]. He practiced [[law]] through his 90s, and lived in [[West Orange, New Jersey]]. Seward died on September 14, 2008, at the age of 111 years 337 days. |
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=== Ella Schuler === |
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{{main|Ella Schuler}} |
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'''Ella Frieda Winkelmann Schuler''' (born September 5, 1897) of [[Nebraska]] is an [[United States|American]] [[supercentenarian]] and the fourth child of [[Germany|German]]-[[immigration to the United States|immigrant]] parents. Her family raised horses, milked cows, and grew corn and oats.<ref name="Witness">{{cite news|title=A witness to history: Topekan to turn 110|date=2007-08-31|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4179/is_20070831/ai_n19503819}}</ref> While her brothers eventually enrolled in school, her childhood was mostly spent working at home. Schuler reflects that farm-life was very difficult, concluding, “if you don’t want to work hard, don’t go to a farm.”<ref name="Senior Monthly">{{cite news|title=Schuler celebrates her 110th birthday|date=October 2007|url=http://www.seniormonthly.net/Senior-oct07.pdf|format=PDF}}</ref> |
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She married John Cecil Schuler on August 19, 1923. Originally from [[Virginia]], Ella met John when he traveled through [[Kansas]] working on the [[Union Pacific Railway]]. Over the next ten years, Ella gave birth to three sons: James, John, Jr. and Robert, all born in Page City, [[Kansas]]. In 1934, husband John left his post in the railroad industry and with Ella founded Schuler’s Grocery Business in [[Topeka, Kansas|Topeka]]. Eventually the Schulers expanded their business and purchased the gas station adjacent to their grocery store.<ref name="Aldersgate">{{cite news|title=Aldersgate Newsletter|date=Autumn 2007|url=http://www.umhomes.org/newsletter_pdf/Fall_07.pdf|format=PDF}}</ref> |
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While in her 50s, Schuler earned her [[high school diploma]] and soon after completed a two-year program at what was then known as Washburn College, now [[Washburn University]].<ref name="Senior Monthly" /> In 1952, James, the first of Ella’s three sons, died at age 26 of complications resulting from [[appendicitis]]. The Schuler’s closed their grocery store in 1978 to enter retirement. During the spring of 1983, after almost 60 years of marriage, Ella’s husband died. Following this, Ella spent several years traveling both through [[Europe]] and the US. She still lived independently until 1995, aged 98, when she sustained injuries from a fall on an icy sidewalk and consequently moved to an [[assisted living facility]], where she has spent the last twelve years. |
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=== Leila Denmark === |
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{{main|Leila Denmark}} |
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'''Leila Denmark''', M.D. (born February 1, 1898) is an [[United States|American]] [[pediatrics|pediatrician]] who became the oldest practicing pediatrician in the world, retiring at the age of 103 in May 2001.<ref>[http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/122706/news_20061227078.shtml Story on ''onlineathens.com'']</ref> |
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Born in [[Portal, Georgia]], Denmark is the oldest of 12 children, as well as the only one still living. She attended [[Tift College]] in [[Forsyth, Georgia]], where she trained to be a teacher, but decided to attend [[medical school]] when her fiancé, John E. Denmark, was posted to [[Java]], [[Indonesia]], by the [[United States Department of State]] and no wives were allowed. She was the only woman in the 1928 graduating class of the Medical College of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], and married soon after graduation. Denmark is credited as co-developer of the [[pertussis]] (whooping cough) [[vaccine]] in the 1920s and 1930s. |
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Denmark lived in [[Alpharetta, Georgia]] until age 106, when she moved to [[Athens, Georgia]] to live with her daughter Mary Hutcherson. On February 1, 2008, Leila Denmark celebrated her 110th birthday, attaining [[supercentenarian]] status. |
