Oldest person found in a census?

[chrissyalone]

wow we both hope its in the genes eh?

[bevo]

The 1841 census has a "Fanny Easthrole" born 1743 living in Walton, Woodbridge, Suffolk.
The National Burial Index seems to have the same person but as "Frances Arthrold" born 1740, died 1851, Walton, Suffolk...

[Maiden Stone]

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01m5y/

From the Irish census 1901.
What I notice is that a high percentage of this age group cannot read or write.

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01m5z/

Irish census 1911

Some of those Irish centenarians gave occupations on census. Old Age Pension wasn't introduced until 1909 so maybe they were really still working.

[Maiden Stone]

I thought I'd found (on an online tree) a distant relative in U.S. who'd lived to 115. Further investigation revealed him to have been confused with his son of same name. Census for a year when he would have been in his 70s showed his wife as a widow.

[Wendy2305]

My oldest person in my tree is my great uncle who is still living at 102 didn't make the 1911 census but only got 4 years to appear on the 1921

[Greensleeves]

The contender in my tree is by no means the oldest on this thread, but he did pretty well as far as living through the reigns of various monarchs.  John Pearle was born in Rattlesden, Suffolk, in 1541, died in 1637, aged 96 years, and his  timeline runs thus:

1541 - Birth of John Pearle, during the reign of Henry VIII.
1543 - Copernicus published his 'On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres' in which he postulated that the Earth went round the Sun and not as had previously been supposed.
1547 - Death of Henry VIII, accession of Edward VI.
1553 - Death of Edward VI, accession of Mary Tudor (Bloody Mary).
1558 - Death of Mary Tudor, accession of Elizabeth I.
1603 - Death of Elizabeth I, accession of James I.
1625 - Death of James I, accession of Charles I.
1637 - Death of John Pearle

So during his lifetime there were six reigning monarchs and he only narrowly missed the English Civil War by about five years.  I've often wondered, living as he did in a fairly remote Suffolk village, how much he knew of what was happening in the country, and in the world generally.

[Palladium]

Of the 400 individuals in my files with both birth and death dates, the average lifespan was 56.3 years. Of these, 227 males averaged 56.8 years, and 173 females averaged 55.7 years. Those families having children had an average of 2.9 children per family...

If anyone reached beyond child bearing age, they often got into their 80's. I only have two who got to 100.....

Pall

[zetlander]

In the cemetery of Llangwyfan Church North Wales is a grave with the name of the deceased and the inscription - 'LIVED IN THREE CENTURIES.'  He was born in 1799 and died 1901. (or it may be 1699 to 1801)
Long time since I saw it and I didn't make notes at the time.

My grandfather lived to be 90 (died in 1970) - pre-deceasing three of his sisters who lived to be 99 - 105 - 108.

[bibliotaphist]

In the cemetery of Llangwyfan Church North Wales is a grave with the name of the deceased and the inscription - 'LIVED IN THREE CENTURIES.'  He was born in 1799 and died 1901. (or it may be 1699 to 1801)
Long time since I saw it and I didn't make notes at the time.

The grave of Foulk Jones, 1699-1801, apparently.

https://mobile.twitter.com/wicicymru/status/780388966218555392