List of supercentenarians from California

This is a list of supercentenarians who were born and died in the state of California.

The oldest person ever who died in California is Christian Mortensen, who is recognized by the Gerontology Research Group as having lived to the age of 115 years, 252 days. The oldest woman ever who died in California is Gertrude Baines, who is recognized by the Gerontology Research Group as having lived to the age of 115 years, 158 days. The oldest person ever born in California is Maria Branyas Morera, who lives in Spain, aged 117 years, 46 days. The oldest known man ever born in California is Clarence Matthews, who died in 2017, aged 111 years, 82 days.

Supercentenarians born in California

      Deceased (validated)       Living (validated)       Pending       Unvalidated

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth	Death	Age	State / country  of death
1	Maria Branyas Morera	F	4 Mar 1907	Living	117 years, 46 days	ESP
	Edie Ceccarelli	F	5 Feb 1908	Living	116 years, 73 days	California
2	Ruth Newman	F	23 Sept 1901	29 July 2015	113 years, 309 days	California
3	Mary McKinney	F	30 May 1873	2 Feb 1987	113 years, 248 days	California
4	Hattie Stone	F	17 Aug 1867	13 Jan 1980	112 years, 149 days	California
5	Mary Phil Cota	F	5 July 1870	22 July 1982	112 years, 17 days	California
	Ettie Crist	F	14 Feb 1862	10 Jan 1974	111 years, 330 days	California
6	Viola Koch	F	24 May 1897	11 Nov 2008	111 years, 171 days	California
7	Claire O’Rourke	F	23 Jan 1885	26 June 1996	111 years, 155 days	California
8	Lena McLachlan	F	13 Jan 1886	14 May 1997	111 years, 121 days	California
	Clarence Matthews	M	1 May 1906	22 July 2017	111 years, 82 days	California
9	Chrissie Martenstein	F	9 June 1897	18 Apr 2008	110 years, 314 days	California
	Mary Hooper	F	11 Apr 1895	18 Feb 2006	110 years, 313 days	California
	Llewellyn Shelton	M	1 Mar 1904	15 Dec 2014	110 years, 289 days	California
	Frieda Juden	F	7 May 1890	21 Jan 2001	110 years, 259 days	California
10	Lily Phillips	F	14 Dec 1888	13 June 1999	110 years, 181 days	California
	Ann Beach-Burow	F	23 Oct 1905	9 Apr 2016	110 years, 169 days	California
11	Lucille Meyer	F	30 Dec 1896	24 May 2007	110 years, 145 days	California
	Giles Cropsey	M	4 Sept 1911	Living	112 years, 227 days	California
12	Irene Coffin	F	18 Nov 1888	28 Feb 1999	110 years, 102 days	California
	Bertha Mumma	F	13 Aug 1891	17 Nov 2001	110 years, 96 days	Washington
	Lynn Balmer	F	12 Sept 1907	9 Dec 2017	110 years, 88 days	California
	Elsie Alma Johnston	F	11 Feb 1909	27 Apr 2019	110 years, 75 days	California
13	Worther Hamilton	F	9 Sept 1888	12 Nov 1998	110 years, 64 days	Illinois
14	Katherine Sartori	F	18 Dec 1881	26 Jan 1992	110 years, 39 days	California
	Ruth Perry	F	8 Feb 1896	1 Mar 2006	110 years, 21 days	California
	Sarah Smith	F	1 Jan 1870	10 Jan 1980	110 years, 9 days	Washington

