AGED ONE HUNDRED.

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AGED ONE HUNDRED.

BRITISH CENTENARIANS. . . A YEAITS BECOBI). ' - ' . rTiiei London■' "Evening Standard";: girts;; the- following list of dead' ::r.d; living' ccn- ■ itmarian's. in Great Britaih'for the year : W:- ; ;■ ' --'.January. 1909— Mrs,/.Margaret'Jrinroy-.. Koss, who died ot (bo ago of. '103 of •jVhitehoiise. Loan, Edinburgh, left" £1000'.-'" 'or tho.- poor of- llorningside, Edinburgh, anil .tJOOO cac.h to the Edinburgh 80.-yal. InJirmary, . tlio Edinburgh' Royal Blind*/ Asylum nd' School;;tho'; Edinburgh Deaf: and,'. Dumb- .'lnstitute;, ''..the' -' Edinburgh.' . Kova! Hospital for .Sick ■j. woman named Susan: O'Hagan, \rho' ,iv«s' y .borii in \IBO2, died at'Lisb'uru';• lor'ninctj-,''• •seven: years she, had bein in the employ * of. the same family,, having sorvo'd'Nvitii'"V four .'generations.: Amelia fidget!, of :Mistly, ; Esses, died ;iuTher - 101 th. 'Her-. husband,. asailor,> dietL a. quarter of ii century -ago, .;.aged 'seviiity-fiuv.'■'•"-Mrs."' tidirett; vii's .'a ; liati-ro ol' : Great':;Oakley, -Harwich,, .and; one of' her patents' lived'' i to.be oyer; 103. 'Mr) AViliiam I ;AVai'd, ,of Douglas,.'lslo of iiuii,' died in 'his' : l(ll)tli' 1 year.- . Jlr..(jecrge; <jragd died- at the'age ; at l'liiinstead. Ho. was born', at' :. .xiiskeara. .'-Tlio,-old*. ■ tiiau- :ivas :delighted ''■ jt the .uews. ,that' ; he-had;.been , granted ' the old-age pension. .Ho'diedVthe day he received .intimation to draw' the amount due for..two vweeks. '. ''February,: .1909,-David-"Hughes, of.'Gar- - ivcn livo itqads, ;a. villago outsido; Llaa- -' oily. has died ;at the ago of 101.- 'He ' probably established;a Presidential , record, .'1 inasmuch as lie licyer Jived out of ; the • : MUage- where. he ten. -Confined, to ; her . bed - for sixty- years,: ITiss JcwE-Mr-V' dine,lias, died in Jior 101st'year, at. Aniinu.' -" j- Ut !.\ c ul ' c ' r - John .Kearney.-dicd:i--if 'ii 0 : a - K .° of '.' 102 _at Uullingar, West'' " ;*?£&•<. -^ rs .. Livsey 'died'at/th'e age : of ,102 .at • AValtltom - Abbey ./(Herts;)'.' 'A-. lemarkable. case of - lorigovity in' a - fiimili is. that ot Mrs. Carter's, of' Adimore, 'SuV - sex. . Mrs.-Carter herself; is.'lOO years old.' soniS,: and her daughter-68. / . l9o9.—ilrs;, Jemima Skippdied at..the.agß.of..loo:years at Standon..,Slfs.'i C. Burman died ..at-the age of 101' at' - ford, of Mulht's,. County Donegal, ..li'as at v .tho W as-.: announced at . Goivcr .Workhouse, , near.-/;. ■'^- nil ' -who Was in.-; -nt' ; .i ' A t -".St. . Dennis, : -Mr. - lh ,°®?, s , }yi}'l ! "iis..(lied...in hisjlOlst.year. ■ •o'r'?"■!• r^rt : Colemhi died r in? ,"'Queensto\rn, {at'-'the;'ago •. of 103. Mrs. Mary. Goodo' died- at- Moss- ' ■ ' '®f?4 .; -t'he ' death oecurrcd 'at BeinveJj,. Newcastle, ,ofMrs: : Jaiio':i Sir-■ ; s.? e ®!, ' 'P-- !■ GfeorgeV,Pettihsal£ri'died::r: at' tanewdon, ;near ; Southejidlie/was 106, -and worked as -a^fahn'labourer'.until' a .."wJEffiTs itrs.; (- ot',ls.irkcudbnght; completed: -her- 105lh • .year.'-.--.-;Ma3VUM9.--Mrs:.- Xeighbo'ur,: of ': Sun- : ningdafei, celebratedher. 100 th birthdav. ■ >he:.is anv;old_;ago :i)ehaoher.'- HainaTv 11 Tate ..completed' her. 100 th. year ;'at. Sher- • ~ ll #n H'?».;CHon9?sterghite.^.-:..: . June, -Margaret ; Aiirtliurs, of ' ~W?ton Eoa'dvßath, celebrated ■ herJOlst inw! 1 P' ar^' '- celebrated Ker,' 105 th . birthday .at . Wood' Green (Middle- . ■*&>', ;The ;King.. recently .accepted the •' old-lady's photognpli. - " _"July, 1909.—Mr, 'Joan Corney, of Burv, Eamsey .(Hunts), died, aged 100 years: and v six months... He: £ad,.been;postihaster of -' , .ry tPf.-PFX ? s'«ars;-', The death-has" '• occurred, at Gateshead,, at,the age. of. 101, : 01 Mr., John ,Hancocks,_;a ."native of.'Tin.■ P 1 e . ra J' V; . - Mry.7S.~H." Cofon;-of Broadway; .Uestminster, , ; who. ; . celebrated "her 100th'-. .birthday,, .received' a . .telegram' ; 0 f : co'ih'■ : gratulation- from • the King i AW'ist,' Jan<>Allans of' Scar'borongh,idied.atthoinge:: 6f 100 yiars aad j 19 weeks." . Johanna. .Dillbn- died-.at-Sonr-«-ton 'A o .rdcr'.of-.Dartmoor; at' tha"." age- of ilo3. ■ three children survive ■ iier,--' who-.aro_ "each; .in. receipfeifvan- roldhaiirpension.;,. . A;-lifelong resident -'inf. 