Margaret Ann Neve

Margaret Ann Neve, née Harvey (18 May 1792 – 4 April 1903) of St. Peter Port, Guernsey, was the first recorded female supercentenarian, and the first supercentenarian of either sex in the 20th century. Neve was the only supercentenarian born in the 18th century who lived to the 20th century, and she was the first supercentenarian to live in three different centuries. This made her the oldest person ever to have lived in three centuries, and a supercentenrian would not live in three centuries until 100 years later at the turn from the 20th to the 21st century; first in 2001 there were people older than her that lived in three centuries.

Margaret Ann Neve in c. 1890

Biography

As a child, Neve survived a fall down the stairs, which left her concussed for three days.^[1] Neve could remember the turmoil that the French Revolution brought to Guernsey. In 1807, Neve set sail for Weymouth with her father, but a storm caused the ship to land at Chesil Beach. She was educated in Bristol, England, gaining an interest in literature and poetry. Neve met with Charles François Dumouriez, a general of the French Revolutionary Wars, who dubbed her la spirituelle.^[2] She married John Neve in 1823 in England, but returned to Guernsey in 1849 after his death.^[3] Neve travelled abroad to various countries with her sister, who died aged 98. Their last trip was in 1872, when they visited Cracow (then in Austria-Hungary, now in Poland).^[3] Her mother lived to the age of 99.^[1] She was the oldest living person at the time of her death at age 110 years 321 days and also the oldest person ever at that point, if the disputed case of Thomas Peters is discounted. Either way, she was surpassed by Louisa Thiers in 1925, though she is still the oldest one of only two supercentenarians from the Channel Islands, along with Ethel Wood, and one of the few recorded persons who lived in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.

See also

• List of British supercentenarians
• List of the verified oldest people
• Longevity
• Oldest people
• Supercentenarian

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Priaulx Library
2. ^ "Obituary". The Times. 1903-04-06. pp. 10. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Her Hundred-and-eighth Birthday". The Pall Mall Gazette. 1900-05-18. pp. 3. 

Preceded by Geert Adriaans Boomgaard

Oldest undisputedly recorded person ever 1 October 1902 – 19 August 1925

Succeeded by Louisa Thiers

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Name	Neve, Margaret Ann
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Date of birth	18 May 1792
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Date of death	4 April 1903
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