Oldest person to live in your family?

[meles]

My Mum's Mum had 10 sisters. They all reached 100!  Nan was the youngest to die at 98...

The next youngest died at 101. The oldest was 104.

There were 2 brothers. They died in their 70's. 

Mum is 90. Beats me at Scrabble... 

meles

[JDGen]

My 5xggrandfather, Charles Clark - his MI at Over Peover, Cheshire (always feel sorry that his wife Ann is mentioned as an afterthought!):

Sacred to the memory of CHARLES CLARK of Over Peover who departed this life July 5th in the year of Our Lord 1812 aged 103 years  He had by his marriage with ANNE FODEN three sons and two daughters from who sprang numerous progeny viz:
RANDLE CLARK Children 11 Grandchildren 40
JOHN CLARK Children 10 Grandchildren 13
CHARLES CLARK Children 11 Grandchildren 6
SARAH BLACKSHAW Children 6 Grandchildren 11
ANNE BOWERS Children 4 Grandchildren 5
In all 122 descendants born before his death  Reader if thou art a Labourer as this man was, think not thou has no duties to perform to thy family besides furnishing them with food and raiment.  Thou art bounded to instill into them the principles of Religion to teach them to fear God, honour the king and to deal justly with men, and then thou have been young and now am old and yet saw I never the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging their bread  Psalm 57 verse 26
Also ANNE wife of the above named CHARLES CLARK who departed this life October 13th 1798 aged 80 years

[Finley 1]

Wow  thats one hell of a 'tree' to get to grips with..
Xin

[Redroger]

Can't match that! And probably never will for direct descent, however i am embarking on a project set in rural east anglia where an entire village seems to be related to itself over a few generations. When I have more, will let you all know.

[purplekat]

One of my gg grandmother's was born in 1812 and died in 1913 just a few weeks off being 101 

[Jebber]

I have a  second cousin who is 109 years and 139 days and still alive and counting.

Jebber

[IgorStrav]

My great great grandfather died at the age of 92 in 1932, having been born in 1839.

My great grandfather, who was very proud of his father's longevity, wrote the following about him:

"My father was a great worker all his days and started work at the age of 6 years [1845] on a farm near Canterbury, Kent, his first job being to thin turnips out and keeping birds off the corn and he has told me the tale of his having rode a large pig with him to the fields, where the pig would feed at the sides of the fields all day and then he would ride it back to the farm at night and the men employed on the farm would line up to see him pass on his mount.

As he grew older he was very fond of horses and was waggoner for a number of years and it grieve him in later years to see moto  cars instead of horses.  He rode a tricycle till the age of 80 and frequently he would ride from Maidstone to Birchington to see his brother Tom, who died 1915 at the age of 85, and was buried in Birchington Churchyard.

On 22nd January 1932 I went to Maidstone by coach from New X Gate as my sister Emily had wrote to tell me my Father aged 92 and 6 months was seriously ill and on arriving at 27 Bower Place I found the Father unconscious but during the afternoon he recovered for a short time and recognized me and took my hand and drew me towards himself and kiss me good bye, as he could not speak, and afterwards wave his hands meaning good bye all.

He then gradually sunk and passed away at 11.50pm 23rd January 1932."


I have always been very moved by the thought of this venerable old man waving goodbye all.

[Windsor87]

My Greatx8 Grandfather apparently lived until he was 98 years old.

James Lascelles (1695-1793). This is according to the account of his great granddaughter Helen, so no documentary proof:

"He lived to well over ninety. My own mother could mind on him as a kind and gentle old man with a long white flowing beard. He was very fond of my mother, who was about five when he died. He must have been sad to live so long: for he saw the death of my mother’s father living in the house with him, and that of his only surviving grandson, William Lascelles, and his seven adult children. His other grandson, David Lascelles, was a valet to Charles Fraser of Inverallochy: both were killed in the battle of Culloden Moor"

His age is recorded again by Helen's granddaughter who records seeing his grave stone stating that he was 98.

I still have to find any proof of David Lascelles existance, let alone his involvement on Culloden.

James is my oldest direct ancestor.

[Ringoroses]

I have always been very moved by the thought of this venerable old man waving goodbye all.

I was too, Igor.

I have still to find any proof of David Lascelles existance, let alone his involvement on Culloden

According to the information I have, the Frasers were in the first line, to the right of Charles Edward Stewart in the final battle. Have you tried contacting the Clan society? Or even some of the other societies  of the clans who were there. Between them, they're likely to hold much of the information you need.  If you PM me with your email, I may have an image you may be interested in which may help.

Ann