Marie-Louise Meilleur

Marie-Louise Febronie Meilleur (August 29, 1880 - April 161998) was the French-Canadian who, upon the death of Jeanne Calment, became the oldest recognized person in the world. Upon her death, Sarah Knauss became the oldest recognized living person.

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August 29 - 1880 - April 16 - 1998 - French-Canadian - Death - Jeanne Calment - Sarah Knauss

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She was born in Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada and married her first husband, Etienne Leclerc, there in 1900. After he and both her parents died in 1911-1912, in 1913 she left two of her four surviving children behind and moved to the Ontario border. Only once, in 1939, did she return to the Kamouraska area.

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Kamouraska - Quebec - Canada - Husband - 1900 - Parent - 1913 - Children - Ontario - 1939

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She had six further children by her second husband, Hector Meilleur, who she married in 1915. After his death in 1972 she lived first with a daughter and then in a nursing home in Corbeil, Ontario.

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1915 - 1972 - Nursing home - Corbeil, Ontario

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By the time she died one of her sons was also living in the same nursing home. She was said to be a vegetarian while Mrs. Knauss, her successor as world's oldest recognized, had a weakness for junk food.

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Vegetarian - Junk food

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