Betsy baker supercentenarian
Betsy Ann Baker (née Russell; 20 August – 24 October ) was a validated British-American supercentenarian who was the world's oldest living person.!
Betsy Ann Baker (née Russell) was a validated British-American supercentenarian who was the world's oldest living person at the time of her.
Charlotte Hughes (supercentenarian)
British supercentenarian (–)
Charlotte Marion Hughes (née Milburn; 1 August – 17 March ), was a British supercentenarian who, at years, days, is the longest-lived person ever documented from the United Kingdom.[2]
Biography
Born in Hartlepool in the fortieth year of Queen Victoria's reign, she lived under the rule of five more monarchs and 24 UK Prime Ministers.
Hughes grew up in Middlesbrough in Yorkshire, where her father ran a music shop.[1] She worked as a teacher in a primary school from the age of thirteen[1][3] and married Noel Hughes, a retired army captain, after she retired aged They remained married until his death in at the age of Her father, Herbert Milburn, died at age 93, while her mother, Annie, died at She had three younger brothers: Herbert, Henry and Reginald.
Herbert died at 58, Henry at 80, and Reginald at
She remained in robust health into extreme old age and achieved publ