Jeffrey Capron | |
![]() Jeffrey Capron on his 107th birthday in 2021 | |
Birth: | 16 May 1914 Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands |
Death: | 22 January 2022 Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas |
Age: | 107 years, 251 days |
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Centenarian |
Jeffrey Capron (16 May 1914 – 22 January 2022) was a Turks and Caicos Islander-Bahamian centenarian who was the oldest known living person in Bahamas and oldest known living person born in Turks and Caicos Islands at the time of his death.
Biography[]
Jeffrey Capron was born in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands on 16 May 1914. His grandmother was a slave until set free from slavery by Queen Victoria.
He attended an all age school until the age of 14, when he was put on a boat to find work in order to help support his family. Capron would spend a portion of his life working as the cook on a boat crew, where his brother was the captain.
On his 105th birthday in 2019, he was still lucid and active. He became the oldest known living person in the Bahamas, following the death of 106-year-old Ellen Clarke on 22 December 2020.
Jeffrey Capron died in Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas on 22 January 2022 at the age 107 years, 251 days. He is also the oldest known man to ever live in the Bahamas.
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- Jeffrey celebrates 105th birthday Justin Williams on Facebook, 30 May 2019
- Today My Uncle Jeffery Capron Of Freeport Grand Bahama.Is Celebrating his 107th birthday Justin Williams on Facebook, 16 May 2021
- MR.JEFFREY CAPRON OF FREEPORT GRAND BAHAMA HE IS 107 YEARS OLD Justin Williams on Facebook, 12 August 2021
- Jeffrey Capron, now 107 years old, tells his story of how he came to Grand Bahama from the Turks and Caicos Islands The Art of Giving on Facebook, 24 December 2021
- Jeffrey Capron, now 107 years old, tells his story of how he came to Grand Bahama from the Turks and Caicos Islands (death mention in the comments) Grand Bahama Museum on Facebook, 24 December 2021