The last (known) person in the world born in the 1800's.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/05/13/shes-only-person-left-born-1800s/84321322/
The last (known) person in the world born in the 1800's.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/05/13/shes-only-person-left-born-1800s/84321322/
She didn't look a day over 112...
She was working and having a family in the Great Depression, saw her kids go off in WWII, probably retired during Eisenhower or Kennedy. Think about it, from Wilbur & Orville to the moon landing, from Henry Ford to holy crap, from slavery to MLK Day, from women fighting for the right to vote to Millenials going "Meh".
Girl's seen some stuff....
914Driver wrote: Girl's seen some stuff....
Yes, it is impressive. From Horse and buggy to electrification to the telephone to the automobile..
914Driver wrote: She was working and having a family in the Great Depression, saw her kids go off in WWII, probably retired during Eisenhower or Kennedy. Think about it, from Wilbur & Orville to the moon landing, from Henry Ford to holy crap, from slavery to MLK Day, from women fighting for the right to vote to Millenials going "Meh". Girl's seen some stuff....
She wouldn't have seen slavery.....
Being Italian she has seen even more stuff. Both world wars and occupations by hostile forces. It really is incredible to think about how the world has changed since she was born and the fact that she is still alive.
If you've got a chance to talk to someone in that age range, take advantage of it. My great grandma made it about 3 months shy of 110, she was walking with a cane/walker until ~107, her last year and a half were rough, but she kept her wits about here darn near her entire life.
Showing my historical ignorance, but when the family was together and writing the obituary, they kept mentioning the WPA (Works Progress Administration) part of F.D.R.'s "New Deal," and the work she did. I didn't know what WPA was at the time, and they kept referring to her working for it "post war," what they should have said was "between wars," because she was a WPA seamstress between WWI and WWII. When someone says "post war," I instantly think after WWII.
She had a whole passel of kids, and even wound up raising most of her brothers and sisters when she was a kid, there's tons of stories, and was a cracker jack shot with a .22 pistol. One of my favorite stories is, her standing on a chair in the kitchen of their depression era house, while all the kids herded the mice and rats to her to shoot. 
Times sure have changed.
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