Marie Bremont | |
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 |
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 Eva Morris on 2 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. She was the second-oldest French person ever behind Jeanne Calment at the time of her death and held that title until Lucile Randon surpassed her age on 26 March 2019. She is presently the fourth-oldest French person ever.
Gallery
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) |
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 |