| Mary Bailey | |
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| Birth: | 17 December 1902 Weston under Penyard, Herefordshire, England, UK |
| Death: | 13 June 2013 Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK |
| Age: | 110 years, 178 days |
| Country: |  UK
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| Validated | |
Mary Winifred Bailey (née Roberts; 17 December 1902 – 13 June 2013) was a British supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography[]
Early Life and Family[]
Mary Bailey was born as Mary Winifred Roberts in Weston under Penyard, Herefordshire, England, UK, on 17 December 1902, as the youngest child of wagoner William Roberts. Her mother died when she was young. She had at least two sisters, Edith and Esme.
By 1921, Bailey was living with her aunt and uncle in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. She married Victor John Bailey, her childhood sweetheart, in 1923. The couple had a son, Alan Gerald Bailey, in 1925.
Bailey was widowed in 1932. During World War II, she worked in Farnham Common, London, placing evacuee children with families. She was saddened by children with gas masks being separated from their parents.
Later Life and Death[]
After the war's end, Bailey worked at a family-run pharmacy in Cippenham, London, for around 25 years, before moving to St. Albans, Hertfordshire, to live with her son, a chief engineer for British Aerospace.
Bailey's son Alan died in 2004 at the age of 79. She moved into a nursing home in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK, in 2009, where she lived until her death on 13 June 2013, at the age of 110 years, 178 days.At the time of her death, Bailey was among the top 10 oldest known living people in the United Kingdom.
References[]
- 2016 validations Gerontology Research Group
- Villager celebrates 109th birthday Maidenhead Advertiser, 28 December 2011
- Woman who lived through two world wars dies aged 110 Maidenhead Advertiser, 22 June 2013