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07/12/2023 10:22 am
Helena Barbara Maria (Leny) Mackenbach, the oldest known living person in the Netherlands, died recently at the age of 110. She was born on 29 December 1912 and would have turned 111 later this month.
R.I.P. Leny Mackenbach
diego reacted
07/12/2023 10:24 am
RIP Ms. Mackenbach.
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
Persone viventi più longeve in Italia – Supercentenari d'Italia (supercentenariditalia.it)
07/12/2023 10:59 am
Rest in Peace Mrs Mackenbach.
It’s pleasing to see you’ll be remembered as a validated supercentenarian, based on the events of the last few days.
07/12/2023 11:15 am
It’s pleasing to see you’ll be remembered as a validated supercentenarian, based on the events of the last few days.
Not quite. I sent the birth certificate to Gert Jan (although I am quite sure JimJim has also found the birth cert independently), but we cannot find any mid-life evidence. Ms Mackenbach wasn't married, and the municipality of Rotterdam hasn't put any Persoonskaarten (another type of mid-life evidence that we can use for her) online for that period because of privacy concerns. (My grandmother, for instance, was also living in Rotterdam at the time and still alive.)
However, in 2025 we can contact the CBG (a national genealogy institute) and we can request more documentation. Let's hope that will be sufficient by then.
For now, rest in peace, Ms Mackenbach. 111 remains a difficult barrier for Dutch supercentenarians to cross.
Overduidelijk misschien.
07/12/2023 3:02 pm
She was also the oldest known living person from the Benelux
With this Marina van der Es-Siewers born in Van Ewijcksluis, North Holland, born on 4 March 1913 and living in Hippolytushoef, North Holland becomes the oldest living person in the Netherlands and the Benelux
She was the 31st oldest in the history of Benelux, and 14th in the history of the Netherlands
RIP
08/12/2023 1:27 am
RIP Ms. Mackenbach
That means SCs named Helena and Helene have both died within a week of each other, similar to Bertha Gutierrez and Berthe Levaillant who died in the first ten days of last month, and Bertha Shifflet also dying a few days later
diego reacted
08/12/2023 6:47 pm
Mrs Mackenbach died on 7 December 2023.
Interestingly, the names reported by the family are inconsistent with the ones reported in/on the official, original birth certificate.
Overduidelijk misschien.
diego reacted
17/12/2023 2:33 pm
In a tweet (on X), Paul Verspeek (the author of the article), answered to a question by our dear old friend BV that her date of death was 3 December.
https://twitter.com/PaulVerspeek/status/1734957907387490506
GJK
17/12/2023 2:35 pm
@marco This is not an obituary, but a 'made up' one, based on the original article in which her death was announced.
17/12/2023 3:49 pm
@marco This is not an obituary, but a 'made up' one, based on the original article in which her death was announced.
I suppose the original was in the Rotterdams Dagblad? In any case, happy to see the date of her death has been cleared up, even though it was even a little earlier than previously thought.
Overduidelijk misschien.
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