Alice Empleton

Alice Empleton (September 18, 1870 - January 7, 1981) was a British verified supercentenarian. She married in 1897 and became a widow when she was in her 70s. Empleton claimed that one of the advantages of being above 100 was that "you get so many things for free". At the time of her death on January 7, 1981, she was the oldest woman in England. She lived in a home for elderly, 40 miles north of London. Her final age was 110 years, 116 days.