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Facts and Events
| Name |
Grace Adelaide Jones |
| Gender |
Female |
| Birth[1][5][7][8][9][10] |
7 Dec 1899 |
Bermondsey, London, England |
| Census[2] |
1901 |
Bermondsey, London, England |
| Census[1] |
1911 |
Bermondsey, London, England67 Vienna Road |
| Residence[3] |
1945 |
Bermondsey, London, EnglandBevington Street |
| Residence[3] |
1946 |
Bermondsey, London, EnglandBevington Street |
| Residence[9] |
4 Jul 2012 |
Rotherhithe, Surrey, England |
| Residence[5] |
7 Dec 2012 |
Bermondsey, London, EnglandSouthwark Park Estate |
| Employment[5] |
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Biscuit Factory |
| Employment[11] |
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Seamstress |
| Employment[11] |
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Civil Servant |
| Death[4][6] |
14 Nov 2013 |
Lambeth, Surrey, EnglandSt. Thomas Hospital |
| Reference Number |
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Q5591234 (Wikidata) |
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Grace Adelaide Jones (7 December 1899 – 14 November 2013) was a British supercentenarian, who, at the age of 113 years, 342 days,[1] was the oldest verified living person in the United Kingdom, and the world's sixth-oldest living person until her death in November 2013. She was the last known living British person to have been born in the 1800s.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)).
- ↑ England. England. 1901 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.).
Class: RG13; Piece: 392; Folio: 34; Page: 59
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 London, England. Electoral Registers, 1835-1965.
Electoral Registers. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives
- ↑ *For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Grace Jones (supercentenarian).
, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Oldest person in Britain celebrates her 113th birthday, in Daily Record and Sunday Mail
8 Dec 2012.
"Grace was born on December 7, 1899"
- ↑ Oldest person in the UK: Ethel Lang, in Oldest In Britain.
"death of 113-year-old Grace Jones on 14 November 2013"
- ↑ Britain's oldest woman, 112, burgled by thug who tricked his way into her London home, in London Evening Standard
4 Jul 2012.
"burglar breaks in month after 112th. birthday"
- ↑ Britain's oldes woman robbed aged 112: Vile thug jailed for raid which left frail Grace living in fear, in Mirror
5 Jul 2012.
"Suffers group of break ins starting 5 days before birthday"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Britain's oldest woman, 112, who survived the Blitz and lost her fiancé in the trenches left too scared to leave her home after being targeted by cowardly thief , in Mail Online
4 Jul 2012.
"just celebrated 112th. birthday and she was attacked in her home in Rotherhithe, south London"
- ↑ Today's Birthdays, Friday 7 December 2012, in The 110 Club
12 Dec 2012.
"Grace Adelaide Jones, 113"
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Grace Jones: Britain's oldest person, who worked as a seamstress and a civil servant until her retirement in the 1960s, in The Independent
20 Nov 2012.
"Jones was born in Bermondsey, south London, in December 1899, one of eight children."
- Doris tells people she is 21 - at the tender age of 108, in South Wales Evening Post
8 Aug 2012.
"The oldest woman in the UK is believed to be Grace Adelaide Jones, who is 112."
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