Violet Wood
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Violet Jane Wood of Whitstable
is an English supercentenarian
, At the age of , Wood is the oldest person in the United Kingdom following the death of 112-year-old Margaret Fish
on 12 March 2011.
She credits her longevity to eating toast and pickles.
Whitstable
Whitstable is a seaside town in Northeast Kent, Southeast England. It is approximately north of the city of Canterbury and approximately west of the seaside town of Herne Bay. It is part of the City of Canterbury district and has a population of about 30,000.Whitstable is famous for its oysters,...
is an English supercentenarian
Supercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
, At the age of , Wood is the oldest person in the United Kingdom following the death of 112-year-old Margaret Fish
Margaret Fish
Margaret Ethel Fish of Wilstead, Bedfordshire was the oldest person in the United Kingdom following the death of 111-year-old Elsie Steele on 18 October 2010 until her own death on 12 March 2011, aged 112 years 5 days.She was born at Tower Hamlets and married Frank Fish, a World War I veteran, in...
on 12 March 2011.
Life
Wood was married to Harry for 62 years until he died aged 92. Her sisters Bertha and Marjorie lived to the ages of 106 and in the 90s, respectively. She drove a car until she was 80 years old, and has worked on the farm all of her life. She has one son named David who is either or years old.She credits her longevity to eating toast and pickles.
Records
- On 12 March 2011 Margaret FishMargaret FishMargaret Ethel Fish of Wilstead, Bedfordshire was the oldest person in the United Kingdom following the death of 111-year-old Elsie Steele on 18 October 2010 until her own death on 12 March 2011, aged 112 years 5 days.She was born at Tower Hamlets and married Frank Fish, a World War I veteran, in...
died five days after her 112th birthday, meaning that Violet Wood aged 111 years 191 days became the oldest living person in the United KingdomUnited KingdomThe 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...
. She and fellow 111-year-old Grace Jones (born in December 1899) are now the last two documented people living in Britain to be born before 1900.
See also
- List of British supercentenarians
- List of European supercentenarians
- List of living supercentenarians
- List of oldest living people by nation