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{{Short description|French supercentenarian (1886–2001)}}
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| birth_date = 25 April 1886
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| death_date = 6 June 2001<br>(aged 115 years 42 days)
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| spouse = Constant Lemaitre<br>(?-?, his death)<br>Florentin Brémont<br>(?- 1967, his death)
| known_for = Oldest known living person (21 November 2000 – 6 June 2001)
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⚫ '''Marie Marthe Augustine Lemaitre Brémont''' ({{née|Mesange}}; 25 April 1886 – 6 June 2001)<ref name=bbc>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1374164.stm|title=World's oldest woman dies at 115|publisher=BBC News|date=6 June 2001|accessdate=29 December 2007}}</ref> was a French ] and ] from November 2000 until her death at age 115 years 42 days.<ref name="AP-wire">{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=APAB&d_place=APAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F8922A725DE38E4&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Marie Bremont|agency=Associated Press|date=7 June 2001|accessdate=29 December 2007|quote=Marie Brémont, a 115-year-old French woman, believed to be the world's oldest person, died Wednesday, ending a journey through life that spanned three centuries. Brémont died in her sleep at a retirement home in Candé. She was considered the world's oldest person since the death of ] of Britain in November.}}</ref> Brémont is the fifth oldest French person to have ever lived, after ] world record holder ], ], Jeanne Bot, and Valentine Ligny.


==Biography==
⚫ '''Marie Marthe Augustine Lemaitre Brémont''' (née Mesange) (25 April 1886 &ndash; 6 June 2001)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1374164.stm |title=World's oldest woman dies at 115 |author= |work=BBC News online |date=6 June 2001 |accessdate=29 December 2007}}</ref> was a French ] and ] from November 2000 until her death.<ref name="AP-wire">{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=APAB&d_place=APAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F8922A725DE38E4&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Marie Bremont |author= |publisher=] |date=7 June 2001 |accessdate=29 December 2007 |quote=Marie Brémont, a 115-year-old French woman, believed to be the world's oldest person, died Wednesday, ending a journey through life that spanned three centuries. Brémont died in her sleep at a retirement home in Candé. She was considered the world's oldest person since the death of ] of Britain in November, just four days before the latter's 115th birthday.}}</ref> Brémont was the second Frenchwoman to hold the title, after ] world record holder ].<ref></ref>
⚫ Brémont was born in ],<ref name="AP-wire" /> Western France on 25 April 1886 to a lumberjack. Her first husband, railroad worker Constant Lemaitre, was killed in ]. She married again to a taxi driver, Florentin Brémont, who died in 1967. She had no children.<ref name=bbc />


Over the course of her life, she worked as a farmer, as well as in a ] factory, as a nanny and as a ]. At 103, she was hit by a car and broke her arm as a result.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jun-08-me-8038-story.html |title=Marie Bremont, 115; Believed to Be Oldest Person in the World |work=Los Angeles Times |date=8 June 2001 |access-date=2 June 2013}}</ref> She died at her retirement home at age 115 years 42 days in ], ].
⚫ She was born as Marie Marthe Augustine Mesange in ],<ref name="AP-wire" /> and her first husband, railroad worker Constant Lemaitre, was killed in ]. She married again to a taxi driver, Florentin Brémont, who died in 1967.{{Citation needed|date=December 2007}}

Over the course of her life, she worked in a ] factory, as a nanny and as a ]. At 103, she was hit by a car and broke her arm.{{Citation needed|date=December 2007}}

She died at her retirement home at age ] in ], ], having had no children, and was the last documented surviving person born in 1886.{{Citation needed|date=December 2007}}

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Latest revision as of 18:27, 11 November 2024

French supercentenarian (1886–2001)

Marie Brémont
Brémont in 1910, aged 24
BornMarie Mesange
25 April 1886
Noëllet, France
Died6 June 2001
(aged 115 years 42 days)
Candé, France
Known forOldest known living person (21 November 2000 – 6 June 2001)
Spouse(s)Constant Lemaitre
(?-?, his death)
Florentin Brémont
(?- 1967, his death)

Marie Marthe Augustine Lemaitre Brémont (née Mesange; 25 April 1886 – 6 June 2001) was a French supercentenarian and the oldest recognized person in the world from November 2000 until her death at age 115 years 42 days. Brémont is the fifth oldest French person to have ever lived, after longevity world record holder Jeanne Calment, Lucile Randon, Jeanne Bot, and Valentine Ligny.

Biography

Brémont was born in Noëllet, Western France on 25 April 1886 to a lumberjack. Her first husband, railroad worker Constant Lemaitre, was killed in the First World War. She married again to a taxi driver, Florentin Brémont, who died in 1967. She had no children.

Over the course of her life, she worked as a farmer, as well as in a pharmaceutical factory, as a nanny and as a seamstress. At 103, she was hit by a car and broke her arm as a result. She died at her retirement home at age 115 years 42 days in Candé, Maine-et-Loire.

References

  1. ^ "World's oldest woman dies at 115". BBC News. 6 June 2001. Retrieved 29 December 2007.
  2. ^ "Marie Bremont". Associated Press. 7 June 2001. Retrieved 29 December 2007. Marie Brémont, a 115-year-old French woman, believed to be the world's oldest person, died Wednesday, ending a journey through life that spanned three centuries. Brémont died in her sleep at a retirement home in Candé. She was considered the world's oldest person since the death of Eva Morris of Britain in November.
  3. "Marie Bremont, 115; Believed to Be Oldest Person in the World". Los Angeles Times. 8 June 2001. Retrieved 2 June 2013.


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