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American supercentenarians are citizens or residents of the United States who have attained or surpassed 110 years of age. As of January 2015, the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) had validated the longevity claims of 782 American supercentenarians.[1][needs update] As of June 2, 2024, it lists the oldest living American-born person as Spanish emigrant Maria Branyas (born in San Francisco, California, on March 4, 1907), aged 117 years, 90 days. The oldest American resident is listed as Elizabeth Francis (born in Houston, Texas, on July 25, 1909), aged 114 years, 313 days.[2] The longest-lived person ever from the United States is Sarah Knauss, of Hollywood, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, who died on December 30, 1999, aged 119 years and 97 days.[3][4]
100 oldest known Americans
Below is a list of the 100 longest lived American supercentenarians according to the GRG and reliable sourcing.[1][5]
Deceased Living
Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age | Birthplace | Place of death or residence |
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1 | Sarah Knauss[1] | F
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September 24, 1880 | December 30, 1999 | 119 years, 97 days | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
2 | Maria Branyas[2] | F
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March 4, 1907 | Living | 117 years, 90 days | California | Spain |
3 | Delphia Welford[6] | F
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September 9, 1875 | November 14, 1992 | 117 years, 66 days | Mississippi | Tennessee |
4 | Susannah Mushatt Jones[5] | F
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July 6, 1899 | May 12, 2016 | 116 years, 311 days | Alabama | New York |
5 | Gertrude Weaver[5] | F
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July 4, 1898 | April 6, 2015 | 116 years, 276 days | Arkansas | Arkansas |
6 | Elizabeth Bolden[1] | F
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August 15, 1890 | December 11, 2006 | 116 years, 118 days | Tennessee | Tennessee |
7 | Besse Cooper[5] | F
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August 26, 1896 | December 4, 2012 | 116 years, 100 days | Tennessee | Georgia |
8 | Jeralean Talley[5] | F
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May 23, 1899 | June 17, 2015 | 116 years, 25 days | Georgia | Michigan |
9 | Edith Ceccarelli[7] | F
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February 5, 1908 | February 22, 2024[8] | 116 years, 17 days | California | California |
10 | Maggie Barnes[1][a] | F
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March 6, 1882 | January 19, 1998 | 115 years, 319 days | North Carolina | North Carolina |
11 | Dina Manfredini[5] | F
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April 4, 1897 | December 17, 2012 | 115 years, 257 days | Italy | Iowa |
12 | Christian Mortensen[1] | M
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August 16, 1882 | April 25, 1998 | 115 years, 252 days | Denmark | California |
13 | Hester Ford[5] | F
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August 15, 1905 | April 17, 2021[9] | 115 years, 245 days | South Carolina | North Carolina |
14 | Edna Parker[5] | F
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April 20, 1893 | November 26, 2008 | 115 years, 220 days | Indiana | Indiana |
15 | Margaret Skeete[1] | F
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October 27, 1878 | May 7, 1994 | 115 years, 192 days | Texas | Virginia |
16 | Bernice Madigan[5] | F
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July 24, 1899 | January 3, 2015 | 115 years, 163 days | Massachusetts | Massachusetts |
17 | Gertrude Baines[5] | F
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April 6, 1894 | September 11, 2009 | 115 years, 158 days | Georgia | California |
18 | Bettie Wilson[1] | F
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September 13, 1890 | February 13, 2006 | 115 years, 153 days | Mississippi | Mississippi |
19 | Iris Westman[5] | F
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August 28, 1905 | January 3, 2021[10] | 115 years, 128 days | North Dakota | North Dakota |
20 | Marie-Josephine Gaudette[5] | F
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March 25, 1902 | July 13, 2017 | 115 years, 110 days | New Hampshire | Italy |
21 | Susie Gibson[1] | F
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October 31, 1890 | February 16, 2006 | 115 years, 108 days | Mississippi | Alabama |
Thelma Sutcliffe[5] | F
