Photo Gallery for Supercentenarians born in the year 1904,
as of July 14, 2020.
Aged 107:
Aged 111:
Photos courtesy of http://www.sanluis.gob.mx/ and http://pulsoslp.com.mx.
February 23, 2016; Ambrosia Acosta-Teran was born in Ciudad Valles, Mexico on February 21, 1904. She currently lives in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. The first verified supercentenarian to live their entire life in Mexico, Acosta-Teran believes work and happiness are the key to a long and quality life.
Ambrosia Acosta-Teran died on August 25, 2016 at the age of 112 years, 186 days.
On her 110th birthday:
This photo was hosted by instagram.
Tsurue Amou was born in Japan on March 1, 1904 and currently lives in Tokushima, Japan.
January 1, 2018; Tsurue Amou passed away on November 6, 2017 at the age of 113 years, 250 days.
This photo was provided by Takeo Inishie.
Hisa Arai was born in Japan on September 10, 1904 and currently lives in Gifu, Japan.
May 31, 2018; Hisa Arai died on May 4, 2018 at the age of 113 years, 236 days.
Both photos were taken on her 111th birthday:
Photos sourced from http://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/okayama/ and http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/local/okayama/news/.
December 28, 2015; Yoshiyo Bessho was born in Japan on April 1, 1904. She currently lives in Okayama, Japan.
May 31, 2018; Yoshiyo Bessho died on April 8, 2018 at the age of 114 years, 7 days.
On her 111th birthday:
This photo was sourced from Facebook.
October 2, 2016; Olive Boar was born in Ipswich, England, United Kingdom on September 29, 1904 and currently lives in Ipswich, United Kingdom.
October 10, 2018; Olive Boar died on August 28, 2018 at the age of 113 years, 333 days.
Undated photo:
Aged 111:
Aged 113:
Photos sourced from http://www.heightsobserver.org/ and http://www.aol.com/.
June 14, 2016; Lessie Brown was born in Georgia, United States on September 22, 1904 and currently lives in Ohio, United States.
On May 9, 2018, she became the oldest living person in the United States, following the death of Delphine Gibson.
February 16, 2019; Lessie Brown died on January 8, 2019 at the age of 114 years, 108 days.
Maria Santa Butera-Catalano, 111
On her 111th birthday:
Photo sourced from http://www.radioantennabisacquino.it.
Maria Santa Butera-Catalano was born in Chiusa Sclafani, Sicily, Italy on December 2, 1904 and died in the same place on January 14, 2016 at the age of 111 years, 43 days.
Bienvenida Vergara Jaen de Cano, 113
April 26, 2016; Bienvenida Vergara Jaen de Cano was born as the daughter of Silverio Vergara and Vergara Francisca Jaen in Las Tablas, Panama, on Apr. 6, 1904. She married Elias Cano in 1922. Bienvenida Vergara Jaen de Cano celebrated her 112th birthday earlier this month. She is the oldest-known resident of Panama and first validated supercentenarian in the history of Panama.
At age 102
At age 108
At age 111
At age 112
June 24, 2017; Bienvenida Vergara Jaen de Cano died on June 6, 2017 at the age of 113 years, 61 days.
Aged 108:
Aged 110:
Aged 112:
Photos provided by Dr. Andrew Holmes.
Bessie Camm was born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England, United Kingdom on June 20, 1904. She curremtly lives in Rotherham, South Yorkshire.
May 31, 2018; Bessie Camm died on May 11, 2018 at the age of 113 years, 325 days.
Francisca Celsa dos Santos, 115
Aged 89:
Aged 99:
Aged 110:
Aged 111:
Aged 115:
Undated photo:
Photos provided by Tiago Jose Soares Silva, GRG-Correspondent for Brazil, by the courtesy of Mrs. Celsa dos Santos's family.
July 9, 2020; Francisca Celsa dos Santos was born in Cascavel, Ceara, Brazil, on October 21, 1904 (claims October 22, 1904). Her parents were Raimundo Gertrudes dos Santos and Maria do Espirito Santo. She had six children in total. Her husband died in 1978. Francisca Celsa dos Santos currently lives in Messejana, Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil. She was validated by the GRG on July 9, 2020, being the third-oldest living person at the time. In addition, she is the oldest validated person in Brazil.
As a young woman:
Aged 105:
In later years:
Photos sourced from ancestry, http://archives.gcah.org/ and http://www.ehc.edu/.
May 17, 2016; Jean Christy was born in North Carolina, United States on August 20, 1904.
May 30, 2016; Jean Christy died in North Carolina on May 28, 2016 at the age of 111 years, 282 days.
