List of supercentenarians who died before 1980

This is a list of supercentenarians who died before 1980. The list includes people whose lifespans have been "verified" and "pending", also known as lifespans which have not had their age validated, by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). There are currently 47 such people whose lifespans have been "verified" by the GRG, of whom 37 are female and 10 are male.[1] There are 16 such people whose cases are considered "pending" by the GRG, of whom 12 are female and 4 are male.[2]

      Verified       Pending

Name Sex Birth date Death date Age Place of death Verified
Geert Adriaans Boomgaard M 21 September 1788 3 February 1899 110 years, 135 days Netherlands Yes
Margaret Ann Neve F 18 May 1792 4 April 1903 110 years, 321 days Guernsey Yes
Ann Pouder[3] F 8 April 1807 10 July 1917 110 years, 93 days United States[a] Yes
Louisa Thiers[4] F 2 October 1814 17 February 1926 111 years, 138 days United States Yes
Miriam Bannister[5] F 19 March 1817 9 April 1928 111 years, 21 days United States[b] Yes
Delina Filkins[6] F 4 May 1815 4 December 1928 113 years, 214 days United States Yes
Katherine Plunket F 22 November 1820 14 October 1932 111 years, 327 days Ireland Yes
Anna Wheeler[7] F 5 March 1833 18 December 1943 110 years, 288 days United States Pending
Velgjer Svien[8] F 10 October 1842 23 January 1953 110 years, 105 days United States[c] Yes
Betsy Baker[9] F 20 August 1842 24 October 1955 113 years, 65 days United States[d] Yes
Jennie Howell[2] F 28 February 1845 16 December 1956 111 years, 292 days United States Pending
Christina Karnebeek-Backs F 2 October 1849 7 October 1959 110 years, 5 days Netherlands Yes
Robert Alexander Early[10] M 8 October 1849 9 October 1960 111 year, 1 day United States Pending
Sylvester Melvin[11] M 29 November 1851 12 March 1962 110 years, 103 days United States Yes
Joseph Saint-Amour M 26 February 1852 16 March 1962 110 years, 18 days Canada Yes
Ella Ille Rentel[12] F 19 May 1852 19 September 1962 110 years, 123 days Germany[e] Yes
Mary Kelly[12] F 7 June 1851 30 December 1964 113 years, 206 days United States Yes
William Fullingim[12] M 7 July 1855 6 August 1965 110 years, 30 days United States Yes
Hannah Smith F 7 January 1856 10 January 1966 110 years, 3 days United Kingdom Yes
Yoshiguki Ito M 3 August 1856 26 November 1966 110 years, 115 days Japan Yes
James Madison King[2] M 15 November 1854 5 June 1967 112 years, 202 days United States Pending
Agnes Fair[2] F 10 February 1858 14 March 1968 110 years, 33 days United States Pending
John Mosely Turner M 15 June 1856 21 March 1968 111 years, 280 days United Kingdom Yes
Johanna Booyson F 17 January 1857 16 June 1968 111 years, 151 days South Africa Yes
Alice Moulthrop[13] F 15 November 1858 24 November 1968 110 years, 9 days United States Pending
Marie Bernátková[14] F 22 October 1857 4 May 1969 111 years, 194 days Czechoslovakia[f] Yes
Ada Roe[15] F 6 February 1858 11 January 1970 111 years, 339 days United Kingdom Yes
Ada Sharp F 6 April 1861 15 May 1971 110 years, 39 days Australia Yes
Vincenza Pannuti F 16 September 1860 23 June 1971 110 years, 280 days Italy Yes
Mary Ann Cragie[16] F 12 October 1862 17 December 1972 110 years, 66 days United Kingdom Yes
Amanda Ricker[17] F 30 December 1862 22 January 1973 110 years, 23 days United States Pending
Josefa Salas F 14 July 1860 27 February 1973 112 years, 228 days Spain Yes
Maria Imperiali-Cesarini F 19 March 1863 5 April 1973 110 years, 17 days Italy Yes
Friedrich Wedeking[18] M 10 October 1862 5 May 1973 110 years, 207 days Germany Yes
Harriet Jordan[2] F 10 February 1862 19 May 1973 111 years, 98 days United States Pending
Emma Colyer[18] F 3 April 1863 2 August 1973 110 years, 121 days United Kingdom Yes
Alice Stevenson F 10 July 1861 18 August 1973 112 years, 39 days United Kingdom Yes
Elizabeth Watkins F 10 March 1863 31 October 1973 110 years, 235 days United Kingdom Yes
Frederick Butterfield M 28 February 1864 9 March 1974 110 years, 9 days United Kingdom Yes
Clarida Roy[19] F 19 October 1863 18 May 1974 110 years, 211 days United States[g] Yes
Alta Dilley[2] F 21 May 1864 10 November 1974 110 years, 173 days United States Pending
Louisa Froehlich[2] F 18 September 1864 16 April 1975 110 years, 210 days United States Pending
Mito Umeta F 27 March 1863 31 May 1975 112 years, 65 days Japan Yes
Rose Heeley F 25 August 1864 24 December 1975 111 years, 121 days United Kingdom Yes
Mary Bittlebrun[20] F 19 March 1864 6 August 1976 112 years, 140 days United States Yes
Niwa Kawamoto[21] F 5 August 1863 16 November 1976 113 years, 103 days Japan Yes
Eleze Waesche[2] F 9 February 1867 9 March 1977 110 years, 28 days United States Pending
Jean Teillet M 6 November 1866 17 March 1977 110 years, 131 days France Yes
Louise Begley[2] F 8 April 1866 16 August 1977 111 years, 130 days United States Pending
Clara Jacobs[2] F 9 September 1866 18 October 1977 111 years, 39 days United States Pending
Sophia DeMuth[22] F 30 June 1866 2 December 1977 111 years, 155 days United States Yes
Joseph Hepworth[2] M 28 September 1867 17 December 1977 110 years, 80 days United States Pending
Alma Abernathy[23] F 7 December 1866 31 January 1978 111 years, 55 days United States Pending
Sarah Morgan F 23 January 1867 12 February 1978 111 years, 20 days United Kingdom Yes
Caroline Campistron F 27 May 1867 2 March 1978 110 years, 279 days France Yes
Nellie Renne[2] F 26 October 1867 13 April 1978 110 years, 169 days United States Pending
Lida Bertonati-Guerrieri[24] F 30 April 1867 17 April 1978 110 years, 352 days Italy Yes
Marie-Virginie Duhem F 2 August 1866 25 April 1978 111 years, 266 days France Yes
Henry Hannah[2] M 31 March 1868 7 May 1978 110 years, 37 days United States Pending
Charlie Nelson[25] M 21 September 1867 20 August 1978 110 years, 333 days United States Yes
Katharina Braun[18] F 23 September 1867 5 February 1979 111 years, 135 days Germany Yes
Lilias Williams F 30 November 1868 12 February 1979 110 years, 74 days United Kingdom Yes
Frederique Noël F 19 June 1868 14 April 1979 110 years, 299 days France Yes
Annette Faron F 15 February 1869 12 May 1979 110 years, 86 days France Yes