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October 1, 1906 | January 17, 2022[11] | Nebraska | Nebraska | ||
23 | Edna Kern[6] | F
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October 14, 1900 | January 20, 2016 | 115 years, 98 days | California | Nevada |
24 | Augusta Holtz[1] | F
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August 3, 1871 | October 21, 1986 | 115 years, 79 days | Prussia[b] | Missouri |
25 | Bessie Hendricks[12] | F
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November 7, 1907 | January 3, 2023[13] | 115 years, 57 days | Iowa | Iowa |
26 | Easter Wiggins[14] | F
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June 1, 1875 | July 7, 1990 | 115 years, 36 days | Mississippi | Mississippi |
27 | Maud Farris-Luse[15] | F
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February 21, 1887 | March 18, 2002 | 115 years, 25 days | Michigan | Michigan |
28 | Antonia Gerena Rivera[5] | F
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May 19, 1900 | June 2, 2015 | 115 years, 14 days | Puerto Rico[c] | Florida |
29 | Mary Bidwell[17] | F
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May 9, 1881 | April 25, 1996 | 114 years, 352 days | Connecticut | Connecticut |
30 | Hazel Plummer[12] | F
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June 19, 1908 | May 25, 2023[18] | 114 years, 340 days | Massachusetts | Massachusetts |
31 | Ophelia Burks[19] | F
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October 25, 1903 | September 27, 2018 | 114 years, 337 days | Louisiana | Louisiana |
32 | Elizabeth Francis[2] | F
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July 25, 1909 | Living | 114 years, 313 days | Louisiana | Texas |
33 | Mary Josephine Ray[5] | F
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May 17, 1895 | March 7, 2010 | 114 years, 294 days | Canada | New Hampshire |
34 | Goldie Steinberg[5] | F
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October 30, 1900 | August 16, 2015 | 114 years, 290 days | Moldova[d] | New York |
35 | Delphine Gibson[5] | F
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August 17, 1903 | May 9, 2018 | 114 years, 265 days | South Carolina | Pennsylvania |
36 | Mary Royster[20] | F
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April 15, 1875 | December 28, 1989 | 114 years, 257 days | Virginia | North Carolina |
37 | Neva Morris[5] | F
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August 3, 1895 | April 6, 2010 | 114 years, 246 days | Iowa | Iowa |
38 | Blanche Cobb[5] | F
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September 8, 1900 | May 1, 2015 | 114 years, 235 days | Georgia | Florida |
39 | Mila Mangold[5] | F
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November 14, 1907 | July 2, 2022[21] | 114 years, 230 days | Nebraska | California |
40 | Myrtle Dorsey[22] | F
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November 20, 1885 | June 25, 2000 | 114 years, 218 days | Ohio | Ohio |
41 | Carrie Lazenby[23] | F
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February 9, 1882 | September 4, 1996 | 114 years, 208 days | Georgia | Illinois |
42 | Walter Breuning[5] | M
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September 21, 1896 | April 14, 2011 | 114 years, 205 days | Minnesota | Montana |
43 | Eunice Sanborn[5] | F
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July 20, 1896 | January 31, 2011 | 114 years, 195 days | Louisiana | Texas |
44 | Grace Clawson[1] | F
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November 15, 1887 | May 28, 2002 | 114 years, 194 days | United Kingdom | New York |
45 | Wilhelmina Kott[1] | F
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March 7, 1880 | September 6, 1994 | 114 years, 183 days | Illinois | Illinois |
Adelina Domingues[1] | F
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February 19, 1888 | August 21, 2002 | Cape Verde[e] | California | ||
47 | Lucy Mirigian[5] | F
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August 15, 1906 | February 12, 2021 | 114 years, 181 days | Armenia[f] | California |
48 | Charlotte Benkner[1] | F
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November 16, 1889 | May 14, 2004 | 114 years, 180 days | Germany | Ohio |
49 | Ettie Mae Greene[24] | F
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September 19, 1877 | February 26, 1992 | 114 years, 160 days | West Virginia | West Virginia |
50 | Dominga Velasco[5] | F
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May 12, 1901 | October 11, 2015 | 114 years, 152 days | Mexico | California |