Hermione Cock (23; right) with her husband James Cock
Hermione Cock (far right) as a nurse in World War II.
At age 100
At age 109
At age 110
At age 111
All pictures except the picture at age 111 are sourced from Shropshire Star.
The picture at age 111 is sourced from BBC Radio Shropshire on their Facebook post here.
January 5, 2016; Hermione Cock was born on March 1, 1904, in the county of Wiltshire, England, but moved to the county of Shropshire in the 1920s and lived in the town of Shrewsbury. She married her husband, James Cock, in 1927, in Shrewsbury. During World War II, Hermione became a voluntary nurse with the St John's Ambulance. After the war, they moved to the town of Wellington, then upon husband James's retirement, they moved back to Shrewsbury. She died in Shrewsbury on October 24, 2015, at the age of 111 years 237 days. At the time of her death, she was the second-oldest living person in the United Kingdom.
Undated photo:
Aged 111:
Photos courtesy of http://www.mysask.com and http://thestarphoenix.com.
June 25, 2016; Lilian Cornell was born in England, United Kingdom on August 21, 1904 and died in Saskatchewan, Canada on January 11, 2016 at the age of 111 years, 143 days.
On the left, aged 22:
In the middle, aged 110:
Photos sourced from http://www.people.com/.
December 28, 2015; Rubye Cox was born in Arizona, United States on January 31, 1904 and died in Rhode Island, United States on December 2, 2015 at the age of 111 years, 305 days.
Undated photo:
Aged 111:
The undated photo was sourced from BresciaToday website. The
photo at age 111 was taken from Giornale di Brescia website.
Maria Crescini-Carrara was born in Riva di Solto, Lombardy, Italy on January 20, 1904 and died in the same place on December 17, 2015 at the age of 111 years, 331 days.
As a young woman:
Aged 108:
Aged 110:
Elisabet Ekenaes was born in Norway on December 26, 1904 and currently lives in Eastern Norway.
Elisabet Ekenaes died on January 4, 2017 at the the age of 112 years, 9 days.
In the middle, as a young woman:
Aged 110:
Photos sourced from http://tribunatreviso.gelocal.it.
Maria Granello-Grilletti was born in Quinto di Treviso, Veneto, Italy on December 11, 1904 and died in the same place on August 11, 2016 at the age of 111 years, 244 days.
Aged 111:
This photo was sourced from http://www.toyamagata.com/.
May 15, 2016; Tsuya Hayashi was born in Japan on April 26, 1904 and currently lives in Toyama, Japan.
Tsuya Hayashi died on November 30, 2016 at the age of 112 years, 218 days.
As a young woman:
In her final years:
Photos sourced from http://www.nhk.or.jp and http://www.kaikou.city.yokohama.jp.
Tei Hidaka was born in Japan on February 27, 1904 and died in the same country on October 1, 2015 at the age of 111 years, 216 days.
Aged 106:
Aged 107:
On her 111th birthday:
Both photos sourced from http://phoenix.betoku.jp/.
February 10, 2016; Katsue Hiraishi was born in Japan on June 9, 1904 and currently lives in Tokushima, Japan.
January 1, 2018; Katsue Hiraishi passed away on November 6, 2017 at the age of 113 years, 150 days.
Aged 21:
Undated photo:
Aged 110:
Photos courtesy of http://wcfcourier.com/ and http://www.uiu.edu.
September 26, 2016; Emma Hough was born in Iowa, United States on December 2, 1904 and died in Iowa on June 18, 2016 at the age of 111 years, 199 days.
Photos courtesy of http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/.
December 18, 2015; Nugi Ikeda was born in Japan on April 1, 1904. She currently lives in Saga, Japan.
June 17, 2016; Nugi Ikeda died on June 8, 2016 at the age of 112 years, 68 days.
Aged 109:
June 10, 2016; Tetsu Ishii was born in Iwate, Japan on September 15, 1904 and currently lives in Aomori, Japan.
March 7, 2017; Tetsu Ishii passed away in Aomori, Japan on March 4, 2017 at age of 112 years 170 days. She is the oldest person ever from Aomori.
Aged 109:
Aged 113:
Photos courtesy of Stefan Maglov, http://towaso.sakura.ne.jp/sblo_files/towaso/image/towaso149.pdf and https://www.iwanichi.co.jp.
Tomoe Iwata was born in Japan on March 25, 1904. She currently lives in Iwate, Japan.
May 31, 2018; Tomoe Iwata died on April 13, 2018 at the age of 114 years, 19 days.
