BIOGRAPHY

Juliette Jocher was born in the commune of Bourg-Lastic in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France, on 11 March 1905. She was the youngest of six children born to parents Alfred Blancheton and Clémence Florida Pierra (1867–1955). Stricken by polio as an infant, Juliette was treated with the most advanced medical methods available at the time. Not only did she regain the ability to walk, but she made a full recovery.

She eventually left her hometown of Bourg-Lastic for the Paris region, where she began working as a telephone operator—a role that would see her take part in the first telephone connection between Paris and New York. On 14 October 1930, at 25, she married Antoine Jocher (born 1905) in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris.

Juliette traveled the world, earned her driver’s license at the age of 60, and lived independently on the third floor of a walk-up building until the age of 100. For the last ten years of her life, until her passing, she resided at Les Opalines in Clermont-Ferrand.

Juliette Jocher passed away in Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, on 3 February 2016, at the age of 110 years, 329 days.

RECOGNITION

Jocher’s age was verified by Laurent Toussaint and Cyril Depoudent, and was validated by the ESO on 9 April 2021.

ATTRIBUTION

* Juliette Marguerite Gabrielle BLANCHETON – geneanet

* “A 108 ans, elle n’est peut être pas la doyenne des Puydômois mais quand même !” – France 3 Régions, 13 March 2013

* “CLERMONT FERRAND. Juliette Jocher fête ses 109 ans aux Opalines” – La Montagne, 14 March 2014

* “CLERMONT FERRAND. Anniversaire de la doyenne de la résidence des Opalines” – La Montagne, 26 March 2015

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