| Ivy Tate | |
 Tate at the age of 102 | |
| Birth: | 19 August 1910 London, England, UK |
| Death: | 6 December 2021 Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Age: | 111 years, 109 days |
| Country: |  UK  AUS
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| Unvalidated | |
Ivy Irene Tate (née Cope; 19 August 1910 – 6 December 2021) was a British-born Australian supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She was the oldest living person in Australia since the death of Dexter Kruger on 20 July 2021 until her death.
Biography[]
Tate was born as Ivy Irene Cope in London, England, UK, on 19 August 1910 as one of four children born to James and Daisy Cope. The family emigrated to Western Australia in 1921, settling in West Leederville and later Subiaco. She won a scholarship to Kay’s Commercial College, but her mother almost prevented her from attending due to financial difficulties.
Tate worked for a company that made hair-curling machines, as well as an estate agency. She met her future husband, Harry Tate, through her old friend Maude at the 1930 Perth Royal Show. They married in 1934 at St. Mary’s Church in West Perth and bought a cottage together not long after.
The Tates had two sons: Maurice (born 1938) and Robert (born 1943). Shortly after Robert’s birth, the family moved to Floreat, near Perth. In the 1960s, they built their own home, where Ivy lived until moving to an aged care facility in September 2018.
Tate was a founder member of the Floreat Croquet Club, and has been given an honorary life membership. Her other hobbies included dressmaking, cooking, tennis, floristry, and playing cards. Her favourite drinks are champagne and sherry, the latter of which she enjoyed in the evening. She celebrated her 110th birthday in August 2020, at which time, she was a great-grandmother of eight.
Tate died in Perth, Western Australia, Australia on 6 December 2021 at the age of 111 years, 109 days. She was the second-to-last known person in Australia born in 1910. Following her death, New South Wales' Ina Reid became the oldest living person in Australia, as well as the last known Australian person born in 1910.
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References[]
- 108 years Instagram Post, 12 September 2018
- 110th birthday Instagram Post, 19 August 2020
- Congratulations, Ivy, on 110 happy years PressReader, 22 August 2020
- Happy 111th Birthday to my Nanna, Ivy Tate. Instagram Post, 19 August 2021
- Death mention elizabeth_pearse (Instagram), 8 December 2021
- Ivy Tate obituary The West Announcements
| Australia's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • T • E) |
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Helen Dunbar • Jessie Pearce • Clara Byrne • Ada Sharp • Honora Corrigan • Mary Keefer • Josephine Gasse • Elizabeth Swatton • Samuel Rowe • Sarah Potter • Jane Piercy • Mary Nixon • Caroline Mockridge • Agnes Dodds • Mary Hurley • Ada Whitfield • Beatrice Pollock • Gertie Nesbitt • Kit St. Clair • Ada Cleggett • Ada Stockdale • Mary MacPherson • Christina Cock • Jessie Hurley • Alice Lindsay • Sarah Davey • Myra Nicholson • E. Beatrice Riley • John Campbell Ross • Miriam Schmierer • Eva McConnell • Jane Gray • Vi Robbins • Ethel Farrell • Mary Whitehurst • Marjorie Cooke • Margaret Vivian • Wilhelmina Overall • Agnes Kluckhenn • Mabel Crosby • Dexter Kruger • Ivy Tate • Ina Reid • Gwen Moore • Catherina van der Linden • Marija Ruljancich |