| Stephen Todd | |
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| Birth: | 3 June 1905 Blackhall, England, United Kingdom |
| Death: | 4 July 2011 New Zealand |
| Age: | 106 years, 31 days |
| Country: |  UK  NZL
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| Centenarian | |
Stephen Todd (3 June 1905 – 4 July 2011) was a British-born New Zealand centenarian who was New Zealand's oldest living man for the last three months of his life.
Biography[]
Stephen Todd was born in Blackhall, England, United Kingdom on 3 June 1905. Todd had five other siblings. He first worked in the coal mines at Blackhall with his father at the age of 14. He arrived in New Zealand on 5 January 1925 after work at the mines became scarce.
Todd married Alice Friend on 21 December 1927. They had three children: Ivan, Thelma, and Nola. Todd failed his medical exam, so he did not participate during World War II. Alice Todd died in 1986, and Stephen never remarried.
Stephen Todd became New Zealand's oldest living man after John Patrick Roache died on 4 April 2011. Todd died on 4 July 2011 at the age of 106 years and 31 days. After Todd's death, Harry Duncan Andrews became New Zealand's oldest living man.
References[]
- 105 years old but he's still a youngster at heart Stuff, 11 June 2010
- Obituary of Stephen Todd NZ Herald, 4 July 2011
| New Zealand's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E) |
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Christopher Murray • Alexander Hughes • Maxwell Wallenstein • Wesley Firth • Frederick Fox • David Orange • Thomas Salmon • Allan Watkins • Edward Leigh • Arthur Bates • William Swensson • Charles Campbell • Hubert Harden • William Hayes • James Hill • Lawrence Blyth • Bright Williams • Cecil Hamilton • Ernest Ryland • Trevor Henry • Harold Clark • Dudley Sainsbury • Taiwung Yu Hoi • Harry Andrews • Ian Chirnside • Bob Edwards • Howard Buss • Ronald Hermanns • Bill Mitchell • Laurence Reynolds • Jack Coe • James Easton • Lloyd Geering |