The Watcher 317 Posted June 3, 2020 11 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Irene Triplett is, how you say, no longer drawing that pension...or breath. By which I mean she's dead: https://www.wsj.com/articles/last-person-to-receive-a-civil-war-era-pension-dies-11591141193 Her father was born in 1846 - difficult to believe that anyone still alive has a father (or mother!) born in an earlier year such as before Victoria came to the throne in 1837. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 3,887 Posted June 3, 2020 https://www.considerable.com/entertainment/history/president-john-tyler-grandsons/ US President John Tyler born in 1790 still has two grandsons still alive 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,521 Posted June 3, 2020 13 minutes ago, Guy Incognito said: https://www.considerable.com/entertainment/history/president-john-tyler-grandsons/ US President John Tyler born in 1790 still has two grandsons still alive 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Watcher 317 Posted June 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Guy Incognito said: https://www.considerable.com/entertainment/history/president-john-tyler-grandsons/ US President John Tyler born in 1790 still has two grandsons still alive Yes, John Tyler's son, Lyon Gardiner Tyler was born in 1853 & died in 1935. His living sons are Lyon (b 1924) & Harrison (b 1928). So they have a father who was born earlier than the much-quoted (well on Test Match Special anyway) cricket writer John Woodcock who is 94 this year & whose father was born in 1857 & whose paternal grandfather was born before the Battle of Waterloo. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted June 3, 2020 Triplett, the Tylers, Hitlers last living relatives,.... all the last representatives of their eras - the final living links. I didn't know Irene Triplett was severely disabled. Those 90 years were a real triumph, I guess. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Watcher 317 Posted June 4, 2020 15 hours ago, gcreptile said: Triplett, the Tylers, Hitlers last living relatives,.... all the last representatives of their eras - the final living links. I didn't know Irene Triplett was severely disabled. Those 90 years were a real triumph, I guess. Anthony Eden's widow is 100 this year. John le Mesurier's widow is another link with the past as the last widows (of Ted Sinclair & James Beck) have died acccording to an online site. In a documentary on Dad's Army the son of Arnold Ridley (Private Godfrey) seemed as old as his late father appeared in the show. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted June 7, 2020 On 03/06/2020 at 01:40, YoungWillz said: Irene Triplett is, how you say, no longer drawing that pension...or breath. By which I mean she's dead: https://www.wsj.com/articles/last-person-to-receive-a-civil-war-era-pension-dies-11591141193 More on the Triplett family and service here for those interested who don't have a WSJ account. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted June 7, 2020 5 minutes ago, time said: More on the Triplett family and service here for those interested who don't have a WSJ account. The last living relative of Hitler is dead? Well that really is the end of an era /error ! PS am ashamed to say that in tracing my family tree found out we had some German roots from the nazi era. Bit of a sobering realisation ! I of course have nothing but contempt for that whole era of course. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted June 7, 2020 50 minutes ago, CoffinLodger said: The last living relative of Hitler is dead? Well that really is the end of an era /error ! PS am ashamed to say that in tracing my family tree found out we had some German roots from the nazi era. Bit of a sobering realisation ! I of course have nothing but contempt for that whole era of course. Many people will have the same, but 'from the nazi era' doesn't equate to being a 'nazi'. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218 Posted June 7, 2020 1 hour ago, CoffinLodger said: The last living relative of Hitler is dead? Well that really is the end of an era /error ! PS am ashamed to say that in tracing my family tree found out we had some German roots from the nazi era. Bit of a sobering realisation ! I of course have nothing but contempt for that whole era of course. You are a genuine, bona fide, moron. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted June 7, 2020 6 hours ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said: You are a genuine, bona fide, moron. Thank y ou. I've finally made it ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Great Cornholio 902 Posted June 9, 2020 This time next month, Kane Tanaka will have surpassed Violet Brown 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted June 19, 2020 The UK's longest married couple Eric and Nancy Kingston celebrated their 80th wedding anniversary: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-8432785/Our-historic-union-Britains-longest-married-couple-celebrate-80-blissful-years.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Watcher 317 Posted June 19, 2020 1 hour ago, YoungWillz said: The UK's longest married couple Eric and Nancy Kingston celebrated their 80th wedding anniversary: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-8432785/Our-historic-union-Britains-longest-married-couple-celebrate-80-blissful-years.html Conflicting records apparently. There are various online sites stating that Jack and Joan Bare (aged 102 &101) will have been married 81 years in August 2020 & that THEY currently have the longest marriage in the UK. Also earlier this year a couple were featured in the press & on TV who were celebrating THEIR Oak (80th) wedding anniversary so unless something has happened to at least one of them during lockdown then THEY must have the second longest marriage in the UK. (It doesn't help with marriage records when Guinness ignore the two longest marriages on the Wikipedia page.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,945 Posted June 23, 2020 Erminia Bianchini, Italy's oldest person, dead at 112. 111-year old Maria Oliva from Sicily is now the Country's oldest person. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted June 27, 2020 Dumitru Comănescu, officially recognized as the world's oldest man, has died. He was 111. He'd inherited the title late last month. https://www.mediafax.ro/social/a-murit-dumitru-comanescu-romanul-care-a-fost-pentru-scurt-timp-cel-mai-varstnic-barbat-din-lume-foto-19349245 (Romanian language obit) 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,945 Posted June 27, 2020 14 minutes ago, alt obits guy said: Dumitru Comănescu, officially recognized as the world's oldest man, has died. He was 111. He'd inherited the title late last month. https://www.mediafax.ro/social/a-murit-dumitru-comanescu-romanul-care-a-fost-pentru-scurt-timp-cel-mai-varstnic-barbat-din-lume-foto-19349245 (Romanian language obit) Fast. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,589 Posted June 27, 2020 No men living born in 1908 then. Oldest living man is now a Spaniard, also 111. Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frleon 138 Posted June 27, 2020 Up until the last person born in the 19th century died I used to follow the oldest relatively regularly (incidentally, in a one-off try I managed to get a postcard from Misao Okawa!), now I seem to have lost the habit. But how young the oldest seem nowadays! 111, 112, that's no age really, is it? Edit: Didn't read properly, mistook Erminia Bianchini to have been the world's oldest. Nevermind then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted July 3, 2020 World's Oldest....... cat..... named Rubble, has died at 31: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8487019/The-devasted-owner-reveals-Rubble-worlds-oldest-cat-died-age-31.html Not really threatening the all-time record of 38. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Donald 182 Posted July 9, 2020 Kane Tanaka is now the 6th oldest verified person ever. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Donald 182 Posted July 9, 2020 On 17/05/2020 at 23:26, Prophet said: I think she will die this year (from a statistic point of view because only two people became older than 117, but 5 people died at 117 (of course statistics are there to be broken)) but she will at least reach Violet Browns age. Done 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cant Wait 93 Posted July 10, 2020 13 hours ago, Donald said: Done Yessir. Hope she reaches Marie-Louise Meilleur’s age. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Great Cornholio 902 Posted July 10, 2020 23 hours ago, Donald said: Kane Tanaka is now the 6th oldest verified person ever. As of today she is... 6 Kane Tanaka[6] 2 January 1903 Living 117 years, 190 days Japan 7 Violet Brown[6] 10 March 1900 15 September 2017 117 years, 189 days Jamaica 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cant Wait 93 Posted July 10, 2020 Looks like Lucile Randon isn't the only person still alive born in 1904. Francisca Celsa dos Santos, born October 21st 1904. Officially validated yesterday by GRG. Source 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
