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chiddicks
05-10-20, 15:05
Who's the oldest person in your tree that you have a picture of?

I have Henry William Goode aged 102 you can see him in the pictures here.

Can anybody beat that??


https://chiddicksfamilytree.com/2020/10/03/52ancestors-week-40-oldest-the-life-and-times-of-henry-william-goode-aged-102/
Merry
05-10-20, 20:57
No, I can't beat that. The oldest person in my tree is Ann Smith, 1800-1900 and I have a couple of photos of her probably taken around 1890, as her husband had photos taken at the same time and he died in 1893.

I also have a few photos of people born before 1800, taken in the 1860s and 1870s and a few early photos, taken in the 1850s, but they are of younger people. Some are posted on the Family Photos board on this site:

http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/Forum/forumdisplay.php?f=35
Pinefamily
06-10-20, 10:33
102 is going to take some beating.
Not the oldest, but I have one of the tallest, Fred Kempster. His photos can be found on Google. Fred is my 2nd cousin 2x removed.
vita
06-10-20, 11:16
3xg aunt Amelia Julia Atkinson was a youthful 97 when she died in 1925.She emigrated to NZ aged
25 & had 12 children. I have a couple of photos of her in later life, including one which appears in
the Otago Early Settlers Museum.
JayG
06-10-20, 13:22
Different era to everyone else. 2nd cousin twice removed Dot 1912 -2017 (104 and 6 months).

Edit to add I unfortunately never met her but do have several photos of her.
Mary from Italy
06-10-20, 19:28
I think I can probably win the prize on this one, although the lady isn't a very close relation, and I never met her: Dorothy Sarah Baldwin, my 4th cousin once removed, who died in 2014, just a few weeks before her 112th birthday.

This photo was taken on her 109th birthday:

https://stories.swns.com/news/britains-oldest-woman-dies-weeks-112th-birthday-42472/nti_dorothy_baldwin_01-1/
chiddicks
10-10-20, 17:27
Thanks everyone for sharing your stories of longevity with me, lots of wonderful stories and I hope they have passed on those genes tomall of us!

109 have to say is amazing and to almost reach 112 is almost record breaking