Marie-Rose Tessier, a resident of Château-d’Olonne, Pays de la Loire, and France’s oldest resident, is celebrating her 115th birthday today. Her birthday was confirmed by RTL.fr.
Marie-Rose Tessier was born as Marie-Rose Bousseau in a farm in Beaurepaire in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region, on 21 May 1910. Her father, Alexis Auguste Bousseau was a farmer, while her mother, Marie Ernestine Rose Durand, was a housewife. She had three older brothers.
On 14 November 1927, she married Auguste Tessier (1904–1944) in Ardelay (now Les Herbiers), Vendée. Her husband became a policeman, and they moved to Fougères in Ille-et-Vilaine. However, after a year, he opted for a posting near Paris, where the pay was better. Later, he worked as a mobile guard in Vanves, providing security on horseback. The couple had two daughters: Denise and Yvette. When World War II began, her husband was assigned to Tergnier in the Compiègne region, where he was killed during a bombing raid in 1944. During air raid alerts, she and her daughters would frequently seek refuge in the underground shelters.
Tessier entered a retirement home at the age of 100.
Following Lucile Randon’s passing on 17 January 2023, Tessier became the oldest living person in France.
At the moment, she is the world’s second-oldest living person, only after Ethel Caterham (UK).
LongeviQuest extends warm congratulations to Marie-Rose Tessier on her 115th birthday.
