This thread will be dedicated to examples of parent-child pairs with a high combined age.
To start, here's a case that I just found from New Zealand:
Herb Keen (22 December 1916 - living), aged 105:
Link to article, with video interview
His mother, Ethel Keen (13 July 1882 - 14 Apr 1992), lived to the age of 109 years, 276 days. She is currently the 14th-oldest (known) person ever from New Zealand.
They have a combined age of over 215 years, which seems to be a record for the country.
Profile picture: Marita Camacho Quirós (1911-Present)
George Washington Anthony (September 29, 1874 - January 7, 1984), who retroactively appears to have been the WOM when he died, had a son who lived to 104, Cloyd Anthony (September 11, 1901 - December 27, 2005). It's not >215 years, but it's still impressive.
I've added more cases to the list of British cases of parents and children, where one was a supercentenarian, and another was a centenarian: http://oldestinbritain.nfshost.com/twins.php
I believe there are 3 living centenarians who are children of British supercentenarians, but I have not included them for privacy reasons.
Rank | Forename | Surname | Sex | Date of birth | Date of death | Age (y & d) | Combined age (y & d) | Residence | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Anna Eliza | Williams | F | 2 June 1873 | 27 December 1987 | 114 | 208 | 222 | 96 | Swansea, WAL |
Constance Mary (Connie) | Harvey | F | 8 October 1906 | 18 June 2014 | 107 | 253 | Swansea, WAL | |||
2 | Daisy Irene | Adams | F | 30 June 1880 | 8 December 1993 | 113 | 161 | 216 | 340 | Church Gresley, Derbyshire, ENG |
Edwin (Ted) | Adams | M | 5 December 1913 | 2 June 2017 | 103 | 179 | Derby, Derbyshire, ENG | |||
3 | Catherine Elizabeth | Sloan | F | 20 October 1842 | 16 March 1946 | 103 | 147 | 216 | 184 | Downpatrick, NIR |
Annie Isabella | Scott | F | 15 March 1883 | 21 April 1996 | 113 | 37 | Reay, SCO | |||
4 | Sarah Ellen | Morgan | F | 23 January 1867 | 12 February 1978 | 111 | 20 | 215 | 312 | Tonbridge. ENG |
Nellie Gwendoline | Luchford | F | 23 April 1902 | 9 February 2007 | 104 | 292 | Sevenoaks, ENG | |||
5 | James Alfred | Harrow | M | 21 November 1866 | 14 December 1976 | 110 | 23 | 215 | 124 | Basingstoke, ENG |
Gladys Bertha | Harrow | F | 28 August 1896 | 7 December 2001 | 105 | 101 | Puerto Rico | |||
6 | Mary Ann | Cragie | F | 12 October 1862 | 17 December 1972 | 110 | 66 | 214 | 300 | Blythburgh, Suffolk, ENG |
Hilda Marian | Knox | F | 24 October 1885 | 15 June 1990 | 104 | 234 | Southwold, Suffolk, ENG | |||
7 | Winifred Barbara | Pettit | F | 1 November 1887 | 10 September 1998 | 110 | 313 | 213 | 116 | Ottershaw, Surrey, ENG |
Thomas Watson | Pettit | M | 18 August 1917 | 2 February 2020 | 102 | 168 | Byfleet, Surrey, ENG | |||
8 | John Mosley | Turner | M | 15 June 1856 | 21 March 1968 | 111 | 280 | 212 | 29 | Tottenham, London, ENG |
John Mosley Meeson | Turner | M | 8 March 1905 | 30 June 2005 | 100 | 114 | Enfield, London, ENG | |||
9 | Annie Elizabeth | Thistleton | F | 28 September 1876 | Apr-Jun 1978 | 101 | 185 | 211 | 332 | Tonbridge, Kent, ENG |
Eleanor Constance | Thatcher | F | 19 September 1897 | 13 February 2008 | 110 | 147 | Cranleigh, Surrey, ENG | |||
10 | Mary Elizabeth | Bryant | F | 18 June 1874 | December 1975 | 101 | 166 | 211 | 310 | Wantage, ENG |
Vera Evelyn | Price | F | 16 December 1904 | 9 May 2015 | 110 | 144 | Bristol, ENG | |||
11 | Florence May | Cox | F | 24 October 1895 | 7 July 2006 | 110 | 256 | 211 | 35 | Middlesbrough, ENG |
Susannah | Youngs | F | 25 April 1921 | 16 September 2021 | 100 | 144 | Norfolk, ENG | |||
12 | Frances Jane | Moss | F | 8 July 1856 | Apr-Jun 1957 | 100 | 267 | 210 | 341 | Surrey, ENG |
Gertrude Elsie | German | F | 5 October 1885 | 18 December 1995 | 110 | 74 | Hove, ENG |
Co-founder, European Supercentenarian Organisation 2020-
Founder, Oldest in Britain 2009-
@andrew Thanks a lot, Andrew! Is it possible from you to write only the ages (in years) of the living cases (age of SC parent at death and age of living centenarian child)?
