| Helen Dunbar | |
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| Birth: | 1 July 1857 Forres, Morayshire, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Death: | 21 May 1965 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Age: | 107 years, 324 days |
| Country: |  UK  AUS
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| Centenarian | |
Helen Dunbar (née McDonald; 1 July 1857 (claimed 1855) – 21 May 1965) was a Scottish-born Australian centenarian who was the oldest known living person in Australia at the time of her death.
Biography[]
Helen Dunbar was born in Forres, Morayshire, Scotland, United Kingdom on 1 July 1857. Her parents were William MacDonald and Mary McLennan. She married Walter Dunbar on 12 June 1884, and later emigrated to Australia. She had six children.
Helen Dunbar died in Mount Olivet Hospital, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia on 21 May 1965, at the age of 107 years, 324 days. At the time of her death, she was believed to be oldest living woman in Australia. After her death, Jessie Pearce became oldest living woman in Australia.
References[]
- Queensland woman dies at 109 The Age, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 22 May 1965, page 5
- Helen McDonald NZ Grant Family Genealogy
| Australia's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • T • E) |
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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 |