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'''Sarah DeRemer Knauss''' (née '''Clark'''; September 24, 1880 – December 30, 1999)<ref name='Newton"1999"'>{{cite news |last1=Newton|first1=Christopher|title=Sarah Knauss, world's oldest person, dies at 119 |url = http://onlineathens.com/stories/123199/obi_old.shtml |accessdate=25 October 2014 |publisher=Online Athens|newspaper=[[Athens Banner-Herald]]|date=31 December 1999}}</ref> was an American [[supercentenarian]]. Knauss is the [[List of supercentenarians from the United States|oldest person ever from the United States]], and widely reported as the second-oldest fully documented person ever. She was recognized as the [[oldest people|world's oldest living person]] by [[Guinness World Records]] from April 16, 1998, until her death.<ref name="Merrill">{{cite book |url = https://books.google.com/?id=mccRBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT10&dq=%22Sarah+Knauss%22#v=onepage&q=%22Sarah%20Knauss%22&f=false |title=Our Aging Bodies |first1=Gary F. |last1=Merrill |isbn=9780813575261 |location=New Brunswick, New Jersey |publisher=[[Rutgers University Press]] |date=February 3, 2015 |accessdate=December 7, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |title=Nothing Fazes Oldest Woman |url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67606481.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110516221825/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67606481.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = May 16, 2011 | |
'''Sarah DeRemer Knauss''' (née '''Clark'''; September 24, 1880 – December 30, 1999)<ref name='Newton"1999"'>{{cite news |last1=Newton|first1=Christopher|title=Sarah Knauss, world's oldest person, dies at 119 |url = http://onlineathens.com/stories/123199/obi_old.shtml |accessdate=25 October 2014 |publisher=Online Athens|newspaper=[[Athens Banner-Herald]]|date=31 December 1999}}</ref> was an American [[supercentenarian]]. Knauss is the [[List of supercentenarians from the United States|oldest person ever from the United States]], and widely reported as the second-oldest fully documented person ever. She was recognized as the [[oldest people|world's oldest living person]] by [[Guinness World Records]] from April 16, 1998, until her death.<ref name="Merrill">{{cite book |url = https://books.google.com/?id=mccRBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT10&dq=%22Sarah+Knauss%22#v=onepage&q=%22Sarah%20Knauss%22&f=false |title=Our Aging Bodies |first1=Gary F. |last1=Merrill |isbn=9780813575261 |location=New Brunswick, New Jersey |publisher=[[Rutgers University Press]] |date=February 3, 2015 |accessdate=December 7, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |title=Nothing Fazes Oldest Woman |url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67606481.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110516221825/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67606481.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = May 16, 2011 |agency=Associated Press |date=April 19, 1998 |accessdate=December 9, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= World's oldest person dies. She is the oldest verified American in history |url = https://www.theguardian.com/international/story/0,,244425,00.html |work=[[The Guardian]] |date= January 1, 2000|accessdate=December 9, 2007 |location=London, England }}</ref><ref name="Nevada">{{cite news |url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1908&dat=19991230&id=VkIrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=x9kEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1378,7567856&hl=en |newspaper=[[The Nevada Daily Mail]] |date=December 31, 1999 |title=Sarah Knauss, World's Oldest Person Dies at 119 |location=Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |agency=[[Associated Press]] |accessdate=December 5, 2015}}</ref><ref name="CNN">{{cite news |title= World's oldest person misses millennium. |url = http://www.supercentenarian.com/oldest/sarah-knauss.html |publisher=CNN via WebCite|accessdate=March 23, 2008 |quote=As one of very few people who have already seen one century roll over to the next, she would probably not have made a fuss about the arrival of the year 2000.}}</ref><ref name="Harris">{{cite book |url = https://books.google.com/?id=7_sNpNk-3VcC&pg=PA85&dq=%22Sarah+Knauss%22#v=onepage&q=%22Sarah%20Knauss%22&f=false |title=Living to 100 and Beyond |first1=Timothy |last1=Harris |page=85 |year=2009 |location=Winsted, CT |publisher=ACTEX Publications |isbn=978-1566986991 |accessdate=December 6, 2015 }}</ref> |
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== Biography == |
== Biography == |
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==Verification of her age== |
==Verification of her age== |
