BIOGRAPHY

Anna B. Wilmot was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA, on 15 August 1898. When she was a teenager, her family moved to Westfield.

She married Frederick Wilmot and had one son, Frederick Jr. In 1960, the couple moved to Westfield, where she lived in a lakeside cottage until 2006, when she moved to California, then soon after to the Philippines to live with her son and daughter-in-law.

Wilmot died on the island of Cebu, Philippines, on 10 May 2009, aged 110 years, 268 days.

RECOGNITION

Her age was verified by Stefan Maglov, and validated by LongeviQuest on 1 February 2023, becoming the first validated female supercentenarian who died in the Philippines, and second overall after Flaviano Jubane (1909–2020).

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