Phyllis Ridgway

Phyllis Ridgway

Ridgway on her 113th birthday in 2020

Validated

Phyllis Ridgway (born 10 March 1907) is a British-born Canadian supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group. She is the oldest known living person in Canada.

Biography

Ridgway was born in Lincolnshire, England on 10 March 1907. She was married to her husband, Ernie, for 54 years. She currently lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Ridgway became the oldest known living person in Canada following the death of 112-year-old Sarah Patenaude-Bruyere on 17 February 2020. At the time of her 113th birthday in March 2020, she had four grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandson.

References

• Canada’s oldest recorded person turns 113 Global News, 10 March 2020

Canada's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E)

Flore Beland • Emma Bingham • Herman Smith-Johannsen • Agnes Munce • Nellie Thompson • Alice Sjoquist • Lillian Ross • Marie-Louise Meilleur • Marie-Louise Meunier • Maria Mallozzi • Zelda McCague • Fanny Martland • Evangeline Saulnier • Anne Samson • Julie Winnefred Bertrand • Jennie Fitzgerald • Margaret Fitzgerald • Pearl Lutzko • Cora Hansen • Yvonne Lamoureux • Merle Barwis • Colombe Benoit-Leclerc • Orma Slack • Marguerite Wabano • Lilian Cornell • Ellen Gibb • Sarah Patenaude-Bruyere • Phyllis Ridgway • Cecile Klein • Shige Mineshiba • Mabel Mah • Helen Doan