@sailor-haumea yes but keep in mind I’m personally only looking into centenarians from the North East of England.
The other interesting thing about Blaze Driver is that he lived across 3 different centuries.
I'm sure this has happened for quite a few hundred years now as the required age to achieve isn't that high (if your birth year ends in say 96-99). But we still don't know too many whose birth predates the 1700s.
four verified centenarians born before 1750
Was Margaret Turnbull debunked?
According to Durham Records Online, there was a Margaret Turnbull born in 1774 at Hunwick who may have been the Margaret Turnbull who died at Hunwick in 1776.
four verified centenarians born before 1750
Was Margaret Turnbull debunked?
According to Durham Records Online, there was a Margaret Turnbull born in 1774 at Hunwick who may have been the Margaret Turnbull who died at Hunwick in 1776.
I haven't been able to reach a conclusive decision regarding her. Turnbull was/is a very common surname in the North East of England. My mother has two aunts and both married different men with the surname Turnbull, just to give some perspective lol.
I am on the cusp of verifying another early centenarian case:
Dorothy Buttiman (nee Common), bapt 15 March 1745, died 30 September 1851 (aged 106)
Investigation notes attached below:
I'll take some time to review everything again before verifying, but all the evidence seems to match up very nicely.