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31/10/2025 11:26 am
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/montreal-qc/margaret-mezgailis-12577779
Margaret Romans was born in Riga, Latvia (then Russian Empire), on 16 March 1912.
In 1941, she married Heinrich Romans, having a small wedding due to the war and Latvia’s occupation by the Soviet Union. Shortly after their wedding, the couple were forced to flee from Latvia. They lived in Germany for a few years before emigrating to Canada in 1947.
Romans was widowed in 2002, and lived independently in Westmount, Quebec until the age of 107, when she moved into a nursing home in Sainte-Geneviève, a municipality of Montréal.
On 8 April 2024, following the passing of Ms. Brunet, she became the oldest known validated living person in the Province of Quebec.
She sadly passed away on 25 October 2025, aged 113.
She was the oldest validated Latvian-born person.
With her husband Heinrich, undated.
(left) At an arts and crafts show during the the mid-1950s.
Aged 71/72 in 1984.
With her husband Heinrich, undated.
Shortly before her 111th birthday in 2023.
On her 111th birthday in 2023.
Aged 111 in April 2023.
Aged 111 in December 2023.
On her 112th birthday in 2024.
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http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
Persone viventi più longeve in Italia – Supercentenari d'Italia (supercentenariditalia.it)