Photo courtesy of http://uki-fukushimura.jp
Shingo Kitamura was born in Nagasaki, Japan on March 18, 1904. He went into limbo on September 15, 2014 at the age of 110.
April 11, 2018; Shingo Kitamura died on December 30, 2014 at the age of 110 years, 287 days.
Aged 111:
Photos courtesy of http://www.city.itami.lg.jp/SHITYO/DIALY/H26/1409550708608.html and Instagram.
April 15, 2018; Tazuyo Kobayashi was born in Japan on January 25, 1904 and died in Hyogo, Japan on December 7, 2015 at the age of 111 years, 316 days.
Aged 106:
Aged 110:
Aged 111:
The photo at age 106 was provided by a family member. The photo at 110 was taken from a feature on ABC television. The photo at 111 was taken from an
article in Southland News newspaper.
Edna Lawler was born in Indiana, United States on January 13, 1904. She currently lives in Illinois.
Edna Lawler died on January 31, 2016 at the age of 112 years, 18 days.
Filomena Marongiu-Marongiu, 111
Aged 106:
Aged 110:
Aged 111:
Filomena Marongiu-Marongiu was born in Villanova Monteleone, Sardinia, Italy on October 23, 1904 and died in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy on February 23, 2016 at the age of 111 years, 123 days.
Aged 109:
Huguette Masson was born in Pays de la Loire, France on June 27, 1904. She currently lives in Pays de la Loire.
April 6, 2018; Huguette Masson died on March 5, 2018 at the age of 113 years, 251 days.
Aged 110:
Aged 115:
Photos courtesy of http://blog-imgs-65.fc2.com.
Shin Matsushita was born in Japan on March 30, 1904. She currently lives in Miyagi, Japan.
January 1, 2020; Shin Matsushita died on 27 August 2019 at the age of 115 years, 150 days.
Aged 104:
On her 111th birthday:
Photos courtesy of http://www.ladige.it and http://trentinocorrierealpi.gelocal.it/.
September 9, 2016; Maria Mattivi-Mattivi was born in Trentino-Alto Adige, Austria-Hungary (now Italy) on November 29, 1904 and died in Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy on May 29, 2016 at the age of 111 years, 182 days.
Aged 107:
Undated photo:
Aged 111:
Photos courtesy of http://english.ryukyushimpo.jp/
and http://www.huoa.org/.
Choki Miyagi was born in Japan on November 15, 1904 and died in Okinawa, Japan on August 7, 2016 at the age of 111 years, 266 days.
Photos courtesy of the SND (Sisters of Notre-Dame) website.
Aged 111:
Aged 113:
Luzia Mohrs was born in Germany on March 23, 1904. She currenty lives in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
January 1, 2018; Luzia Mohrs passed away on October 16, 2017 at the age of 113 years, 207 days.
On her 112th birthday:
These photos were sourced from the Spanish newspaper La Voz de Galicia.
June 27, 2017; Avelina Mouzo Leis was born in Vilar, Cereixo, Vimianzo, Galicia, Spain on December 27, 1904 and currently lives in Campo do Outeiro, A Ponte do Porto, Camarinas, Spain.
January 1, 2018; Avelina Mouzo Leis passed away on December 28, 2017 at the age of 113 years, 1 day.
Virginia Secundina Moyano, 113
In 2013:
On her 111th birthday:
Photos sourced from http://www.fenix951.com.ar/nuevo_2013/noticia.php?id=35796 and http://www.lavoz.com.ar/ciudadanos/la-cordobesa-que-tiene-la-edad-de-la-voz.
January 2, 2016; Virginia Secundina Moyano was born in Cordoba, Argentina on May 17, 1904. She currently lives in San Jose, La Rioja, Argentina.
June 24, 2017; Virginia Secundina Moyano died on June 20, 2017 at the age of 113 years, 34 days.
N.A. was born in Illinois, United States on November 3, 1904 and currently lives in Illinois.
April 11, 2018; N.A. died on July 28, 2017 at the age of 112 years, 267 days.
In his final years:
On his 113th birthday:
Photos courtesy of Charles Ragsdale and https://blogs.elconfidencial.com.
February 14, 2018; Francisco Nunez-Olivera was born in Bienvenida, Extremadura, Spain on December 13, 1904 and died in the same place on January 29, 2018 at the age of 113 years, 47 days. Nunez-Olivera became the oldest man in the world following the death of Israel Kristal on August 11, 2017. He is also the second-oldest Spanish man ever behind Joan Riudavets-Moll.
He was known fondly as "Marchena", a nickname given to him when a boy mistook him for the famous Spanish singer, Pepe Marchena. When he was 19, he joined the army and went to Morocco. He had four children, nine grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren, all of whom were alive at the time of his 110th birthday.
