Marie Brémont
Marie Marthe Augustine Lemaitre Brémont (née Mesange; 25 April 1886 – 6 June 2001)[1] was a French supercentenarian and the oldest recognized person in the world from November 2000 until her death at age 115 years 42 days.[2] Brémont is the second oldest French person to have ever lived, after longevity world record holder Jeanne Calment.[3]
Marie Brémont | |
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 in 1910, age 24 | |
| Born | Marie Mesange 25 April 1886 |
| Died | 6 June 2001 (aged 115 years 42 days) |
| Known for | Supercentenarian, the second oldest verified human who lived into more than one millennium |
| Spouse(s) | Constant Lemaitre (?-?, his death) Florentin Brémont (?- 1967, his death) |
Biography
Brémont was born in Noëllet,[2] Western France on 25 April 1886 to a lumberjack. Her first husband, railroad worker Constant Lemaitre, was killed in the First World War. She married again to a taxi driver, Florentin Brémont, who died in 1967. She had no children.[1]
Over the course of her life, she worked as a farmer, as well as in a pharmaceutical factory, as a nanny and as a seamstress. At 103, she was hit by a car and broke her arm as a result.[4] She died at her retirement home at age 115 years 42 days in Candé, Maine-et-Loire.
References
- "World's oldest woman dies at 115". BBC News. 6 June 2001. Retrieved 29 December 2007.
- "Marie Bremont". Associated Press. 7 June 2001. Retrieved 29 December 2007.
Marie Brémont, a 115-year-old French woman, believed to be the world's oldest person, died Wednesday, ending a journey through life that spanned three centuries. Brémont died in her sleep at a retirement home in Candé. She was considered the world's oldest person since the death of Eva Morris of Britain in November.
- AlterNet / By Mad Dog (24 June 2001). "MAD DOG: Bottling the Fountain of Youth". Alternet.org. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
- "Marie Bremont, 115; Believed to Be Oldest Person in the World". Los Angeles Times. 8 June 2001. Retrieved 2 June 2013.