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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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[[File:Walter Breuning April 8, 2010.jpg|thumb|[[Walter Breuning]], April 8, 2010, the second-oldest American-born man on record]] |
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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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This article includes '''lists of supercentenarians from the [[United States]]''' (people from the United States who have attained the age of at least 110 years). The [[Gerontology Research Group]] (GRG), an organization that tracks supercentenarians and validates longevity claims, has validated claims of over 700 American [[supercentenarian]]s <ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States">{{cite web|url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/L/USA.HTM |title=Verified Supercentenarian Cases – USA (As of April 28, 2007)|accessdate=May 30, 2011}}</ref> and as of {{date}}, lists 9 living American supercentenarians, the oldest of whom is Adele Dunlap, aged {{age in years and days|1902|12|12}}.<ref name="GRG">{{cite web|url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/TableE.html |title=Validated Living Supercentenarians|date=September 22, 2015|accessdate=September 22, 2015}}</ref> The oldest person ever from the United States was [[Sarah Knauss]], who died on December 30, 1999 at age 119 years, 97 days.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mrs. Sarah Knauss, the World's Oldest Person, Turns 119|url=http://www.grg.org/knauss119.htm |publisher=[[The Morning Call]] |date=September 25, 1999 |quote=[http://www.webcitation.org/5WXyTiN2d Archived by WebCite on March 23, 2008]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= World's oldest person misses millennium |url=http://www.supercentenarian.com/oldest/sarah-knauss.html |quote=[http://www.webcitation.org/5WXzQy5i9 Archived by WebCite on March 23, 2008] |publisher=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Nothing Fazes Oldest Woman |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67606481.html |agency=Associated Press |date=April 19, 1998 |accessdate=2007-12-09 }}</ref><ref name="Sarah Knauss">{{cite news |title= World's oldest person dies. She is the oldest verified American in history |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2000/jan/01/2 |publisher=The Guardian |date= January 1, 2000|accessdate=2007-12-09|location=London}}</ref> |
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==Living United States supercentenarians== |
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Below is a list of supercentenarians living in the United States, from the oldest to youngest. |
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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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!Name |
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! scope="col" data-sort-type="date" | Death date |
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!Sex |
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! scope="col" | Age |
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!Birthdate |
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! scope="col" | Birthplace |
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!Age as of {{date}} |
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! scope="col" | Place of death <br/> or residence |
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!Birthplace |
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!Residence |
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| data-sort-value="Knauss" | [[Sarah Knauss]]<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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| September 24, 1880 |
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|December 12, 1902 |
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| December 30, 1999 |
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|{{age in years and days|1902|12|12}} |
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| {{ayd | September 24, 1880 | December 30, 1999}} |
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|New Jersey |
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| [[Pennsylvania]] |
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|New Jersey |
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| Pennsylvania |
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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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|2 |
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| data-sort-value="Welford" | Delphia Welford<ref name=GRG-2023/> |
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| September 9, 1875 |
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|June 1, 1903 |
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| November 14, 1992 |
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|{{age in years and days|1903|6|1}} |
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| {{ayd | September 9, 1875 | November 14, 1992}} |
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|[[Virginia]] |
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| [[Mississippi]] |
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|Virginia |
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| [[Tennessee]] |
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| {{0}}4 |
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|3 |
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| data-sort-value="Jones, Susannah" | [[Susannah Mushatt Jones]]<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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|Delphine Gibson<ref name="GRG"/> |
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| July 6, 1899 |
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|August 17, 1903 |
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| May 12, 2016 |
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|{{age in years and days|1903|8|17}} |
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| {{ayd | July 6, 1899 | May 12, 2016}} |
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|South Carolina |
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| [[Alabama]] |
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|Pennsylvania |
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| [[New York (state)|New York]] |
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| data-sort-value="Weaver" | Gertrude Weaver<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| July 4, 1898 |
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|August 21, 1903 |
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| April 6, 2015 |
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|{{age in years and days|1903|8|21}} |
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| nowrap | {{ayd | July 4, 1898 | April 6, 2015}} |
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|[[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] |
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| [[Arkansas]] |
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|Georgia |
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| Arkansas |
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| {{0}}6 |
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|5 |
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| data-sort-value="Bolden" | [[Elizabeth Bolden]]<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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| August 15, 1890 |
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|December 7, 1903 |
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| December 11, 2006 |
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|{{age in years and days|1903|12|7}} |
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| {{ayd | August 15, 1890 | December 11, 2006}} |
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|[[Canada]] |
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| Tennessee |
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|[[Florida]] |
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| Tennessee |
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| {{0}}7 |
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|6 |
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| data-sort-value="Cooper" | [[Besse Cooper]]<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| August 26, 1896 |
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|January 1, 1904 |
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| December 4, 2012 |
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|{{age in years and days|1904|1|1}} |
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| {{ayd | August 26, 1896 | December 4, 2012}} |
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|[[Japan]] |
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| Tennessee |
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|California |
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| [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] |
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| {{0}}8 |
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|7 |
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| data-sort-value="Talley" | [[Jeralean Talley]]<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| May 23, 1899 |
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| June 17, 2015 |
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|{{age in years and days|1904|5|24}} |
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| {{ayd | May 23, 1899 | June 17, 2015}} |
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|[[New York (state)|New York]] |
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| Georgia |
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|New York |
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| [[Michigan]] |
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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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| 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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|Lessie Brown<ref name=GRG/> |
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| March 6, 1882 |
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|September 22, 1904 |
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| January 19, 1998 |
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|{{age in years and days|1904|9|22}} |
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| {{ayd | March 6, 1882 | January 19, 1998}} |
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|Georgia |
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| [[North Carolina]] |
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| North Carolina |
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| data-sort-value="Manfredini" | Dina Manfredini<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| April 4, 1897 |
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|December 1, 1904 |
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| December 17, 2012 |
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|{{age in years and days|1904|12|1}} |
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| {{ayd | April 4, 1897 | December 17, 2012}} |
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|[[Texas]] |
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| [[Italy]] |
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|Texas |
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| [[Iowa]] |
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| data-sort-value="Mortensen" | [[Christian Mortensen]]<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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|Bessie Porter<ref name="thenewsherald.com">{{cite news |title=Family marks matriarch's 110th birthday |work=The News Herald |location=Southgate, MI |url=http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2015/02/05/life/doc54d39c9d9acaa997376758.txt |date=2015-02-05}}</ref> |
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| August 16, 1882 |
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|January 31, 1905 |
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| April 25, 1998 |
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|{{age in years and days|1905|01|31}} |
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| {{ayd | August 16, 1882 | April 25, 1998}} |
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|Alabama |
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| [[Denmark]] |
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|Michigan |
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| California |
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| data-sort-value="Ford" | Hester Ford<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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|Leta Nolen<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usa-people-search.com/names/p/Leta |title=People Directory, Find People Online, Last Names – USA People Search |work=usa-people-search.com}}</ref> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| August 15, 1905 |
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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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|{{age in years and days|1905|2|17}} |
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| {{ayd | August 15, 1905 | April 17, 2021}} |
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|[[Arkansas]] |
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| [[South Carolina]] |
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|Arkansas |
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| North Carolina |
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| data-sort-value="Parker" | [[Edna Parker]]<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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|Tressa Bartholomew<ref>{{cite news |title=Legislator recognizes 110th birthday of Carlisle woman |work=Radio Iowa |url=http://www.radioiowa.com/2015/03/30/legislator-recognizes-110th-birthday-of-carlisle-woman/ |date=2015-03-30}}</ref> |
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| April 20, 1893 |
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|March 30, 1905 |
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| November 26, 2008 |
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|{{age in years and days|1905|03|30}} |
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| {{ayd | April 20, 1893 | November 26, 2008}} |
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|Iowa |
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| [[Indiana]] |
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|Iowa |
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| Indiana |
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| data-sort-value="Skeete" | Margaret Skeete<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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|Katherine Bodenbender<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.qconline.com/news/local/at-katie-bodenbender-s-days-are-filled-with-prayer-music/article_27792f64-af09-56d7-a51a-cd1421c74d6a.html |title=At 110, Katie Bodenbender's days are filled with prayer, music and laughter |work=Quad-Cities Online}}</ref> |
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| October 27, 1878 |
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|April 19, 1905 |
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| May 7, 1994 |
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|{{age in years and days|1905|04|19}} |
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| {{ayd | October 27, 1878 | May 7, 1994}} |
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|[[Germany]] |
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| [[Texas]] |
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| [[Virginia]] |
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| 16 |
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| data-sort-value="Madigan" | Bernice Madigan<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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|Chrystal Harper<ref name="mtexpress.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtexpress.com/wood_river_journal/valley_people/bellevue-resident-harper-turns/article_9def0618-1f85-11e5-a626-6f219412d991.html|title=Bellevue resident Harper turns 110|author=Tony Evans|date=July 1, 2015|work=Idaho Mountain Express|accessdate=September 12, 2015}}</ref> |
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| July 24, 1899 |
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| January 3, 2015 |
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|{{age in years and days|1905|6|28}} |
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| {{ayd | July 24, 1899 | January 3, 2015}} |
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|Idaho |
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| [[Massachusetts]] |
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|Idaho |
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| Massachusetts |
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| data-sort-value="Baines" | Gertrude Baines<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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|Clara Anderson<ref name="homertribune.com">{{cite web|url=http://homertribune.com/2015/07/homers-centenarian-clara-anderson-turns-110/|title=Homer’s centenarian Clara Anderson turns 110 – Homer Tribune|author=Naomi Klouda|date=July 7, 2015|work=homertribune.com}}</ref> |
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| April 6, 1894 |
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| September 11, 2009 |
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|{{age in years and days|1905|7|2}} |
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| {{ayd | April 6, 1894 | September 11, 2009}} |
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|Missouri |
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| Georgia |
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|Alaska |
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| California |
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| data-sort-value="Wilson" | [[#Bettie Wilson|Bettie Wilson]]<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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|Alelia Murphy<ref>{{cite web|url=http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2015/jul/09/alelia-murphy-celebrates-110th-birthday/|title=Alelia Murphy celebrates 110th birthday|author=|date=July 9, 2015|work=amsterdamnews.com}}</ref> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| September 13, 1890 |
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|July 6, 1905 |
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| February 13, 2006 |
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|{{age in years and days|1905|7|6}} |
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| {{ayd | September 13, 1890 | February 13, 2006}} |
