Global InformationDelina Filkins information
Delina Filkins | |
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| Born | Delina Ecker 4 May 1815 Stark, New York, US |
| Died | 4 December 1928 (aged 113 years, 214 days) Richfield Springs, New York, US |
| Resting place | Van Hornesville Cemetery, Stark, New York |
| Known for | Being a supercentenarian; the first person recorded to reach the ages of 112 and 113 |
| Spouse | John D Filkins (m. 1834) |
| Children | 6 |
Delina Filkins (née Ecker;[1] 4 May 1815 – 4 December 1928) was an American supercentenarian, and the first person verifiably to reach the age of 113.[2] Noted during her own lifetime for her advanced age in the local and national press, she lived an otherwise ordinary life.[2] Filkins' case has since been noted as particularly important, being the first person in recorded demographic history to have lived to the ages of 112 and 113.[2] Her age at death (113 years, 214 days) was not surpassed until 1980.[2]
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- ^ a b c d Young, Robert Douglas (2021), Maier, Heiner; Jeune, Bernard; Vaupel, James W. (eds.), "113 in 1928? Validation of Delina Filkins as the First "Second-Century Teenager"", Exceptional Lifespans, Demographic Research Monographs, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 241–255, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-49970-9_17, ISBN 978-3-030-49970-9, S2CID 230586775, retrieved 2022-09-16