The verification of this case proved problematic as a number of highly important documents are believed to have been lost or destroyed in wartime. We were eventually able to accept the case based on proxy validation methods, including finding military enlistment records that referenced the original birth records.
Aged 102:
Photo sourced from http://www.city.hitachiomiya.lg.jp/.
Kuni Onose was born in Japan on December 31, 1904 and currently lives in Ibaraki, Japan.
February 15, 2018; Kuni Onose died on February 5, 2018 at the age of 113 years, 36 days.
On her 108th birthday:
On her 109th birthday:
On her 110th birthday:
Aged 111:
On her 112th birthday:
Photos sourced from Le Progres.
April 12, 2017; Marie-Antoinette Radix was born in Rhone-Alpes, France on December 7, 1904 and died on April 8, 2017 at the age of 112 years, 122 days.
Ana Sara Marquez de Ramirez, 112
Aged 104:
Aged 109:
On her 110th birthday:
On her 111th birthday:
Photos sourced from http://www.cronicadelquindio.com.
May 4, 2016; Ana Sara Marquez de Ramirez was born in Colombia on July 25, 1904. On November 8, 2015, she passed the final age of Daniel Guzman-Garcia and became the oldest verified person ever from Colombia.
Ana Sara Marquez de Ramirez died on August 27, 2016 at the age of 112 years, 33 days.
Aged 108:
Aged 109:
Aged 110:
Two days before her 112th birthday:
October 27, 2016; Lucile Randon was born in Ales, Languedoc-Roussillon, France on February 11, 1904 and currently lives in Toulon, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France.
Gabrielle Valentine des Robert, 114
In the middle with her younger brother (left) and her older sister (right):
Aged 12:
Aged 39:
Aged 100:
Aged 114:
All photos provided by her family.
May 3, 2018; Gabrielle Valentine des Robert was born in Meuse, France on June 4, 1904. She currently lives in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique department, Pays de la Loire, France.
February 16, 2019; Gabrielle Valentine des Robert died on December 3, 2018 at the age of 114 years, 182 days.
October 15, 2015; Mumeno Sakurai was born in Japan on February 7, 1904. She currently lives in Gunma, Japan.
Mumeno Sakurai died on August 26, 2016 at the age of 112 years, 201 days.
This photo was sourced from http://www.city.morioka.iwate.jp.
June 3, 2016; Tomo Sato was born in Japan on September 6, 1904. She currently lives in Iwate, Japan.
June 24, 2017; Tomo Sato went into limbo in March 2016 at the age of 111.
Aged 102:
Aged 109:
Aged 111:
The first three photos were sourced from the Kimochi website. The final photo was provided by Jane Kim.
December 13, 2015; Tameko Shijo was born in Japan on January 1, 1904. She emigrated to the United States as a young woman and currently lives in San Francisco, California, United States.
June 24, 2017; Tameko Shijo went into limbo in June 2016 at the age of 112.
This photo was sourced from Twitter.
Kamada Shimabukuro was born in Japan on December 20, 1904 and currently lives in Okinawa, Japan.
In September 2015, aged 111:
Photo courtesy of http://www.pref.kagawa.lg.jp.
Mumeno Shirai was born in Japan on May 19, 1904 and died in Kagawa, Japan on May 28, 2016 at the age of 112 years, 9 days.
Undated photo:
On her 111th birthday:
Photos sourced from Front Porch News Texas and Facebook.
Corine Snow was born in Texas, United States on December 1, 1904. She currently lives in Texas.
Corine Snow died on December 5, 2016 at the age of 112 years, 4 days
Photo courtesy of http://konipan.com.
Mitsue Taiji was born in Japan on March 10, 1904. She currenty lives in Hyogo, Japan.
Mitsue Taiji is believed to have passed away. While her death has not yet been officially confirmed, she most likely died on January 26, 2016 at the age of 111, 322 days.
Photos courtesy of
http://www.city.matsubara.osaka.jp and https://twitter.com/MatsubaraMackey/
March 11, 2016; Take Tanaka was born in Japan on April 21, 1904. She currently lives in Osaka, Japan.
June 24, 2017: Take Tanaka went into limbo on 28 March 2016 at the age of 111.
As a young woman:
As an older woman:
Photos sourced from http://www.city.tsubame.niigata.jp.
June 24, 2017; Kiku Usami was born in Japan on September 1, 1904 and currently lives in Niigata, Japan.
April 6, 2018; Kiki Usami died on February 26, 2018 at the age of 113 years, 178 days.
