Nellie Thompson | |
Birth: | 21 October 1878 York, Ontario, Canada |
Death: | 27 November 1989 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Age: | 111 years, 37 days |
Country: | CAN |
Validated |
Nellie Thompson (née Hazlitt; 21 October 1878 – 27 November 1989) was a validated Canadian supercentenarian who at the time of her death was believed to be the oldest living person in Canada.
Biography
Jenette Ellen Hazlitt was born in York, Ontario, Canada on 21 October 1878 as the daughter of Samuel and Jessie Kennedy Hazlitt. She married George Thompson in York, Ontario, Canada on 23 August 1906. The couple had no children.
Nellie Thompson died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on 27 November 1989 at the age of 111 years, 37 days.
References
- Gerontology Research Group
- Medicine Hat News, October 20, 1988
- Brandon Sun, October 26, 1989
- Calgary Herald from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 30, 1989, Page 14
Canada's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
Flore Beland • Emma Bingham • Herman Smith-Johannsen • Agnes Munce • Nellie Thompson • Alice Sjoquist • Lillian Ross • Marie-Louise Meilleur • Marie-Louise Meunier • Maria Mallozzi • Zelda McCague • Fanny Martland • Evangeline Saulnier • Anne Samson • Julie Winnefred Bertrand • Jennie Fitzgerald • Margaret Fitzgerald • Pearl Lutzko • Cora Hansen • Yvonne Lamoureux • Merle Barwis • Colombe Benoit-Leclerc • Orma Slack • Marguerite Wabano • Lilian Cornell • Ellen Gibb • Sarah Patenaude-Bruyere • Phyllis Ridgway • Cecile Klein • Shige Mineshiba • Mabel Mah • Helen Doan • Gertruda Gorecka • Hazel Skuce |