| Jessica Carter | |
 Carter on her 106th birthday in 2021 | |
| Birth: | 24 August 1915 Bootle, Merseyside, England, UK |
| Age: | 109 years, 294 days |
| Country: |  UK  IMN,UK
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| Centenarian | |
Jessica Carter (born 24 August 1915), known as Jessie, is an English-born Manx centenarian who is currently the oldest known living person in Isle of Man.
Biography[]
Jessica Carter was born in Bootle, Merseyside, England, UK on 24 August 1915. Her parents were William and Edith.
During the Second World War, she was an ambulance driver for the West Riding County Ambulance Services in Yorkshire for six years.
Carter did not worked until her father died and, at the age of 33, she went to work for Gordon Advertising and stayed there until she was age 58. She held a senior position sorting out adverts for Butlin’s and The Great Yorkshire Show.
In 1958, Jessie and her husband Fred moved to the Isle of Man. She worked in the Home of Rest for Old Horses on Richmond Hill, Braddan.
After Fred died before their 26th wedding anniversary, relatives tried to encourage Jessie to move back to Yorkshire but she didn’t want to.
Carter did voluntary work at Save the Children and Ramsey Cottage Hospital as a tea lady for 23 years and was a member of The League of Friends for Ramsey Cottage Hospital.
In December 2019 at the age of 104, Carter moved to the Grove Mount Residential Home in Ramsey.
Carter currently lives in a care home in Ramsey, Isle of Man, at the age of 109 years, 294 days.
References[]
- In this week's Manx Independent: Getting proof of your Covid vaccination for travel Isle of Man Newspapers, 26 August 2021
- Jessica celebrates 106th birthday Isle of Man Newspapers, 28 August 2021
- Jessie’s 107th birthday celebrations! Isle of Man Newspapers, 27 August 2022