Oldest person found in a census?

[bibliotaphist]

This was previously discussed a decade ago. Who's the oldest person you can find in a census?

Discounting obvious transcription errors, I can find three people—two male and one female—in the 1911 census (England) who gave their ages as 105 (i.e. born abt 1806). No-one older than that.

I can see from FreeBMD that the two male centenarians died later in the census year, the female a year later in 1912 aged 106.

[stanmapstone]

According to the Registrar Generals 1911 Report.
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01m5w/

[Flattybasher9]

A few here

http://oldestinbritain.nfshost.com/living.php

Malky

[philipsearching]

A few here

http://oldestinbritain.nfshost.com/living.php

Malky

I think it's fair to say I won't be around in 2121 to check them on censuses! 

Philip

[Flattybasher9]

One never knows the future miracles of science 

Malky

[Annie65115]

Predating censuses, an ancestor of mine was said to be 102 when he died in 1811. This was noted in the parish register, and no other ages at death were, so even if it wasn’t exact, he was clearly old enough for it to be unusually noteworthy.

[bibliotaphist]

Predating censuses, an ancestor of mine was said to be 102 when he died in 1811. This was noted in the parish register, and no other ages at death were, so even if it wasn’t exact, he was clearly old enough for it to be unusually noteworthy.

What a great find. I only have two centenarians in my tree, both distant relatives and not direct ancestors, one born in the C19th (d. aged 102 in 1990) and one in the early C20th (d. aged 100˝ in 2008).

[coombs]

Oldest person I have in a census is my several times great gran Elizabeth Packard (Nee Martin) who was 102 in the 1841 census. She died in February 1842. I have not yet found her baptism or parents but she married in 1763.

[smudwhisk]

One of the oldest direct ancestors of mine appearing on the Census was listed as 92 in 1881, he was actually only 87 based on the birth date on his baptism.  When he died in August 1888 a newspaper report claimed he was 99 and his eldest son was 80!  Obviously what the family thought and provided.  He was actually 95 and his "oldest son" was actually a stepson and was 78.  Just shows they were a bit fluid on ages in those days.

I only have two centenarians in my tree, both distant relatives and not direct ancestors, one born in the C19th (d. aged 102 in 1990) and one in the early C20th (d. aged 100˝ in 2008).

An uncle of my Aunt (my mother's sister in law) was just under four months short of his 106th birthday when he died in July last year.  One of his sisters was a 100 when she died in 2009 and my Aunt's mother was four months short of her 97th birthday when she died in 2013.  Two other siblings made 91 and 82 respectively, three others died as youngsters.