51 | Irene Frank[1] | F
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October 1, 1881 | February 28, 1996 | 114 years, 150 days | Texas | Missouri |
52 | Georgia Ella Jordan[25] | F
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September 18, 1880 | February 9, 1995 | 114 years, 144 days | Georgia | Virginia |
53 | Olivia Patricia Thomas[5] | F
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June 29, 1895 | November 16, 2009 | 114 years, 140 days | Iowa | New York |
Alelia Murphy[5] | F
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July 6, 1905 | November 23, 2019 | North Carolina | New York | ||
55 | Irene Dunham[5] | F
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December 16, 1907 | May 1, 2022[26] | 114 years, 136 days | Michigan | Michigan |
56 | Nina Willis[12] | F
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January 14, 1909 | May 17, 2023[27] | 114 years, 123 days | Georgia | Georgia |
Pearl Berg[7] | F
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October 1, 1909 | February 1, 2024[28] | Indiana | California | ||
58 | Anna Henderson[5] | F
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March 5, 1900 | July 1, 2014 | 114 years, 118 days | Georgia | Pennsylvania |
59 | Emma Verona Johnston[1] | F
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August 6, 1890 | December 1, 2004 | 114 years, 117 days | Iowa | Ohio |
Mamie Rearden[1] | F
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September 7, 1898 | January 2, 2013 | South Carolina | Georgia | ||
Erna Zahn[5] | F
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April 14, 1908 | August 9, 2022[29] | Wisconsin | Minnesota | ||
62 | Bettie Chatmon[1] | F
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April 30, 1884 | August 16, 1998 | 114 years, 108 days | Louisiana | Texas |
Lessie Brown[5] | F
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September 22, 1904 | January 8, 2019 | Georgia | Ohio | ||
64 | Odie Matthews[1] | F
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December 28, 1878 | April 14, 1993 | 114 years, 107 days | Texas | Arizona |
65 | Florence Knapp[1] | F
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October 10, 1873 | January 11, 1988 | 114 years, 93 days | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
Elena Slough[1] | F
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July 4, 1889 | October 5, 2003 | Pennsylvania | New Jersey | ||
67 | Mary Anna Boone[1] | F
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February 10, 1887 | May 13, 2001 | 114 years, 92 days | Kentucky | Kentucky |
68 | Minnie Whicker[5] | F
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July 24, 1906 | October 22, 2020 | 114 years, 90 days | Arkansas | California |
69 | Delma Kollar[5] | F
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October 31, 1897 | January 24, 2012 | 114 years, 85 days | Kansas | Oregon |
70 | Ila Jones[5] | F
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August 21, 1903 | November 10, 2017 | 114 years, 81 days | Georgia | Georgia |
71 | Maggie Renfro[5] | F
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November 14, 1895 | January 22, 2010 | 114 years, 69 days | Louisiana | Louisiana |
72 | Emma Tillman[1] | F
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November 22, 1892 | January 28, 2007 | 114 years, 67 days | North Carolina | Connecticut |
Anna Stoehr[5] | F
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October 15, 1900 | December 21, 2014 | Iowa | Minnesota | ||
74 | Leila Denmark[5] | F
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February 1, 1898 | April 1, 2012 | 114 years, 60 days | Georgia | Georgia |
75 | Adele Dunlap[1] | F
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December 12, 1902 | February 5, 2017[30] | 114 years, 55 days | New Jersey | New Jersey |
76 | Naomi Conner[1] | F
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August 30, 1899 | October 18, 2013 | 114 years, 49 days | Texas | Texas |
Ora Holland[5] | F
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December 24, 1900 | February 11, 2015 | Missouri | Oklahoma | ||
78 | Katie Hatton[31] | F
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December 18, 1877 | January 24, 1992 | 114 years, 37 days | Texas | Texas |
79 | Ellen Goodwill[5] | F
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February 2, 1907 | March 2, 2021[32] | 114 years, 28 days | Kentucky | Michigan |
80 | Grace Thaxton[1] | F
