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|Helen Chamberlain
 
|Helen Chamberlain
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|image = Helen Chamberlain.jpg |image size=240
 
|image = Helen Chamberlain.jpg |image size=240
 
|sex = Female
 
|sex = Female
 
|nationality = American
 
|nationality = American
|birthyr = 1906
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|birthyr = 1906 |birthplace = Weatherly, Pennsylvania, USA
|birthplace = Weatherly, Pennsylvania, USA
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|deathyr = 2017 |deathplace = Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania, USA
 
|sort = Chamberlain, Helen
 
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==Biography==
 
==Biography==
Helen was born in Weatherly, Pennsylvania, United States. She was one of eight children in family. One of her earliest memories was hearing news on the radio of the Titanic sinking in 1912; she was 6 years old.
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Helen was born in Weatherly, Pennsylvania, United States, on 16 January 1906. She was one of eight children in family. One of her earliest memories was hearing news on the radio of the Titanic sinking in 1912; she was 6 years old.
   
After high school, Chamberlain studied nursing at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., and worked as a nurse there for six years before returning home. She eventually worked as a nurse for a physician in a private practice in Weatherly.
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After high school, Chamberlain studied nursing at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., and worked as a nurse there for six years before returning home. She eventually worked as a nurse for a physician in a private practice in Weatherly. She never married and had no children.
   
Helen died in Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania on 25 February 2017 aged 111 years, 40 days.
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Helen died in Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania, USA, on 25 February 2017 aged 111 years, 40 days.
   
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
*[http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Helen-Chamberlain&lc=0242&pid=184430950&mid=7324317 In Memory of Helen Chamberlain] Obituary
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*[http://www.montgomerynews.com/articles/2015/03/05/age_has_no_season/doc54cfd64616a96841538564.txt?viewmode=fullstory Spring House Estates resident celebrates 109th birthday]
[http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Helen-Chamberlain&lc=0242&pid=184430950&mid=7324317 Obituary]
 
* [http://www.montgomerynews.com/articles/2015/03/05/age_has_no_season/doc54cfd64616a96841538564.txt?viewmode=fullstory Spring House Estates resident celebrates 109th birthday]
 
 
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Revision as of 12:25, 11 February 2019

Helen Chamberlain
Helen Chamberlain
Birth: 16 January 1906
Weatherly, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: 25 February 2017
Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania, USA
Age: 111 years, 40 days
Country: United StatesUSA
Unvalidated

Helen Chamberlain (16 January 1906 – 25 February 2017) was an American supercentenarian who is currently unvalidated.

Biography

Helen was born in Weatherly, Pennsylvania, United States, on 16 January 1906. She was one of eight children in family. One of her earliest memories was hearing news on the radio of the Titanic sinking in 1912; she was 6 years old.

After high school, Chamberlain studied nursing at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., and worked as a nurse there for six years before returning home. She eventually worked as a nurse for a physician in a private practice in Weatherly. She never married and had no children.

Helen died in Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania, USA, on 25 February 2017 aged 111 years, 40 days.

References