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|North Carolina |
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| Mississippi |
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|New York |
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| Mississippi |
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| data-sort-value="Westman" | Iris Westman<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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|Molly Schmidt<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/jul/23/ritzville-woman-celebrates-110th-birthday/|title=Ritzville woman celebrates 110th birthday – Spokesman.com – July 23, 2015|author=Nina Culver|date=July 23, 2015|work=Spokesman.com}}</ref> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| August 28, 1905 |
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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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|{{age in years and days|1905|7|22}} |
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| {{ayd | August 28, 1905 | January 3, 2021}} |
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|Canada |
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| [[North Dakota]] |
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|Washington |
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| North Dakota |
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| data-sort-value="Gaudette" | [[Marie-Josephine Gaudette]]<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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|Ruby Clodfelter<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.morganton.com/grace-ridge-resident-celebrates-milestone-birthday-today/article_0472bb7c-326f-11e5-ae48-331ff3f91b98.html|title=Grace Ridge resident celebrates milestone birthday today|work=morganton.com}}</ref> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| March 25, 1902 |
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|July 26, 1905 |
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| July 13, 2017 |
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|{{age in years and days|1905|7|26}} |
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| {{ayd | March 25, 1902 | July 13, 2017}} |
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|North Carolina |
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| [[New Hampshire]] |
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|North Carolina |
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| Italy |
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| data-sort-value="Gibson, Susie" | Susie Gibson<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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|Agnes Fenton<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/at-110-agnes-fenton-of-englewood-has-nothing-to-complain-about-1.1383853|title=At 110, Agnes Fenton of Englewood has ’nothing to complain about‘|work=northjersey.com}}</ref> |
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| October 31, 1890 |
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|August 1, 1905 |
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| February 16, 2006 |
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|{{age in years and days|1905|8|1}} |
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| rowspan=2 | {{ayd | October 31, 1890 | February 16, 2006}} |
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|Mississippi |
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| Mississippi |
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|New Jersey |
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| Alabama |
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| data-sort-value="Sutcliffe" | Thelma Sutcliffe<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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|Lena Dick<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cross-countiesconnect.com/2015/08/1905-was-a-very-good-year/|title=1905 was a very good year|work=cross-countiesconnect.com}}</ref> |
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| October 1, 1906 |
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|align=center|F |
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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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|August 5, 1905 |
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| [[Nebraska]] |
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|{{age in years and days|1905|8|5}} |
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| Nebraska |
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|[[Minnesota]] |
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|Minnesota |
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| data-sort-value="Kern" | Edna Kern<ref name=GRG-2023/> |
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|Armida Sholar<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greensboro.com/gnr/armida-brunson-sholar-celebrates-th-birthday/article_6d34fb39-17d2-5b97-b8dd-7c00d037d3ee.html|title=Armida Brunson Sholar celebrates 110th birthday|work=Greensboro.com}}</ref> |
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| {{center|F}} |
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| October 14, 1900 |
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|August 9, 1905 |
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| January 20, 2016 |
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|{{age in years and days|1905|8|9}} |
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| {{ayd | October 14, 1900 | January 20, 2016}} |
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|South Carolina |
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| California |
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|North Carolina |
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| [[Nevada]] |
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| data-sort-value="Holtz" | Augusta Holtz<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
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|Hester Ford<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.wsoctv.com/news/news/local/charlotte-woman-celebrates-110th-birthday/nnK4Z/|title=Charlotte woman celebrates 110th birthday|work=wscotv.com}}</ref> |
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| August 3, 1871 |
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| October 21, 1986 |
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|{{age in years and days|1905|8|15}} |
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| {{ayd | August 3, 1871 | October 21, 1986}} |
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|North Carolina |
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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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|North Carolina |
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| [[Missouri]] |
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| data-sort-value="Hendricks" | Bessie Hendricks<ref name=2023-Deaths/> |
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|Iris Westman<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wday.com/news/north-dakota/3956712-110-life-gets-easier-nd-woman|title=At 110, life gets easier for ND Woman|work=wday.com}}</ref> |
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| |
| {{center|F}} |
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| November 7, 1907 |
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|August 28, 1905 |
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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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|{{age in years and days|1905|8|28}} |
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| {{ayd | November 7, 1907 | January 3, 2023}} |
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|North Dakota |
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| Iowa |
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|North Dakota |
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| Iowa |
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|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 26 |
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| data-sort-value="Wiggins" | Easter Wiggins<ref name=GRG-2020/> |
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|Juliana Koo<ref>[http://en.sinovision.net/living-history-juliana-koos-110-autumns/ Living History: Juliana Koo's 110 Autumns]</ref> |
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| |
| {{center|F}} |
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| June 1, 1875 |
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|September 26, 1905 |
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| July 7, 1990 |
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|{{age in years and days|1905|9|26}} |
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| {{ayd | June 1, 1875 | July 7, 1990}} |
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|[[China]] |
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| Mississippi |
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|New York |
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| Mississippi |
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|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 27 |
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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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|Lucy Trecasse<ref>{{cite web|title=Get Marty: Woman Who Listened To First KDKA Radio Broadcast Celebrates 110th Birthday|url=http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2015/10/20/get-marty-woman-who-listened-to-first-kdka-radio-broadcast-celebrates-110th-birthday/|work=Marty Griffin|publisher=CBS Pittsburgh|date=20 October 2015|accessdate=19 June 2016}}</ref> |
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| |
| {{center|F}} |
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| February 21, 1887 |
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|October 18, 1905 |
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| March 18, 2002 |
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|{{age in years and days|1905|10|18}} |
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| {{ayd | February 21, 1887 | March 18, 2002}} |
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|(unknown) |
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| Michigan |
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|Pennsylvania |
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| Michigan |
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|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 28 |
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| data-sort-value="Rivera" | Antonia Gerena Rivera<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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|Magie DeVane<ref>[http://redspringscitizen.com/news/2462/st-pauls-oks-new-health-plan-for-employees St. Pauls OKs new health plan for employees]</ref> |
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| |
| {{center|F}} |
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| May 19, 1900 |
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|November 17, 1905 |
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| June 2, 2015 |
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|{{age in years and days|1905|11|17}} |
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| {{ayd | May 19, 1900 | June 2, 2015}} |
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|North Carolina |
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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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|North Carolina |
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| [[Florida]] |
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|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 29 |
||
| |
| 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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| |
| {{center|F}} |
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| May 9, 1881 |
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|November 21, 1905 |
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| April 25, 1996 |
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|{{age in years and days|1905|11|21}} |
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| {{ayd | May 9, 1881 | April 25, 1996}} |
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|New York |
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| [[Connecticut]] |
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|New York |
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| Connecticut |
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|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 30 |
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| data-sort-value="Plummer" | Hazel Plummer<ref name=2023-Deaths/> |
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|Isabel Castano Restrepo<ref>[http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/miami-beach/article55259255.html 110-year-old grandmother is the oldest resident of Miami Beach]</ref> |
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| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| June 19, 1908 |
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|January 11, 1906 |
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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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|{{age in years and days|1906|1|11}} |
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| {{ayd | June 19, 1908 | May 25, 2023}} |
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|[[Colombia]] |
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| Massachusetts |
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|Florida |
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| Massachusetts |
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|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 31 |
||
| data-sort-value="Burks" | Ophelia Burks<ref name=GRG-Historical/> |
|||
|Winonah Greene<ref>[http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/bn9/2016/1/13/brooksville_woman_ce.html Brooksville woman celebrates 110th birthday]</ref> |
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| |
| {{center|F}} |
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| October 25, 1903 |
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|January 13, 1906 |
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| September 27, 2018 |
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|{{age in years and days|1906|1|13}} |
|||
| {{ayd | October 25, 1903 | September 27, 2018}} |
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|Florida |
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| [[Louisiana]] |
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|Florida |
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| Louisiana |
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|- style="background:#9f9;" |
|||
| 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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|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 33 |
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| data-sort-value="Ray" | Mary Josephine Ray<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
|||
|Melissa Traylor<ref>[http://www.goerie.com/article/20160205/NEWS02/302059918/north-east-woman-to-celebrate-110th-birthday#cxrecs_s North East woman to celebrate 110th birthday]</ref> |
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| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| May 17, 1895 |
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|February 6, 1906 |
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| March 7, 2010 |
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|{{age in years and days|1906|2|06}} |
|||
| {{ayd | May 17, 1895 | March 7, 2010}} |
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|Pennsylvania |
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| [[Canada]] |
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|Pennsylvania |
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| New Hampshire |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 34 |
||
| data-sort-value="Steinberg" | Goldie Steinberg<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
|||
|Flossie Dickey<ref>[http://wgntv.com/2016/02/19/110-year-old-woman-does-live-tv-interview-but-all-she-wants-is-a-nap/ 110-year-old woman does live TV interview - but all she wants is a nap]</ref> |
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| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| October 30, 1900 |
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|February 18, 1906 |
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| August 16, 2015 |
|||
|{{age in years and days|1906|2|18}} |
|||
| {{ayd | October 30, 1900 | August 16, 2015}} |
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|[[Oregon]] |
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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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|Washington |
|||
| New York |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 35 |
||
| data-sort-value="Gibson, Delphine" | Delphine Gibson<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
|||
|Nell Foster<ref>[http://www.wsbradio.com/news/news/gwinnett-woman-celebrates-another-milestone/nqwR9/ Gwinnett woman celebrates another milestone]</ref> |
|||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| August 17, 1903 |
|||
|March 27, 1906 |
|||
| May 9, 2018 |
|||
|{{age in years and days|1906|3|27}} |
|||
| {{ayd | August 17, 1903 | May 9, 2018}} |
|||
|Georgia |
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| South Carolina |
|||
|Georgia |
|||
| Pennsylvania |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 36 |
||
| 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> |
|||
|Marie Willan<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dl-online.com/life/friends-neighbors/4018412-fair-oaks-lodge-resident-marie-willan-turn-110-friday-april-29|title=Fair Oaks Lodge resident Marie Willan to turn 110 on Friday, April 29|publisher=Detroit Lakes Online|author=Staff|date=2016-04-26|accessdate=2016-08-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://stcloudvisitor.org/2016/05/07/age-110-wadena-resident-joins-exclusive-supercentenarian-club-2/|title=At age 110, Wadena resident joins exclusive ‘supercentenarian’ club|publisher=St. Cloud Visitor|author=Dee Goerge|date=2016-05-07|accessdate=2016-08-05}}</ref> |
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| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
|April |
| April 15, 1875 |
||
| December 28, 1989 |
|||
|{{age in years and days|1906|4|29}} |
|||
| {{ayd | April 15, 1875 | December 28, 1989}} |
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|Minnesota |
|||
| Virginia |
|||
|Minnesota |
|||
| North Carolina |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 37 |
||
| data-sort-value="Morris" | Neva Morris<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
|||
