- Ethel Caterham, born in 1909, just celebrated her 116th birthday, which makes her the oldest living person in the world.
- Her life was full of extraordinary experiences – she survived two world wars, worked as a nanny in India and lived in Hong Kong.
- The oldest person in the world celebrates his birthday and what makes his story so special?
The oldest living man. This woman survived the sinking of Titanica
Ethel Caterham celebrated her 116th birthday on August 21. Currently it is the oldest. This title was inherited in 2024 after the death of the Brazilian nun, Inah Canbarro Lucas. In total, a man who lived the longest is French, Jeanne Louise Calment, who died in 1997 at the age of over 122. It is she who is the oldest, documented man in history.
Ethel Caterham was born on August 21, 1909 during the reign of King Edward VII. The woman survived a lot and can boast of exceptional memories. Ethel was born as the second of eight children in Shipon Bellinger in Hampshire. The woman was born three years before the sinking of Titanic. She survived the Russian revolution, the Spanish epidemic and both world wars.
Caterham W. Survivoring was not afraid. As a young girl, she worked as a nanny in India. Did she love traveling and later lived in Hong Kong and Gibraltar?
The oldest person in the world celebrates his birthday?
Ethel spent her 116th birthday among her loved ones. – Ethel Caterham lives in the Care House in Surrey and was born three years before the Titanica disaster, eight years before the Russian Revolution and survived two world wars – BBC wrote on the occasion of a woman’s birthday. The woman currently lives in a British nursing home and, like a centenary, she uses peace in a quiet and joyful place.
