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Emilienne Becarmin

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Emilienne Becarmin
Emilienne Becarmin
Becarmin in October 2014, aged 103
Birth: 4 June 1911
Saint-Claude, Guadeloupe, France
Death: 15 January 2025
Saint-Claude, Guadaloupe, France
Age: 113 years, 225 days
Country: Guadeloupe (France)GLP,FranceFRA
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Emilienne Becarmin [French: Émilienne Bécarmin] (née Vousmoi; 4 June 1911 – 15 January 2025) was a French supercentenarian from the overseas department of Guadeloupe whose age has been validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She became the oldest known living person in Guadeloupe after the death of Juliana Sambin on 16 September 2022.

Biography[]

Early Life[]

Emilienne Becarmin was born as Emilienne Vousmoi in Saint-Claude, Guadeloupe, France on 4 June 1911. She had several children, including Antoine Constan. She was a farmer and a merchant, and used to eat healthy vegetables of the countryside. She is called "Mimi" by her relatives.

Later Life[]

In October 2015, like four other elderly people, Becarmin visited the university campus of Camp-Jacob, in the occasion of the "Semaine Bleue" (Blue Week). At the age of 106, Becarmin was reported to be very vivid and alert.

On her 107th birthday in 2018, Becarmin was visited by her family, friends, and by the mayor of Saint-Claude Elie Califer [French: Élie]. Her granddaughter said: "My grandmother is 107, it's...we must be proud. She forgets nothing: olds songs, and that." She was reported to be the doyenne of the commune of Saint-Claude.

Becarmin celebrated her 110th birthday in June 2021. She celebrated this milestone with her family (7 generations), and was visited by the mayor of Saint-Claude (still Elie Califer), the vice-president of CCAS Armelle Jacoby, and the vice-president of departemental council of Guadeloupe Brigitte Rodes. She received a medal of the departemental council of Guadeloupe.

Becarmin's age was verified by GRG-France Correspondent Sylvain Grosgeorge, and validated by the GRG on 15 December 2023.

Emilienne Becarmin died in Saint-Claude, Guadeloupe, Franceaton 15 Januray 2025 at the age of 113 years, 225 days. At the time of her death, she was the third-oldest known living person in France, after Marie-Rose Tessier, and Andree Bertoletto.

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