|Lillian Howell Stubbs<ref>{{cite web|title=Williamsburg Landing resident celebrates 110th birthday|url=http://www.vagazette.com/life/va-vg-lillian-stubbs-turns-110-0427-20160429-story.html|work=Heather Bridges|publisher=The Virginia Gazette|date=29 April 2016|accessdate=19 June 2016}}</ref> |
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| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| August 3, 1895 |
|||
|April 30, 1906 |
|||
| April 6, 2010 |
|||
|{{age in years and days|1906|4|30}} |
|||
| {{ayd | August 3, 1895 | April 6, 2010}} |
|||
|North Carolina |
|||
| Iowa |
|||
|Virginia |
|||
| Iowa |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 38 |
||
| data-sort-value="Cobb" | Blanche Cobb<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
|||
|Clarence Matthews<ref>[http://www.kmir.com/story/31853966/indian-wells-man-turning-110-oldest-man-in-california Indian Wells Man Turning 110: Oldest Man in California]</ref> |
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| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| September 8, 1900 |
|||
|May 1, 1906 |
|||
| May 1, 2015 |
|||
|{{age in years and days|1906|5|1}} |
|||
| {{ayd | September 8, 1900 | May 1, 2015}} |
|||
|[[California]] |
|||
| Georgia |
|||
|California |
|||
| Florida |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 39 |
||
| data-sort-value="Mangold" | Mila Mangold<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
|||
|Belle McCormick<ref>{{cite web|url=http://morganhilllife.com/lead-story-happy-birthday-belle-morgan-hill-woman-celebrates-110-years/|title=Lead story: Happy birthday, Belle: Morgan Hill woman celebrates 110 years|publisher=Morgan Hill Life|author=Marty Cheek|date=2016-05-11|accessdate=2016-07-29}}</ref> |
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| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| November 14, 1907 |
|||
|May 2, 1906 |
|||
| 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> |
|||
|{{age in years and days|1906|5|2}} |
|||
| {{ayd | November 14, 1907 | July 2, 2022}} |
|||
|[[Montana]] |
|||
| Nebraska |
|||
|California |
|||
| California |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 40 |
||
| |
| 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}} |
||
| November 20, 1885 |
|||
|May 7, 1906 |
|||
| June 25, 2000 |
|||
|{{age in years and days|1906|5|7}} |
|||
| {{ayd | November 20, 1885 | June 25, 2000}} |
|||
|Ohio |
|||
| [[Ohio]] |
|||
|California |
|||
| Ohio |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 41 |
||
| 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> |
|||
|[[Richard Arvine Overton]]<ref>[http://www.fox7austin.com/news/local-news/139592432-story]</ref> |
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| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| February 9, 1882 |
|||
|May 11, 1906 |
|||
| September 4, 1996 |
|||
|{{age in years and days|1906|5|11}} |
|||
| {{ayd | February 9, 1882 | September 4, 1996}} |
|||
|[[Texas]] |
|||
| Georgia |
|||
|Texas |
|||
| [[Illinois]] |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 42 |
||
| data-sort-value="Breuning" | [[Walter Breuning]]<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
|||
|Violet Greene<ref>[http://www.wkrq.com/2016/06/06/happy-110th-birthday-violet/]</ref> |
|||
| |
| {{center|M}} |
||
| September 21, 1896 |
|||
|June 4, 1906 |
|||
| April 14, 2011 |
|||
|{{age in years and days|1906|6|4}} |
|||
| {{ayd | September 21, 1896 | April 14, 2011}} |
|||
|Ohio |
|||
| [[Minnesota]] |
|||
|Ohio |
|||
| [[Montana]] |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 43 |
||
| data-sort-value="Sanborn" | Eunice Sanborn<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
|||
|Doris Farrar<ref>[http://wgme.com/news/local/maine-woman-celebrates-110th-birthday]</ref> |
|||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| |
| July 20, 1896 |
||
| January 31, 2011 |
|||
|{{age in years and days|1906|6|6}} |
|||
| {{ayd | July 20, 1896 | January 31, 2011}} |
|||
|[[Maine]] |
|||
| Louisiana |
|||
|Maine |
|||
| Texas |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 44 |
||
| data-sort-value="Clawson" | Grace Clawson<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
|||
|Mazie Ford<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/South-Florida-Woman-Celebrates-110th-Birthday-in-Style-384758031.html|title=South Florida Woman Celebrates 110th Birthday in Style|publisher=[[NBC Miami]]|author=Ari Odzer|date=2016-06-28|accessdate= 2016-06-29}}</ref> |
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| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| November 15, 1887 |
|||
|June 28, 1906 |
|||
| May 28, 2002 |
|||
|{{age in years and days|1906|6|28}} |
|||
| {{ayd | November 15, 1887 | May 28, 2002}} |
|||
|Pennsylvania |
|||
| [[United Kingdom]] |
|||
|Florida |
|||
| New York |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| rowspan=2 | 45 |
|||
|42 |
|||
| data-sort-value="Kott" | Wilhelmina Kott<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
|||
|Ernestine Garst<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.messenger-inquirer.com/mclean_county/community/poplar-grove/article_e0f9c6f5-88fd-56e3-afa0-f27fdd1ac826.html|title=Poplar Grove|publisher=[[Messenger-Inquirer]]|author=Glenda Willis|date=2016-07-14|accessdate=2016-08-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.messenger-inquirer.com/news/local/riverside-resident-garst-celebrates-her-th-birthday/article_c0769828-8e00-5773-bb9d-25b8993ba0c2.html|title=Riverside resident Garst celebrates her 110th birthday|publisher=[[Messenger-Inquirer]]|author=Stephanie Salmons|date=2016-07-16|accessdate=2016-08-03}}</ref> |
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| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| |
| March 7, 1880 |
||
| September 6, 1994 |
|||
|{{age in years and days|1906|7|16}} |
|||
| rowspan=2 | {{ayd | March 7, 1880 | September 6, 1994}} |
|||
|[[Kentucky]] |
|||
| Illinois |
|||
|Kentucky |
|||
| Illinois |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| data-sort-value="Domingues" | Adelina Domingues<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
|||
|43 |
|||
| {{center|F}} |
|||
|Mary Niceswanger<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mariettatimes.com/page/content.detail/id/587509/110-years-of-blessings.html?nav=5002|title=110 years of blessings|publisher=The Marietta Times|author=Erin E. O’Neill|date=2016-08-06|accessdate=2016-08-07}}</ref> |
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| February 19, 1888 |
|||
|align=center|F |
|||
|August |
| August 21, 2002 |
||
| [[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.}} |
|||
|{{age in years and days|1906|8|6}} |
|||
| California |
|||
|Ohio |
|||
|Ohio |
|||
|} |
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==100 oldest American people ever== |
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Below is a list of the longest lived American supercentenarians according to the GRG.<ref name="Validated living Supercentenarians">{{cite web|url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM|title=GRG Verified Supercentenarian Cases (As of July 8, 2013)|accessdate=July 14, 2013}}</ref><br/> |
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{{legend2|#F9F9F9|Deceased|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} |
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{{legend2|#99FF99|Living|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}<br/> |
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<small> |
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†{{note|Age}} denotes age at death, or, if living, age as of {{date}} |
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</small> |
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{|class="wikitable sortable" |
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!Rank |
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!Name |
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!Sex |
|||
!data-sort-type="date"|Day of Birth |
|||
!data-sort-type="date"|Day of death |
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!Age {{Ref label|Age|†}} |
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!Birthplace |
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!Place of death or residence |
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|- |
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|1 |
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|[[Sarah Knauss]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
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|align=center|F |
|||
|September 24, 1880 |
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|December 30, 1999 |
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|119 years, 97 days |
|||
|[[Pennsylvania]] |
|||
|Pennsylvania |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 47 |
||
| data-sort-value="Mirigian" | Lucy Mirigian<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
|||
|[[Lucy Hannah]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
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| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| August 15, 1906 |
|||
|July 16, 1875 |
|||
| February 12, 2021 |
|||
|March 21, 1993 |
|||
| {{ayd | August 15, 1906 | February 12, 2021}} |
|||
|117 years, 248 days |
|||
| [[Armenia]]{{efn|Mirigian was born in Armenia, then part of the [[Ottoman Empire]].}} |
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|[[Alabama]] |
|||
| California |
|||
|[[Michigan]] |
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|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 48 |
||
|[[ |
| data-sort-value="Benkner" | [[#Charlotte Benkner|Charlotte Benkner]]<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| November 16, 1889 |
|||
|July 6, 1899 |
|||
|May |
| May 14, 2004 |
||
| {{ayd | November 16, 1889 | May 14, 2004}} |
|||
|116 years, 311 days |
|||
| [[Germany]] |
|||
|Alabama |
|||
| Ohio |
|||
|[[New York (state)|New York]] |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 49 |
||
| 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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|[[Gertrude Weaver]]<ref name="GRG"/> |
|||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| September 19, 1877 |
|||
|July 4, 1898 |
|||
| February 26, 1992 |
|||
|April 6, 2015 |
|||
| {{ayd | September 19, 1877 | February 26, 1992}} |
|||
|116 years, 276 days |
|||
|[[ |
| [[West Virginia]] |
||
| West Virginia |
|||
|Arkansas |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 50 |
||
| data-sort-value="Velasco" | Dominga Velasco<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
|||
|[[Elizabeth Bolden]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
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| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| May 12, 1901 |
|||
|August 15, 1890 |
|||
| |
| October 11, 2015 |
||
| {{ayd | May 12, 1901 | October 11, 2015}} |
|||
|116 years, 118 days |
|||
|[[ |
| [[Mexico]] |
||
| California |
|||
|Tennessee |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 51 |
||
| |
| data-sort-value="Frank" | Irene Frank<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| October 1, 1881 |
|||
|August 26, 1896 |
|||
| February 28, 1996 |
|||
|December 4, 2012 |
|||
| {{ayd | October 1, 1881 | February 28, 1996}} |
|||
|116 years, 100 days |
|||
| Texas |
|||
|Tennessee |
|||
| Missouri |
|||
|[[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 52 |
||
| |
| data-sort-value="Jordan" | Georgia Ella Jordan<ref name=GRG-2024/> |
||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| September 18, 1880 |
|||
|May 23, 1899 |
|||
| February 9, 1995 |
|||
|June 17, 2015 |
|||
| {{ayd | September 18, 1880 | February 9, 1995}} |
|||
|116 years, 25 days |
|||
|Georgia |
| Georgia |
||
| Virginia |
|||
|Michigan |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| rowspan=2 | 53 |
|||
|8 |
|||
| data-sort-value="Thomas, Olivia" | Olivia Patricia Thomas<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
|||
|[[Maggie Barnes (supercentenarian)|Maggie Barnes]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| June 29, 1895 |
|||
|March 6, 1882 |
|||
| November 16, 2009 |
|||
|January 19, 1998 |
|||
| rowspan=2 | {{ayd | June 29, 1895 | November 16, 2009}} |
|||
|115 years, 319 days |
|||
| Iowa |
|||
|[[North Carolina]] |
|||
| New York |
|||
|North Carolina |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| data-sort-value="Murphy" | Alelia Murphy<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
|||
|9 |
|||
| {{center|F}} |
|||
|[[Dina Manfredini]]<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2012"/> |
|||
| July 6, 1905 |
|||
|align=center|F |
|||
| November 23, 2019 |
|||
|April 4, 1897 |
|||
| North Carolina |
|||
|December 17, 2012 |
|||
| New York |
|||
|115 years, 257 days |
|||
|[[Italy]] |
|||
|[[Iowa]] |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 55 |
||
| data-sort-value="Dunham" | Irene Dunham<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
|||
|[[Christian Mortensen]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| |
| December 16, 1907 |
||
| 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> |
|||
|April 25, 1998 |
|||
| {{ayd | December 16, 1907 | May 1, 2022}} |
|||
|115 years, 252 days |
|||
| Michigan |
|||
|[[Denmark]] |
|||
| Michigan |
|||
|[[California]] |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| rowspan=2 | 56 |
|||
|11 |
|||
| data-sort-value="Willis" | Nina Willis<ref name=2023-Deaths/> |
|||
|[[Edna Parker]]<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2008">{{cite web|url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/Deaths2008.HTM|title=GRG Deaths for 2008 (in Chronological Order) (as of May 21, 2011)|accessdate=May 30, 2011}}</ref> |
|||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| January 14, 1909 |
|||
|April 20, 1893 |
|||
| 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> |
|||
|November 26, 2008 |
|||
| rowspan=2 | {{ayd | January 14, 1909 | May 17, 2023}} |
|||
|115 years, 220 days |
|||
| Georgia |
|||
|[[Indiana]] |
|||
| Georgia |
|||
|Indiana |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| data-sort-value="Berg" | [[Pearl Berg]]<ref name=2024-Deaths/> |
|||
|12 |
|||
| {{center|F}} |
|||
|[[Margaret Skeete]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
| October 1, 1909 |
|||
|align=center|F |
|||
| 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> |
|||
|October 27, 1878 |
|||
| Indiana |
|||
|May 7, 1994 |
|||
| California |
|||
|115 years, 192 days |
|||
|[[Texas]] |
|||
|[[Virginia]] |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 58 |
||
| data-sort-value="Henderson" | Anna Henderson<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
|||
|[[Bernice Madigan]] |
|||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| |
| March 5, 1900 |
||
| July 1, 2014 |
|||
|January 3, 2015 |
|||
| {{ayd | March 5, 1900 | July 1, 2014}} |
|||
|115 years, 163 days |
|||
| Georgia |
|||
|[[Massachusetts]] |
|||
| Pennsylvania |
|||
|Massachusetts |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| rowspan=3 | 59 |
|||
|14 |
|||
| data-sort-value="Johnston" | [[#Emma Verona Johnston|Emma Verona Johnston]]<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
|||
|[[Gertrude Baines]]<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/Deaths2009.HTM|title=GRG Deaths for 2009 (in Chronological Order) (as of December 24, 2010)|accessdate=May 30, 2011}}</ref> |
|||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| |
| August 6, 1890 |
||
| December 1, 2004 |
|||
|September 11, 2009 |
|||
| rowspan=3 | {{ayd | August 6, 1890 | December 1, 2004}} |
|||
|115 years, 158 days |
|||
| Iowa |
|||
|Georgia |
|||
| Ohio |
|||
|California |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| data-sort-value="Rearden" | Mamie Rearden<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
|||
|15 |
|||
| {{center|F}} |
|||
|[[#Bettie Wilson|Bettie Wilson]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
| September 7, 1898 |
|||
|align=center|F |
|||
| January 2, 2013 |
|||
|September 13, 1890 |
|||
| South Carolina |
|||
|February 13, 2006 |
|||
| Georgia |
|||
|115 years, 153 days |
|||
|[[Mississippi]] |
|||
|Mississippi |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| data-sort-value="Zahn" | Erna Zahn<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
|||
|16 |
|||
| {{center|F}} |
|||
|[[Susie Gibson]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
| April 14, 1908 |
|||
|align=center|F |
|||
| 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> |
|||
|October 31, 1890 |
|||
| [[Wisconsin]] |
|||
|February 16, 2006 |
|||
| Minnesota |
|||
|115 years, 108 days |
|||
|Mississippi |
|||
|Alabama |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| rowspan=2 | 62 |
|||
|17 |
|||
| |
| data-sort-value="Chatmon" | Bettie Chatmon<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| April 30, 1884 |
|||
|August 3, 1871 |
|||
| August 16, 1998 |
|||
|October 21, 1986 |
|||
| rowspan=2 | {{ayd | April 30, 1884 | August 16, 1998}} |
|||
|115 years, 79 days |
|||
| Louisiana |
|||
|[[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]].}} |
|||
| Texas |
|||
|[[Missouri]] |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| data-sort-value="Brown" | Lessie Brown<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
|||
|18 |
|||
| {{center|F}} |
|||
|[[Maude Farris-Luse]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
| September 22, 1904 |
|||
|align=center|F |
|||
|January |
| January 8, 2019 |
||
| Georgia |
|||
|March 18, 2002 |
|||
| Ohio |
|||
|115 years, 56 days |
|||
|Michigan |
|||
|Michigan |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 64 |
||
| |
| data-sort-value="Matthews" | Odie Matthews<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| December 28, 1878 |
|||
|May 19, 1900 |
|||
| April 14, 1993 |
|||
|June 2, 2015 |
|||
| {{ayd | December 28, 1878 | April 14, 1993}} |
|||
|115 years, 14 days |
|||
| Texas |
|||
|[[Puerto Rico]] |
|||
|[[ |
| [[Arizona]] |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| rowspan=2 | 65 |
|||
|20 |
|||
| data-sort-value="Knapp" | Florence Knapp<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
|||
|[[#Mary Bidwell|Mary Bidwell]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| October 10, 1873 |
|||
|May 19, 1881 |
|||
| January 11, 1988 |
|||
|April 25, 1996 |
|||
| rowspan=2 | {{ayd | October 10, 1873 | January 11, 1988}} |
|||
|114 years, 342 days |
|||
| Pennsylvania |
|||
|[[Connecticut]] |
|||
| Pennsylvania |
|||
|Connecticut |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| data-sort-value="Slough" | Elena Slough<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
|||
|21 |
|||
| {{center|F}} |
|||
|[[Mary Josephine Ray]]<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2010">{{cite web|url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/Deaths2010.HTM|title=GRG Deaths for 2010 (in Chronological Order) (as of May 29, 2011)|accessdate=May 30, 2011}}</ref> |
|||
| July 4, 1889 |
|||
|align=center|F |
|||
| October 5, 2003 |
|||
|May 17, 1895 |
|||
| Pennsylvania |
|||
|March 7, 2010 |
|||
| [[New Jersey]] |
|||
|114 years, 294 days |
|||
|[[Canada]] |
|||
|[[New Hampshire]] |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 67 |
||
| |
| data-sort-value="Boone" | Mary Anna Boone<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| February 10, 1887 |
