List of verified supercentenarians who died in 2010
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This is a list of supercentenarian
s who died in 2010. The list includes people whose lifespans have been "verified" and "pending", also known as lifespans whom have not had their age validated, by the Gerontology Research Group
(GRG). There are currently 62 such people whose lifespans have been "verified" by the GRG, of whom 61 are female and 1 is male. There are currently 15 such people whose cases are considered "pending" by the GRG, all of whom are female.
a Staffler is a native of Ulten
, which had then been a part of Austria-Hungary
; it is presently located in Italy.
b Hill is a native of Saint Kitts and Nevis
.
c Rein is a native of Dziećkowice, near Mysłowice, which had then been a part of the German Empire
; it is presently located in Poland
.
d Ray is a native of Canada.
e Dott is a native of Alsace
, which had then been a part of the German Empire; it is presently located in France.
f Marinič is a native of Deskle
, which was then been a part of Austria-Hungary
; it is presently located in Slovenia.
g Buten is a native of Lvov, which had then been a part of Austria-Hungary; it is presently located in the Ukraine
.
h Zeisler is a native of Lorraine
, which had then been a part of the German Empire; it is presently located in France.
Supercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
s who died in 2010. The list includes people whose lifespans have been "verified" and "pending", also known as lifespans whom have not had their age validated, by the Gerontology Research Group
Gerontology Research Group
The Gerontology Research Group was started in 1990, and is a global eGroup of researchers in gerontology, some of who also meet monthly at UCLA in Los Angeles, California. The primary function of the group is to further gerontology research, with the objective of reversing or retarding aging...
(GRG). There are currently 62 such people whose lifespans have been "verified" by the GRG, of whom 61 are female and 1 is male. There are currently 15 such people whose cases are considered "pending" by the GRG, all of whom are female.
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| Maria Pierson-Ledent | F | Belgium Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many... |
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| Mildred Jasme | F | United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
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| Theresia Staffler | F | Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
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| Edna McClure | F | United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... |
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| Mary Macdonald | F | United Kingdom | |||
| Rosalind Hill | F | United States | |||
| Louisa Shephard | F | United Kingdom | |||
| Koto Uemura | F | Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
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| Maggie Renfro Maggie Renfro Maggie Mae Renfro was an American supercentenarian who was, at 114, the third-oldest living person in the United States and the oldest person in Louisiana until her death on January 22, 2010... |
F | United States | |||
| Madeleine Savoie | F | Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... |
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| Chiyono Ohta | F | Japan | |||
| Marie Lemoigne | F | France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
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| Rosa Rein Rosa Rein Rosa Rein was a Swiss supercentenarian, and the oldest living person in Switzerland since the 3 September 2006 death of 110-year-old Anna Ringier-Kieser, and as of 20 June 2008 their new longevity recordholder. She was one of the 15 verified oldest living people at the time of her death... |
F | Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
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| Chikao Beppu | F | Japan | |||
| Aki Onozaki | F | Japan | |||
| Helen Stump | F | United States | |||
| Mary Josephine Ray Mary Josephine Ray Mary Josephine Ray was the world's second-oldest verified living person at the time of her death... |
F | United States | |||
| Daisey Bailey Daisey Bailey Daisey Bailey was an African American supercentenarian, who at the age of 113 years and 342 days, was the fifth oldest person in the world and the third oldest living person in the United States... |
F | United States | |||
| Jane Gilsenan | F | United States | |||
| Florence Poe | F | United States | |||
| Hélène Cazes | F | France | |||
| Antonietta Rocca | F | Italy | |||
| Neva Morris Neva Morris Neva Morris was an American supercentenarian. At the age of 114 years, 246 days, she was the oldest verified living person in the United States following the death of 114-year-old Mary Josephine Ray and the last known American born surviving from 1895... |
F | United States | |||
| Bernardina Van Dommelen | F | Belgium | |||
| Gabriëlle Demets | F | Belgium | |||
| Kama Chinen Kama Chinen was a Japanese supercentenarian, who at the age of 114 years 357 days, became the oldest validated living person when American supercentenarian Gertrude Baines died on 11 September 2009. At the age of 114 years 331 days, she became the last person born in 1895 when American supercentenarian Neva... |
F | Japan | |||
| Nyleptha Roberts | F | United States | |||
| Florrie Baldwin Florrie Baldwin Florence Emily Baldwin, née Davies was, at the time of her death, the oldest living person in the United Kingdom and Europe.-Biography:... |
F | United Kingdom | |||
| Edna Smith | F | United States | |||
| Jennie Fanshier | F | United States | |||
| Audrey Stratton | F | United States | |||
| Ingeborg Mestad | F | Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... |
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| Bernice Bach | F | United States | |||
| Gudrun Onshuus | F | Norway | |||
