BIOGRAPHY

Julie Montabord was born in Le Vauclin, Martinique, France, on 17 April 1906. Her parents were Louis Servule Montabord (born 1863) and Félicité Jandia (1881–1992). Her mother was a validated supercentenarian as well, and she passed away at the age of 111 years, 299 days.

She arrived in Saint-Pierre at the age of 20 and went on to work for 17 years as the manager of the Cercle de Saint-Pierre.

At the time of her 112th birthday, her only son, Raymond, was nearly 92 years old.

Julie Montabord passed away in Le Prêcheur, Martinique, on 18 July 2019, at the age of 113 years, 92 days.

RECOGNITION

Montabord’s age was verified by Guillaume Legris and validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) on 22 May 2018.

Her mother, Félicité Jandia (1881–1992), was also a verified supercentenarian, making them only the second known parent-child pair in history to both reach supercentenarian status. Together, they hold the record for the highest combined age of any such pair (225 years, 26 days). The first known pair was Mary Phil Cota (1870–1982) and her daughter, Rosabell Fenstermaker (1893–2005).

ATTRIBUTION

* Hemrenegilde Julie Sainte MONTABORD – geneanet

* Herménégilde Julie Sainte dite Ninotte ou Meimeille MONTABORD – geneanet

* “Qui est la Martiniquaise Julie Montabord, 112 ans, doyenne de la Caraïbe ?” – France-Antilles Martinique, 18 April 2018

* “Julie Montabord, la doyenne de la Martinique s’en est allée” – France-Antilles Martinique, 19 July 2019

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