Amy Hulmes

Amy Hulmes (née Matthews; 5 October 1887 - 27 October 2001) was a British supercentenarian, who was the oldest living person in Europe from the death of Marie Brémont on 6 June 2001, until her own death on 27 October 2001.

Biography
Hulmes was born in Bury, Greater Manchester. Her father, John Hulmes, was a drum major in the Lancashire fusiliers, and was nursed by Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War.

Amy was the youngest of nine children: two sisters died three years before she was born and two brothers died in army service. She became a weaver and married Philip, who died in 1956. The couple had two daughters.

She gave up smoking at the age of 84, and lived in a house without hot water untul the age of 94. She could also reportedly touch her toes at the age of 105.

Hulmes died on 27 October 2001, at the age of 114 years, 22 days. After her death, the title of the oldest living European went to 113 year-old Germaine Haye of France.