Marthe Teyssier (née Chomette) was a French supercentenarian.
On her 109th birthday. (Source: Le Progrès)
Marthe Teyssier was born in Saint-Maurice-sur-Dargoire in the Rhône department in eastern France, on 13 February 1904. Her parents were Louis Chomette (1875–1936) and Marie Marthe Montchamp (1877–1951). She had five siblings: Jeanne (1902–1997), Jean Pierre Eugène (1905–1986), Rosine Perrine (1908–2005), Auguste Louis (1911–1983), and Eugène Louis (1915–1989).
On 10 April 1926, at 22, she married Jean Joseph Teyssier (1906–1981) in Mornant. The couple had at least one daughter, Jeanne Marie Louise.
Marthe Teyssier died in Saint-Etienne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, on 11 April 2014, at the age of 110 years, 57 days.
Her age was verified by the members of Les Grands Centenaires Français, and validated by the ESO on 18 April 2021.
* Marthe CHOMETTE – geneanet
* “A 109 ans, une ancienne chemisière est la doyenne des Ligériens” – Le Progrès, 9 November 2013
* “Marthe Teyssier, la doyenne du département, a fêté ses 110 ans” – Le Progrès, 17 February 2014
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