Wilson Kettle
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William Wilson Kettle was a Canadian centenarian
.
As did his father, who had emigrated from Dorset
, England
, Kettle worked as a mariner and a fisherman. At age 44, he worked as diver
after the diver he had hired quit; he was 84 when he made his last dive. He owned and operated a schooner
, and participated in the annual seal hunt.
Kettle married Mary Lomond on 21 October 1884. The couple had 8 children; Mary died at age 38 in 1903. Later that year, Kettle married Hannah Gilliam. The couple had five children; Hannah died in 1947 at age 71. By the time of his death, Kettle had outlived 2 of his 13 children. He had 65 grandchildren, 201 great-grandchildren, and 305 great-great-grandchildren, for a total of 582 living descendants, earning him a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Kettle, whose mother lived to be 108, was born and died in Grand Bay
, Newfoundland.
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...
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As did his father, who had emigrated from Dorset
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, Kettle worked as a mariner and a fisherman. At age 44, he worked as diver
Underwater diving
Underwater diving is the practice of going underwater, either with breathing apparatus or by breath-holding .Recreational diving is a popular activity...
after the diver he had hired quit; he was 84 when he made his last dive. He owned and operated a schooner
Schooner
A schooner is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts with the forward mast being no taller than the rear masts....
, and participated in the annual seal hunt.
Kettle married Mary Lomond on 21 October 1884. The couple had 8 children; Mary died at age 38 in 1903. Later that year, Kettle married Hannah Gilliam. The couple had five children; Hannah died in 1947 at age 71. By the time of his death, Kettle had outlived 2 of his 13 children. He had 65 grandchildren, 201 great-grandchildren, and 305 great-great-grandchildren, for a total of 582 living descendants, earning him a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Kettle, whose mother lived to be 108, was born and died in Grand Bay
Grand Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
Grand Bay is a small bay immediately to the west of Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, Canada. Two communities line the bay, on the east is Grand Bay East and on the west, Grand Bay West....
, Newfoundland.