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Ms. Bessie Hendricks (OLP in the USA) turns 115 years old.

She was born on 7 November 1907.

She has been the OLP in the USA since the death of Thelma Sutcliffe on 17 January 2022.

Happy 115th Birthday!

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Happy 115th birthday to the doyenne of the USA!

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Happy 115th!


   
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Happy 115th birthday!


   
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024Tomi
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Just a thought: there's a good chance that Bessie met her great-grandmother, Julia Ann Wiltse (1823-1915), although they lived in different states (Iowa vs. Illinois).

Julia Ann might be one of the earliest-born people who still has a living descendant remembering them.

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Happy Birthday! 115

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New picture of her 115th birthday.

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Happy 115th birthday, Bessie Hendricks!

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Happy birthday Mrs. Bessie Hendricks, one of the strongest SCs for sure!


   
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Congratulations to Bessie for reaching this rare milestone

I find her in the 1950 census at Calhoun, Iowa with the correct age of 42 indicated.


   
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@pgibbs most documents for Mrs. Hendricks are consistent with a birth in 1907. Only the 1930 census suggests that she was a year younger.


   
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The 1930 census was a few months before her marriage I think. She might have forgotten her birthday in her excitement.


   
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Daughter of Bessie Hendricks, celebrated her 90th birthday on 6 November 2022 (one day before Bessie's 115th birthday).

Her name is Joan Schaffer and she was born on 6 November 1932.

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Happy Birthday Bessie Hendricks

Notwithstanding some of the extreme cases weโ€™ve seen over the past decade, 115 is still a magnificent achievement.


   
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Ms. Hendricks story finally getting major coverage: https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/12/us/oldest-living-person-115th-birthday-trnd/index.html

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