Lena McLachlan

Evalena "Lena" Marie McLachlan (née Hussey; 13 January 1886 – 14 May 1997) was an American supercentenarian whose age has been validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She was one of the oldest known people in the U.S. state of California when she died.

Biography
Lena McLachlan was born as Evalena Marie Hussey in Corralitos, California, United States, on 13 January 1886 as the eldest daughter of Casper Richard Hussey and Canadian-born Octavia (née Lanthier) Hussey. She had two younger siblings named Alice and Leroy.

On 3 July 1904, aged 18, Lena married Archie A. MacLachlan in San Francisco, California. The couple had two children: Evelyn (born 1907) and Norman (born 1913). Her mother later remarried to Swedish-born Andrew Fostrom in the 1930s. Archie died in 1957 after 53 years of marriage.

McLachlan died on 14 May 1997 in Burlingame, California, United States, at the age of 111 years, 121 days. Her claim was verified by the Kestenbaum Study and validated by the GRG on 10 August 2002.