|||
|October 30, 1900 |
|||
| May 13, 2001 |
|||
|August 16, 2015 |
|||
| {{ayd | February 10, 1887 | May 13, 2001}} |
|||
|114 years, 290 days |
|||
| [[Kentucky]] |
|||
|[[Moldova]]{{efn|Steinberg was born in [[Kishinev]], which had then been a part of the [[Russian Empire]]; it is now located in [[Moldova]]}} |
|||
| Kentucky |
|||
|New York |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 68 |
||
| |
| data-sort-value="Whicker" | Minnie Whicker<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| July 24, 1906 |
|||
|August 3, 1895 |
|||
| October 22, 2020 |
|||
|April 6, 2010 |
|||
| {{ayd | July 24, 1906 | October 22, 2020}} |
|||
|114 years, 246 days |
|||
| Arkansas |
|||
|Iowa |
|||
| California |
|||
|Iowa |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 69 |
||
| data-sort-value="Kollar" | Delma Kollar<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
|||
|[[Blanche Cobb]] |
|||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| October 31, 1897 |
|||
|September 8, 1900 |
|||
| January 24, 2012 |
|||
|May 1, 2015 |
|||
| {{ayd | October 31, 1897 | January 24, 2012}} |
|||
|114 years, 235 days |
|||
| [[Kansas]] |
|||
|Georgia |
|||
| [[Oregon]] |
|||
|Florida |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 70 |
||
| data-sort-value="Jones, Ila" | Ila Jones<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
|||
|[[Mathew Beard]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| August 21, 1903 |
|||
|July 9, 1870 |
|||
| November 10, 2017 |
|||
|February 16, 1985 |
|||
| {{ayd | August 21, 1903 | November 10, 2017}} |
|||
|114 years, 222 days |
|||
| Georgia |
|||
|Virginia |
|||
| Georgia |
|||
|Florida |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 71 |
||
| data-sort-value="Renfro" | Maggie Renfro<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
|||
|Carrie Lazenby<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| November 14, 1895 |
|||
|February 9, 1882 |
|||
| January 22, 2010 |
|||
|September 14, 1996 |
|||
| {{ayd | November 14, 1895 | January 22, 2010}} |
|||
|114 years, 218 days |
|||
| Louisiana |
|||
|Georgia |
|||
| Louisiana |
|||
|[[Illinois]] |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| rowspan=2 | 72 |
|||
|27 |
|||
| data-sort-value="Tillman" | [[Emma Tillman]]<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
|||
|Myrtle Dorsey<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
|November 22, |
| November 22, 1892 |
||
| January 28, 2007 |
|||
|June 25, 2000 |
|||
| rowspan=2 | {{ayd | November 22, 1892 | January 28, 2007}} |
|||
|114 years, 216 days |
|||
| North Carolina |
|||
|[[Ohio]] |
|||
| Connecticut |
|||
|Ohio |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| data-sort-value="Stoehr" | [[Anna Stoehr]]<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
|||
|28 |
|||
| {{center|F}} |
|||
|[[Walter Breuning]]<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/Deaths2011.HTM|title=GRG Deaths in 2011|work=Gerontology Research Group}}</ref> |
|||
| October 15, 1900 |
|||
|align=center|M |
|||
| |
| December 21, 2014 |
||
| Iowa |
|||
|April 14, 2011 |
|||
| Minnesota |
|||
|114 years, 205 days |
|||
|[[Minnesota]] |
|||
|[[Montana]] |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 74 |
||
|[[ |
| data-sort-value="Denmark" | [[Leila Denmark]]<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| February 1, 1898 |
|||
|July 20, 1896 |
|||
| April 1, 2012 |
|||
|January 31, 2011 |
|||
| {{ayd | February 1, 1898 | April 1, 2012}} |
|||
|114 years, 195 days |
|||
| Georgia |
|||
|[[Louisiana]] |
|||
| Georgia |
|||
|Texas |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 75 |
||
| data-sort-value="Dunlap" | Adele Dunlap<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
|||
|[[Grace Clawson]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| December 12, 1902 |
|||
|November 15, 1887 |
|||
| 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> |
|||
|May 28, 2002 |
|||
| {{ayd | December 12, 1902 | February 5, 2017}} |
|||
|114 years, 194 days |
|||
| New Jersey |
|||
|[[United Kingdom]] |
|||
|New |
| New Jersey |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|rowspan=2| |
| rowspan=2 | 76 |
||
| data-sort-value="Conner" | Naomi Conner<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
|||
|[[#Wilhelmina Geringer Kott|Wilhelmina Kott]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| August 30, 1899 |
|||
|March 7, 1880 |
|||
| October 18, 2013 |
|||
|September 6, 1994 |
|||
| rowspan=2 | {{ayd | August 30, 1899 | October 18, 2013}} |
|||
|114 years, 183 days |
|||
| Texas |
|||
|Illinois |
|||
| Texas |
|||
|Illinois |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| data-sort-value="Holland" | Ora Holland<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
|||
|[[Adelina Domingues]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| December 24, 1900 |
|||
|February 19, 1888 |
|||
| February 11, 2015 |
|||
|August 21, 2002 |
|||
| Missouri |
|||
|114 years, 183 days |
|||
| [[Oklahoma]] |
|||
|[[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.}} |
|||
|California |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 78 |
||
| 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> |
|||
|[[#Charlotte Benkner|Charlotte Benkner]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| December 18, 1877 |
|||
|November 26, 1889 |
|||
| January 24, 1992 |
|||
|May 14, 2004 |
|||
| {{ayd | December 18, 1877 | January 24, 1992}} |
|||
|114 years, 180 days |
|||
| Texas |
|||
|[[Germany]] |
|||
| Texas |
|||
|Ohio |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 79 |
||
| data-sort-value="Goodwill" | Ellen Goodwill<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
|||
|[[#Ettie Mae Greene|Ettie Mae Greene]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| February 2, 1907 |
|||
|September 8, 1877 |
|||
| 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> |
|||
|February 26, 1992 |
|||
| {{ayd | February 2, 1907 | March 2, 2021}} |
|||
|114 years, 171 days |
|||
| Kentucky |
|||
|[[West Virginia]] |
|||
| Michigan |
|||
|West Virginia |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 80 |
||
| |
| data-sort-value="Thaxton" | Grace Thaxton<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| |
| June 18, 1891 |
||
| July 6, 2005 |
|||
|October 11, 2015 |
|||
| {{ayd | June 18, 1891 | July 6, 2005}} |
|||
|114 years, 152 days |
|||
| New York |
|||
|[[Mexico]] |
|||
| Kentucky |
|||
|California |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 81 |
||
| data-sort-value="Mexia" | Soledad Mexia<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
|||
|Irene Frank<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| August 13, 1899 |
|||
|October 1, 1881 |
|||
| August 30, 2013 |
|||
|February 28, 1996 |
|||
| {{ayd | August 13, 1899 | August 30, 2013}} |
|||
|114 years, 150 days |
|||
| Mexico |
|||
|Texas |
|||
| California |
|||
|Missouri |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 82 |
||
| |
| data-sort-value="Ward" | Minnie Ward<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| November 19, 1885 |
|||
|June 29, 1895 |
|||
| December 2, 1999 |
|||
|November 16, 2009 |
|||
| {{ayd | November 19, 1885 | December 2, 1999}} |
|||
|114 years, 140 days |
|||
| Tennessee |
|||
|Iowa |
|||
| Massachusetts |
|||
|New York |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 83 |
||
| |
| data-sort-value="Ewing" | Arbella Ewing<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
|March |
| March 13, 1894 |
||
| March 22, 2008 |
|||
|July 1, 2014 |
|||
| {{ayd | March 13, 1894 | March 22, 2008}} |
|||
|114 years, 118 days |
|||
| Texas |
|||
|Georgia |
|||
| Texas |
|||
|Pennsylvania |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| 84 |
|||
|rowspan=2|39 |
|||
| data-sort-value="Hagel" | Catherine Hagel<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
|||
|[[#Emma Verona Johnston|Emma Verona Johnston]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
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| November 28, 1894 |
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|August 6, 1890 |
|||
|December |
| December 6, 2008 |
||
| {{ayd | November 28, 1894 | December 6, 2008}} |
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|114 years, 117 days |
|||
| Minnesota |
|||
|Iowa |
|||
| Minnesota |
|||
|Ohio |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| 85 |
|||
|[[#Mamie Rearden|Mamie Rearden]] |
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| data-sort-value="Otis" | Emma Otis<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
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|align=center|F |
|||
| {{center|F}} |
|||
|September 7, 1898 |
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| October 22, 1901 |
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|January 2, 2013 |
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| October 25, 2015 |
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|114 years, 117 days |
|||
| {{ayd | October 22, 1901 | October 25, 2015}} |
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|[[South Carolina]] |
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| [[Washington (state)|Washington]] |
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|Georgia |
|||
|- |
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|41 |
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|Bettie Chatmon<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
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|align=center|F |
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|April 30, 1884 |
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|August 16, 1998 |
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|114 years, 108 days |
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|Louisiana |
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|Texas |
|||
|- |
|||
|42 |
|||
|Odie Matthews<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
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|align=center|F |
|||
|December 28, 1878 |
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|April 14, 1993 |
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|114 years, 107 days |
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|Texas |
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|[[Arizona]] |
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|- |
|||
|rowspan=2|43 |
|||
|[[#Florence Knapp|Florence Knapp]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
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|align=center|F |
|||
|October 10, 1873 |
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|January 11, 1988 |
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|114 years, 93 days |
|||
|Pennsylvania |
|||
|Pennsylvania |
|||
|- |
|||
|[[#Elena Slough|Elena Slough]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
|align=center|F |
|||
|July 4, 1889 |
|||
|October 5, 2003 |
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|114 years, 93 days |
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|Pennsylvania |
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|[[New Jersey]] |
|||
|- |
|||
|45 |
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|Mary Anna Boone<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
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|align=center|F |
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|February 10, 1887 |
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|May 13, 2001 |
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|114 years, 92 days |
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|[[Kentucky]] |
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|Kentucky |
|||
|- |
|||
|46 |
|||
|[[Delma Kollar]]<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2012"/> |
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|align=center|F |
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|October 31, 1897 |
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|January 24, 2012 |
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|114 years, 85 days |
|||
|[[Kansas]] |
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|[[Oregon]] |
|||
|- |
|||
|47 |
|||
|[[Maggie Renfro]]<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2010"/> |
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|align=center|F |
|||
|November 14, 1895 |
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|January 22, 2010 |
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|114 years, 69 days |
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|Louisiana |
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|Louisiana |
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|- |
|||
|rowspan=2|48 |
|||
|[[Emma Tillman]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
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|align=center|F |
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|November 22, 1892 |
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|January 28, 2007 |
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|114 years, 67 days |
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|North Carolina |
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|Connecticut |
|||
|- |
|||
|[[Anna Stoehr]]<ref name="GRG"/> |
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|align=center|F |
|||
|October 15, 1900 |
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|December 21, 2014 |
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|114 years, 67 days |
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|Iowa |
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|Minnesota |
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|- |
|||
|50 |
|||
|[[Leila Denmark]]<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2012"/> |
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|align=center|F |
|||
|February 1, 1898 |
|||
|April 1, 2012 |
|||
|114 years, 60 days |
|||
|Georgia |
|||
|Georgia |
|||
|- |
|||
|rowspan=2|51 |
|||
|Naomi Conner<ref name="GRG"/> |
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|align=center|F |
|||
|August 30, 1899 |
|||
|October 18, 2013 |
|||
|114 years, 49 days |
|||
|Texas <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/Worlds-Fifth-Oldest-Person-Turns-114-In-Central-Texas-221834761.html|title=World’s Fifth Oldest Person Turns 114 In Central Texas|publisher=KWTX.com|date=August 30, 2013 |accessdate=January 24, 2016}}</ref> |
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|Texas |
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|- |
|||
|Ora Holland<ref name="GRG"/> |
|||
|align=center|F |
|||
|December 24, 1900 |
|||
|February 11, 2015 |
|||
|114 years, 49 days |
|||
|Missouri |
|||
|[[Oklahoma]] |
|||
|- |
|||
|53 |
|||
|[[#Grace Thaxton|Grace Thaxton]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
|align=center|F |
|||
|June 18, 1891 |
|||
|July 6, 2005 |
|||
|114 years, 18 days |
|||
|New York |
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|Kentucky |
|||
|- |
|||
|54 |
|||
|[[Soledad Mexia]]<ref name="GRG"/> |
|||
|align=center|F |
|||
|August 13, 1899 |
|||
|August 30, 2013 |
|||
|114 years, 17 days |
|||
|Mexico |
|||
|California |
|||
|- |
|||
|55 |
|||
|Minnie Ward<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
|align=center|F |
|||
|November 19, 1885 |
|||
|December 2, 1999 |
|||
|114 years, 13 days |
|||
|Tennessee |
|||
|Massachusetts |
|||
|- |
|||
|56 |
|||
|Arbella Ewing<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2008" /> |
|||
|align=center|F |
|||
|March 13, 1894 |
|||
|March 22, 2008 |
|||
|114 years, 9 days |
|||
|Texas |
|||
|Texas |
|||
|- |
|||
|57 |
|||
|Catherine Hagel<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2008" /> |
|||
|align=center|F |
|||
|November 28, 1894 |
|||
|December 6, 2008 |
|||
|114 years, 8 days |
|||
|Minnesota |
|||
|Minnesota |
|||
|- |
|||
|58 |
|||
|Emma Otis<ref name="GRG"/> |
|||
|align=center|F |
|||
|October 22, 1901 |
|||
|October 25, 2015 |
|||
|114 years, 3 days |
|||
|[[Washington (state)|Washington]] |
|||
| Washington |
| Washington |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 86 |
||
| |
| data-sort-value="Hale" | Fred H. Hale, Sr.<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
||
| |
| {{center|M}} |
||
|December 1, 1890 |
| December 1, 1890 |
||
|November 19, 2004 |
| November 19, 2004 |
||
| {{ayd | December 1, 1890 | November 19, 2004}} |
|||
|113 years, 354 days |
|||
|Maine |
| [[Maine]] |
||
|New York |
| New York |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|rowspan=2| |
| rowspan=2 | 87 |
||
| data-sort-value="Carpelan" | Miriam Carpelan<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
|||
|Miriam Carpelan<ref name="GRG200">{{cite web|url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/BB200.HTM|title=Validated Supercentenarian Cases (Public List) as of Oct. 6, 2009|work=Gerontology Research Group|accessdate=May 31, 2011}}</ref> |
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| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
|July 8, 1882 |
| July 8, 1882 |
||
|June 22, 1996 |
| June 22, 1996 |
||
| rowspan=2 | {{ayd | July 8, 1882 | June 22, 1996}} |
|||
|113 years, 350 days |
|||
|United Kingdom |
| United Kingdom |
||
|California |
| California |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Elsie Thompson]]<ref name= |
| data-sort-value="Thompson" | [[Elsie Thompson]]<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
|April 5, 1899 |
| April 5, 1899 |
||
|March 21, 2013 |
| March 21, 2013 |
||
| Pennsylvania |
|||
|113 years, 350 days |
|||
| Florida |
|||
|Pennsylvania |
|||
|Florida |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 89 |
||
| data-sort-value="Fry" | Bertha Fry<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
|||
|[[Bertha Fry]]<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2007">[http://www.grg.org/Adams/Deaths2007.HTM GRG Deaths for 2007 (in Chronological Order) (As of February 4, 2011)] Retrieved May 31, 2011.</ref> |
|||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
|December 1, 1893 |
| December 1, 1893 |
||
|November 14, 2007 |
| November 14, 2007 |
||
| {{ayd | December 1, 1893 | November 14, 2007}} |
|||
|113 years, 348 days |
|||
|Indiana |
| Indiana |
||
|Indiana |
| Indiana |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 90 |
||
| |
| data-sort-value="Harrington" | Mae Harrington<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
|January 20, 1889 |
| January 20, 1889 |
||
|December 29, 2002 |
| December 29, 2002 |
||
| {{ayd | January 20, 1889 | December 29, 2002}} |
|||
|113 years, 343 days |
|||
|New York |
| New York |
||
|New York |
| New York |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| rowspan=2 | 91 |
|||
|64 |
|||
| 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> |
|||
|[[Daisey Bailey]]<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2010"/> |
|||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| December 25, 1877 |
|||
|March 30, 1896 |
|||
| December 2, 1991 |
|||
|March 7, 2010 |
|||
| rowspan=2 | {{ayd | December 25, 1877 | December 2, 1991}} |
|||
|113 years, 342 days |
|||
|Tennessee |
| Tennessee |
||
|Michigan |
| Michigan |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| data-sort-value="Bailey" | Daisey Bailey<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
|||
|65 |
