List of North American supercentenarians
This is an incomplete list of verified North American supercentenarians (people from North America who have attained the age of at least 110 years). There have been over 750 verified supercentenarians from North America.[1] The oldest North American ever was American woman Sarah Knauss, who died at the age of 119 years 97 days. As of 30 April 2015, there are 17 verified living supercentenarians, along with 19 pending[2] and 38 unverified in North America, the oldest of whom is American woman Jeralean Talley,[2] aged 115 years, 342 days, whose case is verified.
Living North American supercentenarians
Below is a list of the oldest living people from North America. Those entries color-coded as verified have been validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). Those color-coded as pending are backed by at least one document reviewed by the GRG supporting the reported age, but not the three necessary for validation by that institution. Those color-coded as unverified have submitted no documents to support the claimed age. All but two verified, pending, and unverified supercentenarians listed below are women.
Verified Pending Unverified
| Rank | Name | Sex | Race | Reported birth date | Reported age as of April 30, 2015 | Place of birth | Place of residence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeralean Talley[1] | F | B | May 23, 1899 | 115 years, 342 days | United States, (Georgia) | United States, (Michigan) |
| 2 | Susannah Mushatt Jones[1] | F | B | July 6, 1899 | 115 years, 298 days | United States, (Alabama) | United States, (New York) |
| 3 | Violet Brown[1] | F | B | March 10, 1900 | 115 years, 51 days | Jamaica, (Trelawny Parish) | Jamaica, (Trelawny Parish) |
| 4 | Antonia Gerena Rivera[1] | F | H | May 19, 1900 | 114 years, 346 days | Puerto Rico | United States, (Florida) |
| 5 | Blanche Cobb[1] | F | B | September 8, 1900 | 114 years, 234 days | United States, (Georgia) | United States, (Florida) |
| 6 | Goldie Steinberg[1] | F | W | October 30, 1900 | 114 years, 182 days | Moldova[a] | United States, (New York) |
| 7 | Dominga Velasco[1] | F | H/W | May 12, 1901 | 113 years, 353 days | Mexico | United States, (California) |
| 8 | Ruby Clawson[1] | F | W | July 15, 1901 | 113 years, 289 days | United States, (Arkansas) | United States, (California) |
| Ruth Newman[2] | F | W | September 23, 1901 | 113 years, 219 days | United States, (California) | United States, (California) | |
| 9 | Emma Otis[1] | F | W | October 22, 1901 | 113 years, 190 days | United States, (Washington) | United States, (Washington) |
| 10 | Kathleen Snavely[1] | F | W | February 16, 1902 | 113 years, 73 days | Ireland | United States, (New York) |
| Ursula Krigger[2] | F | B | April 22, 1902 | 113 years, 8 days | United States Virgin Islands | United States Virgin Islands | |
| Goldie Michelson[3] | F | W | August 8, 1902 | 112 years, 265 days | Russia | United States, (Massachusetts) | |
| 11 | Helen Wheat[1] | F | W | September 16, 1902 | 112 years, 226 days | United States, (Pennsylvania) | United States, (Maryland) |
| María N. Rivera Cruz[4] | F | H | October 10, 1902 | 112 years, 202 days | Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico, Las Piedras | |
| Adele Dunlap[2] | F | W | December 12, 1902 | 112 years, 139 days | United States, (New Jersey) | United States, (New Jersey) | |
| Daisy Cammock-Bennett[2] | F | B | January 3, 1903 | 112 years, 117 days | Jamaica, Clarendon | Jamaica, Saint Andrew | |
| Irene Ciuffoletti[2] | F | W | January 19, 1903 | 112 years, 101 days | Italy | United States, (Pennsylvania) | |
| 12 | Vincenza Balassone-Colucci[1] | F | W | January 24, 1903 | 112 years, 96 days | Italy | United States, (New York) |
| Marie Buckner[5] | F | B | February 3, 1903 | 112 years, 86 days | United States, (Virginia) | United States, (District of Columbia) | |
| Edith Erdman[2] | F | W | February 13, 1903 | 112 years, 76 days | United States, (Ohio) | United States, (Ohio) | |
| 13 | Orma Slack[2] | F | W | February 19, 1903 | 112 years, 70 days | Canada, Ontario | Canada, Ontario |
| 14 | Elizabeth Delaney[1] | F | W | March 12, 1903 | 112 years, 49 days | United States, (Pennsylvania) | Florida |
| Huang Zhang Jiao Xia[6] | F | O | April 12, 1903 | 112 years, 18 days | Taiwan | United States, (California) | |
| 15 | Lela Burden[1] | F | B | May 7, 1903 | 111 years, 358 days | United States (Virginia) | United States, (Virginia) |
| Meta Dishman[2] | F | B | June 1, 1903 | 111 years, 333 days | United States, (Virginia) | United States, (Virginia) | |
