Refimprove date September 2009 A supercentenarian sometimes hyphenated as super centenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarian s. Citation needed date June 2010 There are estimated to be 300 450 living supercentenarians in the world, though only about 80 individual verified List of living supercentenarians living supercentenarians are known. ref http www.grg.org Adams E.HTM Validated living supercentenarians ref A study conducted ... Calment , who died in 1997 at the age of 122 years 164 days. Etymology The term supercentenarian ... age have persisted from the earliest times in history, the earliest supercentenarian accepted by Guinness World Records is Netherlands Dutchman Thomas Peters supercentenarian Thomas Peters reportedly ... evidence for Peters has been lost . In 1902 Margaret Ann Neve became the first female supercentenarian .... The Guinness World Records accepted the claim of Martha Graham supercentenarian Martha Graham ... been no living supercentenarian in the world since the first verifiable case in the late 19th ... Baker supercentenarian Betsy Baker turned 110 a period of nearly 20 years. The first supercentenarian who lived in three different centuries was the first ever female supercentenarian, Margaret Ann Neve 1792 1903 . Neve was in fact the only supercentenarian born in the 18th century that lived into the 20th ... and parts of countries attain supercentenarian age. Verified supercentenarians over 115 year old legend2 ... 12 Charlotte Hughes supercentenarian Charlotte Hughes align center F 1 August 1877 17 March 1993 115 ... research foundation.org index.htm Supercentenarian Research Foundation http www.bumc.bu.edu supercentenarian New England Supercentenarian Study Longevity Use dmy dates date December 2010 Category Supercentenarians de Supercentenarian es Supercentenario fr Supercentenaire ko it Supercentenario no Superhundre ring pl Superstulatek pt Supercenten rio simple Supercentenarian zh ... more details
Nihongo Yasu Akino Akino Yasu March 1, 1885 February 12, 1999 was a Japan ese supercentenarian and the oldest living person in Japan from November 18, 1998 to her death in February 12, 1999. She died at the age of 113 years and 348 days. ref http www.grg.org Calment4A.html ref See also Oldest people List of Japanese supercentenarians List of the oldest verified people References Reflist Category 1885 births Category 1999 deaths Category Japanese supercentenarians ja ... more details
Betsy Russell Baker 20 August 1842 24 October 1955 was the first listed supercentenarian in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world s then oldest person. In 2002, researchers confirmed she was the world s oldest living person by modern verification standards for an unknown period of time prior to her death 24 October 1955. ref name nehca http www.nehca.org pdfs supercentenearians.pdf NEHCA list of Nebraska supercentenarians ref Born at Great Brington , England, she was a British immigrant to the United States Nebraska . She died at Tecumseh, Nebraska , aged 113 years, 65 days, after living in Johnson County, Nebraska Johnson County for 65 years. She was the second person in the world after Delina Filkins to have reached the age of 113 and to have been validated by modern standards. ref name nehca References references start box s new title s ttl title Oldest people Oldest recognized living person years ? 24 October 1955 s aft after Martha Graham supercentenarian Martha Graham end box Oldest People External links http sourceryforge.org index.php Supercentenarian Sourceryforge.org website Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Baker, Betsy ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 20 August 1842 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 24 October 1955 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Baker, Betsy Category 1842 births Category 1955 deaths Category People from Daventry district Category English emigrants to the United States Category People from Johnson County, Nebraska Category Verified American supercentenarians US bio stub it Betsy Baker supercentenaria nl Betsy Baker ja pt Betsy Baker fi Betsy Baker ... more details
