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Fanny Martland
Birth: 19 November 1888
Lancashire, England, UK
Death: 1 December 2001
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Age: 113 years, 12 days
Country: United Kingdom UK CanadaCAN
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Fanny Martland (née Barlow; 19 November 1888 – 1 December 2001) was a British-Canadian supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She was the oldest known person in Canada when she died.

Biography

Fanny Martland was born as Fanny Barlow in Lancashire, England, UK on 19 November 1888, as one of 13 children born to parents John and Sarah Barlow. In June 1913, aged 24, she emigrated to Quebec, Canada.

A few years later, Fanny married Charles Martland in Quebec, but the couple never had children. Fanny and Charles moved to Montreal, Quebec and lived there together until Charles died in 1946. When Fanny was 85, she moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. By the time she was a supercentenarian, she was living in Burnaby, directly east of Vancouver.

On 6 August 2001, Fanny became the oldest living person in Canada, following the death of 113-year-old Zelda McCague.

Fanny’s age was verified by Anri Kusaku, Oliver Trim, Robert Young and Waclaw Jan Kroczek, and (posthumously) validated by the GRG on 17 January 2016.

Fanny Martland died in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada on 1 December 2001 at the age of 113 years, 12 days. She was succeeded as Canada’s oldest person by 111-year-old Evangeline Saulnier.

References


Canada's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (VE)

Flore BelandEmma BinghamHerman Smith-JohannsenAgnes MunceNellie ThompsonAlice Sjoquist • Lillian RossMarie-Louise Meilleur • Marie-Louise Meunier • Maria Mallozzi • Zelda McCague • Fanny Martland • Evangeline SaulnierAnne Samson • Julie Winnefred Bertrand • Jennie Fitzgerald • Margaret Fitzgerald • Pearl LutzkoCora Hansen • Yvonne Lamoureux • Merle Barwis • Colombe Benoit-Leclerc • Orma Slack • Marguerite Wabano • Lilian Cornell • Ellen Gibb • Sarah Patenaude-Bruyere • Phyllis Ridgway • Cecile Klein • Shige Mineshiba • Mabel MahHelen DoanGertruda GoreckaHazel Skuce

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