The Earliest Validated Supercentenarian
by Nation-of-Birth (as of July 24, 2004)
Date 110th birthday
      Milestone   Age       Place of
Nation Name Born Reached Died Years Days R S Death
1 Netherlands Geert Boomgaard Sept. 21, 1788 Sept. 21, 1898 Feb.  3, 1899 110 135 W M Netherlands
2 England (UK) Ann Pouder Apr.  8, 1807 Apr.  8, 1917 July 10, 1917 110 93 W F U.S.
3 U.S. Louisa Thiers Oct.  2, 1814 Oct.  2, 1924 Feb. 17, 1926 111 138 W F U.S.
4 Ireland Katherine Plunket Nov. 22, 1820 Nov. 22, 1930 Oct. 14, 1932 111 327 W F Ireland
5 Japan Yoshigiku Ito Aug.  3, 1856 Aug.  3, 1966 Nov. 26, 1966 110 115 O M Japan
6 South Africa Johanna Booyson Jan. 17, 1857 Jan. 17, 1967 June 16, 1968 111 151 W F South Africa
7 Spain Josefa Salas Mateo July 14, 1860 July 14, 1970 Feb. 27, 1973 112 228 W F Spain
8 Australia Ada Sharp Apr.  6, 1861 Apr.  6, 1971 May 15, 1971 110 39 W F Australia
9 France Marie-Virginie Duhem Aug.  2, 1866 Aug.  2, 1976 Apr. 25, 1978 111 266 W F France
10 Canada (QUE) Flore Belland Sept.  6, 1872 Sept.  6, 1982 Feb. 18, 1983 110 165 W F Canada (QUE)
11 Greece Gregory Pandazes Jan. 15, 1873 Jan. 15, 1983 Dec. 22, 1983 110 341 W M U.S. (CA)
12 Norway Wilhelmine Sande Oct. 24, 1874 Oct. 24, 1984 Jan. 21, 1986 111 89 W F Sweden
13 Germany Johanna Frank Sept. 15, 1875 Sept. 15, 1985 Nov. 24, 1986 111 70 W F U.S. (CT)
14 Belgium Jan Machiel Reyskens May 11, 1878 May 11, 1988 Jan.  7, 1990 111 241 W M Netherlands
15 Finland Fanny Nystrom Sept. 30, 1878 Sept. 30, 1988 Aug. 31, 1989 110 335 W F Finland
16 Italy Domenico Minervino May 10, 1880 May 10, 1990 May 21, 1991 111 11 W M Italy
Guadeloupe (FR) <name withheld> Feb. 12, 1881 Feb. 12, 1991 Dec.  7, 1992 111 299 B F Guadeloupe (FR)
17 Sweden Hulda Johansson Feb. 24, 1882 Feb. 24, 1992 June  9, 1994 112 105 W F Sweden
18 Romania Anitica Butariu June 17, 1882 June 17, 1992 Nov. 21, 1997 115 157 W F Romania
19 Denmark Christian Mortensen Aug. 16, 1882 Aug. 16, 1992 Apr. 25, 1998 115 252 W M U.S. (CA)
20 Algeria (French) Emile Fourcade July 29, 1884 July 29, 1994 Dec. 29, 1995 111 153 W M France
21 Cape Verde Adelina Domingues Feb. 19, 1888 Feb. 19, 1998 Aug. 21, 2002 114 183 W F U.S. (CA)
Puerto Rico (US) Brigida Dearroyo Oct.  7, 1888 Oct.  7, 1998 Dec. 31, 2000 112 85 H F U.S. (NJ)
22 Portugal Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes Oct. 24, 1890 Oct. 24, 2000 113* W F lives in Portugal
23 New Zealand Ethel Booth Dec. 25, 1890 Dec. 25, 2000 Feb. 18, 2001 110 55 W F New Zealand
24 Austria Leopold Vietoris June  4, 1891 June  4, 2001 Apr.  9, 2002 110 309 W M Austria
25 India (British) Lucy D'Abreu May 24, 1892 May 24, 2002 112* I F lives in Scotland (UK)
26 Peru Julia Dougherty Aug. 20, 1893 Aug. 20, 2003 Dec.  4, 2003 110 106 W F U.S. (MA)
Cases which might be validated in the future:
There is some evidence to support the following cases, but they have not been officially accepted at this time.
Austria Maria Mika May 23, 1882 May 23, 1992 Nov. 17, 1994 112 178 W F Austria
Morocco (Spain) Consuelo Moreno-Lopez Feb.  5, 1893 Feb.  5, 2003 111* W F
Other cases:
While no evidence has been presented for the following cases, they are notable as beginning from a
110th-birthday story (as opposed to starting out at an extreme claim, such as "124 years old" for Elizabeth Israel of Dominica).
Uruguay Maxima Cabrera-Alfaro Nov. 18, 1893 Nov. 18, 2003 110* U F lives in Uruguay
Hungary Rosalia Foldes-Cisiki Jan. 18, 1894 Jan. 18, 2004 Jul. 20, 2004 110 W F lives in Hungary
Trinidad and Tobago Mabel Issac May 30, 1894 May 30, 2004 110* B F lives in Trinidad and Tobago (Note: Lived in US from 1897 to 1989)
Czech Republic Emilie Dolezalova June  7, 1894 June  7, 2004 110* W F lives in Czech Rep
Legend:
* Still Living
R H (Red) Hispanic
W (Blue) Caucasian
O (Green) Oriental
I  (Purple) Indian
B (Black) Negro
S F Female
M Male