Maudie Wilson | |
Birth: | 23 March 1903 Invercargill, New Zealand |
Death: | 24 October 2013 Invercargill, New Zealand |
Age: | 110 years, 215 days |
Country: | NZL |
Validated |
Frances Maude "Maudie" Wilson (née McRobie; 23 March 1903 – 24 October 2013) was a validated New Zealand supercentenarian. She was the oldest known person in New Zealand when she died.[1]
Biography[]
She was born as Frances Maude McRobie on 23 March 1903 in Invercargill, New Zealand. She met her husband Bill Wilson when she was around 10 years old, they married in 1929 and were married for about 56 years. He died in 1992. They had three children named Fay, Lyndsay and Frances. Wilson had three children, nine grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. She became the oldest person in New Zealand on 14 March 2011, then aged 107, following the death of 109-year-old Lena Ray. She was affectionately knowns as "Maudie".
Frances Maude Wilson died on 24 October 2013 in Invercargill, New Zealand, at the age of 110 years, 215 days. She was succeeded as New Zealand's oldest person by 109-year-old Peg Griffin.[2]
References[]
New Zealand's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
Lavinia Baskerville • Helen Dixon • Mary Luplau • Flora Barton • Alexander Hughes • Agnes Wilson • Lillian Blyth • Ethel Pearson • Mary Cartwright • Caroline Turner-Williams • Parewahawaha Ranginui Leonard • Florence Sedcole • Edith Robison • Jessie Little • Mary Bromley • Lillian Hickmott • Arthur Bates • Ethel Keen • Jean Tillie • William Swensson • Charles Campbell • Mary Doyle • William Buttler Hayes • Bertha Cole • Laura White • Ethel Booth • Mabel Wachner • Florence Finch • Irene Morgan • Ruby Billings • Inez Newton • Doris Mackintosh • Lena Ray • Maudie Wilson • Peg Griffin • Olive Oldfield • Madeline Anderson • Linda Wiggins • Mabel Jenkins • Lola de la Haye • Moy Kim Ng • Nina Brown • Ronald Hermanns • Joan Brennan • Aileen Kars |