Gertrude Weaver

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Gertrude Weaver (born July 4, 1898 in Lafayette County , Arkansas , as Gertrude Gaines , † April 6, 2015 in Camden , Arkansas) was an American supercentenarian and from March 31, 2015 for six days the oldest living person in the world .

Life

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Weaver was born in 1898 in Lafayette County , Arkansas, on the Texas and Louisiana border , as Gertrude Gaines and the youngest of six siblings. Her parents, Charles Gaines (* May 1861) and Ophelia Jeffreys (* December 1866) were African American land tenants. On July 18, 1915, she married Gennie Weaver (* 1896), with whom she had four children. In the 1940s she moved to California, where she lived with her son for several decades. In 1969 her husband died. She later returned to Arkansas.

After Weaver broke her hip at the age of 104, she moved to the Silver Oaks Health and Rehabilitation Center in Camden , Arkansas . After recovering, she moved back into her home with the help of her granddaughter. Five years later, at 109, she moved back to the nursing home. At 115, her health deteriorated somewhat, but she was still able to leave her room for meals and activities. Weaver was spared the typical health problems of her age group; she slept well, did not smoke or drink alcohol. Gertrude Weaver blamed several factors for their longevity: she told the Associated Press that these were "to trust in the Lord, to work hard and to love everyone"; In an interview with Time , she gave goodness as the fourth reason: "Just do what you can, and if we can't, we can't".

On her 116th birthday, the Gerontology Research Group recognized Weavers' ages, making her the oldest living American woman; she was given a plaque with a corresponding inscription. She also received a congratulatory letter from US President Barack Obama , and the Mayor of Camden declared July 4th to be Gertrude Day alongside the national holiday. On April 6, 2015, Weaver died of pneumonia at the Silver Oaks Health and Rehabilitation Center at the age of 116 years and 276 days. Only one of her four children, son Joe (born April 7, 1921), survived.

Age records

On April 20, 2012, Weaver joined the list of the 100 oldest people , from December 4, 2012, she was one of the five oldest living people. 13 days later, on December 17th, she became the oldest living American woman with the death of Dina Manfredini . After Jiroemon Kimura's death on June 12, 2013, she was the second oldest living person in the world after Misao Okawa from Japan. With her death on April 1, 2015 ( UTC +9), Gertrude Weaver became the oldest living person in the world on March 31, 2015 (UTC − 6). She only kept this title until her own death six days later, when it went to her compatriot Jeralean Talley .

She was one of the ten oldest people of all time as of May 20, 2014 and was sixth when she died. It has been in twelfth place since October 2019. Behind Sarah Knauss and Susannah Mushatt Jones , she is the third oldest person ever from the USA, and she was the last person from 1898 . Along with Jeralean Talley, Susannah Mushatt Jones and Emma Morano , she was among the last four survivors from the 1890s.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gertrude Weaver's death note , arkansasonline.com; Retrieved April 6, 2015.
  2. ^ Gertrude Weaver Dies Five Days After Becoming World's Oldest Person , newsweek.com (English); Retrieved April 17, 2015.
  3. ^ Place of birth of Gertrude Gaines Weaver (English) , grg.org; accessed on April 13, 2015.
  4. ^ Meet The New Oldest American (English) , Time . July 7, 2014. Archived from the original on July 7, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014. 
  5. ↑ Camden Woman Becomes Oldest Person in the US , KARK-TV. July 4, 2014. Accessed July 5, 2014. 
  6. ↑ Camden nursing home resident - almost 117 - now the world's oldest known person (English)
  7. ↑ Obituary , washingtonpost.com (English); Retrieved April 17, 2015.
  8. ↑ World's oldest person, Arkansan Gertrude Weaver, dies (English) . April 6, 2015. 
personal data
SURNAME Weaver, Gertrude
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gaines, Gertrude (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American woman, oldest living person (2015)
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Lafayette County , Arkansas
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 2015
Place of death Camden , Arkansas