| Alicia Corveleyn | |
 Alicia Corveleyn at age 109 | |
| Birth: | 8 January 1905 Oostende, West Flanders, Belgium |
| Death: | 31 January 2017 Oostende, West Flanders, Belgium |
| Age: | 112 years, 23 days |
| Country: |  BEL
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| Validated | |
Alicia Corveleyn (8 January 1905 – 31 January 2017) was a Belgian supercentenarian who is officially validated and was the oldest living person in Belgium since the passing of Anna de Guchtenaere on 6 April 2015, and since the passing of Anne de Sousberghe of the UK on 12 February 2016, the oldest living Belgian-born person, until her own death on 31 January 2017.
Biography
Alicia Corveleyn was born and lived her whole life in Oostende. During World War I, her family fled to the United Kingdom. They would return to Belgium in 1918.
She worked as a seamstress. In 1936, she married Fernand van den Berghe, who died in 1983. The couple had no children.
Alicia Corveleyn died on 31 January 2017 at the age of 112 years, 23 days. The oldest person in Belgium after her death became Fernande Everaert-De Raeve.
Gallery
References
- Gerontology Research Group
- Alicia blaast 110 kaarsjes uit HLN.be. 10 January 2015
| Belgium's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
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Charlotte Cardinal • Marie Rolland • Anna Versluys • Sophie Lacompte • Maria Vleminckx • Marie Gomain • Norbertine Fourdin • Marie Vandermoesen • Isabelle Tack • Maria Vandewinckel • Maria Gorsen • Marie Delfairiere • Ignace Demol • Herlindis Goeminne • Theresia Van Den Broucke • Maximilienne Pierquain • Sidonie Hayez • Caroline Fievet • Francisca Cloet • Marie-Louise Van Hoorebeeck • Hendrik Bulterijs • Barbara Simoens • Theresia De Petter • Adele Vandenbosch • Marie Salmon • Constant De Lichte • Helene Lebon • Marie Purnode • Eugenie Tecqmenne • Catherine Baert • Marie Lambotte • Fanny Thonus • Marie-Louise Vandenbroucke • Denise Durel • Maria Devos • Marguerite Dewal • Sophie Leys • Maria Wintgens • Eugenie Boulanger • Emiel Carbon • Kamiel Steyaert • Flore Carpentier • Maria Serneels • Frans Meeus • Mathilde Hellemans • Edmond Van Cauteren • Arthuria Dascotte • Pieter Hinnisdaels • Clement De Vos • Rosalie Beetens • Marie Lambert • Leonia Bruyndonckx • Mathilde Pirlet • Octavie Lips • L. V. • Maria Van Sprengel • Ermenie Acoe • Elisabeth Demanet • Jules-Leo Neijrinck • Maria Irma Casteur • Catharina Ververs • Marie De Ruyver • Joanna Deroover • Anne-Marie Vandermersch • Louis Marion • Victoire Ricaille • Maria Verkeyn • Maria Annaert • Irma Van de Voorde • Marcelle Droogmans • Romanie Pollet • Bernardina Van Dommelen • Gabrielle Demets • Adrienne Ledent • Germaine Degueldre • Fanny Godin • Anna De Guchtenaere • Alicia Corveleyn • Fernande De Raeve • Madeleine Dullier • Elisabeth De Proost • Marietta Bouverne • Julia Van Hool • Marcelle Levaz • Magda Janssens • Fernande Courtoy |