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June 18, 1891 | July 6, 2005 | 114 years, 18 days | New York | Kentucky |
81 | Soledad Mexia[1] | F
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August 13, 1899 | August 30, 2013 | 114 years, 17 days | Mexico | California |
82 | Minnie Ward[1] | F
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November 19, 1885 | December 2, 1999 | 114 years, 13 days | Tennessee | Massachusetts |
83 | Arbella Ewing[5] | F
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March 13, 1894 | March 22, 2008 | 114 years, 9 days | Texas | Texas |
84 | Catherine Hagel[5] | F
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November 28, 1894 | December 6, 2008 | 114 years, 8 days | Minnesota | Minnesota |
85 | Emma Otis[5] | F
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October 22, 1901 | October 25, 2015 | 114 years, 3 days | Washington | Washington |
86 | Fred H. Hale, Sr.[1] | M
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December 1, 1890 | November 19, 2004 | 113 years, 354 days | Maine | New York |
87 | Miriam Carpelan[1] | F
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July 8, 1882 | June 22, 1996 | 113 years, 350 days | United Kingdom | California |
Elsie Thompson[1] | F
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April 5, 1899 | March 21, 2013 | Pennsylvania | Florida | ||
89 | Bertha Fry[1] | F
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December 1, 1893 | November 14, 2007 | 113 years, 348 days | Indiana | Indiana |
90 | Mae Harrington[1] | F
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January 20, 1889 | December 29, 2002 | 113 years, 343 days | New York | New York |
91 | Ellen Thomas[33] | F
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December 25, 1877 | December 2, 1991 | 113 years, 342 days | Tennessee | Michigan |
Daisey Bailey[5] | F
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March 30, 1896 | March 7, 2010 | Tennessee | Michigan | ||
93 | Agatha Mitchell[1] | F
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March 26, 1887 | February 25, 2001 | 113 years, 336 days | Virginia | Virginia |
94 | Goldie Michelson[5] | F
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August 8, 1902 | July 8, 2016 | 113 years, 335 days | Ukraine[g] | Massachusetts |
95 | Merle Barwis[5] | F
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December 23, 1900 | November 22, 2014 | 113 years, 334 days | Iowa | Canada |
96 | Clara Huhn[1] | F
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January 28, 1887 | December 20, 2000 | 113 years, 327 days | Nebraska | California |
Beulah Meloche[5] | F
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December 5, 1906 | October 27, 2020 | New York | New York | ||
98 | Eliza Underwood[34] | F
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March 15, 1867 | January 27, 1981 | 113 years, 318 days | North Carolina | District of Columbia |
Corinne Dixon Taylor[1] | F
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April 2, 1893 | February 14, 2007 | District of Columbia | District of Columbia | ||
100 | Annabelle Holblinger[12] | F
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March 16, 1909 | January 27, 2023[35] | 113 years, 317 days | New York | Colorado |
Biographies
Mary Bidwell
Mary Electa Bidwell (May 9, 1881 – April 25, 1996)[17] was an American supercentenarian. She died aged 114 years and 352 days and is the oldest person on record ever to die in Connecticut.[36][37][38]
Her parents were Charles Woodruff Bidwell and Alice Beach Nobel.[37] She was a descendant of John Bidwell, one of the founders of Hartford, Connecticut. Bidwell worked as a teacher in a one-room schoolhouse for six years. She married Charles Hubbell Bidwell, a distant cousin, in 1906.[36] Bidwell lived on her own in North Haven, Connecticut, until she was 110. Bidwell died at the Arden House, a nursing home in Hamden, Connecticut.[38]
Maggie Barnes
Maggie Pauline Barnes (née Hinnant; March 6, 1882 – January 19, 1998)[39] was an American supercentenarian. She was born to a former slave and married a tenant farmer. Barnes died on January 19, 1998, in Johnston County, North Carolina, of gangrene.[40]
Her exact year of birth has been disputed. Though the year 1882 is written in her family bible, the 1900 US Census records her birth year as 1881 and her marriage license claims that she was born in 1880.[40] Authenticating to what was put on the family Bible, Barnes lived for 115 years and 319 days.
