| Tay Kiong | |
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| Birth: | 21 May 1890 Fujian Province, Qing dynasty (China) |
| Death: | October 2002 Pasir Ris, East Region, Singapore |
| Age: | 112 years, 133-163 days |
| Country: |  CHN SGP
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| Unvalidated | |
Tay Kiong [Chinese: 郑江, translated as Zheng Jiang] (21 May 1890 – October 2002) was a Chinese-Singaporean supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography[]
Tay Kiong claimed to have been born on 21 May 1890 (3 April 1890 by lunar calendar) in Fujian Province, Qing dynasty (China). Her native language was Hokkien.
In 1917 (aged 27), Kiong moved to Singapore to rejoin her husband, who previously joined Singapore to work. She had three sons: the oldest of them moved to Malaysia, and the two others stayed in Singapore. Her husband died before Singapore's independance.
At the age of 27, Kiong also baptised, and became a fervent Christian. She often went to the Zion Presbyterian Church. After Singapore's independance, she worked by buying eggs in grocery shops, and selling them door-to-door.
Kiong's two sons took care of her, before they died in the 1980s. Then, her grandson became her main caregiver, before dying of old age in 1999. She subsequently moved to the Apex Harmony Lodge in Pasir Ris, East Region, Singapore.
Tay Kiong died of pneumonia in October 2002 in Pasir Ris, East Region, Singapore, at the claimed age of 112 years, 133-163 days.
References[]
- Incomplete Dates (Age 108 and Older) from China (not updated since 2011)
- The Straits Times articles
- 我国最老人瑞去世 Lianhe Zaobao, 18 November 2002 (Archived)
- 我国最老人瑞去世 Lianhe Wanbao, 18 November 2002
- Teresa Hsu going strong at 110 The Straits Times, 21 November 2008
- Singapore Stories – Language and Class in Singapore: An investigation into the socio-economic implications of English literacy as a life chance among the ethnic Chinese of Singapore from 1945 to 2000 (page 220 = page 234 on PDF)