| Augustine Tessier | |
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| Birth: | 2 January 1869 France |
| Death: | 8 March 1981 Languedoc-Roussillon, France |
| Age: | 112 years, 65 days |
| Country: |  FRA
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| Validated | |
Tessier was born in France on 2 January 1869. She became the oldest living person in Europe on 20 October 1980, following the death of Florence Pannell, and was the world's oldest known living person between the death of Fannie Thomas on 22 January 1981 and her own death on 8 March 1981. She was succeeded as the world's oldest living person by Nellie Spencer and as Europe's oldest living person by Jeanetta Thomas of the United Kingdom.
She was the oldest French person ever recorded until being surpassed in age by Eugenie Roux. She was at the time of her death the oldest nun ever recorded.[1]
References
- ↑ 1860s Gallery Gerontology Research Group
| France's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • T • E) |
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Marie-Philomene Flassayer • Marguerite-Marie Ayne • Rosine Wolff • Desiree Foucher • Marie-Ernestine Compain • Marie-Virginie Duhem • Frederique Noel • Augustine Tessier • Elisa Esnault • Eugenie Roux • Jeanne Calment • Marie-Helene Chanteperdrix • Jeanne Dumaine • Marie Bremont • Germaine Haye • Anne Primout • Camille Loiseau • Marie-Simone Capony • Clementine Solignac • Eugenie Blanchard • Maria Diaz • Marcelle Narbonne • Marie-Therese Bardet • Paule Bronzini • Irenise Moulonguet • Suzanne Burrier • Marie Liguinen • Olympe Amaury • Eudoxie Baboul • Elisabeth Collot • Honorine Rondello • Lucile Randon |
