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Anna de Guchtenaere
Anna de Guchtenaere
Birth: 10 April 1904
Ledeberg, Ghent, Belgium
Death: 6 April 2015
Zwijnaarde, Ghent, Belgium
Age: 110 years, 361 days
Country: BelgiumBEL
Validated

Anna Verhaeghe-de Guchtenaere (10 April 1904 – 6 April 2015) was a Belgian supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She became the oldest living person in Belgium following the passing of Fanny Godin on 7 September 2014 and was the oldest living person in Belgium until her own death.

Biography[]

During World War 1, Anna de Guchtenaere fled with her family from occupied Belgium to England. Back in Belgium she studied at the Conservatory of Ghent. She was a violinist for silent films. After the emergence of sound film, she worked as a secretary. Anna de Guchtenaere had a son and a daughter, five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Since 26 August 2014 she was the oldest person ever in the province of Ghent.

Anna de Guchtenaere died on 6 April 2015 in the nursing home where she lived, just four days before her 111th birthday.[1][2]

Her was validated by the GRG on 16 July 2015.

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Belgium's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (VE)

Charlotte Cardinal • Marie RollandAnna VersluysSophie Lacompte • Maria Vleminckx • Marie Gomain • Norbertine Fourdin • Marie Vandermoesen • Isabelle Tack • Maria Vandewinckel • Maria Gorsen • Marie Delfairiere • Ignace Demol • Herlindis Goeminne • Theresia Van Den Broucke • Maximilienne Pierquain • Sidonie Hayez • Caroline Fievet • Francisca Cloet • Marie-Louise Van Hoorebeeck • Hendrik Bulterijs • Barbara SimoensTheresia De Petter • Adele Vandenbosch • Marie Salmon • Constant De Lichte • Helene Lebon • Marie PurnodeEugenie TecqmenneCatherine Baert • Marie Lambotte • Fanny Thonus • Marie-Louise Vandenbroucke • Denise Durel • Maria Devos • Marguerite Dewal • Sophie Leys • Maria Wintgens • Eugenie Boulanger • Emiel Carbon • Kamiel Steyaert • Flore Carpentier • Maria Serneels • Frans Meeus • Mathilde Hellemans • Edmond Van Cauteren • Arthuria Dascotte • Pieter HinnisdaelsClement De Vos • Rosalie Beetens • Marie Lambert • Leonia Bruyndonckx • Mathilde Pirlet • Octavie LipsL. V.Maria Van Sprengel • Ermenie Acoe • Elisabeth Demanet • Jules-Leo Neijrinck • Maria Irma Casteur • Catharina Ververs • Marie De Ruyver • Joanna Deroover • Anne-Marie Vandermersch • Louis Marion • Victoire Ricaille • Maria Verkeyn • Maria Annaert • Irma Van de Voorde • Marcelle Droogmans • Romanie Pollet • Bernardina Van Dommelen • Gabrielle Demets • Adrienne LedentGermaine Degueldre • Fanny Godin • Anna De Guchtenaere • Alicia Corveleyn • Fernande De Raeve • Madeleine DullierElisabeth De ProostMarietta BouverneJulia Van HoolMarcelle LevazMagda JanssensFernande CourtoyDenise Waelbers

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