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Turning 115:009, Ethel Caterham has surpassed Annie Jennings' age and becomes 2nd-oldest British person ever.

After Charlotte Kretschmann's death, Marita Camacho Quiros enters the Top 20 of oldest living people. At the age of 113:172 she is the 3rd-oldest ever person notable for reasons other than longevity, behind only paediatrician and co-developer of the pertussis vaccine Leila Denmark (114:060) and oil painter Hatsuno Goto (113:256). Goto's notability for reasons other than longevity is questionable as her notability is partly connected to age and not so important (becoming an oil painter as an elderly woman).

Current TOP 10 1)Tomiko Itooka 116:099 2) Inah Canabarro Lucas 116:082 3) Elizabeth Francis 115:035 4) Ethel Caterham 115:008 5) Okagi Hayashi 114:363 6) Marie-Rose Tessier 114:101 7) Silveria Martín Díaz 114:071 8) Mine Kondō 113:364 9) Naomi Whitehead 113:338 10) Claudia Baccarini 113:322 RIP Charlotte Kretschmann. Claudia Baccarini enters the Top 10. She is the oldest person living in Italy and the 8th-oldest person from Italy ever. Oldest person to live in Italy since 2019 (Maria Giuseppa Robucci). Interestingly, the 11th-oldest person living is also from Italy (Laurina Sangenito).

Ethel Caterham (1909-) has reached the age of 41,998 days surpassing the age (41,997 days) of the previous 3rd-oldest person from the UK, Eva Morris (1885-2000) She is the first British person in the 21st century to achieve an age of 41,998+ days.

Ethel Caterham surpassed Anna Eliza Williams' age so she is now in the top 5 oldest people from the UK ever. She also entered the Top 100 oldest women ever.

Ina Okazawa turns 114 so the Top 10 has now again only 114+-year-olds. Marita Camacho Quiros first lady of Costa Rica and oldest person known for reasons other than longevity turns 113

Maria on her 117th birthday

Nearly 3 years later, Maria is still alive and has celebrated her 117th birthday. Out of these 20 110-year-olds 3 died aged 110 (Herbert Engel, Hide Morokuma, Sally Ellis) 10 died aged 111 (Miriam Moore, Rosalie Esposito, Kameo Oya, Thelma McLeod, Christine Hoscheid?, Lillian Cox, Rosena Harkenson, Anna Medwenitch, Helen Turner, Merle Phillips) 3 died aged 112 (Masae Uchiyama, Marguerite Bailly, Icie Clark) 2 died aged 113 (Sumie Yabune, Tame Yamaguchi) 1 died aged 114 (Ellen Goodwill) 1 is still living aged 117 (Maria Branyas Morera)

Maria Branyas Morera turns 117 today, the 12th person to reach this age.

Most likely we will have again a Japanese WOLP. After Ceccarelli's death and Itooka becoming world's 2nd oldest person there is now a very strong possibility for her to become WOLP since Maria is already nearly 117 and recent posts in her social media point to a worsening health. Concerning Kame Uema if she gets validated it would mean we still have a Top 10 full of 114+-year-olds.

Current TOP 10 1) Maria Branyas Morera 116:356 2) Tomiko Itooka 115:276 3) Inah Canabarro Luca 115:260 4) Juan Vicente Perez Mora114:272 5) Elizabeth Francis 114:213 6) Ethel Caterham 114:186 7) Okagi Hayashi 114:174 8) Masa Matsumoto 114:086 9) Charlotte Kretschman 114:082 10) Ina Okazawa 113:350 Ina Okazawa entered the Top 10 after Edie Ceccarelli's death. She is the Oldest Living Person in Ibaraki Prefecture. Nothing is known about her and there are no public photos. Even her name and birthdate were discovered only after Seki Yoshida's death (former oldest living in Ibaraki) and she was validated shortly after.

RIP Edie Ceccarelli. Unexpected news, as she seemed to be in good shape in her birthday. New OLP in the USA is Elizabeth Francis of Texas.

The anonymous woman from the USA born on 31/07/1910 has reportedly died on 24/01/2024. This means that Naomi Whitehead is the last living American born in 1910. If Naomi Whitehead fails to reach her 114th birthday this September, then 1910 will be the first year since 1886 not to produce a 114-year-old from the USA.

Longeviquest visited Inah Canabarro Lucas. She remains in good condition. https://longeviquest.com/2024/02/longeviquest-visits-oldest-living-person-in-brazil-also-the-oldest-living-nun-at-115/

Ina Okazawa (born 10 March 1910) has been validated by Longeviquest. She has become the 11th oldest validated person in the world, 4th oldest validated in Japan, and oldest in Ibaraki Prefecture, after the death of Seki Yoshida. Ina was previously unknown.

Maria Branyas Morera has now surpassed the age of Francisca Celsa dos Santos. She is now the 12th-oldest validated person ever.

Maria Branyas Morera has reached the age of 116 years and 348 days. She has now surpassed María Capovilla and has become 13th oldest person ever.

Edie Ceccarelli has now turned 116. This is the first 116th birthday in the USA since Susannah Mushatt Jones (1899-2016) in 2015.

