Yesterday, August 17, 114 years old a resident of Pennsylvania Delphine Gibson.
It is considered the oldest American according to the Gerontology Research Group – the research group, which tracks people over 110 years all over the world.
To do this, «the title of» oldest American women belonged to Adele Dunlop of new Jersey, who died in February of this year.
As reports Associated Press, Delphine Gibson was born in South Carolina in 1903, but after the wedding, Taylor and Gibson in 1928 he moved to Pennsylvania. She and her husband have had three children – Frank, Moody and Ella.
The husband of the Dolphins died in 1980. Over the past 15 years, Delphine Gibson is contained in the center AristaCare at Huntingdon Park.
She thinks he lived such a long life because of their faith in God. Dolphin is a member of the missionary Baptist Church Mount Hope.
Fellow Gerontology Research Group Robert D. Ian said that centenarians are becoming less. For example, in 2014, was still alive eight people over the age of 114 years.
But the oldest person in the world was considered Indonesian IBA, Photo. He was born in 1870 and died at the age of 146 years. However, the official birth registration in Indonesia only began in 1900, and error with birth year were not uncommon, but still considered that the documents IBA, Photo – genuine.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Delphine Gibson???! https://t.co/aVm5iXYQCy
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