Nancy Marie

Nancy Marie (born 26 January 1909?) is a Seychellois supercentenarian claim whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She is the first supercentenarian claimant from the Republic of Seychelles.

Biography
Nancy Marie claims to be born on 26 January 1909 in Baie Sainte Anne, Praslin, Seychelles. Marie’s mother, Elizabelle Marie, passed away at the age of 103. Marie spent the earliest years of her long life on Praslin and worked in a factory on Praslin that made coconut oil from the coconut plantations. At the age of 17, she moved to the island of Mahe, in the northern district of Beau Vallon, where she worked as a laundress, washing and ironing clothes for a minimal fee.

Marie had four children: two girls and two boys. At the age of 106, Marie sometimes attended the nearby church of Bel Ombre, particularly when there is a special mass for the sick and the elderly. According to her daughter, Anne, Marie’s longevity is put down to the same healthy habits practised by most of her other peers who have made it over the 100-year mark: no alcohol and no smoking. On her 108th birthday, she had two living children: Guy (aged 66), and Anne (aged 63), several grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. In March 2018, Marie attended the official launching ceremony for the 2018 National Theme, "Sesel mon Pei Beni" at the International Conference Centre Seychelles. In January 2019, she celebrated her claimed 110th birthday and became the first supercentenarian claimant from the Seychelles.

Marie currently lives in La Riviere Anglaise (English River), Mahe, Seychelles at the claimed age of. She lives with her daughter, Anne Marie.