Supercentenarians who died or live in California

      Validated (deceased)       Living (validated)       Pending       Unvalidated

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth	Death	Age	State / country of birth
1	Christian Mortensen	M	16 Aug 1882	25 Apr 1998	115 years, 252 days	DEN
2	Gertrude Baines	F	6 Apr 1894	11 Sep 2009	115 years, 158 days	Georgia
3	Adelina Domingues	F	19 Feb 1888	21 Aug 2002	114 years, 183 days	CPV
4	Lucy Mirigian	F	15 Aug 1906	12 Feb 2021	114 years, 181 days	ARM
5	Dominga Velasco	F	12 May 1901	11 Oct 2015	114 years, 152 days	MEX
6	Minnie Whicker	F	24 Jul 1906	22 Oct 2020	114 years, 90 days	Arkansas
7	Mila Mangold	F	14 Nov 1907	Living	116 years, 156 days	Nebraska
8	Soledad Mexia	F	13 Aug 1899	30 Aug 2013	114 years, 17 days	MEX
9	Miriam Carpelan	F	8 July 1882	22 June 1996	113 years, 350 days	UK
	Edie Ceccarelli	F	5 Feb 1908	Living	116 years, 73 days	California
10	Clara Huhn	F	28 Jan 1887	20 Dec 2000	113 years, 327 days	Nebraska
11	Mary Christian	F	12 June 1889	20 Apr 2003	113 years, 312 days	Massachusetts
12	Ruth Newman	F	23 Sept 1901	29 July 2015	113 years, 309 days	California
13	Fannie Thomas	F	14 Apr 1867	22 Jan 1981	113 years, 283 days	Illinois
14	Opal Thompson	F	13 Jan 1901	20 Oct 2014	113 years, 280 days	Oklahoma
15	Mary McKinney	F	30 May 1873	2 Feb 1987	113 years, 248 days	California
16	Mary Kelly	F	7 June 1851	30 Dec 1964	113 years, 206 days	Iowa
17	Frances Johns	F	3 Feb 1886	24 May 1999	113 years, 110 days	Arkansas
18	Flossie Eckard	F	25 July 1888	25 Aug 2001	113 years, 31 days	Iowa
	Pauline Angleman	F	4 Oct 1908	14 Oct 2021	113 years, 10 days	Oklahoma
19	Berna Dupertuis	F	21 Sept 1888	6 June 2001	112 years, 258 days	South Dakota
20	Marion Higgins	F	26 June 1893	2 Mar 2006	112 years, 249 days	New York
21	Katherine Jones	F	30 Aug 1879	27 Apr 1992	112 years, 241 days	Kansas
22	Margaret Russell	F	31 Oct 1892	29 May 2005	112 years, 210 days	Oklahoma
23	George Francis	M	6 June 1896	27 Dec 2008	112 years, 204 days	Louisiana
	Ada Winget	F	6 Aug 1906	26 Jan 2019	112 years, 173 days	Oklahoma
24	Susie Waller	F	26 May 1890	4 Nov 2002	112 years, 162 days	Iowa
25	Hattie Stone	F	17 Aug 1867	13 Jan 1980	112 years, 149 days	California
	Martha Rein	F	17 Aug 1874	6 Jan 1987	112 years, 142 days	GER
26	Elma Corning	F	22 Feb 1892	12 July 2004	112 years, 141 days	Iowa
27	Esther Ecklund	F	28 Oct 1901	12 Mar 2014	112 years, 135 days	SWE
28	George Johnson	M	1 May 1894	30 Aug 2006	112 years, 121 days	Pennsylvania
29	Opal Goode	F	3 June 1907	17 Sept 2019	112 years, 106 days	Oklahoma
30	Amy Harris	F	6 Nov 1881	26 Jan 1994	112 years, 81 days	Arkansas
	Luisa Delicon	F	8 Sept 1887	31 Oct 1999	112 years, 53 days	MEX
	Pearl Cornelsen	F	25 Dec 1900	11 Feb 2013	112 years, 48 days	Nebraska
31	Bertha Blair	F	30 Dec 1875	9 Feb 1988	112 years, 41 days	Iowa
32	Mary Phil Cota	F	5 July 1870	22 July 1982	112 years, 17 days	California
