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Rachel Wieselberg
Rachel Wieselberg
Wieselberg in June 1989
Birth: 23 June 1883
Riga, Russian Empire (now Latvia)
Death: 6 June 1996
London, England, UK
Age: 112 years, 349 days
Country: LatviaLATUnited Kingdom UK
Unvalidated

Rachel (Rae) Wieselberg (née Chyte; 23 June 1883 – 6 June 1996) was a Latvian-born British supercentenarian who was the oldest living person in the United Kingdom at the time of her death. Her age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography

Wieselberg was born in Riga, Russian Empire (now the capital of Latvia) on 23 June 1883 (claimed 19 June 1885). She emigrated to the United Kingdom, and in her later life she lived in London. She was former buttonhole maker and seamstress and aunt to Gerald Westbury, oncologist and her son Jack Westbury was Mayor of Lambeth in 1970.

Wieselberg became the oldest living person in England following the death of 112 year-old Rebecca Hewison on 22 September 1994. She later became the oldest living person in the whole of the United Kingdom following the death of Northern-Irish born Scotswoman Annie Scott on 21 April 1996.

Wieselberg died in London, England, UK on 6 June 1996 at the age of 112 years, 349 days (claimed 110 years, 353 days). At time of her death, she was also the oldest living Jewish person in the United Kingdom. Following her death, Lucy Askew became the UK's oldest living person.

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United Kingdom's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (VE)

Frederick Stabbins • Jane ListerMartha Truelove • Ann Sharp • Jane Raby • Frances Smith • William Walker • Ann Russell • Eliza Roff • Ellen Palmer • Rachel MacArthur • Rachel SwainMary Davey • Thomas Pope • John Francklow • Rebecca Lees • Sarah Fitt • Elizabeth Sellwood • Matilda Coppins • Elizabeth Whitehead • Emma Rooke • Margaret Lunn • Sarah Humphrey • Caroline BealeFanny Hopkins • Elizabeth Etheridge • Sophia Wellstead • Rhoda Harris • Emma Weeks • Edith Grellier • Mary WorthingtonJane Stoneman • Ellen Dart • Elizabeth Kensley • Hannah SmithJohn Mosley TurnerAda Roe • Alice StevensonElizabeth WatkinsFrederick Butterfield • Rose Heeley • Agnes Helyar • James Harrow • Sarah Morgan • Lilias WilliamsFlorence PannellJeanetta ThomasAlice Brewster • Anna Eliza Williams • Kate Begbie • Charlotte Hughes • Daisy Adams • Rebecca Hewison • Annie Scott • Rachel Wieselberg • Lucy Askew • Annie Jennings • Eva Morris • Amy Hulmes • Nellie Bradley • Gladys Hawley • Lucy d'Abreu • Judy Ingamells • Emmeline BriceAnnie Knight • Ada Mason • Florrie Baldwin • Eunice BowmanAnnie Turnbull • Elsie SteeleMargaret Fish • Violet Wood • Grace A Jones • Ethel Lang • Gladys Hooper • Bessie CammOlive BoarGrace C JonesGwen PayneHilda ClulowBob WeightonJoan HocquardLilian PriestGertrude KingstonMollie WalkerEthel Caterham

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