Nofootnotes date January 2008 Thomas Peters 6 April 1745? 26 March 1857 was a Dutch supercentenarian . He is the earliest recorded supercentarian accepted by Guinness World Records . Originally in a footnote, the Peters case was later promoted although subsequent questions were raised about documentation. Indeed, it appears that if the documentation ever existed, it has been lost. Thus, on paper Thomas Peters lived to be oldest people 111 years and 354 days , but scientifically the lack of reproducible evidence makes this case subject to doubt. He was born in Leeuwarden and died in Arnhem . See also List of Dutch supercentenarians Oldest people Supercentenarian External links http www.recordholders.org en list oldest.html The Oldest Human Beings s start s bef rows 2 before Pierre Darcourt s ttl title Oldest people Oldest Recorded Person Ever years 24 July 1853 &mdash 23 April 1927 s aft after Delina Filkins s ttl title Oldest people Oldest Recorded Man Ever years 24 July 1853 &mdash 19 June 1977 s aft after Shigechiyo Izumi disputed s end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Peters, Thomas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1745 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1857 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Peters, Thomas Category 1745 births Category 1857 deaths Category Dutch supercentenarians Category People from Leeuwarden nl Thomas Peters pt Thomas Peters 1745 ... more details
Maria Emilia Eriksson 27 March 1900 &ndash 10 January 2011 in Sigtuna , Uppsala l n Uppsala county was a Swedish people Swedish supercentenarian and, since the death of Rut Mikaelsson on 24 August 2009, the country s oldest living person. ref http www.aftonbladet.se nyheter article6856476.ab Aftonbladet 28 3 2010 in swedish ref ref http www.grg.org Adams E.HTM Gerontology Research Group ref Biography Maria Eriksson lived her first years on a farm in Sigtuna. At age 32, she married Axel Eriksson. The couple never had any children and the husband died in 1970. Since 1992, Eriksson has lived in a retirement home in Grillby until her death in 2011. ref http jallehjulius.unt.se startsidan maria ar 110 ar 807492 default.aspx Maria r 110 r, Uppsala Nya Tidning in swedish ref She is the daughter of Karl Johan Karlsson born 1874 and Karolina Emilia Johansson born 1874 . See also List of Swedish supercentenarians List of verified supercentenarians who died in 2011 References Sveriges befolkning 1970 , Cd CD ROM version 1.04 Sveriges Sl ktforskarf rbund 2003 Sveriges befolkning 1900 , Cd CD ROM , version 1.02, databasdatum 2006 08 25 Sveriges Sl ktforskarf rbund 2006 references Persondata NAME Eriksson, Maria ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION supercentenarian , Swedish people Swede DATE OF BIRTH 27 March 1900 PLACE OF BIRTH Sigtuna , Sweden DATE OF DEATH 10 January 2011 PLACE OF DEATH Grillby , Sweden Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Eriksson, Maria ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 27 March 1900 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 10 January 2011 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Eriksson, Maria Category 1900 births Category People from Sigtuna Municipality Category Swedish supercentenarians Category 2011 deaths sv Maria Eriksson hundratio ring ... more details
before Betsy Baker supercentenarian Betsy Baker s ttl title Oldest people Oldest recognized living ... PLACE OF DEATH Fayetteville, North Carolina DEFAULTSORT Graham, Martha Supercentenarian Category ... more details
Hannah Smith 7 January 1856 &ndash 10 January 1966 ref name GRGUK http www.grg.org Adams L UK.HTM Validated supercentenarians who lived and or died in the UK The Gerontology Research Group ref was born in Salford, Greater Manchester Salford , England and lived to become a British supercentenarian and oldest people the oldest recognised living person in the world . Smith collapsed on her 110th birthday, and died three days later at Woodhouse, South Yorkshire Woodhouse , Sheffield . ref name smith1966times cite news title Woman aged 110 dies pages 8 publisher The Times date 1966 01 11 accessdate 2008 10 09 ref Smith smoked until five years before her death. ref name smith1966guardian1 cite news title Taken ill on 110th birthday pages 14 publisher The Guardian date 1966 01 08 accessdate 2009 09 21 ref Smith lived much of her life in Chesterfield and was a former dressmaking lecturer . ref name smith1966guardian2 cite news title Miss Hannah is 110 today pages 4 publisher The Guardian date 1966 01 07 accessdate 2009 01 26 ref ref name smith1963times cite news title News in Brief pages 5 publisher The Times date 1963 01 07 accessdate 2009 01 26 ref She was listed in the 1967 Guinness World Records Guinness Book of Records , and was the last recognised surviving woman documented as being born in 1856. See also List of British supercentenarians Longevity Oldest people Supercentenarian References reflist External links http www.recordholders.org en list oldest.html The Oldest Human Beings start box s bef rows 2 before Auguste Pahl s ttl title Oldest people Oldest recognised living person years 24 July 1965 10 January 1966 s aft after John Mosely Turner s ttl title Oldest people Oldest recognised living woman years 24 July 1965 10 January 1966 s aft after Johanna Booyson succession box before Elizabeth Kensley title List of British supercentenarians Oldest person in the United Kingdom years 6 March 1965 10 January 1966 after John Mosely Turner end box Oldest People Persondata ... more details