| Louise Silva[7] | F | W | June 7, 1903 | 111 years, 327 days | United States, (Rhode Island) | Rhode Island | |
| 16 | Sina Hayes[1] | F | W | June 27, 1903 | 111 years, 307 days | United States, (North Carolina) | United States, (North Carolina) |
| Viola Jacobi[2] | F | W | July 25, 1903 | 111 years, 279 days | United States, (Wisconsin) | United States, (Wisconsin) | |
| Delphine Gibson[2] | F | B | August 17, 1903 | 111 years, 256 days | United States, (South Carolina) | United States, (Pennsylvania) | |
| 17 | Ila Jones[1] | F | W | August 21, 1903 | 111 years, 252 days | United States, (Georgia) | United States, (Georgia) |
| Georgia Chorpening[8] | F | W | September 6, 1903 | 111 years, 236 days | United States, (Arkansas) | United States, (Florida) | |
| Kathryn Geyer[2] | F | W | September 15, 1903 | 111 years, 227 days | United States, (Pennsylvania) | United States, (Pennsylvania) | |
| Dorothy Plauman[9] | F | W | October 13, 1903 | 111 years, 199 days | United States, (Michigan) | United States, (New York) | |
| Mary West[2] | F | W | October 23, 1903 | 111 years, 189 days | United States, (Missouri) | United States, (Illinois) | |
| Leroisine Charles-Drouinaud[10] | F | W | November 21, 1903 | 111 years, 160 days | Haiti | Canada, Quebec | |
| Foy Ingram[2] | F | W | November 28, 1903 | 111 years, 153 days | United States, (North Carolina) | United States, (North Carolina) | |
| Ethel Boltz[2] | F | W | December 2, 1903 | 111 years, 149 days | United States, (West Virginia) | United States, (West Virginia) | |
| Icefene Thomas[2] | F | B | December 24, 1903 | 111 years, 127 days | United States (Louisiana) | United States (Louisiana) | |
| James Richardson[11] | M | W | January 2, 1904 | 111 years, 118 days | United States, (Alabama) | United States, (Alabama) | |
| Edna Lawler[12] | F | W | January 13, 1904 | 111 years, 107 days | United States, (Indiana) | United States, (Illinois) | |
| Wash Wesley[2] | M | B | January 21, 1904 | 111 years, 99 days | United States, (Louisiana) | United States, (Illinois) | |
| Grace Young[13] | F | W | January 28, 1904 | 111 years, 92 days | United States, (Pennsylvania) | United States, (Pennsylvania) | |
| Marguerite Wabano[14] | F | I | January 28, 1904 | 111 years, 92 days | Canada, Ontario | Canada, Ontario | |
| Rubye Cox[15] | F | W | January 31, 1904 | 111 years, 89 days | United States, Arizona | United States, Rhode Island | |
| Alline Robideaux[2] | F | W | February 5, 1904 | 111 years, 84 days | United States, (Louisiana) | United States, (California) | |
| Fanny Thornton[16] | F | B | February 11, 1904 | 111 years, 78 days | United States, (Georgia) | United States, (Georgia) | |
| Evangelina Cruz Hernández[17] | F | H | February 13, 1904 | 111 years, 76 days | Mexico | Mexico | |
| Ardie Freeman[18] | F | B | February 20, 1904 | 111 years, 69 days | United States, (Tennessee) | United States, (Tennessee) | |
| Ambrosia Acosta Terán[19] | F | H | February 21, 1904 | 111 years, 68 days | Mexico | Mexico | |
| Helen Fisher[20] | F | W | March 19, 1904 | 111 years, 42 days | ? | United States, (New York) | |
| Anna Nielsen[21] | F | W | April 2, 1904 | 111 years, 28 days | Denmark | Canada, British Columbia | |
| Eula Mae Prophitt[22][23] | F | W | May 10, 1904 | 110 years, 355 days | United States,(Alabama) | United States, (Alabama) | |
| Vera Van Wagner[24] | F | W | May 24, 1904 | 110 years, 341 days | United States, (New York) | United States, (New York) | |
| Lenora Morton[25] | F | B | June 10, 1904 | 110 years, 324 days | United States, (South Carolina) | United States, (New Jersey) | |
| Helma Graham[26] | F | W | June 28, 1904 | 110 years, 306 days | United States, (New York) | United States, (Florida) | |
| Bonita Zigrang[2] | F | W | July 15, 1904 | 110 years, 289 days | United States (Illinois) | United States, (California) | |
| Willie Mae Irving[27] | F | B | July 15, 1904 | 110 years, 289 days | United States (Tennessee) | United States (Tennessee) | |
| Henrine Lee[28] | F | B | July 27, 1904 | 110 years, 277 days | United States, (Mississippi) | United States, (California) | |
| Alberta Liles[29] | F | B | August 20, 1904 | 110 years, 253 days | United States, (North Carolina) | United States, (North Carolina) | |
| Jean Christy[30] | F | W | August 20, 1904 | 110 years, 253 days | United States, (North Carolina) | United States, (Virginia) | |
| Doris Lilian Cornell[31] | F | W | August 21, 1904 | 110 years, 252 days | United Kingdom | Canada, (Saskatchewan) | |
