| Soogaree Jattan | |
 Soogaree Jattan on her 110th birthday, with her daughter, Anandai Ramlagan. | |
| Birth: | 30 May 1904 Uttar Pradesh, British Raj (now India) |
| Death: | 31 May 2014 California, Couva, Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Age: | 110 years, 1 day |
| Country: |  IND TRI
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| Unvalidated | |
Soogaree Jattan (30 May 1904 – 31 May 2014) was an Indian-born Trinidadian supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). At the time of her death, she was the oldest known living person in Trinidad and Tobago.
Biography[]
Soogaree Jattan was born in Uttar Pradesh, British Raj (now India), on 30 May 1904. At the age of 4, she came to Trinidad and Tobago with her family. She was three years old when she left India but had turned four by the time she and her family arrived in Trinidad aboard the SS Indus in 1908. At some point, she married, and had six children (including Anandai Ramlagan). During her working career, she worked on the canefields at Brechin Castle (former Sugar Cane Factory). She was a vegetarian, and for her longevity, she credited her eating habits and hard work.
In 2008, at the age of 104, she was presented with the National Republic Day Award for her longstanding contribution to national development.
On 29 March 2013, following the death of 108-year-old Stella Browne, she became the oldest known living person in Trinidad and Tobago.
She was hospitalised on 29 May 2014, due to general weakness associated with her age. She had been on oxygen and drips and had not been very responsive to calls of her name. Her family, however, were with her on her 110th birthday. At the age of 110, she had five living children, 19 grandchildren, and 29 great grandchildren.
Soogaree Jattan died at Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mount Hope, Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago, on 31 May 2014, at the age of 110 years, 1 day. She was buried in California, Couva, Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo, where she lived. Following her death, then 107-year-old Vivian Reese became the oldest known living person in Trinidad and Tobago.
References[]
- Soogaree Jattan receives 2008 Republic Day Award Citizens for a Better Trinidad and Tobago, 8 June 2008
- TT’s oldest indentured immigrant turns 108 Jyoti Communication, 30 May 2012
- S0GAREE IS 110 New Day, 30 May 2014
- Soogaree Jattan 110 TTT Live Online on Facebook, 31 May 2014
- Indentured immigrant Sogaree Jattan dies at 110 Trinidad Express, 31 May 2014
- Death mention TTT Live Online on Facebook, 1 June 2014
| Trinidad and Tobago's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
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Elbert Blades • Stella Browne • Soogaree Jattan • Vivian Reese • Una Webster • Rita Smyke • Dharmie Deo • Irving Joseph |