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Tan Tham Neo
Birth: 1863
Mohamed Sultan Road, Central Region, Singapore (then a British colony)
Death: 26 August 1966
Neil Road, Central Region, Singapore
Age: 103 years
Country: SingaporeSGP
Centenarian

Tan Tham Neo (1863 – 26 August 1966) was a Singaporean centenarian.

Biography[]

Tan Tham Neo was born in a house along Mohamed Sultan Road in 1863 and lived most of her life Kampong Melayu, off Changi Road. She later moved the Neil Road home of her son-in-law.

Her husband, Wee Peck Hock, died in 1918. Tan did not lose her memory nor eyesight in her old age, only losing her hearing slightly in the years before her death.

Tan passed away on 26 August 1966, aged 103, leaving behind three daughters, one son, 18 grandchildren, 39 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.

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