| Mary MacPherson | |
| Birth: | 4 February 1887 New South Wales, Australia |
| Death: | 11 December 1996 New South Wales, Australia |
| Age: | 109 years, 311 days |
| Country: |  AUS
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| Centenarian | |
Mary Catherine McKenzie McPherson (4 February 1887 – 11 December 1996) was an Australian centenarian who was the oldest living person in Australia at the time of her death.
Biography[]
MacPherson was born in Levenstrath, New South Wales, Australia, on 4 February 1887 as one of 13 children born to Hugh McPherson (c.1838–1919) and Catherine McKenna (1848–1922). She never married nor had children, but helped to care for other family members.
Until the age of 103, MacPherson was able to mow the lawn at her residence in Mullumbimbi. When she was 106, she moved to Maclean to be cared for by relatives. On 24 June 1996, MacPherson became the oldest living person in Australia following the death of 111-year-old Ada Stockdale.
MacPherson died in Maclean, New South Wales, Australia, on 11 December 1996, at the age of 109 years, 311 days. Following her death, then-108-year-old Christina Cock became the oldest person in Australia.
References[]
| Australia's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • T • E) |
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Helen Dunbar • Jessie Pearce • Clara Byrne • Ada Sharp • Honora Corrigan • Mary Keefer • Josephine Gasse • Elizabeth Swatton • Samuel Rowe • Sarah Potter • Jane Piercy • Mary Nixon • Caroline Mockridge • Agnes Dodds • Mary Hurley • Ada Whitfield • Beatrice Pollock • Gertie Nesbitt • Kit St. Clair • Ada Cleggett • Ada Stockdale • Mary MacPherson • Christina Cock • Jessie Hurley • Alice Lindsay • Sarah Davey • Myra Nicholson • E. Beatrice Riley • John Campbell Ross • Miriam Schmierer • Eva McConnell • Jane Gray • Vi Robbins • Ethel Farrell • Mary Whitehurst • Marjorie Cooke • Margaret Vivian • Wilhelmina Overall • Agnes Kluckhenn • Mabel Crosby • Dexter Kruger • Ivy Tate • Ina Reid • Gwen Moore • Catherina van der Linden • Olga Abate • Ken Weeks |