Ada Sharp

Ada Sharp
Ada Sharp at the age of 102.
Birth:	28 September 1861 Victoria, Australia
Death:	3 May 1971 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Age:	109 years, 217 days
Country:	AUS
Validated

Ada Matilda Sharp (née Carr; 6 April 1861 – 15 May 1971) was an Australian supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). At the time of her death, she was the oldest Australian person ever. Her age is actually disputed.

Biography

Ada Sharp was born as Ada Matilda Carr in Victoria, Australia on 6 April 1861. At the age of 102, she was still able to walk without a cane. She resided in Nollamara, a suburb of Perth in Western Australia.

Ada Sharp died in Nollamara, Perth, Western Australia, Australia on 15 May 1971, at the age of 110 years, 39 days. She had five grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

References

• Still paints at 102 The Canberra Times, 4 October 1963
• Happy 108th The Canberra Times, 29 September 1969
• Died at 110 The Canberra Times, 5 May 1971
• The Des Moines Register, May 5, 1971

Australia's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • T • E)

Helen Dunbar • Jessie Pearce • Clara Byrne • Ada Sharp • Honora Corrigan • Mary Keefer • Josephine Gasse • Elizabeth Swatton • Samuel Rowe • Sarah Potter • Jane Piercy • Mary Nixon • Caroline Mockridge • Agnes Dodds • Mary Hurley • Ada Whitfield • Beatrice Pollock • Gertie Nesbitt • Kit St. Clair • Ada Cleggett • Ada Stockdale • Mary MacPherson • Christina Cock • Jessie Hurley • Alice Lindsay • Sarah Davey • Myra Nicholson • E. Beatrice Riley • John Campbell Ross • Miriam Schmierer • Eva McConnell • Jane Gray • Vi Robbins • Ethel Farrell • Mary Whitehurst • Marjorie Cooke • Margaret Vivian • Wilhelmina Overall • Agnes Kluckhenn • Mabel Crosby • Dexter Kruger • Ivy Tate • Ina Reid • Gwen Moore • Catherina van der Linden • Olga Abate • Ken Weeks