| Mary Ann Rhodes | |
 Rhodes at the age of 110 | |
| Birth: | 12 August 1882 Leeds, Ontario, Canada |
| Death: | 3 March 1998 Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
| Age: | 115 years, 203 days |
| Country: |  CAN
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| Validated | |
Mary Ann Rhodes (née Dormer; 12 August 1882 – 3 March 1998) was a Canadian supercentenarian[1] who, at the time of her death, was the third-oldest person in the world, behind Marie-Louise Meilleur and Sarah Knauss, and second-oldest person in Canada, behind Marie-Louise Meilleur. Despite reaching the age of 115, Rhodes never became the oldest living person in Canada, or even Ontario, due to Marie-Louise Meilleur, who died one month after Rhodes, at the age of 117. Rhodes was statistically old enough to be the world's oldest person in an average year. Due to being in "second place," Mary Ann Rhodes was never in the major-media limelight, having been featured only in local media coverage.
Biography
Mary Ann Dormer was born in South Lake, Leeds, Ontario, Canada on 12 August 1882. Her parents were John and Annabelle Dormer. She and her two younger sisters, Sarah and Eva, attended the county school one mile from their home. At the age of 18, in 1900, she went to the Agricultural College in Guelph to take a course in home economics.
In 1912, she married Victor Rhodes; the couple had one child, a son called Cecil Murray who was born in 1916. Murray Rhodes later became a dentist and had a practice in Kingston. Victor died in 1954, and Mary continued to live in Seeley's Bay until 1968. She lived in her own home until 1986, when she moved to the Providence Manor nursing home in Kingston. Her son, Dr. Murray died in 2002.
Mary Rhodes died on 3 March 1998, at the age of 115 years, 203 days. At the time of her death, she was the second-oldest living Candian, behind Marie-Louise Meilleur. She remains as the second-oldest Canadian person ever to this day. Her age was verified by Mike Craho, Mark E. Muir, and Robert Young, and validated by the GRG on 9 March 2012.
Longevity Records
On 29 July 1993, Rhodes became the second-oldest living person in Canada after the death of Marie Bibeault aged of 111.
On 8 March 1996, she supassed the age of Lillian Ross to become the second-oldest Canadian ever.
On 12 August 1996, she celebrated her 114th birthday becoming the second Canadian in the history to reach this age (after Marie-Louise Meilleur in 1994).
On 12 August 1997, Rhodes celebrated her 115th birthday becoming the second Canadian to reach this age (after Marie-Louise Meilleur in 1995) and the 11th person in the history to do that.
On 9 December 1997, Rhodes became (with others) one of the last five survivor born before 1884, after the death of the British woman Lucy Askew (born in 1883).
On 19 January 1998, she became briefly the third-oldest living person in the world and the last woman born in 1882, after the death of Maggie Barnes from the United States.
On 21 February 1998, Rhodes surpassed the age of Margaret Skeete to become the 9th oldest person ever.
She died on 3 March 1998, at the age of 115 years and 203 days. At the time of her death she was the 2nd-oldest living person in Canada and the 3rd-oldest living person in the world (behind Marie-Louise Meilleur and the American Sarah Knauss, both aged of 117). Despite his advanced age, Rhodes never became the oldest living person in Canada because Marie-Louise Meilleur (117-years-old) outlived her by 44 days. She's always the second-oldest Canadian ever (behind Marie-Louise Meilleur). She was also the 9th-oldest person ever (behind Jeanne Calment, Sarah Knauss, Marie-Louise Meilleur, Delphia Welford, Tane Ikai, Easter Wiggins, Maggie Barnes and Charlotte Hughes).
After her death, the American man Christian Mortensen (4 days younger) became the last survivor born in 1882.
Gallery
References
- ↑ Verified Supercentenarians (Listed Chronologically By Birth Date) Gerontology Research Group