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|Jane Young
 
|Jane Young
 
|image = Jane Young.jpg |image size = 250
 
|caption = Jane (right) with her adopted daughter
 
|sex = Female
 
|status = deceased-unverified
 
|status = deceased-unverified
|birthplace = Clarendon, Jamaica
 
|sex = female
 
|sort = Young, Jane
 
 
|nationality = Jamaican
 
|nationality = Jamaican
|birthyr = 1901
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|image = Jane Young.jpg
 
 
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'''Jane Leanora Young''' (née '''Smith'''; born 22 June 1901) is a Jamaican [[supercentenarian]] who is currently unverified.
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'''Jane Leanora Young''' (née '''Smith'''; 22 June 1901? – fl. 13 July 2013) was a Jamaican [[supercentenarian]] whose age is currently unvalidated by the [[Gerontology Research Group]] (GRG).
   
 
==Biography==
 
==Biography==
 
Jane was born in Milk River, Clarendon, Jamaica on 22 June 1901 to Alexander Smith and Johanna Dawkins. She was baptised in her centenarian years. She was a member of Sabbath Church and the Church of England. Jane says that she had good childhood when she was growing up with both her parents, who were themselves strict disciplinarians. Jane worked as a farmer and was considered the richest woman in the district of Sedge Pond in Clarendon where they lived at the time. She married Robert Nathaniel Young on 24 November 1946 in Clarendon, Jamaica. They had just one adopted child, Veronica Thompson.
 
Jane was born in Milk River, Clarendon, Jamaica on 22 June 1901 to Alexander Smith and Johanna Dawkins. She was baptised in her centenarian years. She was a member of Sabbath Church and the Church of England. Jane says that she had good childhood when she was growing up with both her parents, who were themselves strict disciplinarians. Jane worked as a farmer and was considered the richest woman in the district of Sedge Pond in Clarendon where they lived at the time. She married Robert Nathaniel Young on 24 November 1946 in Clarendon, Jamaica. They had just one adopted child, Veronica Thompson.
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She was last reported alive on 13 July 2013 at the claimed age of 112 years, 21 days.
   
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
*[http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/At-112--Jane-Young-loves-Guinness-stout_14637958 At 112, Jane Young loves Guinness stout]
 
*[http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/At-112--Jane-Young-loves-Guinness-stout_14637958 At 112, Jane Young loves Guinness stout]
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*[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFB9-X3F Birth Record] Family Search
 
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Revision as of 23:48, 19 July 2020

Jane Young
Jane Young
Jane (right) with her adopted daughter
Birth: 22 June 1901?
Milk River, Clarendon, Jamaica
Death: fl.13 July 2013
Sedge Pond district, Kingston, Jamaica
Age: 112 years, 21+ days?
Country: JamaicaJAM
Unvalidated

Jane Leanora Young (née Smith; 22 June 1901? – fl. 13 July 2013) was a Jamaican supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography

Jane was born in Milk River, Clarendon, Jamaica on 22 June 1901 to Alexander Smith and Johanna Dawkins. She was baptised in her centenarian years. She was a member of Sabbath Church and the Church of England. Jane says that she had good childhood when she was growing up with both her parents, who were themselves strict disciplinarians. Jane worked as a farmer and was considered the richest woman in the district of Sedge Pond in Clarendon where they lived at the time. She married Robert Nathaniel Young on 24 November 1946 in Clarendon, Jamaica. They had just one adopted child, Veronica Thompson.

She was last reported alive on 13 July 2013 at the claimed age of 112 years, 21 days.

References