| Mary Keir | |
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| Birth: | 3 March 1912 St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK |
| Death: | 17 December 2024 Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales |
| Age: | 112 years, 289 days |
| Country: |  UK
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| Validated | |
Mary Letitia Keir (3 March 1912 – 17 December 2024) was a British supercentenarian who was the oldest known person living in Wales at the time of her death. She was also the oldest known person to receive the COVID-19 vaccine until various older people were vaccinated in later days. Her age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography[]
Mary Keir was born in St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK on 3 March 1912. She later lived in Llansteffan, Carmarthenshire, Wales. She worked as a ward sister at Llandough Hospital in Penarth, Wales.
In either 2011 or 2012, Keir moved into a care home in Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales. Coincidentally, another supercentenarian Gwenllian Davies (1905–2016) was also a resident of the same home. On 17 December 2020 at 2.30pm, Keir received her first dose of the Pfizer/BionTech vaccine, making her one of the first care home residents in Wales to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Keir became the oldest known living person in Wales, following the death of 110-year-old Amy Hawkins on 9 September 2021, as well as the oldest known living person born in Wales, following the death of Mollie Walker on 22 January 2022.
In March 2022, Keir celebrated her 110th birthday.
Keir's age was verified by GRG-UK Correspondent Oliver Trim, and validated by the GRG on 18 June 2023.
Mary Keir died in a care home in Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales on 17 December 2024 at the age of 112 years, 289 days. At the time of her death, she was the second-oldest known living person in the United Kingdom, behind Ethel Caterham.
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References[]
- GRG World Supercentenarian Rankings List Gerontology Research Group
- Mary Keir Gerontology Research Group
- Wales' oldest woman - known to all as Auntie Gwennie - turns 110 Wales Online, 3 October 2015
- Rhan 1 - Sgwrs Mary Keir BBC Radio Cymru, 15 March 2017
- 108-year-old woman becomes one of the first care home residents in Wales to receive COVID-19 vaccine ITV, 18 December 2020
- 109th birthday Paula Jones on Facebook, 3 March 2021
- Happy 110th Birthday Mary Keir South Wales Guardian on Facebook, 3 March 2022
- Diwrnod 'pwysig iawn' i berson hynaf Cymru yn 110 oed BBC, 3 March 2022
- Wales' oldest woman celebrates 111th birthday BBC, 3 March 2023
- 112th birthday Igam Ogam on Facebook, 3 March 2024
- The oldest person in Wales has died aged 112 Walesonline, 19 December 2024