|||
| {{center|F}} |
|||
|Agatha Mitchell<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
| March 30, 1896 |
|||
|align=center|F |
|||
|March |
| March 7, 2010 |
||
| Tennessee |
|||
|February 25, 2001 |
|||
| Michigan |
|||
|113 years, 336 days |
|||
|Virginia |
|||
|Virginia |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 93 |
||
| data-sort-value="Mitchell" | Agatha Mitchell<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
|||
|[[Goldie Michelson]] |
|||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| March 26, 1887 |
|||
|August 8, 1902 |
|||
| February 25, 2001 |
|||
|July 8, 2016 |
|||
| {{ayd | March 26, 1887 | February 25, 2001}} |
|||
|113 years, 335 days |
|||
| Virginia |
|||
|[[Russia]]{{efn|Michelson was born in the then Russian Empire, today Russia}} |
|||
| Virginia |
|||
|Massachusetts |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 94 |
||
| data-sort-value="Michelson" | Goldie Michelson<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
|||
|[[#Clara Huhn|Clara Huhn]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| August 8, 1902 |
|||
|January 28, 1887 |
|||
| July 8, 2016 |
|||
|December 20, 2000 |
|||
| {{ayd | August 8, 1902 | July 8, 2016}} |
|||
|113 years, 327 days |
|||
| [[Ukraine]]{{efn|Michelson was born in [[Kropyvnytskyi|Elizabethgrad]], which was then a part of the Russian Empire. It is now part of Ukraine.}} |
|||
|[[Nebraska]] |
|||
| Massachusetts |
|||
|California |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| 95 |
||
| data-sort-value="Barwis" | Merle Barwis<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
|||
|[[Corinne Dixon Taylor]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| December 23, 1900 |
|||
|April 2, 1893 |
|||
| November 22, 2014 |
|||
|February 14, 2007 |
|||
| {{ayd | December 23, 1900 | November 22, 2014}} |
|||
|113 years, 318 days |
|||
| Iowa |
|||
|[[District of Columbia]] |
|||
| Canada |
|||
|District of Columbia |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| rowspan=2 | 96 |
|||
|69 |
|||
| data-sort-value="Huhn" | Clara Huhn<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
|||
|[[#Mary Christian|Mary Christian]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| January 28, 1887 |
|||
|June 12, 1889 |
|||
| |
| December 20, 2000 |
||
| rowspan=2 | {{ayd | January 28, 1887 | December 20, 2000}} |
|||
|113 years, 312 days |
|||
| Nebraska |
|||
|Massachusetts |
|||
|California |
| California |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| data-sort-value="Meloche" | Beulah Meloche<ref name=GRG-Deceased/> |
|||
|70 |
|||
| {{center|F}} |
|||
|Ruth Newman<ref name="GRG"/> |
|||
| December 5, 1906 |
|||
|align=center|F |
|||
| October 27, 2020 |
|||
|September 23, 1901 |
|||
| |
| New York |
||
| New York |
|||
|113 years, 309 days |
|||
|California |
|||
|California |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| rowspan=2 | 98 |
|||
|71 |
|||
| 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> |
|||
|[[Evelyn Kozak]]<ref name="GRG"/> |
|||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
| March 15, 1867 |
|||
|August 14, 1899 |
|||
| January 27, 1981 |
|||
|June 11, 2013 |
|||
| rowspan=2 | {{ayd | March 15, 1867 | January 27, 1981}} |
|||
|113 years, 301 days |
|||
| North Carolina |
|||
|New York |
|||
| [[District of Columbia]] |
|||
|New York |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| data-sort-value="Taylor" | Corinne Dixon Taylor<ref name=GRG-G-2015/> |
|||
|72 |
|||
| {{center|F}} |
|||
|Louisiana Hines<ref name="GRG"/> |
|||
| April 2, 1893 |
|||
|align=center|F |
|||
| February 14, 2007 |
|||
|April 13, 1899 |
|||
| District of Columbia |
|||
|February 1, 2013 |
|||
| District of Columbia |
|||
|113 years, 294 days |
|||
|Alabama |
|||
|Michigan |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| 100 |
|||
|73 |
|||
| |
| data-sort-value="Holblinger" | Annabelle Holblinger<ref name=2023-Deaths/> |
||
| |
| {{center|F}} |
||
|March |
| March 16, 1909 |
||
| 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> |
|||
|January 14, 2011 |
|||
| {{ayd | March 16, 1909 | January 27, 2023}} |
|||
|113 years, 289 days |
|||
| New York |
|||
|Louisiana |
|||
| [[Colorado]] |
|||
|Louisiana |
|||
|- |
|||
|74 |
|||
|Fannie Thomas<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
|align=center|F |
|||
|April 14, 1867 |
|||
|January 22, 1981 |
|||
|113 years, 283 days |
|||
|Illinois |
|||
|California |
|||
|- |
|||
|rowspan=2|75 |
|||
|Opal Thompson<ref name="GRG"/> |
|||
|align=center|F |
|||
|January 13, 1901 |
|||
|October 20, 2014 |
|||
|113 years, 280 days |
|||
|Oklahoma |
|||
|California |
|||
|- bgcolor="#99ff99" |
|||
|Adele Dunlap<ref name="GRG"/> |
|||
|align=center|F |
|||
|December 12, 1902 |
|||
|Living |
|||
|{{age in years and days|1902|12|12}} |
|||
|New Jersey |
|||
|Living in New Jersey |
|||
|- |
|||
|77 |
|||
|Johnson Parks<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
|align=center|M |
|||
|October 15, 1884 |
|||
|July 17, 1998 |
|||
|113 years, 275 days |
|||
|Georgia |
|||
|Florida |
|||
|- |
|||
|78 |
|||
|Mary Parr<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
|align=center|F |
|||
|January 29, 1889 |
|||
|October 29, 2002 |
|||
|113 years, 273 days |
|||
|Indiana |
|||
|Florida |
|||
|- |
|||
|79 |
|||
|Beatrice Farve<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2009" /> |
|||
|align=center|F |
|||
|April 30, 1895 |
|||
|January 19, 2009 |
|||
|113 years, 264 days |
|||
|Georgia |
|||
|Georgia |
|||
|- |
|||
|80 |
|||
|Amalia Barone<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
|align=center|F |
|||
|October 6, 1884 |
|||
|June 26, 1998 |
|||
|113 years, 263 days |
|||
|Italy |
|||
|Connecticut |
|||
|- |
|||
|81 |
|||
|Zora Wriggle<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
|align=center|F |
|||
|February 24, 1880 |
|||
|November 7, 1993 |
|||
|113 years, 256 days |
|||
|Pennsylvania |
|||
|Pennsylvania |
|||
|- |
|||
|82 |
|||
|[[John Ingram McMorran]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
|align=center|M |
|||
|June 19, 1889 |
|||
|February 24, 2003 |
|||
|113 years, 250 days |
|||
|Michigan |
|||
|Florida |
|||
|- |
|||
|83 |
|||
|Mary McKinney<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
|align=center|F |
|||
|May 30, 1873 |
|||
|February 2, 1987 |
|||
|113 years, 248 days |
|||
|California |
|||
|California |
|||
|- |
|||
|84 |
|||
|[[Ella Schuler]]<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2011"/> |
|||
|align=center|F |
|||
|September 5, 1897 |
|||
|May 7, 2011 |
|||
|113 years, 244 days |
|||
|Nebraska |
|||
|Kansas |
|||
|- |
|||
|85 |
|||
|Gladys Swetland<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
|align=center|F |
|||
|April 18, 1892 |
|||
|December 14, 2005 |
|||
|113 years, 240 days |
|||
|Pennsylvania |
|||
|Pennsylvania |
|||
|- |
|||
|86 |
|||
|Mary Randall<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
|align=center|F |
|||
|April 1, 1887 |
|||
|November 12, 2000 |
|||
|113 years, 225 days |
|||
|Arkansas |
|||
|Texas |
|||
|- |
|||
|87 |
|||
|[[Delina Filkins]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
|align=center|F |
|||
|May 4, 1815 |
|||
|December 4, 1928 |
|||
|113 years, 214 days |
|||
|New York |
|||
|New York |
|||
|- |
|||
|88 |
|||
|Mary Kelly<ref name="GRGCCCC">[http://grg.org/Adams/CCCC.HTM GRG World's Oldest Person Titleholders (since 1955)] Retrieved May 31, 2011.</ref> |
|||
|align=center|F |
|||
|June 7, 1851 |
|||
|December 30, 1964 |
|||
|113 years, 206 days |
|||
|Michigan |
|||
|California |
|||
|- |
|||
|rowspan=2|89 |
|||
|Nelle Hunt<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
|align=center|F |
|||
|July 28, 1887 |
|||
|February 8, 2001 |
|||
|113 years, 195 days |
|||
|Missouri |
|||
|Missouri |
|||
|- |
|||
|Helen Stetter<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2007" /> |
|||
|align=center|F |
|||
|November 18, 1893 |
|||
|June 1, 2007 |
|||
|113 years, 195 days |
|||
|Nebraska |
|||
|Nebraska |
|||
|- |
|||
|91 |
|||
|Carrie Hardrick<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
|align=center|F |
|||
|November 6, 1887 |
|||
|May 14, 2001 |
|||
|113 years, 189 days |
|||
|Texas |
|||
|Texas |
|||
|- |
|||
|92 |
|||
|Mamie Eva Keith<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
|||
|align=center|F |
|||
|March 22, 1873 |
|||
|September 20, 1986 |
|||
|113 years, 182 days |
|||
|Illinois |
|||
|Illinois |
|||
|- |
|||
|93 |
|||
|Beryl Kapaun<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2012"/> |
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|align=center|F |
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|June 4, 1899 |
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|November 7, 2012 |
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|113 years, 156 days |
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|[[South Dakota]] |
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|South Dakota |
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|- |
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|94 |
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|Emma Wilson<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
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|align=center|F |
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|May 12, 1870 |
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|October 13, 1983 |
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|113 years, 154 days |
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|Missouri |
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|Missouri |
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|- |
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|rowspan=2|95 |
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|Jane Markle<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
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|align=center|F |
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|October 10, 1883 |
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|March 12, 1997 |
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|113 years, 153 days |
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|Pennsylvania |
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|Pennsylvania |
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|Helen Wheat<ref name="GRG"/> |
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|align=center|F |
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|September 16, 1902 |
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|February 16, 2016 |
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|113 years, 153 days |
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|Pennsylvania |
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|[[Maryland]] |
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|- |
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|97 |
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|Frances Street<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2010"/> |
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|align=center|F |
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|March 28, 1897 |
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|August 24, 2010 |
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|113 years, 149 days |
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|South Carolina |
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|North Carolina |
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|- |
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|98 |
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|Kathleen Snavely |
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|align=center|F |
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|February 16, 1902 |
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|July 6, 2015 |
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|113 years, 140 days |
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|[[Ireland]] |
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|New York |
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|- |
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|99 |
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|Frederick Frazier<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
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|align=center|M |
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|January 27, 1880 |
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|June 14, 1993 |
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|113 years, 138 days |
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|Alabama |
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|Alabama |
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|- |
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|100 |
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|Gertrude Croker<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
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|align=center|F |
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|July 12, 1881 |
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|November 26, 1994 |
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|113 years, 137 days |
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|Iowa |
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|[[Vermont]] |
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== Biographies == |
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===American emigrant supercentenarians over 113-years-old=== |
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Below is a list of people aged at least 113 who were born in the United States and live or have died in another country. |
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{|class="wikitable sortable" |
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!Rank |
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!Name |
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!Sex |
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!Birth date |
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!Death date |
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!Age {{Ref label|Age|†}} |
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!State of birth |
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!Country of death |
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|-bgcolor="99FF99" |
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|bgcolor="F9F9F9"|1 |
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|Marie Josephine Gaudette<ref name="GRG"/> |
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|align=center|F |
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|March 25, 1902 |
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|Living |
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|{{age in years and days|1902|3|25}} |
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|New Hampshire |
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|Living in Italy |
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|2 |
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|[[Merle Barwis]]<ref name="GRG"/> |
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|align=center|F |
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|December 23, 1900 |
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|November 22, 2014 |
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|113 years, 334 days |
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|Iowa |
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|Canada |
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|- |
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|3 |
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|[[Cora Hansen]]<ref name="GRG Deaths in 2012">{{cite web|url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/Deaths2012.HTM |title=GRG Deaths in 2012 |publisher=Gerontology Research Group |date=2014-05-31 |accessdate=2014-07-13}}</ref> |
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|align=center|F |
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|March 25, 1899 |
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|April 18, 2012 |
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|113 years, 24 days |
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|Minnesota |
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|Canada |
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==Chronological list of the oldest living person in the United States since 1974== |
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{|class=wikitable |
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!From |
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!To |
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!Name |
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!Sex |
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!Reported age(s)<br> when oldest |
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!Reported lifespan |
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!State of death |
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|- |
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|Unidentified |
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|May 18, 1974 |
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|Clarida Roy<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
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|align=center|F |
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|? – 110 |
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|October 19, 1863 – May 18, 1974<br> 110 years, 211 days |
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|Maine |
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|- |
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|May 18, 1974 |
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|August 5, 1976<br> ({{age in years and days|1974|5|18|1976|8|6}}) |
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|Mary Bittlebrun<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /><ref name="MBittlebrun">{{cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/35110760/| title=Aunt Mary Bittlebrun turns 111 | publisher=El Dorado News-Times | date= March 20, 1975| accessdate=December 25, 2014}}</ref> |
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|align=center|F |
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|110 – 112 |
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|March 19, 1864 – August 6, 1976<br> 112 years, 140 days |
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|Arkansas |
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|- |
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|August 6, 1976 |
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|December 2, 1977<br> ({{age in years and days|1976|8|6|1977|12|2}}) |
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|Sophia DeMuth<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /><ref name="SDemuth">{{cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1842&dat=19771205&id=lBIsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BscEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4012,942900| title=In The Nation | publisher=The Times Daily | date= December 5, 1977| accessdate=December 25, 2014}}</ref> |
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|align=center|F |