Other persons Margaret Fitzgerald Use mdy dates date September 2010 Infobox person name Margaret Fitzgerald image alt caption birth name Margaret King birth date Birth date mf yes 1896 9 16 birth place Tankville, New Brunswick , Canada death date death date mf yes 2009 10 20 br aged age in years and days 1896 9 16 2009 10 20 death place Moncton , New Brunswick, Canada known for Supercentenarian Margaret Fitzgerald, n e King September 16, 1896 October 20, 2009 , ref name globe http www.theglobeandmail.com news national oldest known person in canada dies article1331944 Oldest known person in Canada dies . The Globe and Mail , October 21, 2009 ref was a Canadian supercentenarian who was the oldest person in Canada from 2007 until her death in 2009. She attained this title at age 110 years 124 days, after the death of 115 year old fellow Canadian, Julie Winnefred Bertrand , on January 18, 2007. Fitzgerald died of natural causes at the age of 113 in a nursing home in New Brunswick on October 20, 2009. She grew up on a farm in Tankville, New Brunswick Tankville , New Brunswick , and moved to Moncton as an adult, where she took a job as an office assistant to Dr. Reginald Fitzgerald, who would become her husband. ref name transcript http timestranscript.canadaeast.com lifetimes article 799380 Healthy appetite, abstinence credited for longevity . Times & Transcript , September 22, 2009 ref The couple later moved to the French islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon , where Dr. Fitzpatrick continued his medical practice, and resided there until his death. His widow returned to New Brunswick, where she operated a convenience store in Moncton s Humphrey neighbourhood. ref name transcript See also List of Canadian supercentenarians References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Fitzgerald, Margaret ALTERNATIVE NAMES King, Margaret SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1896 PLACE OF BIRTH Tankville, New Brunswick, Canada DATE OF DEATH October 20, 200 ... more details
of the 112 year old Marion Higgins supercentenarian Marion Higgins Marion Higgins of Seal Beach ... Biography United States Army World War I Oldest people Supercentenarian Veterans of the First World ... American supercentenarian and World War I veteran DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1894 PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 James Moran c. 1803&ndash 1914 was an Irish immigrant who came to Morris, Illinois to work on the Illinois and Michigan Canal . At his death in 1914, Moran claimed to be 111 years old the oldest living man in America at the time Citation needed date August 2008 . Moran received the title The King of the Waupecan after winning a grain cradling contest at the age of 51. He was given the name The King of the Waupecan after a widely publicized grain cradling contest. Being a little man, fond of boasting, at the close of the competition, he stuck his fingers under his suspenders and claimed, Now I m the King of the Waupecan James Moran spent most of his life on convert 4 acre m2 , a life lease which was provided by his brother Michael. He built a cabin there and cultivated the land with a team of ox en. His daughter Ann kept house for him. Sources Conner, Elizabeth. This is Grundy County. New York Harcourt Brace & Company, 1991 http files.usgwarchives.org il grundy obits m moran376nob.txt Grundy County IL Archives Obituaries Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Moran, James ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1803 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1914 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Moran, James Category 1914 deaths Category Unverified Irish supercentenarians Category Unverified American supercentenarians Category Longevity claims Category People from Grundy County, Illinois Category 1803 births Category Year of birth uncertain ... more details
for the USC communications professor Henry Jenkins Henry Jenkins , buried in Bolton on Swale , North Yorkshire , is said to have been 169 years old at his death. ref name wastell File HenryJenkinsMemorial.jpeg thumb right 200px Jenkins memorial He claimed to have been born in 1500, although parish register s were not required to be maintained until 1538. It is known that he lived at Ellerton on Swale , Scorton, North Yorkshire ref name wastell and claimed to have been butler to Lord Coniers, of Hornby Castle, Yorkshire Hornby Castle , where the Fountains Abbey Abbot of Fountains was a frequent guest, and did drink a hearty glass with his Lordship. ref cite web url http www.genuki.org.uk big eng YKS Misc Books RichmondGuide RichmondGuide13.html title GENUKI A Guide to Richmond in 