Ethel Farrell | |
Ethel Farrell on her 110th birthday in 2012 | |
Birth: | 27 November 1902 Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India |
Death: | 20 December 2015 Blackburn South, Victoria, Australia |
Age: | 113 years, 23 days |
Country: | INDAUS |
Validated |
Ethel Farrell (née Burns; 27 November 1902 – 20 December 2015) was a validated Indian-born Australian supercentenarian who was the oldest known living person in Australia following the death of Vi Robbins on 8 October 2014, until her own death over a year later.
Biography
Dorothy Ethel Farrell was born in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India on 27 November 1902 to parents Henry Edward Burns (1869–1929) and Blanche Eleanor Caroline Wood (1877–1909). She married Laurence Patrick Farrell (1902–1991) in 1934. The couple later emigrated to Australia in 1948.
Dorothy Ethel Farrell was the oldest living person in Australia by nearly 3 years, and is the 3rd oldest Australian of all time. Farrell is the second verified Indian-born supercentenarian. The first was Lucy d'Abreu (1892–2005), who died aged 113 years, 197 days.[1]
Ethel Farrell died in Blackburn South, Victoria, Australia on 20 December 2015 at the age of 113 years, 23 days. After her death, Mary Whitehurst became the oldest living Australian.
Gallery
References
- Gerontology Research Group
- Blackburn South’s Ethel Farrell turns 113
- Ethel Dorothy Farrell, Australian supercentenarian, Died at 113
- Obituary of Ethel Farrell
- ↑ Table A - Verified Supercentenarians (Listed Chronologically By Birth Date) As of January 1, 2015
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 |