VERIFIED SUPERCENTENARIAN CASES-
CHRONOLOGY
  as of June 12, 2007     Age       place of age when living case Photo?
Three or More Documents (three-stars)1
nation name born died years days R S death oldest rank added source
1 Germany Maria Corba Aug. 15, 1878 Mar.  8, 1989 110 205 W F Germany Dec.  3, 2004
2 Germany Maria Schmitz Aug. 27, 1886 Oct. 22, 1996 110 56 W F Germany   Mar. 29, 2004
3 Germany Maria Laqua Feb. 12, 1889 Feb.  9, 2002 112 362 W F Germany -112 July  1, 2003
4 Germany Meta Berndt Nov.  9, 1889 Dec. 28, 2001 112 49 W F Germany July  1, 2003
5 Germany Magdalene Regener Mar.  5, 1891 Nov. 19, 2002 111 259 W F Germany 110-111 Jan.  5, 2004 Y
6 Germany Anna Stephan Mar. 25, 1892 Aug.  3, 2003 111 131 W F Germany 110-111   July  1, 2003
7 Germany Clothilde Rey Nov. 20, 1892 July  9, 2003 110 231 W F Germany   July  1, 2003
8 Germany Lina Zimmer Nov. 20, 1892 Aug. 28, 2004 111 282 W F Germany 110-111   Dec.  4, 2003
9 Germany Irene Mergelsberg Mar.  4, 1893 Mar.  6, 2003 110 2 W F Germany   Mar. 12, 2005 Lutz Ottersbach
10 Germany Hermann Dornemann May 27, 1893 Mar.  2, 2005 111 279 W M Germany 111   July  1, 2003
11 Germany Elisabeth Heck July 11, 1893 Feb.  3, 2005 111 207 W F Germany 111 Mar. 11, 2005 Thomas Breining/Lutz Ottersbach
12 Germany Aloysia Tilscher Dec.  9, 1893 Nov. 8, 2004 110 335 W F Germany   Oct. 29, 2004
13 Germany Arno Wagner June  4, 1894 Dec. 22, 2004 110 201 W M Germany   June  4, 2004 Thomas Breining  
14 Germany Frieda Muller Oct. 18, 1894 July 21, 2005 110 276 W F Germany 110   May  7, 2005
15 Germany Irmgard von Stephani Sept. 20, 1895 111* W F lives in Germany 109- 1 Sept. 23, 2005 German Office for Federal Administration
16 Germany Elsa Tauser July 10, 1896 110* W F lives in Germany   2 July 12, 2006 Thomas Breining
validated emigrant cases
1 Germany Johanna Frank Sept. 15, 1875 Nov. 24, 1986 111 70 W F U.S. (CT) July 12, 2002
2 Germany Adelheid Kirschbaum Sept. 29, 1883 Dec. 21, 1996 113 83 W F U.S. (NY) Aug. 10, 2002
3 Germany John Mauch Dec. 24, 1888 Mar.  7, 1999 110 73 W M U.S. (WA) Jan.  1, 2006 Jeff Knight/Renee Ferguson
4 Germany Charlotte Benkner Nov. 16, 1889 May 14, 2004 114 180 W F U.S. (OH)   Apr.  8, 2002
5 Germany Mathilde Bonzo-Wrede May 29, 1890 June  8, 2000 110 10 W F Switzerland Jan.  9, 2005 Thomas Breining  
6 Germany Catherine Trompeter Mar. 26, 1895 Nov. 18, 2006 111 237 W F France
7 Germany Helen Johnson July 20, 1896 110* W F lives in U.S. (OR) July 23, 2006 Jeff Knight/Robert Young
8 Germany Berta Rosenberg Sept. 5, 1896 110* W F lives in U.S. (NY) Feb. 23, 2007 Robert Young
9 Germany (Alsace) Johanna Meyer-Zettel Dec.  6, 1896 Jan. 12, 2007 110 37 W F Italy Jan. 12, 2007 Giovanni Alunni
  validated incomplete cases (death date missing) also called LIMBO cases
pending cases
Three Documents (awaiting document arrival)
Two Documents (two-star)
1 Germany Pauline Spyra Apr. 24, 1886 Jan.  11, 1997 110 262 W F Germany Thomas Breining
2 Germany Johanne Rasmus Oct. 25, 1896 Mar. 25, 2007 110 151 W F Germany     Oct. 25, 2006 Thomas Breining/Michael Streich
One Document (one-star)
1 Germany Paula Baumgartner Aug. 16, 1881 Feb. 24, 1993 111 192 W F Germany death certificate
notes (no stars)
