Sarah Knauss
American supercentenarian / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sarah DeRemer Knauss (née Clark; September 24, 1880 – December 30, 1999)[3] was an American supercentenarian, and the world's oldest living person between the death of Canadian woman Marie-Louise Meilleur on April 16, 1998,[4] and her own death from natural causes aged 119 years, 97 days. Knauss is the oldest American ever and the third-oldest person in history, behind Jeanne Calment and Kane Tanaka.
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Born | Sarah DeRemer Clark (1880-09-24)September 24, 1880 Hollywood, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | (1999-12-30)December 30, 1999 (aged 119 years, 97 days)[lower-alpha 1][1] Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Other names | Sadie |
Occupation(s) | Former manager, homemaker |
Title | America's oldest person ever |
Spouse | Abraham Lincoln Knauss (m. 1901–1965) |
Children | 1[2] |
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She, also along with Danish-born Americanman Christian Mortensen, who died just 9 days after Meilleur, were the last two living people born before 1884. During the last 40 days of her life, she was also the last living person born before 1885.