33	Rosabell Fenstermaker	F	4 Nov 1893	14 Oct 2005	111 years, 344 days	Nebraska
	Ettie Crist	F	14 Feb 1862	10 Jan 1974	111 years, 330 days	California
34	James McCoubrey	M	13 Sept 1901	5 July 2013	111 years, 295 days	CAN
35	Corinne Floyd	F	18 Mar 1869	31 Dec 1980	111 years, 288 days	Texas
36	Emma Taylor	F	15 Sept 1891	24 June 2003	111 years, 282 days	Montana
37	Nellie Swayne	F	13 Dec 1883	14 Sept 1995	111 years, 275 days	Nebraska
	Lucy Forist	F	17 Nov 1906	25 July 2018	111 years, 250 days	North Dakota
38	Avice Clarke	F	17 May 1900	17 Jan 2012	111 years, 245 days	UK
	Henry Tseng	M	12 July 1907	27 Feb 2019	111 years, 230 days	JPN
39	Ruby Clawson	F	15 July 1901	11 Feb 2013	111 years, 211 days	Arkansas
40	Noemi Anderson	F	28 Sept 1897	20 Apr 2009	111 years, 204 days	Oregon
41	Frederica Sagor Maas	F	6 July 1900	5 Jan 2012	111 years, 183 days	New York
	Soo-Ying Yin	F	2 Dec 1909	30 May 2021	111 years, 179 days	CHN
42	Earl Brush	M	17 July 1893	10 Jan 2005	111 years, 177 days	Iowa
43	Viola Koch	F	24 May 1897	11 Nov 2008	111 years, 171 days	California
44	Claire O’Rourke	F	23 Jan 1885	26 Jun 1996	111 years, 155 days	California
45	Mollye Marcus	F	18 Oct 1899	18 Feb 2011	111 years, 123 days	BLR
46	Lena McLachlan	F	13 Jan 1886	14 May 1997	111 years, 121 days	California
47	Henry Hartmann	M	14 July 1894	10 Nov 2005	111 years, 119 days	Illinois
	Mary Bagby	F	20 July 1890	31 Oct 2001	111 years, 103 days	Louisiana
	Doris Sperber	F	28 Jan 1908	9 May 2019	111 years, 101 days	New York
	Alline Robideaux	F	5 Feb 1904	13 May 2015	111 years, 97 days	Louisiana
	Clarence Matthews	M	1 May 1906	22 July 2017	111 years, 82 days	California
	Ruthie Tompson	F	22 July 1910	10 Oct 2021	111 years, 80 days	Maine
	Mildred Layfield	F	22 Nov 1908	30 Jan 2020	111 years, 69 days	Arkansas
	Irving Piken	M	20 Dec 1908	27 Feb 2020	111 years, 69 days	New York
	Katie Logemann	F	15 Dec 1907	19 Feb 2019	111 years, 66 days	GER
48	Elizabeth Johnson	F	21 Oct 1887	24 Dec 1998	111 years, 64 days	Washington
	Selma Gaetz	F	12 May 1903	5 July 2014	111 years, 54 days	CAN
49	Sue Jackley	F	23 Mar 1871	17 Mar 1982	110 years, 359 days	Ohio
50	Charles Shebanek	M	9 Sept 1883	27 Aug 1994	110 years, 352 days	Iowa
51	Gregory Pandazes	M	15 Jan 1873	22 Dec 1983	110 years, 341 days	GRE
	Mabel Maloyan	F	26 Dec 1881	15 Nov 1992	110 years, 325 days	TUR
52	Chrissie Martenstein	F	9 June 1897	18 Apr 2008	110 years, 314 days	California
	Mary Hooper	F	11 Apr 1895	18 Feb 2006	110 years, 313 days	California
	Lorraine Coops	F	18 Jan 1904	19 Nov 2014	110 years, 305 days	Nebraska
53	Helen Williams	F	29 Oct 1884	28 Aug 1995	110 years, 303 days	Michigan
	Belle McCormick	F	2 May 1906	1 Mar 2017	110 years, 303 days	Montana
	Llewellyn Shelton	M	1 Mar 1904	15 Dec 2014	110 years, 289 days	California
	Natalia Lopez	F	30 Nov 1906	14 Sep 2017	110 years, 288 days	MEX
54	Grace Cottrell	F	1 Apr 1878	10 Jan 1989	110 years, 284 days	Pennsylvania
