Mary Ewen
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Mary Ewen claimed to be Jamaica
's oldest person and the oldest person in the Western hemisphere, since the death of Cruz Hernández
. Ewen had no birth certificate, but the ages of her children (82 and 84) suggest that she was probably a centenarian
, although the age gap of over 40 years between their ages and her claimed age leaves room for exaggeration.
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
's oldest person and the oldest person in the Western hemisphere, since the death of Cruz Hernández
Cruz Hernández
Cruz Hernández Rivas of San Agustín, Usulután in El Salvador is a claimant to the title of world's oldest person...
. Ewen had no birth certificate, but the ages of her children (82 and 84) suggest that she was probably a centenarian
Centenarian
A centenarian is a person who is or lives beyond the age of 100 years. Because current average life expectancies across the world are less than 100, the term is invariably associated with longevity. Much rarer, a supercentenarian is a person who has lived to the age of 110 or more, something only...
, although the age gap of over 40 years between their ages and her claimed age leaves room for exaggeration.
See also
- Longevity claimsLongevity claimsLongevity claims assert extreme human longevity. Those asserting lifespans of 110 years or more are referred to as supercentenarian. Many have either no official verification or are backed only by partial evidence...