| Ruby Billings | |
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| Birth: | 27 April 1900 Mangere, South Auckland, New Zealand |
| Death: | 9 May 2009 Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand |
| Age: | 109 years, 12 days |
| Country: |  NZL
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| Centenarian | |
Ruby Billings (27 April 1900 – 9 May 2009) was a centenarian from New Zealand who was the country’s oldest known living person.
Biography[]
Ruby Billings was born in Mangere, South Auckland, New Zealand on 27 April 1900. She married twice and outlived her two children. At the time of her death, she had nine grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, and ten great-great-grandchildren. Billings lived in retirement homes since 1986.
Billings became New Zealand's oldest living person on 22 February 2008, when Irene Morgan died. She died on 9 May 2009, aged 109 years, 12 days and was the last known New Zealander born in the 19th century. Inez Newton was her successor.
References[]
- Ruby, 105, ready for another 21st party
- New Zealand´s oldest woman dies at 109
- Happy birthday Ruby, aged 109
- NZ's oldest woman dies in Waikato
| New Zealand's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
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Lavinia Baskerville • Helen Dixon • Mary Luplau • Flora Barton • Alexander Hughes • Agnes Wilson • Lillian Blyth • Ethel Pearson • Mary Cartwright • Caroline Turner-Williams • Agnes Whitworth • Lila Firth • Martha McLeod • 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 |