| Rose Girone | |
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| Birth: | 13 January 1912 Janów, Czestochowa, Silesian Voivodeship, Russian Empire (now Poland) |
| Age: | 112 years, 96 days |
| Country: |  POL USA
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| Unvalidated | |
Rose Girone (née Raubvogel; born 13 January 1912) is a Polish-born American supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She is currently the oldest known person living in the U.S. state of New York.
Biography[]
Girone was born in the village of Janów, Czestochowa County, Silesian Voivodeship, Russian Empire (now Poland) as Rose Raubvogel on 13 January 1912.
In 1938, she married Julius Mannheim in an arranged marriage. Later that year, they moved to Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland) just as Kristallnacht started violence against Germany's Jews. Julius got arrested, and Girone briefly fled the city with her mother. In 1939, she fled Germany to Shanghai, China. Conditions in Shanghai were difficult for her. Later that year, she was able to knit clothes for her child. Later, a Jewish entrepreneur saw what she made and they both made money. In 1941, Japan forced the Jews in Shanghai to move into a ghetto. In 1947, she and her family got a visa to the United States, where she lives currently.
In 1968, she married Jack Girone. In 1980, she sold her knitting business.
In January 2022, she celebrated her 110th birthday and became a supercentenarian.
Girone became the oldest known living person in the U.S. state of New York, following the death of 112-year-old Louise Levy on 17 July 2023.
Girone currently lives in Whitestone, Queens, New York, USA at the age of 112 years, 96 days.
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References[]
- Centenarian:Rose Girone Newsday, 5 March 2012
- Rose Girone celebrated 105th birthday in Merrick Li Herald, 20 January 2017
- Whitestone woman celebrates her 106th birthday and reflects on an amazing life QNS, 31 January 2018
- 110th birthday The Knitting Place on Facebook, 13 January 2022
- Former Yarn Shop Owner Turns 110; Calls Craft 'Lifesaver': Report Patch - Bayside-Douglaston NY, 28 January 2022
- A survivor in life, North Bellmore's Rose Girone set to mark 111 years Newsday, 10 January 2023
- Oldest Holocaust survivor turns 112 amid rise in antisemitism NBC News, 23 January 2024