List of oldest Edmontonians

This article lists the 25 oldest verified Edmontonians of all time (people from Edmonton, Alberta, all of whom attained the age of at least 105 years). Centenarians have received considerable local recognition in the City of Edmonton due to the Edmonton Aging Symposium, as well as the presence of the Alberta Centre on Aging at the University of Alberta.[1][2] Edmonton's centenary focus is exemplified in the city's municipal slogan "Official Host City of the Turn of the Century" which was introduced in 1895, following the city's own centennial.[3]

Aaltje Smit was the sixth oldest Edmontonian at the time of her death in 2005

As of 2022, the oldest verified Edmontonian is Margherita Buttiri, who died aged 112 years and 46 days on 23 June 2020.[4]

Municipal recognition

The City of Edmonton honours citizens who become centenarians with a letter from the Mayor.[5]

Oldest verified Edmontonians

  Deceased   Living

Rank Name Sex Birth date Death date Age Rank at death Birthplace
01 Margherita Buttiri[4] F 8 May 1908 23 June 2020 112 years, 46 days 1 Croatia
02 Katie Bunio[6][7] F 30 October 1911 28 July 2021 109 years, 331 days 1 Canada
03 Bertha Robinson[8][9] F 18 July 1913 27 May 2022 108 years, 323 days 3 Canada
04 Anna Marchuk[10] F 25 April 1910 19 November 2018 108 years, 208 days 1 Canada
05 Janet McRae[11] F 6 May 1908 14 September 2016 108 years, 132 days 1 Canada
06 Jean Babiuk[12] F 6 September 1910 26 December 2018 108 years, 111 days 3 Canada
07 Mary Woywitka[13] F 5 June 1911 19 June 2019 108 years, 14 days 4 Canada
08 Albert Donnelly[14] M 11 August 1888 21 April 1996 107 years, 254 days 1 Scotland
09 Gertrude Deane[15] F 15 November 1908 22 June 2016 107 years, 220 days 2 Canada
010 Harold Dunichand[16] M 31 July 1898 20 January 2006 107 years, 173 days 1 India
011 Kim Choy Yee Mah[17] F 22 May 1904 23 October 2011 107 years, 154 days 3 China
012 Nykola Kos[18] M 19 November 1897 19 February 2005 107 years, 92 days 2 Ukraine
013 Marie-Anne Morissette[19] F 18 July 1888 2 September 1995 107 years, 46 days 1 Canada
014 Grace Gillies[20] F 21 January 1910 18 February 2017 107 years, 28 days 7 Canada
015 Ellen McCullagh[21] F 3 August 1903 6 June 2010 106 years, 307 days 1 Canada
016 John Garbencius[22] M 17 January 1902 9 June 2008 106 years, 144 days 5 Lithuania
017 Otho Hunter[23] M 12 November 1886 22 February 1993 106 years, 102 days 1 United States
018 Martha Burgess[24] F 18 April 1906 22 May 2012 106 years, 35 days 9 Canada
019 Tuo Bon Wong Mah[25] F 19 November 1900 21 December 2006 106 years, 32 days 5 China
020 Dorothy Hollands[20] F 23 January 1910 12 December 2015 105 years, 323 days 14 Canada
021 Helen Barber[26]
 F 19 December 1906 28 October 2012 105 years, 314 days 10 Canada
022 Doris Patsula[27]
 F 18 March 1907 19 October 2012 105 years, 216 days 11 Canada
023 Therese Desjardins
 F 14 March 1918 Living 105 years, 200 days as of 30 September 2023 Canada
024 Aaltje Smit[28][29]
 F 20 October 1899[30] 5 May 2005 105 years, 197 days 6 Netherlands
025 Kathleen Kershaw[31]
 F 5 July 1907 25 December 2012 105 years, 174 days 12 Canada
026 Lillian Berg[32]
 F 26 April 1909 30 August 2014 105 years, 126 days 17 Canada

See also

References
  1. Zabjek, Alexandra. "Scientists Try to Answer Age-Old Query: Should People Live Longer?". The Edmonton Journal. p. 21.
  2. "Alberta Centre on Aging | Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine". www.ualberta.ca. Archived from the original on November 27, 2019. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  3. "Economic Development Edmonton 'Branding Edmonton' Initiative" (Doc). City of Edmonton. March 28, 2003. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
  4. "Buttiri, Margherita". Edmonton Journal. June 27, 2020. p. C13.
  5. Edmonton, City of (2020-04-05). "Protocol". www.edmonton.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
  6. "Remembering the life of Katie Bunio". edmontonjournal.remembering.ca. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  7. "109-year-old celebrates birthday days after recovering from COVID-19". CBC News.
  8. "Resident Spotlight: Bertha Robinson". Canterbury Foundation. June 17, 2020. Archived from the original on December 3, 2020.
  9. "Remembering the life of Bertha ROBINSON". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
  10. "Anna Marchuk". November 24, 2018.
  11. "McRae, Janet Isabel". September 28, 2016.
  12. "Jean Babiuk". January 5, 2019.
  13. "Mary Woywitka". June 26, 2019.
  14. "Donnelly, Albert Michael". April 28, 1996.
  15. "Deane, Gertrude (née Kilshaw)". June 25, 2016.
  16. "Harold Dunichand". January 22, 2006.
  17. "Mah, Kim". October 27, 2011.
  18. "Nykola Kos". February 28, 2005.
  19. "Morissette, Sister Marie-Anne S.P. (Sister Luciosa)". September 5, 1995.
  20. "Two Edmonton 105-year-olds share the keys to a long, happy life". January 29, 2015.
  21. "McCullagh, Ellen Lilian (Harper)". June 16, 2010.
  22. "Garbencius, John". June 12, 2008.
  23. "Hunter, Otho". February 25, 1993.
  24. "Burgess, Martha". May 26, 2012.
  25. "Mah, Tuo Bon Wong". December 29, 2006.
  26. "Barber, Helen Francis". The Edmonton Journal. October 30, 2012. p. 40.
  27. "Patsula, Doris (née Dubord)". The Edmonton Journal. October 24, 2012. p. 42.
  28. "Aaltje Smit". The Edmonton Journal. May 10, 2005. p. B7.
  29. Sinnema, Jodie (October 21, 2004). "Just Another Birthday in the Great-Gran Scheme of Things". The Edmonton Journal. p. 23.
  30. "Aaltje Smit". A Century of Living: A Compilation of Stories Profiling Alberta Residents Who Turned 100 Years of Age or Older in the Year 2000. Alberta Community Development Seniors Services and Housing Division. 2001. p. 94. ISBN 9780778515456.
  31. "Kershaw, Kathleen (née Coughlin)". The Edmonton Journal. December 29, 2012. p. 57.
  32. "Berg, Lillian "Lil"". The Edmonton Journal. September 5, 2014. p. 46.
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