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-->'''Phyllis E. Ridgway''' (10 March 1907 - 4 June 2021) is a British-born Canadian [[supercentenarian]] whose age is validated by the [[Gerontology Research Group]]. She is the oldest known living person in Canada.
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'''Phyllis Ena "Gram" Ridgway''' (neé '''Pickwell'''; 10 March 1907 – 4 June 2021) was a British-born Canadian [[supercentenarian]] whose age is validated by the [[Gerontology Research Group]]. She was the oldest known living person in Canada for the last two years of her life.
   
 
==Biography==
  
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Ridgway was born in Lincolnshire, England on 10 March 1907. She was married to her husband, Ernest Joseph "Ernie" Ridgway, for 54 years until his death in 1987. She currently lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Ridgway was born as Phyllis Ena Pickwell in Lincolnshire, England on 10 March 1907. Ridgway emigrated from England to Canada with her parents and three sisters in 1923. Ridgway would later marry Ernest Ridgway in 1933, with whom she had one son, Ron. Ridgway worked in a department store in Toronto, Ontario, Canada before retiring in 1972 at age 65. She was married to her husband for 54 years until his death in 1987.
   
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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.
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Ridgway became the oldest known living person in Canada following the death of 112 year-old [[Sarah Patenaude-Bruyere]] on 17 February 2020.
   
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On her 113th birthday she attributed her longevity to apple cider vinegar and honey, stating “Apple cider vinegar and honey, that’s why I’ve lived so long."
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In March 2021, Ridgway celebrated her 114th birthday, becoming the first British-born person to do so since [[Ethel Lang]] in 2014, and the first Canada resident to do so since [[Ellen Gibb]] in 2019. Three days after her 114th birthday, she received her first dose of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfizer%E2%80%93BioNTech_COVID-19_vaccine Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine].
  
   
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Ridgway lived in her ancestral home reportedly still living independently at the time of her 114th birthday for 80 years, but she subsequently moved into Bridgepoint Active Healthcare in Toronto some point after her final 114th birthday in the Spring of 2021.
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In March 2021, Ridgway celebrated her 114th birthday, becoming the first British-born person to do so since [[Ethel Lang]] in 2014, and the first Canada resident to do so since [[Ellen Gibb]] in 2019. Three days after her 114th birthday, she received her first dose of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfizer%E2%80%93BioNTech_COVID-19_vaccine Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine].
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Phyllis Ridgway died at Bridgepoint Active Healthcare in Toronto on 4 June 2021, aged 114 years, 86 days. She was survived by a daughter-in-law, four grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
 
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PRidgwa8.png|Ridgway with her husband Ernie in an undated photo, before 1987
  
PRidgwa8.png|Ridgway with her husband Ernie in an undated photo, before 1987
 
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PRidgwayCentenarian.jpeg|Ridgway in an undated photo.
 
PRidgway107.png|Ridgway at the age of 107
  
PRidgway107.png|Ridgway at the age of 107
 
PRidgway9.jpg|Ridgway in an undated photo during the coronavirus pandemic
  
PRidgway9.jpg|Ridgway in an undated photo during the coronavirus pandemic
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==References==
  
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*[https://globalnews.ca/news/6658280/phyllis-ridgway-turns-113/ Canada’s oldest recorded person turns 113] Global News, 10 March 2020
  
*[https://globalnews.ca/news/6658280/phyllis-ridgway-turns-113/ Canada’s oldest recorded person turns 113] Global News, 10 March 2020
 
*[https://www.facebook.com/loren.brownjoachim/posts/10160550839196729 Happy 114th birthday Aunt Phyllis...] Loren Brown Joachim on Facebook, 10 March 2021
  
*[https://www.facebook.com/loren.brownjoachim/posts/10160550839196729 Happy 114th birthday Aunt Phyllis...] Loren Brown Joachim on Facebook, 10 March 2021
 
*[https://twitter.com/ridgway_barb/status/1369684168943284234 Happy 114th birthday to my grandmother, Phyllis...] Barb Ridgway on Twitter, 10 March 2021
  
*[https://twitter.com/ridgway_barb/status/1369684168943284234 Happy 114th birthday to my grandmother, Phyllis...] Barb Ridgway on Twitter, 10 March 2021
 
*[https://twitter.com/Sunnybrook/status/1370806844285915136 Phyllis Ridgway, Canada's oldest person, received her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine...] Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre on Twitter, 13 March 2021
  
*[https://twitter.com/Sunnybrook/status/1370806844285915136 Phyllis Ridgway, Canada's oldest person, received her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine...] Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre on Twitter, 13 March 2021
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*[https://globalnews.ca/video/7923451/phyllis-ridgway-canadas-oldest-living-person-dies-at-114 Phyllis Ridgway, Canada’s oldest living person, dies at 114] Global News, 4 June 2021
 
*[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131043253/ernest-j-ridgway Ernest J Ridgway] Find A Grave
  
*[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131043253/ernest-j-ridgway Ernest J Ridgway] Find A Grave
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*[https://canadianobituaries.com/toronto/144144-phyllis-ridgway-june-4-2021.html RIDGWAY, Phyllis Ena Ridgway] Canadian Obituaries
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*[https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestar/obituary.aspx?pid=198955337 PHYLLIS ENA RIDGWAY] The Star, 8 June 2021.
 
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Revision as of 16:10, 10 June 2021

Phyllis Ridgway
Phyllis Ridgway
Ridgway on her 113th birthday in 2020
Birth: 10 March 1907
Lincolnshire, England, UK
Death: 4 June 2021
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Age: 114 years, 86 days
Country: United Kingdom UK CanadaCAN
Validated

Phyllis Ena "Gram" Ridgway (neé Pickwell; 10 March 1907 – 4 June 2021) was a British-born Canadian supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group. She was the oldest known living person in Canada for the last two years of her life.

Biography

Ridgway was born as Phyllis Ena Pickwell in Lincolnshire, England on 10 March 1907. Ridgway emigrated from England to Canada with her parents and three sisters in 1923. Ridgway would later marry Ernest Ridgway in 1933, with whom she had one son, Ron. Ridgway worked in a department store in Toronto, Ontario, Canada before retiring in 1972 at age 65. She was married to her husband for 54 years until his death in 1987.

Ridgway became the oldest known living person in Canada following the death of 112 year-old Sarah Patenaude-Bruyere on 17 February 2020.

On her 113th birthday she attributed her longevity to apple cider vinegar and honey, stating “Apple cider vinegar and honey, that’s why I’ve lived so long."

Ridgway lived in her ancestral home reportedly still living independently at the time of her 114th birthday for 80 years, but she subsequently moved into Bridgepoint Active Healthcare in Toronto some point after her final 114th birthday in the Spring of 2021.

In March 2021, Ridgway celebrated her 114th birthday, becoming the first British-born person to do so since Ethel Lang in 2014, and the first Canada resident to do so since Ellen Gibb in 2019. Three days after her 114th birthday, she received her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

Phyllis Ridgway died at Bridgepoint Active Healthcare in Toronto on 4 June 2021, aged 114 years, 86 days. She was survived by a daughter-in-law, four grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.

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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

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