Clara Byrne | |
Birth: | 28 February 1861 Pimlico, London, UK |
Death: | 11 April 1970 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Age: | 109 years, 42 days |
Country: | UK AUS |
Centenarian |
Clara Augusta Byrne(s) (née Hodge; 28 February 1861 – 11 April 1970) was a British-born Australian centenarian.
Biography[]
Clara Byrne was born in Pimlico, London, United Kingdom on 28 February 1861. Her parents were George Henry Hodge and Elizabeth (née Glasspool) Hodge.
She emigrated to Australia with her Irish husband Peter Byrne in October 1884, and settled in Leichhardt where they married in 1887. Her husband died at the age of 92. Byrne became oldest living woman in Australia after death of Jessie Pearce on 18 June 1967.
Byrne died in Chesalon Nursing Home, Summer Hill, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 11 April 1970 at the age of 109 years, 42 days. At the time of her death, she had eight children, and more than 59 descendants. That time she was believed to be second-oldest Australian ever, behind James Hull. After her death, Ada Sharp became oldest living woman in Australia.
References[]
- Mention of Clara Byrne at 109 The Robesonian from Lumberton, North Carolina · Page 5, 9 June 1970
- Oldest woman dies, 109 The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 April 1970
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 |