55	Walter Wilcox	M	1 Nov 1872	11 Aug 1983	110 years, 283 days	Pennsylvania
56	Bradshaw Sims	F	15 May 1884	18 Feb 1995	110 years, 279 days	Missouri
57	Mary Waskom	F	15 Nov 1889	8 Aug 2000	110 years, 267 days	Texas
	Bonita Zigrang	F	15 July 1904	31 Mar 2015	110 years, 259 days	Illinois
	Frieda Juden	F	7 May 1890	21 Jan 2001	110 years, 259 days	California
58	Gerald Gilman	M	30 Apr 1893	1 Jan 2004	110 years, 246 days	Ohio
59	Ella Hild	F	25 Mar 1894	12 Nov 2004	110 years, 232 days	Michigan
	Alta Nelson	F	24 July 1901	12 Mar 2012	110 years, 232 days	Utah
	Mabel Richardson	F	27 July 1890	15 Mar 2001	110 years, 231 days	UK
	Lily Wilkinson	F	8 Feb 1891	27 Sep 2001	110 years, 231 days	UK
61	Anna Cone	F	20 Sep 1885	3 May 1996	110 years, 226 days	Kentucky
62	Bessie Waldern	F	1 Oct 1887	8 May 1998	110 years, 219 days	Washington
	Lois Leyda	F	19 July 1903	17 Feb 2014	110 years, 213 days	CAN
63	Ida Keen	F	1 Mar 1884	24 Sep 1994	110 years, 207 days	Maine
64	Anthone Phipps	F	7 Dec 1898	14 Jun 2009	110 years, 189 days	Tennessee
65	Lily Phillips	F	14 Dec 1888	13 Jun 1999	110 years, 181 days	California
66	Alice Sanders	F	12 May 1897	6 Nov 2007	110 years, 179 days	POR
67	Carrie Davis	F	12 Jan 1887	9 July 1997	110 years, 178 days	Missouri
68	Maud Jones	F	6 Apr 1887	23 Sep 1997	110 years, 170 days	Colorado
	Ann Beach-Burow	F	23 Oct 1905	9 Apr 2016	110 years, 169 days	California
69	Jeanette Pluim	F	8 Oct 1898	9 Mar 2009	110 years, 152 days	Wisconsin
	Cora Augustus	F	25 Feb 1910	≈26 July 2020	110 years, 152± days	?
70	Lucille Meyer	F	30 Dec 1896	24 May 2007	110 years, 145 days	California
	Elsie Rich	F	6 Aug 1901	29 Dec 2011	110 years, 145 days	AUT
	Giles Cropsey	M	4 Sept 1911	Living	112 years, 227 days	California
72	Mollie Beard	F	4 May 1893	3 Sept 2003	110 years, 122 days	Georgia
73	Irene Coffin	F	18 Nov 1888	28 Feb 1999	110 years, 102 days	California
74	Anna Gattuso	F	24 July 1888	25 Oct 1998	110 years, 93 days	ITA
	Lynn Balmer	F	12 Sep 1907	9 Dec 2017	110 years, 88 days	California
75	Maryetta Metcalf	F	16 Aug 1882	11 Nov 1992	110 years, 87 days	Nebraska
76	Sadie King	F	31 Jan 1874	20 Apr 1984	110 years, 80 days	Texas
	Kiyono Shigetomi	F	15 Apr 1907	4 July 2017	110 years, 80 days	JPN
77	Ruth Keene	F	13 Sep 1891	1 Dec 2001	110 years, 79 days	Iowa
	Elsie Alma Johnston	F	11 Feb 1909	27 Apr 2019	110 years, 75 days	California
78	Mary Annand	F	7 Sept 1886	28 Oct 1996	110 years, 51 days	Illinois
79	Katherine Sartori	F	18 Dec 1881	26 Jan 1992	110 years, 39 days	California
80	Pearl Wolcott	F	13 July 1875	16 Aug 1985	110 years, 34 days	Ohio
	Ruth Perry	F	8 Feb 1896	1 Mar 2006	110 years, 21 days	California
	Winifred Lansdown	F	14 Jan 1887	26 Jan 1997	110 years, 12 days	UK
81	Zoe Hiehle	F	19 Aug 1879	25 Aug 1989	110 years, 6 days	UK
	Alma Petersen	F	5 Oct 1901	11 Oct 2011	110 years, 6 days	Nebraska
	Elizabeth Culbertson	F	2 Apr 1905	3 Apr 2015	110 years, 1 day	Kansas

