World's oldest woman has died at 115

[Bucky]

World's oldest woman has died at 115

Julie Winnifred Bertrand, the world's oldest woman at 115, died in her sleep in a Montreal nursing home, according to Canadian media reports Friday.

Bertrand, born Sept. 16, 1891, in the Quebec town of Coaticook, passed away in her sleep early Thursday at the nursing home where she has lived for the last 35 years, her nephew told The Gazette in Montreal.

Think about that. She would've dated guys who went off to fight in WW1. She would have clucked her tongue at the "kids today" who started listening to "jazzie" music, dress up like flappers, and went to those new fangled "talkies".

[Whoa_Nelly]

1. Funny side story: My 93-year old friend

Was talking with her the other day when she remarked she was going to be 94 this year.
She said, "Can you believe it!?!? I never intended to live this long!" :rofl:


re: Oldest woman dying--So, who's NOW the oldest woman? :shrug:

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

2. Exactly my thought! Every time an "oldest woman" dies ...

... there's another "oldest woman" ready to take her place. There must be an endless supply of "oldest women".

And, the same phenomenon occurs with "oldest men". Coincidence?

[Whoa_Nelly]

3. And here she is!

Conn. Resident Now World's Oldest Woman

POSTED: 9:34 pm EST January 19, 2007
UPDATED: 10:11 pm EST January 19, 2007

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. -- A Connecticut woman has a title all her own: world's oldest woman.

Emma Faust Tillman of East Hartford is 114 years old.

She was put into the top spot after a woman who was a year older died this week in Canada.

Tillman was born in 1892. She was one of 23 children born to former slaves who moved from North Carolina to Glastonbury.

At one time, she was a maid for the late actress Katharine Hepburn.

A little more at link:
http://www.nbc30.com/news/10797492/detail.html

[Ishoutandscream2]

5. "Born to former slaves." Wow!!!!

Get as much oral history from her as possible. I hope she still maintains her mental faculties.

[Whoa_Nelly]

7. Is Redstone near her?

Maybe he could interview her! Would make for an interesting story, to say the least!

[hfojvt]

6. they keep getting younger and younger

soon the world's oldest woman will only be 105. It seems like 5 years ago or so that the world's oldest woman was over 120.

The 1930 census, for example, records 19 people who were 120. Many of those could be lies or indexing mistakes though. I looked for two of them: Frances Womack and Hannah Ward in the 1900 census and could not find them.

In the 1880 census, I find Rosalie Antonin listed as age 120. No way to prove her age but she is listed as grandmother of John Gaius 56. That's kinda suspect though, a 64 year age gap between grandmother and grandchild. But to be fair, when I was born, my grandparents were 64, 69, 73, and 65, and I was the 2nd child in my family. When my baby sister was born, they were all 8 years older.

[Unperson]

4. I thought she died years ago.