Anna Tocher | |
Birth: | 24 November 1873 Boyndie, Scotland, UK |
Death: | 1 August 1985 Merced, California, USA |
Age: | 111 years, 250 days |
Country: | UK USA |
Validated |
Anna Alexander Tocher (née Merson; 24 November 1873 – 1 August 1985) was a British-American supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography
Anna Tocher was born as Annabella Alexander Merson in Boyndie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland on 24 November 1873 as the daughter of John Merson and Margaret Fowley. She emigrated to San Francisco, California in 1905 and married Robert Tocher on 19 June 1905. The couple had three children, Margaret Helen Torcher (1910–2005), Lionel Walter Torcher (1906–1983), and James Robert Tocher (1913–1976). Robert Tocher died in 1939.
Tocher died in Merced, California, United States on 1 August 1985 at the age of 111 years, 250 days.
References
- 2021 validations, Gerontology Research Group
- Fresno Bee, November 22, 1973
- Ukiah Daily Journal, December 7, 1973
- SSDI of Anna Tocher
- Anna (Gran) Merson Ancestry
- Anne Merson Ancestry
- Ana Belle Merson (1873 - 1985) FamilySearch