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|110 – 111 |
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|June 30, 1866 – December 2, 1977<br> 111 years, 155 days |
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|Nebraska |
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|- |
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|December 2, 1977 |
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|January 22, 1981<br> ({{age in years and days|1977|12|2|1981|1|22}}) |
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|Fannie Thomas<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /><ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=191&dat=19810127&id=SKwvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oS4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6853,1629532 Bulletin Journal, January 27, 1981]</ref> |
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|align=center|F |
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|110 – 113 |
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|April 14, 1867 – January 22, 1981<br> 113 years, 283 days |
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|California |
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|- |
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|January 22, 1981 |
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|November 13, 1982<br> ({{age in years and days|1981|1|22|1982|11|13}}) |
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|Nellie Spencer<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
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|align=center|F |
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|111 – 113 |
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|August 24, 1869 – November 13, 1982<br> 113 years, 81 days |
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|New Jersey |
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|- |
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|November 13, 1982 |
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|October 13, 1983<br> ({{age in days|1982|11|13|1983|10|13}} days) |
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|Emma Wilson<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
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|align=center|F |
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|112 – 113 |
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|May 12, 1870 – October 13, 1983<br> 113 years, 154 days |
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|Missouri |
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|- |
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|October 13, 1983 |
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|February 16, 1985<br> ({{age in years and days|1983|10|13|1985|2|16}}) |
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|[[Mathew Beard]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
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|align=center|M |
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|113 – 114 |
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|July 9, 1870 – February 16, 1985<br> 114 years, 222 days |
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|Florida |
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|- |
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|February 16, 1985 |
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|October 21, 1986<br> ({{age in years and days|1985|2|16|1986|10|21}}) |
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|Augusta Holtz<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
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|align=center|F |
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|113 – 115 |
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|August 3, 1871 – October 21, 1986<br> 115 years, 79 days |
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|Missouri |
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|- |
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|October 21, 1986 |
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|February 2, 1987<br> ({{age in days|1986|10|21|1987|2|2}} days) |
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|Mary McKinney<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
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|align=center|F |
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|113 |
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|May 30, 1873 – February 2, 1987<br> 113 years, 248 days |
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|California |
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|- |
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|February 2, 1987 |
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|January 11, 1988<br> ({{age in days|1987|2|2|1988|1|11}} days) |
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|[[#Florence Knapp|Florence Knapp]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
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|align=center|F |
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|113 – 114 |
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|October 10, 1873 – January 11, 1988<br> 114 years, 93 days |
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|Pennsylvania |
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|- |
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|January 11, 1988 |
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|March 21, 1993<br> ({{age in years and days|1988|1|11|1993|3|21}}) |
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|[[Lucy Hannah]]<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.se/books?id=0Fjkhcn3oeIC&pg=PR8&lpg=PR8&dq=Demographic+research+monographs+-+Supercentenarians&source=bl&ots=P66a8YzniG&sig=l7LRgUpdObtGX0BeiOKSkISaojM&hl=sk&sa=X&ei=ygOzVNStEobpywOtwoLYBA&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Demographic%20research%20monographs%20-%20Supercentenarians&f=false | title=Demographic research monographs - Supercentenarians | publisher=''[[Springer Publishing]]'' | author=Maier, H., Gampe, J., Jeune, B., Vaupel, J.W., Robine, J.-M. | year=2010 | pages=249 | isbn=978-3-642-11520-2}}</ref> |
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|align=center|F |
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|112 – 117 |
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|July 16, 1875 – March 21, 1993<br> 117 years, 248 days |
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|Michigan |
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|- |
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|March 21, 1993 |
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|May 7, 1994<br> ({{age in years and days|1993|3|21|1994|5|7}}) |
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|[[Margaret Skeete]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1994-05-11/news/mn-56253_1_oldest-american|title=Margaret Skeete, 115; Oldest American|date=May 11, 1994|accessdate=2015-11-12 | work=The Los Angeles Times}}</ref> |
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|align=center|F |
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|114 – 115 |
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|October 27, 1878 – May 7, 1994<br> 115 years, 192 days |
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|Virginia |
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|- |
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|May 7, 1994 |
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|September 6, 1994<br> ({{age in days|1994|5|7|1994|9|6}} days) |
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|[[#Wilhelmina Kott|Wilhelmina Kott]]<ref name=Heiner /> |
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|align=center|F |
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|114 |
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|March 7, 1880 – September 6, 1994<br> 114 years, 183 days |
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|Illinois |
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|- |
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|September 6, 1994 |
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|December 30, 1999<br> ({{age in years and days|1994|9|6|1999|12|30}}) |
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|[[Sarah Knauss]]<ref name="Sarah Knauss" /> |
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|align=center|F |
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|113 – 119 |
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|September 24, 1880 – December 30, 1999<br> 119 years, 97 days |
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|Pennsylvania |
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|- |
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|December 30, 1999 |
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|June 25, 2000<br> ({{age in days|1999|12|30|2000|6|25}} days) |
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|Myrtle Dorsey<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
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|align=center|F |
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|114 |
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|November 22, 1885 – June 25, 2000<br> 114 years, 216 days |
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|Ohio |
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|- |
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|June 25, 2000 |
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|March 18, 2002<br> ({{age in years and days|2000|6|25|2002|3|18}}) |
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|[[Maude Farris-Luse]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
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|align=center|F |
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|113 – 115 |
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|January 21, 1887 – March 18, 2002<br> 115 years, 56 days |
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|Michigan |
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|- |
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|March 18, 2002 |
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|May 28, 2002<br> ({{age in days|2002|3|18|2002|5|28}} days) |
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|[[Grace Clawson]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
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|align=center|F |
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|114 |
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|November 15, 1887 – May 28, 2002<br> 114 years, 194 days |
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|Florida |
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|- |
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|May 28, 2002 |
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|August 21, 2002<br> ({{age in days|2002|5|28|2002|8|21}} days) |
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|[[Adelina Domingues]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
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|align=center|F |
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|114 |
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|February 19, 1888 – August 21, 2002<br> 114 years, 183 days |
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|California |
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|- |
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|August 21, 2002 |
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|December 29, 2002<br> ({{age in days|2002|8|21|2002|12|29}} days) |
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|[[#Mae Harrington|Mae Harrington]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
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|align=center|F |
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|113 |
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|January 20, 1889 – December 29, 2002<br> 113 years, 343 days |
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|New York |
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|- |
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|December 29, 2002 |
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|April 20, 2003<br> ({{age in days|2002|12|29|2003|4|20}} days) |
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|[[#Mary Christian|Mary Christian]]<ref name="Mary Christian">[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/04/22/national/main550622.shtml CBS News - Nation's oldest person dies at age 113]</ref> |
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|align=center|F |
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|113 |
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|June 12, 1889 – April 20, 2003<br> 113 years, 312 days |
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|California |
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|- |
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|April 20, 2003 |
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|October 5, 2003<br> ({{age in days|2003|4|20|2003|10|5}} days) |
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|[[#Elena Slough|Elena Slough]]<ref name="BBC">{{cite news|title=Oldest American dies age 114 |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3166758.stm|work=BBC News |date=October 6, 2003 |accessdate=November 3, 2010}}</ref> |
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|align=center|F |
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|113 – 114 |
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|July 4, 1889 – October 5, 2003<br> 114 years, 93 days |
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|New Jersey |
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|- |
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|October 5, 2003 |
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|May 14, 2004<br> ({{age in days|2003|10|5|2004|5|14}} days) |
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|[[#Charlotte Benkner|Charlotte Benkner]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
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|align=center|F |
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|113 – 114 |
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|November 16, 1889 – May 14, 2004<br> 114 years, 180 days |
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|Ohio |
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|- |
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|May 14, 2004 |
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|December 1, 2004<br> ({{age in days|2004|5|14|2004|12|1}} days) |
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|[[#Emma Verona Johnston|Emma Verona Johnston]]<ref name="EJohnston"/> |
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|align=center|F |
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|113 – 114 |
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|August 6, 1890 – December 1, 2004<br> 114 years, 117 days |
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|Ohio |
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|- |
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|December 1, 2004 |
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|December 11, 2006<br> ({{age in years and days|2004|12|1|2006|12|11}}) |
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|[[Elizabeth Bolden]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
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|align=center|F |
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|114 – 116 |
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|August 15, 1890 – December 11, 2006<br> 116 years, 118 days |
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|Tennessee |
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|- |
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|December 11, 2006 |
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|January 28, 2007<br> ({{age in days|2006|12|11|2007|1|28}} days) |
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|[[Emma Tillman]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
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|align=center|F |
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|114 |
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|November 22, 1892 – January 28, 2007<br> 114 years, 67 days |
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|Connecticut |
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|- |
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|January 28, 2007 |
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|February 14, 2007<br> ({{age in days|2007|1|28|2007|2|14}} days) |
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|[[Corinne Dixon Taylor]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/22/AR2007022201976.html|title = Corinne Dixon Taylor, 113; Family Helped Build SE|date = 2007-02-23|accessdate = 2015-11-12|website = |publisher = Washington Post|last = Holley|first = Joe}}</ref> |
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|align=center|F |
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|113 |
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|April 2, 1893 – February 14, 2007<br> 113 years, 318 days |
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|District of Columbia |
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|- |
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|February 14, 2007 |
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|November 26, 2008<br> ({{age in years and days|2007|2|14|2008|11|26}}) |
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|[[Edna Parker]]<ref name="Supercentenarians who lived in the United States" /> |
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|align=center|F |
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|113 – 115 |
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|April 20, 1893 – November 26, 2008<br> 115 years, 220 days |
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|Indiana |
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|- |
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|November 26, 2008 |
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|September 11, 2009<br> ({{age in days|2008|11|26|2009|9|11}} days) |
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|[[Gertrude Baines]]{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} |
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|align=center|F |
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|114 – 115 |
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|April 6, 1894 – September 11, 2009<br> 115 years, 158 days |
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|California |
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|- |
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|September 11, 2009 |
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|March 7, 2010<br> ({{age in days|2009|9|11|2010|3|7}} days) |
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|[[Mary Josephine Ray]]{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} |
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|align=center|F |
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|114 |
