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'''Ada Whitfield '''(9 January 1881 - 2 March 1991) was an Australian supercentenarian currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group.
 
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'''Ada Whitfield''' (8 January 1881 - 2 March 1991) was an Australian [[supercentenarian]] whose age is currently unvalidated by the [[Gerontology Research Group]] (GRG).
   
 
== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
Ada Whitfield was born in England, United Kingdom, on 9 January 1881. She became the oldest living person in Australia after the death of Mary Hurley on 16 November 1990. Ada Whitfield died in Australia on 2 March 1991 at the age of 110 years, 53 days.
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Whitfield was born in England, United Kingdom, on 8 January 1881. She became the oldest living person in Australia after the death of [[Mary Hurley]] on 16 November 1990. She died in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on 2 March 1991 at the age of 110 years, 53 days. Her successor as the oldest person in Australia was then-110-year-old [[Beatrice Pollock]].
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*[https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/mrs-ada-whitfield-110-today-ada-whitfield-celebrates-at-the-news-photo/1079357966 Mrs. Ada Whitfield 110 today] Getty Images
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Revision as of 10:28, 29 March 2020

Ada Whitfield
Ada Whitfield
Birth: 8 January 1881
England, United Kingdom
Death: 2 March 1991
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Age: 110 years, 53 days
Country: United Kingdom UK AustraliaAUS
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Ada Whitfield (8 January 1881 - 2 March 1991) was an Australian supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography

Whitfield was born in England, United Kingdom, on 8 January 1881. She became the oldest living person in Australia after the death of Mary Hurley on 16 November 1990. She died in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on 2 March 1991 at the age of 110 years, 53 days. Her successor as the oldest person in Australia was then-110-year-old Beatrice Pollock.

References


Australia's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • TE)

Helen DunbarJessie PearceClara ByrneAda SharpHonora CorriganMary KeeferJosephine GasseElizabeth SwattonSamuel RoweSarah Potter • Jane Piercy • Mary NixonCaroline Mockridge • Agnes Dodds • Mary Hurley • Ada WhitfieldBeatrice Pollock • Gertie Nesbitt • Kit St. Clair • Ada Cleggett • Ada Stockdale • Mary MacPherson • Christina Cock • Jessie Hurley • Alice Lindsay • Sarah DaveyMyra Nicholson • E. Beatrice Riley • John Campbell Ross • Miriam Schmierer • Eva McConnell • Jane Gray • Vi Robbins • Ethel Farrell • Mary Whitehurst • Marjorie CookeMargaret VivianWilhelmina OverallAgnes Kluckhenn • Mabel CrosbyDexter KrugerIvy TateIna ReidGwen MooreCatherina van der LindenMarija Ruljancich