| Marthe Suard | |
 Suard on her 106th birthday in 2020. | |
| Birth: | 6 November 1914 Faaa, Tahiti, French Polynesia |
| Death: | 12 February 2022 Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia |
| Age: | 107 years, 98 days |
| Country: |  PYF, FRA
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| Centenarian | |
Marthe Suard (née Tanseau; 6 November 1914 – 12 February 2022) was a French Polynesian centenarian who was the oldest known living person in French Polynesia at the time of her death.
Biography[]
Early Life and Family[]
Marthe Suard was born in Faaa, Tahiti, French Polynesia on 6 November 1914 of a family of merchants. She had Chinese ancestry.
At the age of 17, she married Paul Suard, known as Paul Conscience. The couple had 7 children (including Fleurette and Yvonne). She worked as a trader in the shop of her husband in Papeete. Her husband died in the 1980s.
Longevity was present in her family - her mother died at the age of 103 and two of her brothers lived to be 99 and 90 years old, respectively.
Later Life[]
In November 2020, she celebrated her 106th birthday. At time, she 20 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren.
On 3 August 2021, Suard received her first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine (against COVID-19). On 5 November 2021 (1 day in advance), she celebrated her 107th birthday. At the time, she was still able to read newspapers without glasses.
Marthe Suard died in the nursing home Les Orchidees, in Papeete, French Polynesia on 12 February 2022, at the age of 107 years, 98 days. At the time of her death, she was the oldest known person ever fron French Polynesia. Her age was later surpassed by Onehea Lepean.
Gallery[]
References[]
- Oscar Temaru rend visite à la doyenne de Faa’a TNTV, 27 December 2017
- Marthe Suard pour ses 104 ans Ville de Faa'a on Facebook, 6 November 2018
- Marthe Suard, doyenne de Polynésie, fête ses 105 ans ! Femmes de Polynésie, 6 November 2019
- Doyenne de la Polynésie française, Marthe Suard fête ses 105 ans pdf, November/December 2019
- La doyenne de la Polynésie Marthe Suard a fêté ses 106 ans TNTV, 6 November 2020
- À 106 ans, Marthe est vaccinée contre le covid Polynésie La 1ère, 4 August 2021
- Marthe Tanseau, la doyenne de Polynésie, a fêté ses 107 ans Polynésie La 1ère, 5 November 2021
- Marthe Suard, doyenne de Polynésie, est décédée à l'âge de 107 ans Polynésie La 1ère, 12 February 2022