| Dorothy Wagner[2] | F | W | September 2, 1904 | 110 years, 240 days | United States, (Illinois) | United States, (Arkansas) | |
| Lessie Brown[32] | F | B | September 22, 1904 | 110 years, 220 days | United States, (Georgia) | United States, (Ohio) | |
| Sally Mitchell[33] | F | W | November 25, 1904 | 110 years, 156 days | United States, (Michigan) | United States, (California) | |
| Hermina Wahlin[34] | F | W | November 26, 1904 | 110 years, 155 days | United States, (Minnesota) | United States, (Minnesota) | |
| Emma Hough[35] | F | W | December 2, 1904 | 110 years, 149 days | United States, (Iowa) | United States, (Iowa) | |
| Mary Morrissey[36] | F | W | December 4, 1904 | 110 years, 147 days | Prince Edward Island, Canada | Prince Edward Island, Canada | |
| Emily Tremonti[37] | F | W | December 6, 1904 | 110 years, 145 days | United States, (New York) | United States, (Connecticut) | |
| Maggie Kidd[38] | F | B | December 8, 1904 | 110 years, 143 days | United States, (Georgia) | United States, (Georgia) | |
| Veta[39] Walters[40] | F | B | December 14, 1904 | 110 years, 137 days | Jamaica | United States (New York) | |
| Ruth Adler[41] | F | W | January 11, 1905 | 110 years, 109 days | United States, (Illinois) | United States, (Illinois) |
a^ Steinberg was born in Kishinev, which had then been a part of the Russian Empire; it is presently located in Moldova.
North-American emigrant supercentenarians
| Rank | Name | Sex | Race | Birth date | Reported age as of April 30, 2015 | Country of birth | Country of residence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marie-Josephine Gaudette[1] | F | W | March 25, 1902 | 113 years, 36 days | United States, New Hampshire | Italy |
National and Territorial Supercentenarian Record Holders
This is a small table for the longevity records in countries and territories within the North American continent in which people have reached supercentenarian status
Deceased Living Pending
| Country | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbados | James Sisnett | M | 22 February 1900 | 23 May 2013 | 113 years, 90 days |
| Canada | Marie-Louise Meilleur | F | 29 August 1880 | 16 April 1998 | 117 years, 230 days |
| James McCoubrey (died in the USA) | M | 13 September 1901 | 5 July 2013 | 111 years, 295 days | |
| Chester Pushie | M | 24 June 1884 | 22 July 1994 | 110 years, 28 days | |
| Guadeloupe[1] | Mathilde Octavie Tafna | F | 16 March 1895 | 1 May 2007 | 112 years, 46 days |
| Jamaica | Violet Brown | F | 10 March 1900 | Living | 115 years, 51 days |
| Martinique[2] | Luce Maced | F | 2 May 1886 | 25 February 2000 | 113 years, 299 days |
| Mexico | Soledad Mexia (died in the USA) | F | 13 August 1899 | 30 August 2013 | 114 years, 17 days |
| Puerto Rico[3] | Emiliano Mercado del Toro | M | 21 August 1891 | 24 January 2007 | 115 years, 156 days |
| Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan | F | 31 August 1889 | 29 May 2004 | 114 years, 272 days | |
| Saint Barthélemy[4] | Eugénie Blanchard | F | 16 February 1896 | 4 November 2010 | 114 years, 261 days |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Rosalind Hill (died in the USA) | F | 30 March 1899 | 18 January 2010 | 110 years, 294 days |
| United States | Sarah Knauss | F | 24 September 1880 | 30 December 1999 | 119 years, 97 days |
| Christian Mortensen (born in Denmark) | M | 16 August 1882 | 25 April 1998 | 115 years, 252 days | |
| Mathew Beard | M | 9 July 1870 | 16 February 1985 | 114 years, 222 days | |
| US Virgin Islands[5] | Ursula Krigger | F | 22 April 1902 | Living | 113 years, 8 days |
1^ Guadeloupe is a group of islands in the Caribbean which are considered an overseas region of France.
2^ Martinique is an island in the Caribbean which is considered an overseas region of France.
3^ Puerto Rico is an island in the Caribbean which is considered an unincorporated territory of the United States.
4^ Saint Barthélemy is an island in the Caribbean which is considered an overseas region of France.
5^ The US Virgin Islands are a group of islands in the Caribbean which are considered an insular area of the United States.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 Validated Living Supercentenarians Retrieved 24 March 2014. The Gerontology Research Group lists persons as living whose age has been validated and confirmed to be alive within the past year.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 "PENDING GRG CASES". Gerontology Research Group. Retrieved February 2015.
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