Merle Barwis
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Barwis in 2011
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| Born | December 23, 1900 Des Moines, Iowa, United States[1] |
| Died | November 22, 2014 (aged Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
| Spouse(s) | Dewey Barwis |
| Children | Three |
Merle E. Barwis (December 23, 1900 – November 22, 2014)[2] was an American-Canadian supercentenarian who was at the time of her death, aged 113 years 334 days, the oldest living resident of Canada and one of oldest people ever in Canada.[1] She became the oldest living person in Canada from the death of Cora Hansen on April 18, 2012, until her own death 2 years and 7 months later.[1][3] Barwis was the last living Canadian person to have been born during the reign of Queen Victoria.[4][5]
Biography
Merle Barwis was born on December 23, 1900, in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. A few years later, her family moved to Saskatchewan, Canada.[4] She married Dewey Barwis in 1923 and had three children.[4] Her husband worked in the Canadian Pacific railway. In 1952, her husband having retired, her family moved to Victoria, British Columbia. Her husband died in 1966.[1][4]
She outlived her two sons and two of her 10 grandchildren. At the time of her death, she had 17 great-grandchildren.[6]
At the time of her death she was the fourth-longest lived person ever in Canada and the oldest person ever to live in British Columbia.[1][5]
See also
- List of Canadian supercentenarians
- List of supercentenarians from the United States
- List of North American supercentenarians
- Longevity
References
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- ↑ [1]
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- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Canada’s oldest known citizen — and last Victorian — prepares to turn 112 before Christmas Retrieved July 20, 2014.
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