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17/06/2026 8:01 am
https://longeviquest.com/2026/06/new-zealand-woman-margaret-lambourn-dies-at-110/
New Zealand Woman Margaret Lambourn Dies at 110
Margaret Lambourn, the second-oldest living person in New Zealand, passed away on 14 June 2026 at the age of 110 years, 346 days, less than one month before her 111th birthday.
Lambourn was born in Leeds, England, UK on 3 July 1915 to parents Florence and John Heseltine. She trained as a nurse at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, where she met her future husband, Alan.
They married in 1938, before moving to Egypt where Alan served with the Garrison Engineers in Ismailia. After two years, they were forced to leave for South Africa. In Durban, South Africa, she worked as a waitress at the Victoria League before applying for repatriation to England. She returned during the second phase of the rocket attacks, where she and Alan had two more children, Michael and Andrew.
After World War II, they moved to Kuwait, where her husband worked as the Chief Architect for Kuwait Oil Company, while Margaret ran a nursery school. In 1972, they moved to New Zealand.
Margaret Lambourn was the second-oldest living person in New Zealand, behind 112-year-old Aileen Kars. Lambourn was only the 11th New Zealander to celebrate their 110th birthday and is currently the fourth-oldest known person to have lived in New Zealand.
Rest in peace.
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
Persone viventi più longeve in Italia – Supercentenari d'Italia (supercentenariditalia.it)
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17/06/2026 10:10 am
R.I.P. Ms. Lambourn.
ESO Correspondent for Portugal (since 2026)
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When the young commander of the guard declared his love for her, she rejected him simply because his frivolity startled her. "See how simple he is," she told Amaranta. "He says that he’s dying because of me, as if I were a bad case of colic."
-One Hundred Years of Solitude
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10/07/2026 9:43 pm
She is the 44th oldest person in the history of Oceania and, curiously, the 44th oldest emigrant in the history of the UK.
She is the 261st oldest emigrant in history.
She died at the same age as:
Carl Berner M 27 Jan 1902 7 Jan 2013 110 years, 346 days Germany/United States
Komatsu Kawai F 2 Dec 1914 13 Nov 2025 110 years, 346 days Japan
She was the 154th oldest living person.
She was the 2nd oldest living emigrant from the UK.