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| name = Jane Gray
| name = Jane Gray
| birth_name = Jane Cant<ref name=hopesforthefuture/>
| birth_name = Jane Cant<ref name=hopesforthefuture>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/year-old-jane-grays-big-hopes-for-the-future/story-e6freuy9-1226525247883|title=111-year-old Jane Gray's big hopes for the future|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=28 November 2012|last=Matheson|first=Melissa}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1901|12|1|df=y}}<ref name=GRG/>
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1901|12|1|df=y}}<ref name=GRG/>
| birth_place = [[Newtyle]], [[Scotland]]<ref name=hopesforthefuture/>
| birth_place = [[Newtyle]], [[Scotland]]<ref name=hopesforthefuture/>
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| spouse = Jock Gray (m. 1927–1987; his death)
| spouse = Jock Gray (m. 1927–1987; his death)
| children = 2
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'''Jane Gray''' (née '''Cant''';<ref name=hopesforthefuture/> 1 December 1901 – 7 June 2014)<ref name=GRG>{{cite web|url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM|title=Current Validated Living Supercentenarians|work=Gerontology Research Group}}</ref> was a [[Scottish people|Scottish]]-born [[Australians|Australian]] [[supercentenarian]] who was, at {{Age in years and days|1901|12|1|2014|6|7}}, the oldest living person in Australia.<ref name=hopesforthefuture/>
'''Jane Gray''' (née '''Cant''';<ref name=hopesforthefuture/> 1 December 1901 – 7 June 2014)<ref name=GRG>{{cite web|url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM|title=Current Validated Living Supercentenarians|work=Gerontology Research Group}}</ref> was a [[Scottish people|Scottish]]-born [[Australians|Australian]] [[supercentenarian]] who was, at {{Age in years and days|1901|12|1|2014|6|7}}, the oldest living person in Australia.<ref name=hopesforthefuture/>


Born in [[Newtyle]], [[Scotland]],<ref name=hopesforthefuture/> Gray met her future husband Jock Gray on a [[blind date]] in Scotland in 1922 and married him in 1927; having arrived in Australia they ran a poultry farm. The couple were married for 60 years before Jock died. They had two children, nine grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.<ref name=110yearsyoung/> Her daughter began taking care of her at their home in [[Smithfield, New South Wales]] in 2004. She described her secret to longevity as being "eat plenty and don't drink booze or smoke".<ref name=110yearsyoung>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/jane-gray-is-110-years-young-and-still-happily-living-at-home/story-e6freuzi-1226209670904|title=Jane Gray is 110 years young and still happily living at home|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=30 November 2011|last=Matheson|first=Melissa}}</ref>
Born in [[Newtyle]], [[Scotland]],<ref name=hopesforthefuture/> Gray met her future husband Jock Gray on a [[blind date]] in Scotland in 1922 and married him in 1927; having arrived in Australia they ran a poultry farm.

Until 2013, Gray lived at home with her daughter and expressed her hope to become the world's oldest living person.<ref name=hopesforthefuture>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/year-old-jane-grays-big-hopes-for-the-future/story-e6freuy9-1226525247883|title=111-year-old Jane Gray's big hopes for the future|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=28 November 2012|last=Matheson|first=Melissa}}</ref> She then moved into a [[nursing home]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/527332/20131204/australia-oldest-person-jane-grey.htm |title=Meet Jane Gray, Australia's Oldest Living Person At 112 |work=[[International Business Times]] |date=2013-12-04 |accessdate=2013-12-29}}</ref> She died from [[natural causes]] on 7 June 2014, aged 112. After her death [[Vi Robbins]] became the oldest living Australian person.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/national/vi-robbins-becomes-australias-oldest-person-20140609-39sx0.html Vi Robbins becomes Australia's oldest person] Retrieved 2014-07-13.</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 02:42, 27 November 2015

Jane Gray
Born
Jane Cant[1]

(1901-12-01)1 December 1901[2]
Newtyle, Scotland[1]
Died(2014-06-07)7 June 2014
(aged 112 years, 188 days)
Smithfield, New South Wales, Australia
SpouseJock Gray (m. 1927–1987; his death)
Children2[1]

Jane Gray (née Cant;[1] 1 December 1901 – 7 June 2014)[2] was a Scottish-born Australian supercentenarian who was, at 112 years, 188 days, the oldest living person in Australia.[1]

Born in Newtyle, Scotland,[1] Gray met her future husband Jock Gray on a blind date in Scotland in 1922 and married him in 1927; having arrived in Australia they ran a poultry farm.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Matheson, Melissa (28 November 2012). "111-year-old Jane Gray's big hopes for the future". The Daily Telegraph.
  2. ^ a b "Current Validated Living Supercentenarians". Gerontology Research Group.

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