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Ann Flower
Ann Flower
Ann Flower on her 102nd birthday in 1987.
Birth: 8 July 1885
Ellecom, Gelderland, The Netherlands
Death: 9 August 1995
Rheden, Gelderland, The Netherlands
Age: 110 years, 32 days
Country: NetherlandsNED
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Ann Jemimia Flower (8 July 1885 – 9 August 1995) was a validated Dutch supercentenarian. She was the oldest known living person in The Netherlands when she died.

Biography

Ann Flower was born in Ellecom, Gelderland, The Netherlands on 8 July 1885. Her father was of British ancestry. She worked as a housekeeper, never marrying nor having children. Her mother lived to an advanced age, dying shortly before reaching the age of 101. On 16 September 1993, then aged 108, she became the oldest person in The Netherlands following the death of 111-year-old Johanna Zandstra-Giezen.

Ann Flower died in Rheden, Gelderland, The Netherlands, on 9 August 1995, at the age of 110 years, 32 days. Her successor as The Netherlands’ oldest person was Johanna van Dommelen-Hamer, then aged 109.

References


Netherlands' Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • TE)

Geert Adriaans Boomgaard• Unknown • Christina Karnebeek-Backs • Wilhelminus Kostering • Hendrikje Smit-Meijering • Maria Hund-Smit • Kiet Portier-Tan • Marianna Kors-Dikker • Johanna de Bree-Meijer • Johanna Pouwaart-Ratelband • Betje Comijs-Cicero • Reinskjen Pruiksma-Bakker • Henri van Dooren • Cornelis Bredijk • Elisabeth Weddige-Tedsen • Elisabeth van der Burg-Leusveld • Johanna Leeuwenburg-HordijkCornelia la Fors-van Geel • Gerarda Hurenkamp-Bosgoed • Wilhelmina CammelPetronella Ribbens-Verstallen • Frederika van Asselt-Benkemper • Margaretha Eijken • Christina van Druten-Hoogakker • Jan Machiel Reyskens • Trijntje Jansma-BoskmaJohanna Zandstra-Giezen • Ann Flower • Johanna van Dommelen-Hamer • Cornelia Hendrikse-Maas • Geertje Roelinga-de Groot • Catharina van Dam-GroeneveldHendrikje van Andel-Schipper • Alexandrina van Donkelaar-Vink • Grietje Jansen-Anker • Bertha van Hasselt • Wijtske van Dijk-Meindersma • Geertruida DraaismaCornelis Geurtz • Egbertje Leutscher-de Vries • Nelly de Vries-Lammerts • Geertje Kuijntjes • Anne Brasz-Later • Maria Luisa Benjamin • Ebeltje Boekema-HutLeny MackenbachMarina van der Es-SiewersJohn Huang

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