Christina Karnebeek-Backs

Christina Karnebeek-Backs
Chrissemeuje Karnebeek-Backs
Born 2 October 1849
Holterhoek, Gelderland
Netherlands
Died 7 October 1959
(aged 110 years, 5 days)
Holterhoek, Eibergen
Netherlands
Known for Oldest person
Spouse(s) Antonius Bernardus Karnebeek
(1897–1922)

Christina "Chrissemeuje" Karnebeek (née Backs) (2 October 1849 – 7 October 1959) was a Dutch supercentenarian. She was the world's oldest living person from 17 October 1958 until her own death on 7 October 1959 aged 110 years, 5 days.[1][2] Her title of the world's oldest living person was posthumously recognized;[1] during her lifetime she was never recognized as the world's oldest living person by the Guinness World Records.[3]

Biography

Christina Backs was born in Holterhoek, the Netherlands (a small hamlet in the vicinity of Eibergen) to parents Gerhardus Backs and Johanna Nijvolder on 2 October 1849. She married her husband Antonius Bernardus Karnebeek on 11 November 1897. The two of them would spend the rest of their lives together in Holterhoek, where they had a farm. Antonius Karnebeek died in 1922, aged 67.

Towards the end of her own life, Karnebeek-Backs became somewhat of a celebrity in her native country. On her 110th birthday, family and press were invited to celebrate the milestone with her, yet Karnebeek-Backs was already suffering from a cold and hardly spoke a word. She would die five days later, late in the evening, after having been given her last rites.[4][5][6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Table C, as of August 29, 2017". www.grg.org. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
  2. ↑ Super-eeuwelinge Chrissemeuje
  3. ↑ Folkard, Claire (2005). Guinness World Records 2005. Guinness Book. New York: Bantam Dell. ISBN 0-553-58810-9.
  4. ↑ Chrissemeuje wordt 2 oktober 110 jaar Utrechts Nieuwsblad 25/9/1959, pag. 3 van 24
  5. ↑ Chrissemeuje overleden Utrechts Nieuwsblad 8/10/1959, pag. 1 van 22
  6. ↑ 100-jarigen in Nederland Utrechts Nieuwsblad 8/10/1959, pag. 9 van 22
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