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Robert Young of the [[Gerontology Research Group]] has previously verified and double-checked Sarah Knauss's claimed age of 119 years and 97 days and concluded that Sarah Knauss was in all likelihood the age claimed.<ref name = "young"> |
Robert Young of the [[Gerontology Research Group]] has previously verified and double-checked Sarah Knauss's claimed age of 119 years and 97 days and concluded that Sarah Knauss was in all likelihood the age claimed.<ref name = "young">https://www.demogr.mpg.de/books/drm/007/3-3.pdf</ref> Specifically, Young found a [[1900 US Census]] entry for Knauss (then known as Sarah D. Clark) that gave her age as 19, thus implying an 1880 birth year for her.<ref name = "young"/> In addition, an August 28, 1901 [[marriage certificate]] for Sarah Knauss gives her age as 21, which roughly matches with a September 1880 birthday considering that, with such a birthday, she would have been less than one month short of age 21 at this point in time.<ref name = "young"/> Sarah Knauss is listed as age 29 in the [[1910 US Census]] and (as Sadie Knauss) as age 49 in the 1930 US Census (with this specific census listing her age at first marriage as age 21, matching the information on her 1901 marriage record)--both of which also imply a September 1880 birthday for her.<ref name = "young"/> |
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Later research resulted in the discovery of an 1891 US Census directory of [[Northampton County, Pennsylvania]] by Joseph H. Werner that published the entire [[1890 US Census]] results for this [[County (United States)|county]]--including the names and ages of everyone who lived in this county during this time.<ref name = "zak"> |
Later research resulted in the discovery of an 1891 US Census directory of [[Northampton County, Pennsylvania]] by Joseph H. Werner that published the entire [[1890 US Census]] results for this [[County (United States)|county]]--including the names and ages of everyone who lived in this county during this time.<ref name = "zak">{{cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338052580_Review_of_Longevity_Validations_at_Extreme_Ages |title=(PDF) Review of Longevity Validations at Extreme Ages |publisher=Researchgate.net |date= |accessdate=2020-03-31}}</ref> This 1891 directory states that the 1890 US Census (taken in June 1890) listed Sarah Knauss (then known as Sarah D. Clark) as age 10, which is roughly consistent with a September 1880 birth year considering that she was just a couple of months short of turning 10 in June 1890.<ref name = "zak"/> (The 1890 US Census results themselves were destroyed in a 1921 fire, but this 1891 US Census directory of the 1890 US Census results for Northampton County, Pennsylvania managed to survive up to the present-day.)<ref name = "zak"/> This evidence further strengthens the case in favor of Sarah Knauss indeed being born in September 1880.<ref name = "zak"/> |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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Revision as of 22:51, 31 March 2020
Sarah Knauss | |
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| File:SarahKnauss1979.jpg Knauss at age 100, in 1980 | |
| Born | Sarah DeRemer Clark September 24, 1880 |
| Died | December 30, 1999 (aged 119 years, 97 days)[1] Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Title | America's oldest person (1993-99)
Oldest living person (16 April 1998 – 30 December 1999) |
Sarah DeRemer Knauss (née Clark; September 24, 1880 – December 30, 1999)[2] was an American supercentenarian. Knauss is the oldest person ever from the United States, and widely reported as the second-oldest fully documented person ever. She was recognized as the world's oldest living person by Guinness World Records from April 16, 1998, until her death.[1][3][4][5][6][7]
Biography
Sarah DeRemer Clark was born on September 24, 1880, to Walter (a carpenter) and Amelia Clark[8] in Hollywood, Pennsylvania, a small coal mining village. She married Abraham Lincoln Knauss in 1901;[9] originally a tanner, who became a prominent Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Republican leader, and the recorder of deeds from 1937 until retiring in 1951. Their only child Kathryn was born in 1903 and died in 2005, at the age of 101 years. Sarah's husband died in 1965 at 86 years old.[1]
In 1995, Knauss remarked that she enjoyed her life because she still had her health and could "do things."[1] At age 116, Knauss was recognized as being the new United States national longevity record holder, then thought to have been Carrie C. White (reportedly 1874–1991).[1] In 1998, she became the world's oldest person when 117-year-old Canadian Marie-Louise Meilleur died. When her family members mentioned her newfound fame, Knauss responded with a smile and "So what?"[1][10] Prior to her death, there were six living generations in her family.[6][11][12]