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|May 17, 1895 – March 7, 2010<br> 114 years, 294 days |
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|New Hampshire |
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|- |
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|March 7, 2010 |
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|April 6, 2010<br> ({{age in days|2010|3|7|2010|4|6}} days) |
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|[[Neva Morris]]{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} |
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|align=center|F |
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|114 |
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|August 3, 1895 – April 6, 2010<br> 114 years, 246 days |
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|Iowa |
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|- |
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|April 6, 2010 |
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|January 31, 2011<br> ({{age in days|2010|4|6|2011|1|31}} days) |
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|[[Eunice Sanborn]]{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} |
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|align=center|F |
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|113 – 114 |
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|July 20, 1896 – January 31, 2011<br> 114 years, 195 days |
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|Texas |
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|- |
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|January 31, 2011 |
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|December 4, 2012<br> ({{age in years and days|2011|01|31|2012|12|4}}) |
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|[[Besse Cooper]]{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} |
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|align=center|F |
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|114 – 116 |
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|August 26, 1896 – December 4, 2012<br> 116 years, 100 days |
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|Georgia |
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|- |
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|December 4, 2012 |
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|December 17, 2012<br> ({{age in days|2012|12|4|2012|12|17}} days) |
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|[[Dina Manfredini]]{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} |
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|align=center|F |
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|115 |
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|April 4, 1897 – December 17, 2012<br> 115 years, 257 days |
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|Iowa |
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|- |
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|December 17, 2012 |
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|April 6, 2015 <br> ({{age in years and days|2012|12|17|2015|04|6}}) |
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|[[Gertrude Weaver]]{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} |
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|align=center|F |
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|114 – 116 |
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|July 4, 1898 – April 6, 2015<br> 116 years, 276 days |
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|Arkansas |
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|- |
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|April 6, 2015 |
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|June 17, 2015<br> ({{age in days|2015|4|6|2015|6|17}} days) |
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|[[Jeralean Talley]]{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} |
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|align=center|F |
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|115 – 116 |
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|May 23, 1899 – June 17, 2015<br> 116 years, 25 days |
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|Michigan |
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|- |
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|June 17, 2015 |
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|May 12, 2016<br> ({{age in days|2015|6|17|2016|5|12}} days) |
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|[[Susannah Mushatt Jones]]{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} |
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|align=center|F |
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|115 – 116 |
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|July 6, 1899 – May 12, 2016<br> 116 years, 311 days |
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|New York |
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|- " |
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|May 12, 2016 |
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|July 8, 2016<br> ({{age in days|2016|5|12|2016|7|8}} days) |
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|[[Goldie Michelson]]{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} |
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|align=center|F |
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|113 |
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|August 8, 1902 – July 8, 2016<br> 113 years, 335 days |
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|Massachusetts |
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|- bgcolor="99FF99" |
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|July 8, 2016 |
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|Present<br> ({{age in days|2016|7|8}} days) |
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|Adele Dunlap<ref name="GRG"/> |
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|align=center|F |
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|113* |
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|born December 12, 1902<br> aged {{age in years and days|1902|12|12}} |
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|Living in New Jersey |
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|} |
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==People== |
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===Ann Pouder=== |
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[[File:Ann Pouder.jpg|thumbnail|thumb|<center>Photo of Ann Pouder published in ''[[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic]]'', June 1919.]] |
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Ann Pouder ''[[née]]'' Ann Alexander Poudar ([[London]], [[United Kingdom]] April 8, 1807 – [[Baltimore, Maryland]], [[United States]] July 10, 1917) was one of the first modernly recognized supercentenarians. Her age at death was {{age in years and days|1807|4|8|1917|7|10}}.<ref>Robert D. Young, Louis Epstein, L. Stephen Coles. Rejuvenation Research. August 2008, 11(4): 851–852. {{doi|10.1089/rej.2008.0777}}.</ref> |
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When Pouder was twelve years old, her family immigrated to the United States. There she lived the following 98 years of her life in [[Baltimore, Maryland]]. She married, although became a widow very early and had no children. Her extreme longevity claim was certified by [[Alexander Graham Bell]].<ref>[http://www.grg.org/Adams/Tables.htm GRG Official Tables, Notes for Table A.] (This document mentions a report that Ann Pouder's lifespan was validated by Alexander Graham Bell.) Retrieved June 6, 2011.</ref> In her last few months, she was bedridden, [[blindness|blind]], and almost [[deaf]], but her mind remained sharp.<ref>Maurice Ernest, The Longer Life – A Critical Survey of Many Claims to Abnormal Longevity, of various Theories on duration of life and old age, and of divers attempts at rejuvenation, READ BOOKS, 2006, ISBN 1-4067-9799-5, ISBN 978-1-4067-9799-2</ref> |
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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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Florence Knapp, Former Teacher, 114|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/13/obituaries/florence-knapp-former-teacher-114.html|publisher=Nytimes.com|date=13 January 1988}}</ref> |
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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 verified recognized living person. Her death, aged 114 years 93 days, 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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===Ettie Mae Greene=== |
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Ettie Mae Greene née Thomas (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). She was born in [[Wayside, West Virginia]], and worked as a seamstress and a farmer.<ref name="Ettie Mae Greene">[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE3DE1F3DF93AA15751C0A964958260 New York Times obituary]</ref> Greene died of a cold at the Springfield Comprehensive Care Center in [[Springfield, West Virginia]]. 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.<ref name="Ettie Mae Greene" /> She still holds the record for being the [[list of the verified oldest people|oldest person]] in the state of [[West Virginia]]. |
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=== Wilhelmina Kott === |
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Wilhelmina Kott née Geringer (March 7, 1880 – September 6, 1994)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/G1870s.htm|title=G1870s|work=Gerontology Research Group|accessdate=November 20, 2013}}</ref> was an American supercentenarian recognized by Guinness World Records as the 'oldest living American' in its 1995 edition,<ref name=Heiner>{{cite book|title=Supercentenarians|last=Maier|first=Heiner|date=May 17, 2010|pages=276–277|accessdate=November 20, 2013|work=Google Books|url=https://books.google.com/?id=0Fjkhcn3oeIC&pg=PA276&dq=3.4+Wilhelmina+Kott:+Aged+115+or+114#v=onepage&q&f=false|isbn=9783642115202}}</ref> following the death of [[Margaret Skeete]]. She was born in Peru, Illinois, as one of 16 children to George and Sophia Geringer. She moved to Chicago in 1881, where she lived almost her entire life. She married Charles Kott in 1899.<ref name=Heiner/> She died on September 6, 1994, aged 114 years 183 days. |
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===Mary Bidwell=== |
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Mary Electa Bidwell née Nobel (May 19, 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 342 days on April 25, 1996. She is the oldest person ever to die in [[Connecticut]].<ref name=nyt1>{{cite news |title=Life is Long |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D05E1DC163DF93AA15751C1A960958260 |publisher=The New York Times |quote=Mary Electa Bidwell was supposed to be listed as the Guinness Book of World Records's oldest living American, but she died shortly before the publication's deadline. 1876–1996 Mary Thompson, who was slightly older, couldn't qualify for Guinness's title, either – as the daughter of ex-slaves, she had no birth certificate – but in 1992 she did receive the ultimate American tribute to longevity, a mention by Willard Scott on the ''Today'' show. | accessdate=2007-12-09 | first=Gail | last=Collins | date=December 29, 1996}}</ref><ref name="museum">{{cite news |title=Mary Electa Bidwell. Oldest person in the USA |url=http://www.bidwellhousemuseum.org/Articles/mary_electa_bidwell.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724055848/http://www.bidwellhousemuseum.org/Articles/mary_electa_bidwell.htm|archivedate=July 24, 2011 |quote=According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Mary Electa Bidwell, at 114, is the oldest person in the United States. |publisher=Bidwell House Museum |year=1996 |accessdate=2007-12-09}}</ref><ref name=cnn/> |
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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=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 |title=Oldest person in the U.S. still teaching life lessons |url=http://cgi.cnn.com/US/9512/oldest_american/ |publisher=CNN |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. | accessdate=2007-12-09 }}</ref> |
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===Maggie Barnes=== |
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Maggie Pauline Barnes née Hinnant (March 6, 1882 – January 19, 1998)<ref>New England Supercentenarian Study. [http://www.bumc.bu.edu/www/BUSM/Cen/supercentenarian%20lists/Oldest%20Authenticated%20Centenarians.pdf Oldest Authenticated Centenarians] Boston University Medical Campus. Retrieved August 5, 2008. {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> was an 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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Some dispute exists as to her date of birth. Though the 1882 date is written in the family's bible, the 1900 US Census lists her as having been born in 1881, and her [[marriage license]] says she was born in 1880.<ref name="RNOmb"/> Authenticating to the latest of those dates, Barnes was 115 years, 319 days old when she died. |
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Barnes is the oldest person ever in U.S. state of [[North Carolina]] on record. |
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===Clara Huhn=== |
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Clara Huhn née Herling (January 28, 1887 – December 20, 2000)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nehca.org/UserDocs/Pages/Nebraska_Centenarians_1867_to_2001.pdf|title=NEBRASKA’S CENTENARIANS AGE 107 OR ABOVE — 1867 to 2001 |first=E.A.|last=Kral|publisher=Nebraska Health Care Association|accessdate=23 December 2014}}</ref> was an American homemaker and supercentenarian. Born in a home near [[Clarkson, Nebraska|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 113 years, 327 days, she is the 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>{{cite web |url=http://www.nebpress.com/700/huhn.php |title=Nebraska Press Association – 900 Famous Nebraskans – Clara Herling Huhn |website=nebpress.com |publisher=Nebraska Press Association |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207030859/http://www.nebpress.com/700/huhn.php |archivedate=February 7, 2012}}</ref> |
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===Delvina Dahlheimer=== |
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Mary Delvina Dahlheimer née Morissette (December 31, 1888<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2002/mar/18/local/me-passings18.6|title=Delvina Dahlheimer, 113; One of the Oldest People in the World|work=Los Angeles Times|date=18 March 2002|accessdate=23 December 2012}}</ref> – March 13, 2002)<ref name="Dahlheimer Family History">{{cite web|title=Family, friends say good-bye to Delvina Dahlheimer, 113|url=http://www.dahlheimer-bebeau.com/index_files/Page360.htm|work=Dahlheimer Family History|date=20 March 2002|accessdate=23 December 2012}}</ref> was an American supercentenarian. Delvina lived alone until entering Guardian Angels Care Center at age 101, where she lived out the rest of her days.<ref name="Dahlheimer Family History"/> Dahlheimer's Minnesota state record title, 113 years 72 days, was surpassed by Catherine Hagel on February 9, 2008. Incidentally, Hagel was the sister-in-law of Dahlheimer. |
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===Mae Harrington=== |
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Mae Harrington née Maxwell (January 20, 1889 – December 29, 2002) was an American supercentenarian who became the world's oldest living person upon the death of [[Adelina Domingues]]. |
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Harrington was also the oldest living American and the oldest person ever from the state of New York, breaking the record held since the 1920s by then world's oldest person [[Delina Filkins]], also 113, but her own record was subsequently broken on May 28, 2005 by [[#Grace Thaxton|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 posthumously.<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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After Harrington's death aged 113 years 343 days, [[#Mary Christian|Mary Christian]] became the oldest living person in the United States, and [[Yukichi Chuganji]] became the oldest living person. |
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===Mary Christian=== |
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Mary Dorothy Christian (née Perry, June 12, 1889 – April 20, 2003) was an [[United States|American]] [[supercentenarian]] who became the [[oldest people|oldest recognized person in the United States]] at age 113 upon the death of 113-year-old [[Mae Harrington]] and was succeeded in this title by another 113-year-old, [[Elena Slough]]. Perry was born in [[Taunton, Massachusetts]] to parents whose name had been [[anglicism|anglicized]] from ''Perreira'' (she was of [[Portugal|Portuguese]] descent). She spent much of her life in [[California]], where she died in a [[San Pablo, California]] nursing home at 113 years and 312 days.<ref name="Mary Christian"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/11/08/BA245357.DTL |title=113-year-old is oldest American |work=San Francisco Chronicle |author=Charles Burress |date=November 8, 2002 |accessdate=2007-12-10}}</ref> |
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===Elena Slough=== |
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Elena Proctor Slough née Rodenbaugh (July 4, 1889 – October 5, 2003)<ref name="BBC" /> was the oldest recognized person in the United States from the death of [[#Mary Christian|Mary Christian]] on April 20, 2003, until Slough's own death, aged 114 years 93 days, six months later. After her death, the oldest recognized person in the United States was [[#Charlotte Benkner|Charlotte Benkner]].<ref name="BBC" /> |
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Born in [[Horsham, Pennsylvania]], she married twice and had children by each marriage. Her 90-year-old daughter died three days before her, at the same [[Cape May, New Jersey]] nursing home. 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://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-85421609.html|author=David Porter |agency=Associated Press |publisher=Lawrence Journal |date=October 6, 2003 |accessdate=November 3, 2010 }}</ref> |
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===Charlotte Benkner=== |
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Charlotte Benkner (née Enterlein; November 16, 1889 – May 14, 2004)<ref name="latimes" /><ref name="toledoblade.com" /><ref name="Guinness2005" /><ref name="cbsnews" /> was an [[United States|American]] [[supercentenarian]] and [[oldest people|the oldest verified living person]] from November 2003 until sufficient documentation was found to validate the age of [[Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan]] of [[Puerto Rico]] in March 2004.<ref name="latimes">{{Cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2004/may/18/local/me-benkner18|title=Charlotte Benkner, 114; 2nd-Oldest Person in World Lived 'Steadily'|date=18 May 2004|accessdate=24 November 2015|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> The subsequent recognition of [[María Capovilla]] of [[Ecuador]] in December 2005 moved Benkner down to third place at the time of her death,<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|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616043919/http://www.toledoblade.com/Deaths/2004/05/17/North-Lima-woman-dies-at-age-114.html|archivedate=June 16, 2012 |accessdate=24 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="Guinness2005">Guinness World Records 2005. [[Guinness World Records]] ISBN 978-0553588101</ref> but she is still the oldest verified [[Germany|German]]-born person. |