| Lady Mona Agnew | F | United Kingdom | |||
| Stanley Lucas | M | United Kingdom | |||
| Teresa Brachetta | F | Italy | |||
| Zeta Wittman | F | United States | |||
| Eunice Bowman Eunice Bowman Eunice Bowman was a British supercentenarian from Gateshead, and at the age of 111 years 327 days was the oldest person in the United Kingdom following the death of Florrie Baldwin on 8 May 2010.-Biography:... |
F | United Kingdom | |||
| Shika Shimada | F | Japan | |||
| Andresa Guerrero | F | Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
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| Caroline Dott | F | France | |||
| Veronique Louis-Sidney | F | 23 June 1900 | 13 August 2010 | 110 years, 51 days | France |
| Jeanne Gagnard | F | France | |||
| Agnes Wetzel | F | United States | |||
| Frances Street | F | United States | |||
| Katarina Marinič Katarina Marinič Katarina Marinič was a Slovenian supercentenarian. She was the oldest ever person from Slovenia.Marinič was the 9th of 10 children born to Anton and Marija Gabršček at Deskle, Austria-Hungary. In 1915 the family became refugees and moved elsewhere within Austria's kingdom, but returned to the... |
F | Slovenia Slovenia Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of... |
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| Mary McGowan | F | United States | |||
| Annie Turnbull Annie Turnbull Annie Ellis Turnbull was, at the time of her death, aged , the oldest person in the United Kingdom since the death of Eunice Bowman on 16 July 2010. Turnbull had been the oldest person in Scotland since the death of Alexina Calvert on 19 September 2008... |
F | United Kingdom | |||
| Anne-Marie Lissilour | F | France | |||
| Elsie Ward | F | United Kingdom | |||
| Fannie Buten | F | United States | |||
| Dora McRae | F | United States | |||
| Elin Karlsson | F | Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... |
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| Nobu Abe | F | Japan | |||
| Maria Berthod | F | Italy | |||
| Felipa Gutiérrez | F | Spain | |||
| Elsie Steele Elsie Steele Elsie May Steele was, at age , the oldest person in the United Kingdom and the oldest person in England following the death of 111-year-old Annie Turnbull on 3 September 2010.... |
F | United Kingdom | |||
| Melinda Harris | F | United States | |||
| Riu Kato | F | Japan | |||
| Rosa Martínez | F | Spain | |||
| Eugénie Blanchard Eugénie Blanchard Anne Eugénie Blanchard was a French supercentenarian, who at the age of was the oldest living person at the time of her death. She became the recognised titleholder upon the death of Japanese supercentenarian Kama Chinen on 2 May 2010... |
F | France | |||
| Frieda Schmidt | F | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
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| Frances Little | F | United States | |||
| Ura Karazawa | F | Japan | |||
| Mable Kelling | F | United States | |||
| Berta Zeisler | F | Germany | |||
| J. Reeta Jones | F | United States | |||
| Nellie Holmes | F | United Kingdom | |||
| Ruth Clark | F | United States | |||
| Josephine Fouesnel | F | France | |||
| Aimée Rensonnet | F | Belgium | |||
| Florence Webb | F | United Kingdom | |||
| Catherine Carter | F | United States | |||
| Velma Curvey | F | United States | |||
| Evelyn Ralston | F | United States | |||
| Onie Ponder Onie Ponder Onezima Cecelia "Onie" Ponder was an American supercentenarian. At the age of 112 years, 119 days, she was the 21st oldest person in the world at her death on December 31, 2010 and the oldest living person in the U.S state of Florida.- Family :Onezima Cecelia "Onie" Ponder was born in Ocala,... |
F | United States |
a Staffler is a native of Ulten
Ulten
Ulten is a comune in South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 60 km northwest of Trento and about 35 km west of Bolzano .-Coat-of-arms:...
, which had then been a part of Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...
; it is presently located in Italy.
b Hill is a native of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis
The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis , located in the Leeward Islands, is a federal two-island nation in the West Indies. It is the smallest sovereign state in the Americas, in both area and population....
.
c Rein is a native of Dziećkowice, near Mysłowice, which had then been a part of the German Empire
German Empire
The German Empire refers to Germany during the "Second Reich" period from the unification of Germany and proclamation of Wilhelm I as German Emperor on 18 January 1871, to 1918, when it became a federal republic after defeat in World War I and the abdication of the Emperor, Wilhelm II.The German...
; it is presently located in Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
.
d Ray is a native of Canada.
e Dott is a native of Alsace
Alsace
Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...
, which had then been a part of the German Empire; it is presently located in France.
f Marinič is a native of Deskle
Deskle
Deskle is a settlement on the left bank of the river Soča, opposite to Anhovo, in the Kanal municipality in the Littoral region of Slovenia.The Parish Church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint George and belongs to the Diocese of Koper.-External links:...
, which was then been a part of Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...
; it is presently located in Slovenia.
g Buten is a native of Lvov, which had then been a part of Austria-Hungary; it is presently located in the Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
.
h Zeisler is a native of Lorraine
Lorraine (région)
Lorraine is one of the 27 régions of France. The administrative region has two cities of equal importance, Metz and Nancy. Metz is considered to be the official capital since that is where the regional parliament is situated...
, which had then been a part of the German Empire; it is presently located in France.