| Blanche Marie Grosdidier | |
| Birth: | 3 October 1889 Brixey-aux-Chanoines, Meuse, Grand Est, France |
| Death: | 10 October 2001 Clermont, Oise, Hauts-de-France, France |
| Age: | 112 years, 7 days |
| Country: |  FRA
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| Validated | |
Blanche Marie Nelly Grosdidier (née Leonard [French: Léonard]; 3 October 1889 – 10 October 2001) was a French supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). At the time of her death, she was the second-oldest living person in France, after Germaine Haye.
Biography[]
Blanche Grosdidier was born as Blanche Leonard in Brixey-aux-Chanoines, Meuse, Grand Est, France on 3 October 1889. Her parents were Eugene Leonard (1856–fl.1926) and Marie Hostier (1857–fl.1926). She had at least three sisters: Marie (1887–1887), Georgette (1888–1965), and Juliette (1893–1978).
On 7 July 1975, she married a man with the family name Grosdidier. Her age was verified by Jean-Marie Robine, and (posthumously) validated by the GRG on 8 January 2004.
Blanche Grosdidier died in Clermont, Oise, Hauts-de-France, France on 10 October 2001, at the age of 112 years, 7 days. Next to Clothilde Roy, she was the penultimate French person to have been born in 1889.
References[]
- Table A Gerontology Research Group
- Blanche Marie Nelly LÉONARD Geneanet
- Birth record Geneanet
- 1901 Census Geneanet
- 1906 Census Geneanet
- Personnes françaises les plus âgées de tous les temps Les Centenaires Français