| Janet Mackay | |
 Janet Mackay on her 110th birthday in 2020 | |
| Birth: | 26 March 1910 Jedburgh, Scottish Borders, Scotland |
| Death: | 25 February 2021 Broxburn, West Lothian, Scotland |
| Age: | 110 years, 336 days |
| Country: |  UK
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| Validated | |
Janet Isabella Mackay (26 March 1910 – 25 February 2021) was a Scottish supercentenarian who was the oldest living person in Scotland at time of her death. Her age was validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) in 2020.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Mackay was born near Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland, UK, on 26 March 1910. She came from a farming family and moved around a lot when she was younger. She married Alistair Mackay in 1935 while living in Dalmahoy, Edinburgh. A year later, she gave birth to their eldest son, Sandy.
The family moved first to Carrick Knowe, a suburb in the west of Edinburgh, and then to West Lothian. Before the Second World War, Mackay worked as a nanny, but during the war she became an insurance agent. After the war, she and her husband had another son, Donald.
Later Life[]
In 2013, Mackay moved to a nursing home in Broxburn, West Lothian, Scotland, in order to be closer to her son, Donald. As of 2019, she had three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Mackay celebrated her 110th birthday in March 2020, but her family were not able to join her for the occasion because of the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time, her son Donald reported that she has macular degeneration, is almost completely deaf, and has a form of dementia.
Mackay became the oldest living woman in Scotland on 19 April 2019, following the death of Annie Lean. She subsequently became the oldest living person overall in Scotland following the death of Alf Smith on 4 August 2019.
Mackay died in Broxburn, West Lothian, Scotland on 25 February 2021 at the age of 110 years, 336 days.
Gallery[]
References[]
- West Lothian resident celebrated her 108th birthday Daily Record, 28 March 2018
- West Lothian lady now believed to be oldest in country Daily Record, 10 May 2019
- West Lothian resident believed to be oldest woman in Scotland celebrates 110th birthday Daily Record, 1 April 2020
- Deaths aged 107+ since 2009 Oldest in Britain
| Scotland's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
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Agnes Percy • Jean Hill • Martha Strachan • Agnes Fleming • Barbara Black • Jane Hamilton • Mary Hardie • Catherine Donald • Agnes McCandlish • Jean MacFee • Euphemia Sutherland • Jane McWilliam • Augusta Murray-Gartshore • Elspet Adan • Rachel Innes • Margaret Johnston • Margaret Geddes • Margaret Inglis • Jane McDonald • Janet Stalker • Elizabeth Barr • Mary Macduff • Catherine Lindsay • Agnes Murdoch • Helen Stuart • Rachel MacArthur • Isabella Miller • Frances Shakerley • Mary Munro • Isabella Fraser • William Kirkpatrick • Isabella MacLeod • Margaret MacLeod • Margaret Thom • Catherine Nicoll • Agnes Linklater • Mary Cross • Jane Speir • Isabella Diack • Mary Chisholm • Mary Lennox • Margaret Barnett • Margaret Baptie • Christina Preston • James Morrison • Jane Thomson • Mary Gibson • Jean Drysdale • Mina Fraser • Mary McPhee • Margaret Rutherford • Agnes Couper • Wilhelmina Reid • Mary MacMurray • Edith Ritchie • Margaret Ashby • Jane Mathie • Edith Kelly • Violet Oswald • Jessie Hardcastle • Henry Kempton • Mary Flockhart • Margaret Haxton • Kate Begbie • Ruth Dundas • Maggie Clouston • Mary Keddie • Mary Neilson • Annie Scott • Jane Cross • Jane Garry • Peggy MacLean • Rita Donn • Jane Redpath • Agnes Kinnear • Lucy d'Abreu • Annie Knight • Marjorie MacGown • Alexina Calvert • Annie Turnbull • Marion Richardson • Janet Roberts • Janet Brown • Maria Lazzeri • Jessie Gallan • Irene Chapman • Alf Smith • Janet Mackay • Lois Fraser • Marion Dawson • Georgina Stewart • Hugh Kerr |