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'''Alice Sjoquist '''(25 October 1878 - 7 November 1991) - was a validated British-Canadian supercentenarian.
 
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|sex = Female
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|birthyr = 1878 |birthplace = Ewhurst, Sussex, England, UK
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|deathyr = 1991 |deathplace = Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
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}}'''Alice Sjoquist''' ['''Sjöquist'''] (neé '''Stone'''; 25 October 1878 7 November 1991) was a validated British-Canadian supercentenarian.
   
== Biography ==
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==Biography==
Alice Sjoquist was born in England on 25 October 1878 and passed away in British Columbia, Canada, on 7 November 1991, aged 113 years, 13 days. She was validated by the Gerontology Research Group on 26 September 2009.
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Alice Sjoquist was born in Ewhurst, Sussex, England, United Kingdom on 25 October 1878. During her life, she was a nurse, midwife and charity volunteer. In 1910, she married Oscar Sjoquist, and the couple moved to British Columbia, Canada in 1912, settling in Kamloops in 1914.
   
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Sjoquist continued to live in Kamloops for the next 63 years. She became a widow following Oscar's death in March 1959. Sjoquist later moved to a care facility called "Ponderosa Lodge", where she passed away on 7 November 1991, aged 113 years, 13 days. She was validated by the Gerontology Research Group on 26 September 2009.
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* [http://www.grg.org/SC/SCindex.html Gerontology Research Group]
 
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==References==
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*[http://www.grg.org/SC/SCindex.html Gerontology Research Group]
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*[http://newspapers.com/image/504270864/ The Windsor Star, 26 October 1991, page 25]
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*[http://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2172437?docsearchtext=Alice%20Sj%C3%B6quist La Presse, 9 November 1991]
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*[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stone-15306 Alice (Stone) Sjoquist (1878 - 1991)] WikiTree
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*[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71060378/alice-sjoquist Alice Sjoquist] Find A Grave
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Revision as of 07:26, 3 July 2021

Alice Sjoquist
Alice Sjoquist
Birth: 25 October 1878
Ewhurst, Sussex, England, UK
Death: 7 November 1991
Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
Age: 113 years, 13 days
Country: United Kingdom UK CanadaCAN
Validated

Alice Sjoquist [Sjöquist] (neé Stone; 25 October 1878 – 7 November 1991) was a validated British-Canadian supercentenarian.

Biography

Alice Sjoquist was born in Ewhurst, Sussex, England, United Kingdom on 25 October 1878. During her life, she was a nurse, midwife and charity volunteer. In 1910, she married Oscar Sjoquist, and the couple moved to British Columbia, Canada in 1912, settling in Kamloops in 1914.

Sjoquist continued to live in Kamloops for the next 63 years. She became a widow following Oscar's death in March 1959. Sjoquist later moved to a care facility called "Ponderosa Lodge", where she passed away on 7 November 1991, aged 113 years, 13 days. She was validated by the Gerontology Research Group on 26 September 2009.

References


Canada's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (VE)

Flore BelandEmma BinghamHerman Smith-JohannsenAgnes MunceNellie ThompsonAlice Sjoquist • Lillian RossMarie-Louise Meilleur • Marie-Louise Meunier • Maria Mallozzi • Zelda McCague • Fanny Martland • Evangeline SaulnierAnne Samson • Julie Winnefred Bertrand • Jennie Fitzgerald • Margaret Fitzgerald • Pearl LutzkoCora Hansen • Yvonne Lamoureux • Merle Barwis • Colombe Benoit-Leclerc • Orma Slack • Marguerite Wabano • Lilian Cornell • Ellen Gibb • Sarah Patenaude-Bruyere • Phyllis Ridgway • Cecile Klein • Shige Mineshiba • Mabel MahHelen Doan