2 Germany Friedrich Wedeking Oct. 10, 1862 May  5, 1973 110 207 W M Germany Dany Chambre
3 Germany Margarethe Sauer Jan. 18, 1866 Jan. 14, 1977 110 362 W F Germany Thomas Breining  
4 Germany Katherine Braun Sept. 23, 1867 Feb.  5, 1979 111 135 W F Germany Dany Chambre
5 Germany Karolina Kruger Feb. 17, 1885 July 3, 1996 111 137 W F Germany
6 Germany Marie Freund Sept. 25, 1885 Mar. 13, 1996 110 170 W F Germany
7 Germany Wilhelm Schorner Feb.  3, 1889 Mar. 29, 1999 110 54 W M ?
8 Germany Erna Henningsen May  24, 1889 Feb. 27, 2000 110 279 W F Germany
9 Germany Maria Volmer June  8, 1890 Nov.  6, 2000 110 151 W F Germany
10 Germany Berta Lindemann Mar. 11, 1891 May 29, 2002 111 79 W F Germany   Thomas Breining
11 Germany Else Hessberg Dec.  5, 1892 Apr. 13, 2003 110 129 W F U.S. (NJ)
12 Germany Johanne Wilks Feb.  8, 1893 June 23, 2003 110 135 W F Germany  
13 Germany Mathilde Stoellger Apr. 21, 1893 Nov. 16, 2003 110 209 W F Germany   Thomas Breining
14 Germany Gisela Metreweli Oct. 10, 1893 July 31, 2004 110 295 W F Germany Oct.  3, 2006 Jan Ehlert/Thomas Breining
15 Germany Erna Scharfenberg June 26, 1894 Jan.  26, 2005 110 214 W F Germany Nov.  3, 2006 Michael Streich
16 Germany Perpetua von Mauntz Mar.  7, 1896 Oct. 30, 2006 110 237 W F Germany   Sept.  8, 2006 Jan Ehlert
17 Germany Marie Stutz Oct. 22, 1896 110* W F lives in Germany 3 Oct. 24, 2006 Thomas Breining
18 Germany Margarete Rosenberger Nov. 13, 1896 110* W F lives in Germany 4 Nov. 17, 2006 Thomas Breining
19 Germany Frieda Borchert Jan.  5, 1897 110* W F lives in Germany 5 Jan.  7, 2007 Thomas Breining
20 Germany Helene Heidbreder May 19, 1897 110* W F lives in Germany 6 May 22, 2007 Thomas Breining
reported cases missing date of birth
limbo (no updates within 2 years)
1 Germany Friedrich Sadowki Oct. 31, 1825 111+ W M lives in Germany   May 18, 2007 Guinness Book
110th birthday not confirmed
demoted cases (reason for demotion)
problem cases (conflicting documents)
1. Some cases listed as "validated" may be "grandfathered" cases (i.e. Guinness) that may not meet today's standards.  However, I am confident that over 99% of the cases are true supercentenarians; questionable cases are in italics.
u=unknown
Honorable Mention  (within 3 months of turning 110)
Germany Margarethe Sauer Jan. 18, 1867 Jan. 14, 1977 109 362 W F Germany Thomas Breining
Germany Marie Stegmann Jan. 17, 1889 Jan.  5, 1999 109 353 W F Germany Thomas Breining
Germany Georg Bredtschneider Mar. 23, 1892 Mar.  7, 2002 109 349 W M Germany Thomas Breining
Germany Ottilie Aleith Feb. 13, 1885 Jan. 26, 1995 109 347 W F Germany Thomas Breining
Germany Maria Sandner Mar. 26, 1897 Mar. 7, 2007 109 346 W F Germany Michael Streich Mar. 11, 2007
Germany Dora Beerman Mar. 24, 1890 Feb. 25, 2000 109 338 W F Germany Jan Ehlert/Michael Streich Apr. 21, 2007
Germany Martha Faaber June  1, 1891 May  4, 2001 109 337 W F Germany Thomas Breining
Germany Hedwig Schulte Oct. 10, 1896 Sept.  4, 2006 109 329 W F Germany Thomas Breining Sept.  4, 2006
Germany Robert Meier Mar. 10, 1897 Jan. 29, 2007 109 325 W M Germany Thomas Breining Jan. 29, 2007
Germany Martha Widemann Sept. 26, 1894 Aug.  5, 2004 109 314 W F Germany Thomas Breining
Germany Anna Zabel Mar. 30, 1897 Feb.  2, 2007 109 309 W F Germany Michael Streich Feb. 22, 2007
Germany Johanna Born July 28, 1895 May 14, 2005 109 290 W F Germany Thomas Breining
Germany Therese Beinghaus May  9, 1896 Feb. 14, 2006 109 281 W F Germany Thomas Breining