Adele Dunlap

Adele Dunlap (née Henderson; born 12 December 1902) is a verified American supercentenarian. She was born in Newark, New Jersey, to parents James and Sarah Henderson. She had three other siblings; all of them were older brothers. As a young girl, she once stated that she was going to ”live forever.”

After graduating from Newark State Normal School in the early 1920s, she worked as a 3rd grade teacher in the Kearny and later became a housewife after her marriage to Earl Dunlap. They married sometime before 1930. Adele stated that continuing her teaching job would deprive unmarried women of chances when looking for work.

The couple had 3 children in total; 2 sons and 1 daughter. In 1989, Adele moved in to live with one of her sons’ family. She was able to drive a car until she was 89 years old. She moved to a nursing home at age 99, where she is still residing at the moment. At age 110, it was reported that she was wheelchaired (but able to walk with a walker) and had poor hearing. Her eyesight was good enough for her to be able to read, however.

Adele Dunlap currently holds the all-time record for New Jersey-born people. However, in terms of oldest people to reside/die in the state, both Elena Slough and Nellie Spencer were older.