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Sarah Fitt
Birth: 16 November 1838
East Meon, Hampshire, England, UK
Death: 14 January 1947
Winchester, Hampshire, England, UK
Age: 108 years, 59 days
Country: United Kingdom UK
Centenarian

Sarah Olive Fitt (née Ray; 16 November 1838 – 14 January 1947) was a British centenarian who was the oldest known living person in the United Kingdom at the time of her death.

Biography[]

Sarah was born in East Meon, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, on 16 November 1838 to William and Elizabeth (Kersley) Ray in East Meon, Hampshire. She married Henry Fitt in 1864, and had 10 children. Fitt became the oldest living person in the United Kingdom on 5 March 1946, when Rebecca Lees died. Sarah Fitt died on 14 January 1947 at the age of 108 years, 59 days, and Elizabeth Sellwood became the oldest living person in the country.

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United Kingdom's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (VE)

Frederick Stabbins • Jane ListerMartha Truelove • Ann Sharp • Jane Raby • Frances Smith • William Walker • Ann Russell • Eliza Roff • Ellen Palmer • Rachel MacArthur • Rachel SwainMary Davey • Thomas Pope • John Francklow • Rebecca Lees • Sarah Fitt • Elizabeth Sellwood • Matilda Coppins • Elizabeth Whitehead • Emma Rooke • Margaret Lunn • Sarah Humphrey • Caroline BealeFanny Hopkins • Elizabeth Etheridge • Sophia Wellstead • Rhoda Harris • Emma Weeks • Edith Grellier • Mary WorthingtonJane Stoneman • Ellen Dart • Elizabeth Kensley • Hannah SmithJohn Mosley TurnerAda Roe • Alice StevensonElizabeth WatkinsFrederick Butterfield • Rose Heeley • Agnes Helyar • James Harrow • Sarah Morgan • Lilias WilliamsFlorence PannellJeanetta ThomasAlice Brewster • Anna Eliza Williams • Kate Begbie • Charlotte Hughes • Daisy Adams • Rebecca Hewison • Annie Scott • Rachel Wieselberg • Lucy Askew • Annie Jennings • Eva Morris • Amy Hulmes • Nellie Bradley • Gladys Hawley • Lucy d'Abreu • Judy Ingamells • Emmeline BriceAnnie Knight • Ada Mason • Florrie Baldwin • Eunice BowmanAnnie Turnbull • Elsie SteeleMargaret Fish • Violet Wood • Grace A Jones • Ethel Lang • Gladys Hooper • Bessie CammOlive BoarGrace C JonesGwen PayneHilda ClulowBob WeightonJoan HocquardLilian PriestGertrude KingstonMollie WalkerEthel Caterham

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