| Elbert Blades | |
 Elbert Blades on his 109th birthday in 2011 | |
| Birth: | 7 April 1902 Belmont, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Death: | 16 November 2012 Cumuto Road, Wallerfield, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Age: | 110 years, 223 days |
| Country: |  TRI
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| Validated | |
Elbert Redvers Blades (7 April 1902 – 16 November 2012) was a Trinidadian supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). At the time of his death, he was oldest known living man in Trinidad and Tobago.
Biography[]
Elbert Blades born in Belmont (Port of Spain), Trinidad and Tobago on 7 April 1902.
During World War II, he left the union to work at the American base at Wallerfield. Two years before World War II ended, Elbert married Muriel Taylor, whom he married when he was 41 and she 21. They remained married for almost 60 years until she died at age 82 in 2003. The couple had six children, three sons and three daughters (including Margaret Springer). All of his children outlived him. He returned to his old job after the war, and later settled in Wallerfield and started a farm, where he lived until his death. He was the first general-secretary of the Oilfields Workers' Trade Union (OWTU), which was formally established in 1937.
On his 109th birthday in 2011, he had 12 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
Elbert Blades died from pneumonia in Cumuto Road, Wallerfield, Trinidad and Tobago on 16 November 2012 at age of 110 years, 223 days.
Biography[]
- T&T's oldest man: Stay away from 'scavenger' meats Trinidad Guardian, 7 April 2011
- Labour legend celebrates 109th birthday Trinidad Guardian, 13 April 2011
- OWTU founding member Elbert Blades dies at 110 Trinidad Express, 16 November 2012
- Validated supercentenarians in Trinidad and Tobago Gerontology Research Group (GRG)