Ada Roe

Ada Roe
Born Ada Giddings
(1858-02-06)6 February 1858
Islington, England
Died (1970-01-11)11 January 1970
(aged 111 years, 339 days)
Lowestoft, England
Known for Oldest living person
(4 May, 1969 - 11 January, 1970)

Ada Roe (née Giddings; 6 February 1858 – 11 January 1970)[1][2] was a British supercentenarian. She was born in Islington, England, and moved to Lowestoft, Suffolk over 60 years before her death with her husband, who died shortly afterwards.[3] Roe was the oldest recognised living person between 4 May 1969 and her death aged 111 years 339 days at Lowestoft, England.[4]

She ran a dairy shop in Lowestoft for over 75 years, continuing to help at the age of 110.[5] She attributed her longevity to a good childhood.[3] She lived 12 days longer than Anglo Irish botanical artist and aristocrat Katherine Plunket, hence breaking the record for the oldest lived person in the United Kingdom, a record that the latter held for 38 years.

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References

  1. ↑ Validated supercentenarians who lived and/or died in the UK The Gerontology Research Group
  2. ↑ "British Pathé's archive footage of Suffolk life". British Broadcasting Corporation. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Mrs Ada Roe". The Times. 1969-02-05. p. 10.
  4. ↑ World's Oldest Person Titleholders (since 1955) The Gerontology Research Group; accessed 25 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "Shopkeeper 110 years old today". The Times. 1968-02-06. p. 2.
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