'rone's Marston/.-naincd , is over IdO ; years of' age,. hasVattended the' annual .Sunday • school treat lield: in the village for-.-the 100 t- successive .time.' ( , September, 1909 -ilr= Norah Donovan 1 died in .Midleton..;,TVorkhouse, Cork, at. tho age ol' 103. _Slie'had.be^n.-an:inma(n; , e2 '/eg«; : ":-'Mrs'.,'-Ann: Baker; a resi-' ; dent.-of,'btoke ; Edith, ' Herefordshire,•• is', ■now in her 101 st year, f, .Mrs.": Saunders. a-widow, . of •\yoottoii , .-BriC«.'V.Me-'-''o»'''' VvigJit,. who . has reached':her. '100 th -: birth- : lias received 'a . handsome. gold- brooch' from Princess 'Henry of Battonberg.' 1 : .October,-i 1909.-Mr;?Kichard.'Peter, .T.P.,'■ -■% a . u "^ es^on >. ;ol^ e st magistrate' in •: 1 ®v'i, n . g ■ - celebrated, .hi? 100tk.:birth-v day . tills, month. . ..- Ho ' received a'tol(S~ ;p;aphic,. : inessage-.'sent i:on,;-behalf of. thai Oung,.;and ther Duke' and Duchess' of .. Cornwall . and. the.-.: Prince',' and - PrinccKs-' of ; Wales sont, .congratulations. - Joseph . •Silk''-Hart | s" aied 'iri-'his"'looth year at' Bush Hill. Park, , Enfield.;.-,Mrs. Cather:"i e ■ '^sar.V.',-'.ot*. Confree, 'Stokestown,-' Umtjr{:'Bos«anmoni died at- thV.'ago of 101-years. . John Porter, aii ianiato of .the ...Dunmow.: ; (Esscx);_ Workhouse ,Jntirm-. ■ .aiy," celebrated his 100 th birthday. Tho through Lord'lvnollys, has written. to' congratulate; .Captain; David Jackson ■ upen being able.'atHhe'.agc of. 101 vears;' to attend tho .annual service for seafarers , in St. Paul's .CathedraKJoii; October 13),' and hopes.his life.uia'y b'o-spared so that, ho Tnay-be; present, at future service^.'' > ' : IOOOi-Mrs/Frances Norinari,': oldest inmate of' Brighton Workb'ouso In- s; lirmary, celebrated . her,; 100 th birthday. old lady, who.is very bright and' cheerful,,-was presented,'by the : chairman, ot- thev-Board -of.-Guardians: witK a-suiri" of ."money :■collected lainb'ng .a- few-ifriendsi'. Sarah Hickling 'died'at Wheatacro, :* Norfolk, , at the ago of; .105. The, death occurred ~ at' Skibbereeri, "Cork, - of Mrs Mary -Hurley at the age of. lOi. , ..Sho' : died suddenly, while, engaged in ho'useliold--' duties. .-Mrs. Sarah Foster, an inmate of . tho Graiitliani coni- •' i)leted lxer ; V loith. yeav, • and. received .• tho' '- coiigratulatjousv'of,; Ihc'. '.King. . kAt - the. ngo' of. 102:'.and.'J!'months';Mrs.' Maria' Hiir-: rei'- died .at.Maningford,. a village in East Wills.; Isaac.. ES'rloy, of Bait' tiarstbu, Berkshire, aged 101, presented his cliimv tor. an- old-age.',pension, at 'tho sauio tiiiie. as ouo pf';his;(laughters.. : .. At the 'age-. otV' ',()ied'.at Wellington.. . .December,;J?o9.-rPeggy '^ ; ..M!Gurk,. : ; of CarribUmore, Co. Tyronej lvho. it is S siid: • is -109 years -old, • still;, acts '-as.' caretaker.of - the-, local ■ .-Clemetttv:; it, is said, of 100. ''. She. Jives" ..at-Neir"Drive,-'Hear Wisbech.; '• At. the. weekly .meeting of < tho Ballycastle 1. (Co. AntHiuy-Bbard'of-Guardians.'.ah-'ap-'■ ; plication was-- made for.'outdoor relief, for - '• Nancy ; Sr.Mullan;'.vhosci':,age. .was -given ; is' 105 • years., • A .resident of Tottenhiiin,;. haimed:Harah',-Ing,'-died at the bge of lOO.'i Jlr.yThomas of;,St.'-Stephen's, ; . Cornwall, -who -has...'claimed ..an: 'old-_ngo \ . pension, is over 100., Hen'rv Johnson, tho ; . GranthQin. '.iicrobat,; ■ who - of iper- ■ ; ;ormances'bef6fe thrce"Bvitish~Sbv6reigriE, V lieus just reached';lii* .lffJrd .year.. 'Con-;:' ■ ;r(itulated :by :the"Kiiig -when -slio 'beoanie,; i JElizabetli'Mears; (licd'j ' it- Sandbw;n"at:-t.he ; agq of . 101'....' ; ■ > ) ; ;; Of :- tho abbye ;.fifiy-tu'o centenarians, ■ hiity-fbur .are.Aybineninnd-eighteeri'.nien.:; rhb... iisual-.Vdisprbportion' lichveen llio V :exes' is. thei.inost. fcaturo; of'i' lie ''lisl; the : average' : proportion- standing-. • it'three. wbmen'.tO;twp r :men. • .