ESO Correspondent for Hungary (since 2020)
GRG Correspondent for Hungary (2020-2023)
Tracker and researcher of Hungarian and other Central European (super)centenarians (since 2016)
Enthusiast of extreme longevity (since childhood)
@024tomi They are all aged 100-102, so quite "young" still. I actually think there's a 4th now who just reached 100. Establishing those who are still living is a bit tricky as an absence of a death record is often key. There is a degree of uncertainty so I would take this with a pinch of salt anyway.
I've gone through the UK supercentenarians quite thoroughly, and although there are a few gaps in information, I would expect this list to be very complete. Hopefully it will give a rough expectation of how many cases you'd expect to see in other countries, or worldwide.
Of note, people born in the early 1920s would typically have parents born in ~1881-1900 which had many more supercentenarians than 1861-1880, so I would expect numbers to increase considerably over the coming decade.
Co-founder, European Supercentenarian Organisation 2020-
Founder, Oldest in Britain 2009-
One more to add to the list:
Florence Reeves 17/2/1894-28/8/2005 (aged 111 years, 192 days)
Aileen Rosemary Jacqueline Slade 11/6/1922-11/7/2022 (aged 100 years, 30 days)
She was one of the centenarians previously thought to be living in my last post.
Co-founder, European Supercentenarian Organisation 2020-
Founder, Oldest in Britain 2009-
Joan Riudavets Moll's (1889-2004) daughter Joana died on 25 February 2023, at the age of 100/101 (born in 1922).
ESO Correspondent for Hungary (since 2020)
GRG Correspondent for Hungary (2020-2023)
Tracker and researcher of Hungarian and other Central European (super)centenarians (since 2016)
Enthusiast of extreme longevity (since childhood)
Joan Riudavets Moll's (1889-2004) daughter Joana died on 25 February 2023, at the age of 100/101 (born in 1922).
She was born on 26 September 1920 according to this source
Here's a case of a mother and daughter in the UK both reaching age 107+:
Catherine Trevail (5 Jun 1885 – 18 Jan 1994), 108 years, 227 days
Elizabeth Jay (19 Dec 1915 – 14 Mar 2023), 107 years, 85 days
Source (their birth and death dates have been confirmed)
According to gerontology wiki, Violet Brown’s daughter Elsie Dowman turns 100 in a week
Ethel Lang's daughter Margaret Bates turned 100 on 29 November last year! (source)
@robbie I well remembered these photos:
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
Persone viventi più longeve in Italia – Supercentenari d'Italia (supercentenariditalia.it)
She sort of resembles Maria Branyas Morera, especially in the first two photos of her with her mother (not as much anymore)
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_Brown
This page says Violet’s daughter Elsie Dowman died in 2009, while gerontology wiki and a post on the 110 club from a few years ago has said she is alive (she would have turned 100 recently). Is someone able to try and find more sources for her?
@ale76 I remember these photos well too! Thanks for sharing. I'm glad she turned 100.
@robbie Thanks for sharing photos, you just hit 114th post count, the same number as Ethel Lang's final age.
Born 3 Feburuary 1999. Founder of 5ch anonymous message board about longevity (1 January 2012) / Founder and chief administrator, the oldest people research forum in Japan founded in 1 January 2017. Link: 長寿者研究フォーラム (oldestpeopleforum.jp)
This family just keeps delivering: Catherine Hagel's (1894-2008) daughter Rosanna Toth is still alive at 104. She was born on 25 October 1919.
Source (recent obituary of brother)
Their combined is currently 218 years and 189 days, which is the oldest known parent-child lifespan where the child is still living; however, it's still 1.5 years behind the combined lifespan of Catherine's sister-in-law and nephew Delvina and John Dahlheimer (220 years, 26 days).
ESO Correspondent for Hungary (since 2020)
GRG Correspondent for Hungary (2020-2023)
Tracker and researcher of Hungarian and other Central European (super)centenarians (since 2016)
Enthusiast of extreme longevity (since childhood)