Adelina Domingues
Adelina Domingues (February 19, 1888 – August 21, 2002) was a Cape Verdean American supercentenarian who was the world's oldest person from the death of 114-year-old British-American woman Grace Clawson on May 28, 2002, to her own death less than three months later.[41] Domingues was born in Cape Verde. Domingues's Italian father was a harbor pilot by profession, and her mother was Portuguese by ethnicity.[42] She married a ship captain in 1907, and moved to the United States that year.[42] Her husband died from cancer in 1950.[42] Domingues was a missionary from the Church of the Nazarene in Cape Verde and other parts of Africa, and also a religious preacher when she lived in Massachusetts, as well as an expert seamstress.[42]
Domingues was a firm believer in the American Dream, was deeply religious, had conservative political views and was a pen pal of former President of the United States Ronald Reagan.[42] She had four children, but only one of them (a son, Frank) reached adulthood.[42] Frank died in 1998 at the age of 71, with Adelina outliving him by four years.[42] Domingues died at a nursing home in the San Diego, California, area on August 21, 2002, at age 114 years and 183 days.[42] She had claimed she was actually one year older, or 115 years old, but her family and Cape Verdean diplomats did some research and discovered her baptismal information, from which they concluded that Domingues was 114 years old when she died.[43]
Charlotte Benkner
Charlotte Benkner (née Enterlein; November 16, 1889 – May 14, 2004)[44][45][46][47] was an American supercentenarian and considered the world's oldest person from 2003 to 2004.[48][44][45] Subsequent recognition of other supercentenarians ranked Benkner as the third oldest at the time of her death.[46]
Benkner was born in Leipzig, Germany, and emigrated to the U.S. in 1896. She grew up in Peekskill, New York, where her family ran the Albert Hotel, and as a young woman once met then U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.[47][49] After her 1908 marriage to Karl Benkner, she moved west, living in Pennsylvania and Ohio, before retiring to Arizona. Already a supercentenarian and the oldest person in Arizona, Benkner returned to Ohio to live in North Lima with her sister Tillie O'Hare, her youngest sibling.[47] Tillie died in January 2004, just three weeks shy of becoming a centenarian.[49] Benkner survived her sister by only four months, and died at age 114 years and 180 days, after a brief hospital stay in Youngstown, Ohio.
Emma Verona Johnston
Emma Verona Johnston (née Calhoun; August 6, 1890 – December 1, 2004) was an American supercentenarian who was born in Indianola, Iowa, to a large family.[50] She graduated from Drake University in the Class of 1912 and went on to work as a Latin teacher before she married ophthalmologist Harry Johnston;[51][52][53] at the time of her death, she was the university's oldest living graduate.[51]
At age 98, Johnston moved from Iowa to Ohio in order to live with her daughter and son-in-law. Even after turning 110, she continued to be in good health, alert and engaging in conversations, and was still able to walk up steps.[51] She became the oldest known living American in May 2004.[50] Three months later, on the occasion of her 114th birthday, she was presented with a proclamation signed by then Drake University President David Maxwell.[54] The university's Vice President for Institutional Advancement, John Willey, nominated her for an honorary degree.[53] Johnston died in Worthington, Ohio, on December 1, 2004,[50] at age 114 years and 117 days.