At 104, she moved in with her daughter Kathryn Knauss Sullivan. She died of natural causes on December 30, 1999, at the Phoebe Home in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where she had lived for the final nine years of her life.[1] A member of staff of the nursing home described her as "the friendliest person she had ever met among the home's residents".[13] Of her death, state senator Charlie Dent, who had attended her 115th birthday party in 1995, said, "Mrs. Knauss was an extraordinary woman who pushed the outer limits of longevity. This is a sad occasion, but she certainly had an eventful life."[11]
Verification of her age
Robert Young of the Gerontology Research Group has previously verified and double-checked Sarah Knauss's claimed age of 119 years and 97 days and concluded that Sarah Knauss was in all likelihood the age claimed.[14] Specifically, Young found a 1900 US Census entry for Knauss (then known as Sarah D. Clark) that gave her age as 19, thus implying an 1880 birth year for her.[14] In addition, an August 28, 1901 marriage certificate for Sarah Knauss gives her age as 21, which roughly matches with a September 1880 birthday considering that, with such a birthday, she would have been less than one month short of age 21 at this point in time.[14] Sarah Knauss is listed as age 29 in the 1910 US Census and (as Sadie Knauss) as age 49 in the 1930 US Census (with this specific census listing her age at first marriage as age 21, matching the information on her 1901 marriage record)--both of which also imply a September 1880 birthday for her.[14]
Later research resulted in the discovery of an 1891 US Census directory of Northampton County, Pennsylvania by Joseph H. Werner that published the entire 1890 US Census results for this county--including the names and ages of everyone who lived in this county during this time.[15] This 1891 directory states that the 1890 US Census (taken in June 1890) listed Sarah Knauss (then known as Sarah D. Clark) as age 10, which is roughly consistent with a September 1880 birth year considering that she was just a couple of months short of turning 10 in June 1890.[15] (The 1890 US Census results themselves were destroyed in a 1921 fire, but this 1891 US Census directory of the 1890 US Census results for Northampton County, Pennsylvania managed to survive up to the present-day.)[15] This evidence further strengthens the case in favor of Sarah Knauss indeed being born in September 1880.[15]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Merrill, Gary F. (February 3, 2015). Our Aging Bodies. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813575261. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
- ^ Newton, Christopher (December 31, 1999). "Sarah Knauss, world's oldest person, dies at 119". Athens Banner-Herald. Online Athens. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
- ^ "Nothing Fazes Oldest Woman". Associated Press. April 19, 1998. Archived from the original on May 16, 2011. Retrieved December 9, 2007.
- ^ "World's oldest person dies. She is the oldest verified American in history". The Guardian. London, England. January 1, 2000. Retrieved December 9, 2007.
- ^ "Sarah Knauss, World's Oldest Person Dies at 119". The Nevada Daily Mail. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Associated Press. December 31, 1999. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
- ^ a b "World's oldest person misses millennium". CNN via WebCite. Retrieved March 23, 2008.
As one of very few people who have already seen one century roll over to the next, she would probably not have made a fuss about the arrival of the year 2000.
- ^ Harris, Timothy (2009). Living to 100 and Beyond. Winsted, CT: ACTEX Publications. p. 85. ISBN 978-1566986991. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
- ^ "South Bethlehem 1890 Census". bethlehempaonline. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
- ^ D., Ron (January 1, 2000). "Sarah's Century". The Morning Call. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
- ^ Newton, Christopher (December 31, 1999). "Sarah Knauss, World's Oldest Person Dies at 119". Lakeland Ledger. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Associated Press. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
- ^ a b Devlin, Ron (December 31, 1999). "Sarah Knauss, oldest person, dies at 119". The Morning Call. Retrieved February 18, 2013 – via Genealogy.com.
- ^ Frassinelli, Mike (September 25, 1999). "Mrs. Sarah Knauss, the World's Oldest Person, Turns 119". The Morning Call. Retrieved January 23, 2019 – via GRG.org.
- ^ Maier, Heiner; Gampe, Jutta; Jeune, Bernard; Robine, Jean-Marie; Vaupel, James W. (2010). Supercentenarians. Berlin: Springer. p. 298. ISBN 9783642115196.
- ^ a b c d https://www.demogr.mpg.de/books/drm/007/3-3.pdf
- ^ a b c d "(PDF) Review of Longevity Validations at Extreme Ages". Researchgate.net. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