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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 [[President of the United States]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]].<ref name="cbsnews" /><ref name="A">[http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/archiv/frieda-mueller--der-aelteste-mensch-in-deutschland--ist-am-donnerstag-in-potsdam-gestorben-110-jahre--neun-monate-und-drei-tage,10810590,10304422.html] Retrieved November 24, 2015.</ref> On 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]].<ref name="cbsnews">[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/11/15/national/main583871.shtml Oldest Person Ready To Turn 114 - Charlotte Benkner Just Recently Inherited Title]</ref> She became the oldest recognized person in the [[United States]] when 114-year-old [[Elena Slough]] died in October 2003.<ref name="BBC" /> She lived with her sister Tillie O'Hare (the youngest of the siblings), whom she once cared for when their parents were running the hotel, until Tillie (born February 15, 1904) died, just three weeks shy of becoming a [[centenarian]], on January 25, 2004.<ref name="A" /> Benkner survived her sister by only four months, dying at age [[list of the verified oldest people|114 years 180 days]] after she was briefly hospitalized in [[Youngstown, Ohio]], and was buried in Peekskill.<ref name="latimes" /><ref name="toledoblade.com" /> |
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===Emma Verona Johnston=== |
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Emma Verona Johnston (née Calhoun) (August 6, 1890 – December 1, 2004) was an [[United States|American]] [[supercentenarian]] recognized as the "oldest living American" from May 2004 until her death at age 114 years 117 days. Johnston was born in [[Indianola, Iowa]] to a large family.<ref name="EJohnston">[http://www.grg.org/EJohnston.htm Obituary] from the [[Los Angeles Times]]</ref> She was the oldest living graduate of [[Drake University]], where she was a member of the Class of 1912.<ref>[http://www.lib.drake.edu/heritage/johnston/index.php Verona Johnston by Drake University]</ref> |
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=== Mary Bidwell === |
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At age 98, she moved from [[Iowa]] to [[Ohio]] in order to live with her daughter and son-in-law. She continued to be in good health even when she attained supercentenarian status, still being able to walk up steps, she was also alert and able to engage in conversations.<ref name="GRG" /> |
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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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[[#Charlotte Benkner|Charlotte Benkner]]'s death on May 14, 2004 left Johnston as [[list of the verified oldest people|the oldest documented person]] in the United States, and the death of [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] [[Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan]] on May 29, 2004 left her third-oldest recognized person in the world behind [[Ecuador]]ian [[María Capovilla]] and [[Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper]] of the [[Netherlands]]. She died in [[Worthington, Ohio]] on December 1, 2004.<ref name="EJohnston" /> |
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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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Grace Thaxton née Menges (June 18, 1891 – July 6, 2005) was a supercentenarian, the oldest person in Kentucky, the fourth-oldest person in the U.S. and [[List of the verified oldest people|the seventh-oldest documented person in the world]] at the time of her death. She also became [[Melva Radcliffe|New York state's all-time recordholder]] on May 28, 2005, aged 113 years 344 days, breaking the record set by [[Mae Harrington]] in December 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grg.org/GThaxton.htm |title=LA Times report at the Gerontology Research Group |publisher=Grg.org |date=2005-07-09 |accessdate=2014-07-13}}</ref> Thaxton died several weeks later on July 6, 2005, aged 114 years 18 days. |
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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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Thaxton almost lived to see her son Robert (1915–2011) turn 90 on July 12, 2005. Thaxton's mother (1860–1969) lived to 109.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/L/USA.HTM |title=Verified Supercentenarian Cases – USA [Legacy List] |website=grg.org |publisher=[[Gerontology Research Group]] |date=April 28, 2007 |accessdate=September 12, 2015}}</ref> |
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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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Bettie Antry Wilson née Rutherford (September 13, 1890 – February 13, 2006)<ref name="Bettie Wilson">[http://www.grg.org/BWilson1.htm Bettie Wilson, 115; One of Three Oldest Americans] (LA Times)</ref> was thought to be the oldest verified living person in the United States upon the death of 114-year-old [[#Emma Verona Johnston|Emma Verona Johnston]] on December 1, 2004. Until the subsequent verification of [[Elizabeth Bolden]]. Both were born in the rural South—where they lived less than 100 miles apart. |
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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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Born of freed slaves, Solomon and Delia Rutherford, she is the oldest resident of the state of Mississippi ever recorded (the previous record was 113 years, 12 days set in 1994). 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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'''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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Wilson died at her [[New Albany, Mississippi|New Albany]] home on February 13, 2006, aged 115 years, 153 days. She was survived by her son, five grandchildren, 46 great-grandchildren, 95 great-great-grandchildren and 38 great-great-great grandchildren.<ref name="Bettie Wilson" /> |
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=== Emma Verona Johnston === |
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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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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 man in the world from December 7, 2006 (the death of [[Moses Hardy]]), for one month until his own death, aged 111 years 185 days. |
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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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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://panews.com/features/x681416553/PA-s-Nelson-celebrates-birthday-milestone?start:int=0|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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=== 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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Arbella Ewing (née Perkins) (March 13, 1894 – March 22, 2008)<ref>[http://www.grg.org/Adams/Deaths2008.HTM List of supercentenarians who died in 2008] [[Gerontology Research Group]]</ref><ref name="MyFox Dallas">[http://www.myfoxdfw.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=6104868&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1 MyFox Dallas] {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> was, at the time of her death at age 114, [[oldest people|the third-oldest living person in the world]] behind [[Edna Parker]] of United States and [[Maria de Jesus]] of Portugal, the second-oldest person in the United States and the oldest living [[African American]].<ref name="latimes20080324">{{Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2008/mar/24/local/me-ewing24|title=Texan was thought to be the world's 3rd-oldest person|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=March 24, 2008|accessdate=December 30, 2015}}</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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Ewing, the fourth of 12 children, grew up in [[Streetman, Texas]], and married Frank Ewing in 1915, after which she moved to [[South Dallas]]. Her former house is still located in South Dallas today. She had a sister named Annie, who was born in 1904 and was 103 at the time of her death. When she was an adult, she worked in a local bikeshop in Streetman. Her great-grandparents were slaves in [[Mississippi]]. After marrying Frank Ewing, they had a daughter, named Claudia, who died in 1970. The Ewing family stated she was a gem in the family according to [[The Dallas Morning News]]. She lived in her own home in Dallas until the age of 113, after breaking her hip at her birthday party, she was moved into a personal care home, where she eventually died nine days after having reached the age of 114. The people close to her attributed her [[longevity]] to positive thinking.<ref name="latimes20080324" /><ref>{{cite news|last1=Flick|first1=David|title=Dallas woman, 114, says she lived cleanly, kept to herself|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-oldestalive_08met.ART0.State.Edition2.4672894.html|accessdate=29 December 2015|publisher=Dallas Morning News|date=March 8, 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115031942/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-oldestalive_08met.ART0.State.Edition2.4672894.html|archivedate=January 15, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Nielsen|first1=Jon|title=Family's 'diamond' turning 111|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/southdallas/stories/DN-ewing_13met.ART.State.Edition2.90ffa9a.html|publisher=Dallas Morning News|date=March 13, 2006|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081025005642/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/southdallas/stories/DN-ewing_13met.ART.State.Edition2.90ffa9a.html|archivedate=October 25, 2008}}</ref> |
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=== George Francis === |
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'''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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[[File:WHSeward.jpg|thumb|175px|Walter H. Seward on September 16, 2007, less than one month before his 111th birthday and almost exactly a year before his death]] |
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Walter Hamilton Seward (October 13, 1896 – September 14, 2008) was ranked as the third-oldest verified man living in the United States, the [[oldest people|sixth-oldest man in the world]] and the verified oldest recognized living person in New Jersey at the time of his death, aged 111 years 337 days. |
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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 {{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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Seward was raised in [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo]], Ohio, and moved to [[Vineland, New Jersey|Vineland]], New Jersey, while he was in high school. He was a 1917 graduate of [[Rutgers University]] and a 1924 graduate of [[Harvard Law School]]. He practiced law through his 90s. Seward died on September 14, 2008 at age 111 years and 11 months from a [[sepsis|blood infection]] that weakened his heart.<ref>{{cite news|first=Mark |last=Mueller |newspaper=The Star-Ledger |url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/rutgers_oldest_alumnus_walter.html |title=Rutgers' oldest alumnus Walter Seward dies at 111 |publisher=NJ.com |date=15 September 2008 |accessdate=2013-08-14}}</ref><ref>[http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/rutgers_oldest_alumnus_walter.html Walter H. Seward's obituary]</ref> |
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===Bernice Madigan=== |
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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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George Rene Francis (June 6, 1896 – December 27, 2008)<ref name="georgefrancis">{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-francis29-2008dec29-story.html |title=George Francis, oldest man in the United States, dies at 112 |website=latimes.com |publisher=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=December 29, 2008 |accessdate=September 12, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Oldest man in the US dies in Sacramento at 112 |author=Jason Dearen |url=http://www.sacbee.com/827/story/1503198.html |agency=Associated Press |work=The Sacramento Bee |publisher=The McClatchy Company |location=Sacramento, CA |date=December 28, 2008 |accessdate=November 3, 2010 |quote=Francis died Saturday of congestive heart failure at a nursing home in Sacramento }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM|title= Recent Deaths for 2008 |accessdate=November 3, 2010|work= Gerontology Research Group |publisher= GRG Interactive }}</ref> was an American supercentenarian and the joint second-oldest living man in the world, together with Englishman [[Henry Allingham]], until Francis's death aged 112 years, 204 days. He was also the oldest living man in the United States, following the death of [[Antonio Pierro]] on February 8, 2007. Francis was from [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], but since 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 |title= The Black Man's Plea for Justice |url= http://spontaneousoverflow.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/GeorgeFrancisPOEM.source.prod_affiliate.4.pdf|format= PDF |work= The Sacramento Bee |publisher= The McClatchy Company |location= Sacramento, CA |accessdate=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|author=Stephen Magagnini |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 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607234415/http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/204734.html |archivedate=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 pounds (45.35 kg)). Despite this, he later was a boxer before becoming a barber and then a chauffeur.<ref name="georgefrancis" /> 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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'''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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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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===Shelby Harris=== |
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Shelby Harris (March 31, 1901{{snd}}July 25, 2012),<ref name="AA" /> an [[African American]], was oldest verified man in the [[United States]] (since the death of [[Walter Breuning]] on April 14, 2011), the third-oldest man in the world and [[Illinois]]'s oldest living person at the time of his death.<ref name="AA">[http://qctimes.com/news/local/shelby-harris-nation-s-oldest-man-dies-at/article_33ad6aae-d683-11e1-a4c3-0019bb2963f4.html Kay Luna, "Shelby Harris, nation's oldest man, dies in RI"], ''Quad-City Times'', July 25, 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.army.mil/article/54067/king-for-the-day-veteran-celebrates-110-years/ "King for the day, veteran celebrates 110 years"] by Rikeshia Davidson, The United States Army (March 30, 2011). Retrieved June 27, 2011.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2179541/Americas-oldest-man-Shelby-Harris-dies-age-111--old-romantic-cited-love-secret-long-life.html |title=America's oldest man dies age 111... and the old romantic cited love as the secret to his long life |publisher=Dailymail.co.uk |date=2012-07-26 |accessdate=2015-10-26}}</ref> |
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===Delphia Welford=== |
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A native of [[Ayrshire, Indiana]], Harris worked in coal mines and a [[foundry]]. At 41 he joined the Army for [[World War II]], but a broken ankle ended his training. A [[deacon]] of his church until he was 102, Harris entered a [[Rock Island, Illinois|Rock Island]] nursing home at 105. At his death he was a great-great-great-grandfather, his youngest grandson 57 years old.<ref>[http://qctimes.com/news/local/article_39f24afc-6a95-11e0-ad3f-001cc4c03286.html Rashah McChesney, "RI man celebrates his 110th birthday"], ''Quad-City Times'', April 19, 2011.</ref> Harris died on July 25, 2012, aged 111 years and 116 days.<ref name="AA" /> |
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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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===Mamie Rearden=== |
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Mamie Julia Rearden (née Lewis; September 7, 1898 – January 2, 2013)<ref name="EA Obit">{{cite web|title=Mamie Rearden|url=http://www.edgefieldadvertiser.com/2013/01/mamie-j-rearden/|publisher=The Edgefield Advertiser|accessdate=2013-01-04|date=January 4, 2013|location=Edgefield, SC}}</ref> was an African American [[supercentenarian]] who, upon her death at the age of 114 years and 117 days, was the world's 5th oldest living person, the 2nd oldest living American, and the 2nd oldest living person of African descent behind [[Gertrude Weaver]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM|title=Validated Living Supercentenarians|work=Grg.org|date=June 11, 2003|accessdate=December 12, 2011}}</ref> Rearden holds the record as the oldest person ever from the state of [[South Carolina]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/USStateOldest4.HTM|title=Oldest Authenticated Supercentenarian--U.S. State Records|work=grg.org}}</ref> |
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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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Mamie Julia Lewis grew up in the Pleasant Lane section of [[Edgefield County, South Carolina]]. She attended Log Creek Community School and Bettis Academy Junior College, and began her career as a teacher in 1918. In 1919, Rearden married Ocay Rearden, and the couple had eleven children. She was widowed in 1979. When asked how it feels being one of the world's oldest living persons, Rearden replied: ''"I don't know how it makes me feel. I really don't know."''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2011-01-19/edgefield-woman-112-oldest-african-american|title=Edgefield woman, 112, oldest African-American|work=The Augusta Chronicle|date=January 19, 2011|accessdate=December 12, 2011}}</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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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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