Bettie Wilson
Bettie Antry Wilson (née Rutherford; September 13, 1890 – February 13, 2006)[55] was the oldest resident of Mississippi ever recorded, and was considered the oldest living person in the United States from December 2004 until the subsequent verification of Elizabeth Bolden.[citation needed] Both were born in the rural South, where they lived less than 100 miles apart. Wilson was the daughter of freed slaves, Solomon and Delia Rutherford.[56]
In April 2005, Wilson moved into a new home funded by donations, in New Albany. She celebrated her 115th birthday in September 2005, and died on February 13, 2006, aged 115 years, 153 days.[55]
George Francis
George Rene Francis (June 6, 1896 – December 27, 2008)[57][58][59] was an American supercentenarian and the joint second-oldest living man in the world, together with Englishman Henry Allingham, also born on June 6, 1896, until Francis's death aged 112 years and 204 days. He was also the oldest living man in the United States, following the death of then 111-year-old Antonio Pierro on February 8, 2007. Francis was from New Orleans, Louisiana, but after 1949 lived in Sacramento, California, where a local newspaper published a poem that Francis enjoyed reciting to friends and the public throughout his life.[60] He credited his longevity to nature, and enjoyed a rich diet of pork, eggs, milk and lard. He gave up smoking cigars at the age of 75.[61]
Francis attempted to join the army in World War I, but was rejected for service in 1918 as being too short and small (he weighed only about 100 pounds [45 kg]). Despite this, he later was a boxer before becoming a barber and then a chauffeur.[57]
Bernice Madigan
Bernice Madigan (née Emerson; July 24, 1899 – January 3, 2015) was born in West Springfield, Massachusetts,[5][62][63] and moved to Cheshire when she was six.[64] In 1918, after graduating from Adams High School,[64][65] she responded to government drives to recruit women into employment during WWI, and moved to Washington, D.C.[62] After the war, she worked as a secretary for the Department of the Treasury and the Veterans Administration.[66] She married Paul Madigan (d. 1976) in 1925;[66] they lived in the Washington, D.C., area and then in Silver Spring, Maryland.[64] She retired in 1942, after which she volunteered with the church and at nursing homes, playing piano for residents.[64] She returned to live with family in Massachusetts in 2007.[66] She participated in Boston University School of Medicine's New England Centenarian Study,[67] and was interviewed and filmed by the Center for Aging at the University of Chicago and the ABC World News.[67] She is one of 100 centenarians in The Archon Genomics XPRIZE.[68][69] She joined social media, with profiles on Facebook and Twitter.[66][70][71] Madigan died in her sleep at the age of 115 years and 163 days at 2 a.m. on January 3, 2015.[63][71] At the time of her death, she was the oldest living resident of Massachusetts,[72] the fourth-oldest living person in the United States[73] and the world's fifth-oldest living person.[73][74]
Evelyn Kozak
Eva Chavka Rivka "Evelyn" Kozak (née Jacobson) (August 14, 1899 – June 11, 2013)[75][76] was an American Jewish supercentenarian,[77][78][79][80] born in New York City to Isaac and Kate Jacobson, who fled from the Russian Empire, and the oldest verified Jewish person in history from November 6, 2012, 12 weeks after turning 113, when she broke fellow German-born American Adelheid Kirschbaum's record of 113 years and 83 days though until August 27, 2014, when fellow Russian-born American Goldie Steinberg (born October 30, 1900), who was the oldest living Jewish person after her death, broke her record.
Kozak died of a heart attack at a hospital in Brooklyn, New York City, early in the morning of Tuesday June 11, 2013[when?] - barely around a quarter of a day before the oldest living person, 116-year-old Japaneseman Jiroemon Kimura (who died 2:08 a.m. the night of June 12 = 1:08 p.m. the afternoon of June 11 EDT).
Delphia Welford
Delphia S. Welford (9 September 1875 – 14 November 1992) was an American Supercentenarian claimed to have been born on 9 September 1881; however, the research conducted by the Gerontology Research Group between the years 2016–2023 determined that she was actually born in 1875, and that she was born in Okolona, Mississippi. USA.
Welford's parents were Richard and Heddie Welford. The family moved to Humboldt, Gibson, Tennessee when she was still a child. She had one son, Leo Mathis, in the late 1890s. Welford never married and spent the rest of her life in Humboldt. She was a homemaker and a member of the Lane Chapel C.M.E Church.
Welford died at Parkview Manor Health Care Center in Humboldt, Tennessee, USA on 14 November 1992 at the age of 117 years, 66 days.
Notes
- ^ May have been older (116 or even 117); possibly born in 1881 or even 1880
- ^ Holtz was born in the Province of Posen, which was a part of the German Empire at the time of her birth. Today, this area is a part of Poland.
- ^ Residents of Puerto Rico born on or after April 25, 1898, are United States citizens.[16]
- ^ Steinberg was born in Kishinev, which had then been a part of the Russian Empire. It is now the capital of Moldova.
- ^ Domingues was born in Cape Verde, which was at that time a Portuguese colony. Now it is an independent country.
- ^ Mirigian was born in Armenia, then part of the Ottoman Empire.
- ^ Michelson was born in Elizabethgrad, which was then a part of the Russian Empire. It is now part of Ukraine.
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