| Marie-Philomene Flassayer | |
| Birth: | 13 June 1844? Saint-Julien-Boutieres, Ardeche, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France |
| Death: | 18 April 1954 Saint-Julien-Boutieres, Ardeche, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France |
| Age: | 109 years, 309 days? |
| Country: |  FRA
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| Centenarian | |
Marie-Philomene Flassayer [French: Marie-Philomène] (13 June 1844?/1856/7? – 18 April 1954) was a French centenarian claimant who, if her claimed age were true, would have been the oldest living person in France at the time of her death.
Biography[]
Marie-Philomene Flassayer claimed to have been born in Saint-Julien-Boutieres, Ardeche, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France on 13 June 1844. She married a man with the family name Courtial.
At the claimed age of 109 in 1953, Flassayer voted in Saint-Agreve during the French municipal elections.
Marie-Philomene Flassayer died in Saint-Julien-Boutieres, Ardeche, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France on 18 April 1954, at the claimed age of 109 years, 309 days.
Age Issues[]
In January 2019, French researchers reported that Marie-Philomene Flassayer may have been born in 1856 or 1857, which would make her only 96 – 98 years old.
References[]
- Morte à 110 ans Journal et feuille d'avis du Valais, 19 April 1954 (page 6)
- Morte à 109 ans, la première doyenne des Français serait une imposture Ouest-France, 10 January 2019
- Les petites histoires des Municipales (II) Le Dauphiné, 28 June 2020