R.I.P. 

I’m wondering if she is the oldest person ever born on a ship?

Posted by: @jimjim00

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R.I.P. 

I’m wondering if she is the oldest person ever born on a ship?

I would say yes, as the previous known holder of this record was Sam Baker (1903 - 2013), who was born on a ship between Poland and Canada.

RIP Maria Pieternella Platteel-Klingeman

She was known as Rie, not Maria Pieternella. 🙂 

Rust in vrede, mevrouw Platteel-Klingeman.

https://longeviquest.com/2025/11/dutch-supercentenarian-rie-platteel-klingeman-dies-at-110/

Dutch Supercentenarian Rie Platteel-Klingeman Dies at 110

Rie Platteel-Klingeman, a resident of Gorinchem, South Holland, Netherlands, passed away on 1 November, at the age of 110 years, 152 days.

Rie Platteel-Klingeman was born in Rotterdam, on 2 June 1915. At a young age, she was sent to a boarding school run by nuns in Dordrecht, where she trained as a seamstress.

Around the age of twelve, her family settled in a house in South Rotterdam. Before the outbreak of the Second World War, Rie met her future husband, Alexander Platteel. They married in the Netherlands and moved to Indonesia, where Alexander worked as an engineer for the Royal Packet Navigation Company (KPM). Their first child, Maria, was born there. When war broke out, Alexander was drafted into the naval submarine service. During the war, their second daughter, Joke, was born. Rie remained in Indonesia and was eventually interned in a Japanese camp.

After the war, Alexander found work in Aruba, and Rie and the children joined him. He became a mechanical engineer at a drinking water company. While living on the Caribbean island, their sons—Alexander and Ad—were born. After about fifteen years, the family returned to the Netherlands. Alexander passed away in 1990.

At the time of her passing, she was the second-oldest living woman in the Netherlands, after Elizabeth Philippina van Boven-Smaal.

Rest in peace Ms Platteel-Klingeman.

She died at the same age as:
Anna Bruder 23 Sept 1871 22 Feb 1982 USA
Martha Bailes 1 Nov 1881 1 Apr 1992 USA
Ada Freeman 28 Dec 1885 28 May 1996 USA
Hilda Bonniwell 12 May 1897 11 Oct 2007 UK
Jeanette Pluim 8 Oct 1898 9 Mar 2009 USA
She is the 54th oldest person in Benelux history, and was the 2nd oldest living person.
She is the 27th oldest person in Dutch history.
She was the 187th oldest living person in the world.

@diego Is it really necessary to spam with irrelevant numbers?

Posted by: @sebia97

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@diego Is it really necessary to spam with irrelevant numbers?

You're the first person to complain. These aren't irrelevant numbers, they're interesting facts. I post them for those who like to know. If you don't like them, you don't have to read them. Just skip them when you see that I wrote them. It's your right not to like them. I understand. It's fine.