| Marie Bremont | |
 Bremont on her 114th birthday, in 2000. | |
| Birth: | 25 April 1886 Noellet, Pays de la Loire, France |
| Death: | 6 June 2001 Cande, Pays de la Loire, France |
| Age: | 115 years, 42 days |
| Country: |  FRA
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| Validated | |
Marie Augustine Bremont [French: Brémont] (née Mesange; 25 April 1886 – 6 June 2001) was a French supercentenarian who became the oldest validated living person upon the death of Ella Miller on 21 November 2000, and held the title until her own death on 6 June 2001. She was also earliest-born person to live in the 21st century.
Biography
Marie Bremont was born as Marie Marthe Augustine Mesange in Noellet, Pays de la Loire, France, on 25 April 1886. Her father was a lumberjack. Her first husband, railroad worker Constant Lemaitre, was killed in the First World War. She married again to a taxi driver, Florentin Bremont, who died in 1967. She had no children. During her life, she worked as a farmer, a nanny, a seamstress and pharmaceutical factory worker.
At the age of 103, Bremont was hit by a car and broke her arm as a result. She lived in a retirement home in Cande during the last years of her life.
On her 115th and last birthday in 2001, her sight and hearing had deteriorated but despite that, she was proud to be the doyenne of humanity.
Bremont died in Cande, Pays de la Loire, France at 2:15 AM on 6 June 2001 at the age of 115 years, 42 days. Upon her death, the title passed to Maud Farris-Luse of the United States.
Longevity Records
On 3 January 1999, Bremont became at 112-years-old the oldest living person in France after the death of Jeanne Dumaine who was 37 days older.
On 25 February 2000, Bremont aged of 113 years and 306 days became the last survivor born in 1886 after the death of the other French woman, Luce Maced of Martinique who was only 7 days younger than her.
Two months later, on 25 April 2000, she celebrated her 114th birthday becoming the third French in the history to reach this age (after Jeanne Calment and Lydie Vellard in 1989).
On 26 October 2000, Bremont surpassed the age of Vellard to become the second-oldest French of all-time (behind Calment dead at 122).
On 2 November 2000, she became the oldest living person in Europe after the death of the British woman Eva Morris dead 6 days before her 115th birthday.
On 21 November 2000, 19 days later, Bremont aged of 114 years and 210 days became the oldest living person in the world after the death of the American woman Ella Miller dead 15 days before her 116th birthday.
On 1 January 2001, she was consequently the earliest-born person to live in the 21st century.
On 25 April 2001, she celebrated her 115th birthday becoming the second French to reach this age (after Calment in 1990).
She died on 6 June 2001 at the age of 115 years and 42 days. At the time of her death, Bremont was the second-oldest French (behind Jeanne Calment). She remained for almost 20 years the second-oldest French ever, until Lucile Randon surpassed her age on 26 March 2019. She's now the fifth oldest French ever. Bremont was the last survivor born in 1886 and she is the oldest person to die in 2001.
Following her death, Germaine Haye became the oldest living person in France, Amy Hulmes from UK became the oldest living person in Europe and Maud Farris-Luse of the US aged of 114 years and 105 days became the oldest living person in the world.
Gallery
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References
- Marie Bremont, 115 Photo Gallery, Gerontology Research Group
- Senior believed world's oldest Brandon Sun, 27 April 2001
- World's oldest woman dies at 115 BBC News, 6 June 2001
- Oldest Woman Dies CBS News, 6 June 2001
- A long life Tribune Democrat, 7 June 2001
- Marie Bremont, 115; Believed to Be Oldest Person in the World LA Times, 8 June 2001
- Marie Marthe Augustine Mesange Lemaitre Brémont Find a Grave
| France's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • T • E) |
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Marie Langlois • Rose Sarda • Calixte Razimbaud • Catherine Mouche • Auguste Decate • Desiree Delory • Ferdinise Nebolle • Georgette Jeanmaire • Eugenie Marchand • Eugenie Proux • Emilie Coqueran • Laurence Entiope • Marie-Ernestine Compain • Marie-Virginie Duhem • Frederique Noel • Augustine Tessier • Elisa Esnault • Elvire Mendiboure • Eugenie Roux • Jeanne Calment • Marie-Helene Chanteperdrix • Jeanne Dumaine • Marie Bremont • Germaine Haye • Anne Primout • Camille Loiseau • Marie-Simone Capony • Clementine Solignac • Eugenie Blanchard • Maria Diaz • Marcelle Narbonne • Marie-Therese Bardet • Paule Bronzini • Irenise Moulonguet • Suzanne Burrier • Marie Liguinen • Olympe Amaury • Eudoxie Baboul • Elisabeth Collot • Honorine Rondello • Lucile Randon • Marie-Rose Tessier |