The Oldest Americans

Here's a good round-up of supercentenarian-ness in a recent Daily Herald story.

Including this:

Oldest Americans

The Gerontology Research Group keeps track of supercentenarians, those who are at least 110 years old. These are the oldest people in the United States.

114 years old:

• Edna Parker, Indiana

113 years old

• Arbella Ewing, Texas
• Gertrude Baines, California
• Catherine Hagel, Minnesota

112 years old

• Beatrice Farve, Georgia
• Elizabeth Stefan, Connecticut
• Mary J. Ray, New Hampshire
• Olivia P. Thomas, New York
• Neva Morris, Iowa
• Maggie Renfro, Louisiana

111 years old

• C. Letitia Lawson, Iowa
• George Francis, California
• Helen Johnson, Oregon
• Eunice Sanborn, Texas
• Florence Busch, Wisconsin
• Besse Cooper, Georgia
• Berta Rosenberg, New York
• Walter Breuning, Montana
• Walter Seward, New Jersey
• Nellie Jones, Michigan
• Beatrice Cooper, Michigan

110 years old

• Hattie Lafayette, Michigan
• Mississippi Wynn, Louisiana
• Dina Manfredini, Iowa
• Viola Koch, California
• M. Chrissie Martenstein, California
• Mary Gentry, Alabama
• Ella Schuler, Kansas
• Ethel Johnson, Ohio
• Noemi Anderson, California
• Ruth M. Lincoln, Arkansas
• Harvey Hite, Indiana

Oldest Deaths

Last month, Reuel Millar of Lakewood, Colorado passed away at age 110.

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Rosaria Caleca age 112 of Long Island has died. She was the oldest person in New York, the 8th oldest American, and 18th oldest person in the world. She was born in Palermo, Sicily, on Feb. 5, 1895.

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Perhaps the oldest person in the world, 128-year-old Mary Ewen (Granny Mary) of Manchester, Jamaica has died. A self-taught midwife, nanny, doula, and farmer, Granny Mary was credited with delivering babies extending to three generations.

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Kind Reader, you will notice here that some supercentarians have ages which exceed the known recorded human lifespan. They often are from third-world countries where record keeping is not as stringent especially 100 years ago. I believe that these people probably are indeed old, are quite old, and are certainly among the world's oldest people.