She is in good condition for almost 116 (1 day before).

New photo of Edie Ceccarelli

Maria Branyas Morera is one month away from her 117th birthday.

Current TOP 10 1) Maria Branyas Morera 116:335 2) Edie Ceccarelli 115:362 3) Tomiko Itooka 115:255 4) Inah Canabarro Lucas 115:239 5) Juan Vicente Perez Mora114:251 6) Elizabeth Francis 114:192 7) Ethel Caterham 114:165 8) Okagi Hayashi 114:153 9) Masa Matsumoto 114:065 10) Charlotte Kretschmann 114:061 Charlotte Kretchmann entered the Top 10 after Pearl Berg's death. She is the Oldest Person Living in Germany ever. In great condition, celebrated her 114th in a restaurant. Now all the validated remaining people from the 1900s are in the Top 10.

According to her son "she is fading fast" and "We must be prepared for her passing"...

Despite being very frail Fusa Tatsumi actually managed to become world's 2nd oldest person and remain in this position for almost a year outliving various other SCs. Now it is 2024 and the oldest person is still non-Japanese. I think that Tomiko Itooka could possibly outlive both Morera and Ceccarelli and become world's oldest person in the future. In any case, top Japanese SCs have been hit hard during the last year, but this was somewhat predictable due to their frailness, now only the 2 most physically strong are still living (Tomiko Itooka, Okagi Hayashi) and the one who formerly appeared strong (Masa Matsumoto). Kame Uema remains a mystery despite her claimed age is around 114.5 now.

Update of living people from the 1900s Old versions by @arghton November 2022 , January 2023 , February 2023 , May 2023 After the death of Bessie Hendricks (1907) on 3 January 2023 there were 25 living people born in the 1900s (Not counting Josephina Maria da Conceicao (1909) who died on 7 January 2023 and is only pending by LAS. Also not counting Kame Uema (1909) who is apparently still living but remains unvalidated). Now there are only 11 people remaining as 14 people died 6 January 2023 Shige Mineshiba (1909) 113:233 10 January 2023 Hide Hamabe (1908) 114:038 17 January 2023 Lucile Randon (1904) 118:340 25 January 2023 Shinobu Hayashi (1909) 113:316 27 January 2023 Annabelle Holblinger (1909) 113:317 6 February 2023 Yasue Okai (1908) 114:073 8 February 2023 Maria Aulenbacher (1909) 113:093 22 February 2023 Maki Hirabayashi (1909) 113:128 25 April 2023 Shina Seki (1909) 113:206 17 May 2023 Nina Willis (1909) 114:123 25 May 2023 Hazel Plummer (1908) 114:340 4 July 2023 Ushi Makishi (1909) 114:139 12 December 2023 Fusa Tatsumi (1907) 116:231 16 January 2024 Tane Matsubara (1909) 114:093 It was a bad period for Japanese SCs as 9 of the 14 who died were born in Japan (Shige Mineshiba was born in Japan but lived in Canada since age 60). Now 3 of the remaining 11 people (27%) are born in Japan, while back on 3 January 2023 12 of the remaining 25 people (48%) were born in Japan. The remaining 11 living people born in the 1900s 1) Maria Branyas Morera (1907) Oldest Living Person for more than 1 year. Oldest Person living in Spain ever. COVID survivor at 113, oldest emigrant ever. In relatively good shape for her age. 2) Edie Ceccarelli (1908) She has dementia, but is otherwise in relatively good shape. 3) Tomiko Itooka (1908) Active as an elderly person and centenarian. Survived stroke and brain surgery at 110. Looked strong especially compared to the other Japanese SCs, but had a small decline at 115. 4) Inah Canabarro Lucas (1908) Oldest Living nun, survived COVID at 114. The strongest of the people born before 1909. 5) Juan Vicente Perez Mora (1909) 4th oldest man ever (not counting Anisio Rodrigues Alves who is only pending) . Oldest Living Man for more than 2 years. In stable and relatively good shape for years. 6) Elizabeth Francis (1909) Seemed to be bedridden in early 2023 photo but more recent photos depict her in better shape. Her sister Bertha Johnson (1904–2011), lived to the age of 106, making them one of the oldest sibling pairs 7) Ethel Caterham Oldest Person in the UK since Ethel Lang (1900-2015). Survived COVID at 110. In good shape, stable during the last years. 8) Okagi Hayashi (1909) In good shape but she has some decline at 114. 9) Pearl Berg (1909) 3rd oldest Jewish person ever after Goldie Steinberg and Cecile Klein. Claims to be born in 1910. Looked great in her 113th birthday but frailer in 2023 photos, and seems to be on oxygen 10) Masa Matsumoto (1909) While being in good condition in her centenarian and early supercentenarian years she appears to have declined sharply since the age of 113. 11) Charlotte Kretchmann (1909) Oldest Person living in Germany ever. In great condition, celebrated her 114th birthday in a restaurant. Strongest person born in the 1900s so likely she could be the last survivor as she is also born at the end of 1900s (December 1909).