The last person born in the 1800's died today

Surely someone was born in December.

i chose D2 wrote:

Surely someone was born in December.

Yeah. They are all dead already

She could have watched pretty much every Olympics so far.

Note that it's still possible there are some people alive who've lived in three centuries. If they were born in 1900 (and are still alive), they would have lived in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.

The Queen Mum (Elizabeth II's mother) managed that: born in 1900, died in 2002.

Hottest 117 year old ive ever seen

Um, Athens 1896 but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. All but one.

Geronimo wrote:

She could have watched pretty much every Olympics so far.

Meteoroid wrote:

Don't worry, some 85 yr. old black dude in SC or wherever will pop up, claiming to be 122 and the media will go along with it, in order to bring up stories of the slavery his parents had to endure.

Or some 90 year old woman in Japan will claim to be 129 while telling us that moderation and a daily swig of Saki will keep you going.

lol true

USATF, run by democrats... wrote:

Um, Athens 1896 but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. All but one.

Geronimo wrote:

She could have watched pretty much every Olympics so far.

"Pretty much", as I said.

Douglas Y. Funnie wrote:

i chose D2 wrote:

Surely someone was born in December.

Yeah. They are all dead already

Right, but the woman in question wasn't the "last person born in the 1800's [sic]," as the OP claims.

not the last wrote:

Douglas Y. Funnie wrote:

Yeah. They are all dead already

Right, but the woman in question wasn't the "last person born in the 1800's [sic]," as the OP claims.

Agreed. OP fail.

Geronimo wrote:

USATF, run by democrats... wrote:

Um, Athens 1896 but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. All but one.

"Pretty much", as I said.

She would have had to attend the first few in person since this was before tv

T-MAC100 wrote:

Geronimo wrote:

"Pretty much", as I said.

She would have had to attend the first few in person since this was before tv

Thanks, tips. She also would have needed to travel by boat.

Does that make King Ches the oldest living person?

The article said that her mother lived to be 91 years old, so the mother was born in 1808. Napolean died in 1821, Thomas Jefferson in 1826, Beethoven in 1827. It's an odd thing that the daughter may have talked to her mother about one of these people while the mother was still a teenager. Imagine talking to your mother and her saying "Yes, I remember when Beethoven came out with the Ninth Symphony. I had a ticket, but couldn't go." or "Never liked that Napolean guy, too short." "Thomas Jefferson? Saw him once in Paris, just after Benjamin Franklin died".

From 1808 to 2017 is 209 years, and two people (the mother and the daughter) experienced that whole period. The changes in the world that these two people saw is incredible.

If someone were born today and lived to be 91 years old, and had a child that lived to be 117, the year would be 2226.

Fat = Flavor wrote:

Does that make King Ches the oldest living person?

No, Solomon Haile is still alive and kicking.

bowbridge wrote:

From 1808 to 2017 is 209 years, and two people (the mother and the daughter) experienced that whole period. The changes in the world that these two people saw is incredible.

If someone were born today and lived to be 91 years old, and had a child that lived to be 117, the year would be 2226.

At first I was unimpressed with your post but reading it til the end... you're right. It blows my mind. Imagine the changes from now until 2226.

At age 117 she was born closer to the year 1783, i.e. the Treaty of Paris and the end of the Revolutionary War, than the present day. Half of our country's history basically.

bowbridge wrote:

The article said that her mother lived to be 91 years old, so the mother was born in 1808. Napolean died in 1821, Thomas Jefferson in 1826, Beethoven in 1827. It's an odd thing that the daughter may have talked to her mother about one of these people while the mother was still a teenager. Imagine talking to your mother and her saying "Yes, I remember when Beethoven came out with the Ninth Symphony. I had a ticket, but couldn't go." or "Never liked that Napolean guy, too short." "Thomas Jefferson? Saw him once in Paris, just after Benjamin Franklin died".

From 1808 to 2017 is 209 years, and two people (the mother and the daughter) experienced that whole period. The changes in the world that these two people saw is incredible.

If someone were born today and lived to be 91 years old, and had a child that lived to be 117, the year would be 2226.

The article didn't say her mother was 91 when she was born. The mother would have been born in the 1860s at earliest, most likely 1870s or even early 1880s.

bowbridge wrote:

The article said that her mother lived to be 91 years old, so the mother was born in 1808. Napolean died in 1821, Thomas Jefferson in 1826, Beethoven in 1827. It's an odd thing that the daughter may have talked to her mother about one of these people while the mother was still a teenager. Imagine talking to your mother and her saying "Yes, I remember when Beethoven came out with the Ninth Symphony. I had a ticket, but couldn't go." or "Never liked that Napolean guy, too short." "Thomas Jefferson? Saw him once in Paris, just after Benjamin Franklin died".

From 1808 to 2017 is 209 years, and two people (the mother and the daughter) experienced that whole period. The changes in the world that these two people saw is incredible.

If someone were born today and lived to be 91 years old, and had a child that lived to be 117, the year would be 2226.

Your timeline only makes sense if you assume that the mother had the daughter as she was dying, and that the two did not coexist for any period of time. This would be very atypical.