| Dora Skeen | |
 Dora Skeen on her 109th birthday. | |
| Unvalidated |
Dora Skeen (born 29 December 1910) is a Jamaican-born Canadian supercentenarian who is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography
Dora Skeen was born in Saint Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica on 29 December 1910. In Jamaica, she worked on her family's farm. She had eight children.
She moved to Canada in October 1980. In Canada, Skeen worked as a nanny and retired at age 80. She suffered a stroke in 1992. She traveled regularly to Jamaica up to when she was age 100.
As of 109th birthday, she still lived on her own, goed grocery shopping, cooked for herself and attended exercise classes in her building.
As of December 2019, she had six living children, 20 grandchildren (including her granddaughter Marlene Byfield and granddaughter Deborah Watson), 21 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren (including her great-great-grandson Malakai and great-great grandson Desean).
In December 2020, she celebrated her 110th birthday. As of December 2020, she was a great-great-great-grandmother.
Dora Skeen currently lives in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 113 years, 111 days.
References
- Secret to longevity? 'No rum,' says 109-year-old Scarborough woman Toronto.com, 30 December 2019
- 109th birthday Letna Allen-Rowe (Facebook), 29 December 2020