Questionable cases

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth	Death	Age	State / country of birth
	Modesto Lopez Bautista	M	17 Jan 1909?	Living	115 years, 92 days?	MEX

Chronological list of the oldest living person in California since 1981

      Deceased (Validated)       Living (Validated)       Unvalidated

From	To	Name	Sex	Age when oldest	Reported lifespan
?	22 Jan 1981	Fannie Thomas	F	? –113	14 Apr 1867 – 22 Jan 1981 113 years, 283 days
22 Jan 1981	22 July 1982	Mary Phil Cota	F	110–112	5 July 1870 – 22 July 1982 112 years, 17 days
22 July 1982	11 Aug 1983	Walter Wilcox	M	109–110	1 Nov 1872 – 11 Aug 1983 110 years, 283 days
11 Aug 1983	22 Dec 1983	Gregory Pandazes	M	110	15 Jan 1873 – 22 Dec 1983 110 years, 341 days
22 Dec 1983	2 Feb 1987	Mary McKinney	F	110–113	30 May 1873 – 2 Feb 1987 113 years, 248 days
2 Feb 1987	9 Feb 1988	Bertha Blair	F	111–112	30 Dec 1875 – 9 Feb 1988 112 years, 41 days
9 Feb 1988	10 Jan 1989	Grace Cottrell	F	109–110	1 Apr 1878 – 10 Jan 1989 110 years, 284 days
10 Jan 1989	25 Aug 1989	Zoe Hiehle	F	109–110	19 Aug 1879 – 25 Aug 1989 110 years, 6 days
25 Aug 1989	27 Apr 1992	Katherine Jones	F	109–112	30 Aug 1879 – 27 Apr 1992 112 years, 241 days
27 Apr 1992	26 Jan 1994	Amy Harris	F	110–112	6 Nov 1881 – 26 Jan 1994 112 years, 81 days
26 Jan 1994	22 June 1996	Miriam Carpelan	F	112–113	8 July 1882 – 22 June 1996 113 years, 350 days
22 June 1996	25 Apr 1998	Christian Mortensen	M	113–115	16 Aug 1882 – 25 Apr 1998 115 years, 252 days
25 Apr 1998	24 May 1999	Frances Johns	F	112–113	3 Feb 1886 – 24 May 1999 113 years, 110 days
24 May 1999	20 Dec 2000	Clara Huhn	F	112–113	28 Jan 1887 – 20 Dec 2000 113 years, 327 days
20 Dec 2000	21 Aug 2002	Adelina Domingues	F	112–114	19 Feb 1888 – 21 Aug 2002 114 years, 183 days
21 Aug 2002	20 Apr 2003	Mary Christian	F	112–113	12 June 1889 – 20 Apr 2003 113 years, 312 days
20 Apr 2003	24 June 2003	Emma Taylor	F	111	15 Sept 1891 – 24 June 2003 111 years, 282 days
24 June 2003	12 July 2004	Elma Corning	F	111–112	22 Feb 1892 – 12 July 2004 112 years, 141 days
12 July 2004	29 May 2005	Margaret Russell	F	111–112	31 Oct 1892 – 29 May 2005 112 years, 210 days
29 May 2005	2 Mar 2006	Marion Higgins	F	111–112	26 June 1893 – 2 Mar 2006 112 years, 249 days
2 Mar 2006	11 Sept 2009	Gertrude Baines	F	111–115	6 Apr 1894 – 11 Sept 2009 115 years, 158 days
11 Sept 2009	30 Aug 2013	Soledad Mexia	F	110–114	13 Aug 1899 – 30 Aug 2013 114 years, 17 days
30 Aug 2013	20 Oct 2014	Opal Thompson	F	112–113	13 Jan 1901 – 20 Oct 2014 113 years, 280 days
20 Oct 2014	11 Oct 2015	Dominga Velasco	F	113–114	12 May 1901 – 11 Oct 2015 114 years, 152 days
11 Oct 2015	9 Apr 2016	Ann Beach-Burow	F	109–110	23 Oct 1905 – 9 Apr 2016 110 years, 169 days
9 Apr 2016	22 July 2017	Clarence Matthews	M	109–111	1 May 1906 – 22 July 2017 111 years, 82 days
22 July 2017	22 Oct 2020	Minnie Whicker	F	110–114	24 July 1906 – 22 Oct 2020 114 years, 90 days
22 Oct 2020	12 Feb 2021	Lucy Mirigian	F	114	15 Aug 1906 – 12 Feb 2021 114 years, 181 days
12 Feb 2021	Present 3 years, 66 days	Mila Mangold	F	113-114*	born 14 Nov 1907 116 years, 169 days

References

• GRG World Supercentenarian Rankings List
• GRG Pending Cases List as of 15 March 2015
• Table B - Verified Supercentenarians (Ranked By Age) GRG, As of 1 January 2015