Jane Stoneman | |
Birth: | 29 September 1854 Andover, Hampshire, England, UK |
Death: | 19 April 1962 Newton Abbot, Devon, England, UK |
Age: | 107 years, 202 days |
Country: | UK |
Centenarian |
Jane Filkins Stoneman (29 September 1854 – 19 April 1962) was a British centenarian who was the oldest known living person in the United Kingdom at the time of her death.
Biography[]
Stoneman was born in Andover, Hampshire, United Kingdom 29 on September 1854. Later she moved to Newton Abbot, Devon, United Kingdom. She became the oldest known person in the country following the death of Mary Worthington) on 12 January 1961, and held this distinction until her own death on 19 April 1962, aged 107 years, 202 days. Her successor as Britain's oldest person was Ellen Dart, of nearby Paignton, marking the second instance where two consecutive people to hold the title lived in the same county (Sarah Humphrey and Caroline Beale were both from Surrey).
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