1833, Yorkshire Part 12. publisher Genuki last Hinson first Colin accessdate 2009 05 07 ref He later followed the occupation of a fisherman and ended his life begging for alms . ref name GENUKI cite web url http www.genuki.org.uk big eng YKS NRY Boltononswale Boltononswale90.html title GENUKI Bolton On Swale Parish information from Bulmers 1890. publisher www.genuki.org.uk accessdate 2009 05 07 ref Chancery Court records show that in 1667 he stated on oath that he was aged one hundreth fifty and seaven or theirabouts ref name wastell when asked by the judge which notable battle he remembered, he named Battle of Flodden Field Flodden Field , of 1513 and claimed to have carried arrows to the English archery archers . ref cite episode title Wainwright Walks Coast to Coast episodelink series serieslink credits network BBC Four station airdate 7 May 2009 season seriesno number minutes ref ref cite journal jstor 102306 title JSTOR Philosophical Transactions 1683 1775 , Vol. 19 1695 1697 , pp. 266 268 publisher ref Although his birthdate is undocumented, the date of his death is known to within days, as his burial is recorded in the register of Bolton on Swale as having occurred on 9 December 1670 ... more details
Florence Knapp is the name of Florence Knapp supercentenarian , US supercentenarian Florence E.S. Knapp c. 1870 1949 , US politician and New York Secretary of State hndis Knapp, Florence ... more details
Marion Higgins may refer to Marion Higgins supercentenarian 1893 2006 , American supercentenarian Marion West Higgins 1915 1991 , first female Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly hndis Higgins, Marion ... more details
Elizabeth Watkins may refer to Elizabeth Watkins supercentenarian Elizabeth Watkins writer See also Watkins disambiguation hndis Watkins, Elizabeth Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
Capovilla can refer to Mar a Capovilla 1889 2006 , Ecuadorian supercentenarian, once the world s oldest living person Loris Francesco Capovilla born 1915 , Italian Prelate of Roman Catholic Church Surname ... more details
Hannah Smith may refer to Hannah Smith supercentenarian Hannah Smith 1856&ndash 1966 , British supercentenarian Hannah Smith philanthropist 1897&ndash 1960 , American philanthropist and arts patron Hannah Whitall Smith 1832&ndash 1911 , American writer and activist Hannah Clayson Smith , clerk for two supreme court justices, lawyer for the Becket Fund hndis Smith, Hannah DEFAULTSORT Smith, Hannah ... more details
Matthew Beard may refer to Matthew Beard American actor 1925 1981 , American child actor best known as Stymie in the Our Gang Little Rascals comedies Matthew Beard British actor born 1989 , English actor List of supercentenarians from the United States Matthew Beard supercentenarian 1870 1985 ,American supercentenarian hndis Beard, Matthew de Matthew Beard it Matthew Beard ... more details
Elizabeth Baker may refer to Elizabeth Baker 1876 1962 , English playwright Elizabeth Anstice Baker 1849 1914 , Australian intellectual and social activist E. D. Baker , American children s novelist Betsy Baker born 1955 , American actress Betsy Baker supercentenarian 1842 1955 , first listed supercentenarian in the Guinness Book of Records See also Anne Elizabeth Baker hndis Baker, Elizabeth ... more details
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Swetland may refer to Gladys Swetland 1892&ndash 2005 , an American supercentenarian, the oldest living person in the northern part of the United States when she died Swetland Publishing Company , founded in 1904 by Horace Monroe Swetland Swetland Pease House , a historic house at East Longmeadow, Massachusetts disambig ... more details
Margaret Fitzgerald may refer to Margaret Fitzgerald, Countess of Ormond died 1542 , daughter of Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare and Alison FitzEustace Margaret Fitzgerald supercentarian 1896 2009 , supercentenarian A main character in the film Million Dollar Baby , played by Hilary Swank hndis Fitzgerald, Margaret ... more details
Maria De Jaeger January 15, 1901 April 30, 2011 ref http www.recordholders.org en list oldest.html The Oldest Human Beings ref was a Belgium Belgian supercentenarian . References reflist See Also List of Belgian supercentenarians List of verified supercentenarians who died in 2011 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME De Jaeger, Maria ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Supercentenarian DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1901 PLACE OF BIRTH Belgium DATE OF DEATH April 30, 2011 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT De Jaeger, Maria Belgium bio stub Category Belgian supercentenarians Category 1901 births Category 2011 deaths ... more details
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