As a young woman:
Aged 23:
In later years:
Photos courtesy of http://www.areawidenews.com/ and http://guardonline.com.
May 30, 2016; Dorothy Wagner was born in Illinois, United States on September 2, 1904. She currenty lives in Arkansas.
June 24, 2017; Dorothy Wagner went into limbo on 21 June 2016 at the age of 111.
Aged 22:
On her 110th Birthday:
On her 111th Birthday:
Photos courtesy of http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com and http://www.hvmag.com/Hudson-Valley-Magazine/.
January 28, 2016; Vera Van Wagner was born in New York, United States on May 24, 1904. She currenty lives in New York.
October 15, 2017; Vera Van Wagner died on September 8, 2017 at the age of 113 years, 106 days.
Aged 4, on her mothers lap:
Aged 18:
On her wedding day:
Aged 109:
On her 111th birthday:
Photos courtesy of Monique Meier, a daughter of Ilse Weiszfeld.
August 2, 2016; Ilse Weiszfeld was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria) on October 16, 1904. She currently lives in France and is the oldest living Austrian born person.
As a young girl, she was a brilliant student and a very sporty young girl who belonged to the HA-KOAH, a sports club for young Jews where she entered swimming competitions (and at times was a trainer) and also went hiking and skiing. Her family believe her long and healthy life was inspired by sporty, healthy youth.
She met her husband in 1927. She was an active musician and played the piano but she knew, being Jewish, there was no future for her as a concert pianist. So she turned to language studies (French and English) and this turned out to be a great help when, with her husband , they decided to leave Austria because of the economic and antisemitic situation and moved to France to start a new life in 1933.
There they started a small factory for ladies' underwear and were very successful for a few years. While her husband dealt with creating and selling new models, she oversaw the running of the workshop.
When the Anschluss broke out, they managed to get most of their family out of Austria in time and they all went into hiding in Lyon from 1940-41 until the end of WWII. They were helped by French friends who gave them their own IDs, at the risk of their own lives. Thus Ilse, who spoke French very well, was free to move around (unlike the rest of the family who hardly spoke the language) and worked hard to find food on the Black Market for the family. For example, her elderly parents hid away for a time in an psychiartric asylum and her small daughter hidden away in a small village in the Alps, a highly dangerous centre for the French Partisans.
After the war, Ilse went back to Paris, where they had to start from scratch, the factory having been totally vandalised and their apartment emptied and occupied by someone not entitled to it at all. Thus it took them some time to recover from the shock of the war and the lack of immediate prospects at the end of it. But Ilse was a fighter and showed her guts by having the second child she had so longed for. Times remained tough: nothing was available, neither machines nor material to produce underwear, but they managed with the help of some of their former clients. After some time, they finally got the underwear production going again and recoverd their flat.
In the following period they worked hard to make a good living, raise their family and their grandchildren in later years. Every Winter, remembering their sporty youth, they would rent a large flat in the mountains (French or Swiss Alps) and have the whole family spend a Winter holiday with them. Ilse skied until she was 75.
Upon retirement, they left Paris for a beautiful house in the suburbs where they welcomed family and friends in an ever-open house. Ilse remained very active, coming into the city twice a week to play bridge and attend sewing classes. She also baked regularly for her family.
At the age of 105, she moved back into the city, closer to her children and remained in her own flat for a few years, enjoying her daily walks in the Luxembourg Gardens, the hairdresser, the beauty parlor, the magazine kiosk, the shops and restaurants.
Aged 111, she is a resident in a brand-new home of which she was the first inhabitant, so that she is considered the "boss" of the place - and also the mascot, since she is, by far, the oldest resident! She still goes for a walk most days, reads a lot of magazines (without glasses!) and still speaks three langages fluently, but unfortunately her poor hearing prevents her from socializing as much as she would like to.
April 11, 2018; Ilse Weiszfeld died on April 22, 2017 at the age of 112 years, 188 days.
This photo was sourced from http://www.nhk.or.jp/.
May 15, 2016; Tane Yonekura was born in Japan on May 2, 1904 and currently lives in Kagoshima, Japan.
May 31, 2018; Tane Yonekura died on May 19, 2018 at the age of 114 years, 17 days.
April 8, 2018; Masamitsu Yoshida was born in Japan on May 30, 1904 and died in Tokyo, Japan on October 29, 2016 at the age of 112 years, 152 days.
This photo was sourced from http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com.
Grace Young was born in Pennsylvania, United States on January 28, 1904 and died in the same state on August 4, 2015 at the age of 111 years, 188 days.
Here ends the Photo Gallery for Supercentenarians born in 1904.