a^ Pouder is a native of the United Kingdom.
b^ Bannister is a native of the United Kingdom.
c^ Svien is a native of Norway.
d^ Baker is a native of the United Kingdom.
e^ Rentel was born in Geldauschinken, which was then part of the Russian Empire. It is now in Lithuania.
f^ now located in the Czech Republic.
g^ Roy was born in Quebec, then in Province of Canada, a British colony.

References

  1. ↑ Young, Robert Douglas. "VERIFIED SUPERCENTENARIAN CASES -- LISTED CHRONOLOGICALLY BY DEATH DATE". Gerontology Research Group.
  2. ↑ 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 "PENDING GRG CASES". Gerontology Research Group. Retrieved February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Mrs. Ann Pouder, Baltimore Woman, Dies at Age of 110 years". The Washington Post. February 23, 1926. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Mrs. Louisa Thiers dies at 111 years". The Journal News. February 23, 1926. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Woman aged 110 dies". Belvidere Daily Republican. April 10, 1928. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Woman dies in 114th year". The Evening News. December 4, 1928. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Woman, 109, Health Perfect, Finds Diversion in Puzzles" (PDF). Knickerbocker News. 1942. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Minnesota Oldest Resident Dies at 110". Brainerd Daily Dispatch. January 24, 1953. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  9. ↑ Kral, E.A. "NEBRASKA’S CENTENARIANS AGE 107 OR ABOVE — 1867 to 2001" (PDF). Nebraska Health Care Association. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  10. ↑ "Succumbs After 111th Birthday". The Sunday News-Press. October 11, 1960. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Sylvester Melvin Dies in Greenfield at Age of 110". Alton Evening Telegraph. March 13, 1962. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "World's Oldest Person Titleholders (since 1955)". Gerontology Research Group. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
  13. ↑ "Woman dies at 110". The Kansas City Star. November 25, 1968. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  14. ↑ "http://archiv.ucl.cas.cz/index.php?path=RudePravo/1969/5/6/2.png", Rudé právo (Prague), May 6, 1969: 2
  15. ↑ "British Pathé's archive footage of Suffolk life". British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). September 21, 2010. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  16. ↑ "World's Oldest People 1973". Gerontology Research Group.
  17. ↑ "Iowa Woman 110 Years Old". The La Crosse Tribune. January 5, 1973. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 GRG Table B2
  19. ↑ "A century andmoer Dies At 110". The Lewiston Daily Sun. October 19, 1970. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  20. ↑ "Aunt Mary Bittlebrun turns 111". El Dorado News-Times. March 20, 1975. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  21. ↑ "Niwa Kawamoto". The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune. November 16, 1976. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  22. ↑ "In The Nation". The Times Daily. December 5, 1977. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  23. ↑ "Deaths Elsewhere". The Toledo Blade. February 2, 1978. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  24. ↑ Young, Robert Douglas. "VERIFIED SUPERCENTENARIAN CASES CHRONOLOGICAL". Gerontology Research Group.
  25. ↑ "Iowa’s oldest man dies at care center". The Miami News. August 21, 1978. Retrieved December 25, 2014.