Tag: Connecticut

LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Mary Provost of the United States at age 111. She was born in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States on 19 January 1912. She was a sister to four siblings.

Provost moved to Greenwich in 1951 and witnessed the construction of I-95 through Bruce Park. She worked as a phone company operator, a waitress, and a switchboard operator for Empire Brush Works. In her later years, she volunteered for Meals on Wheels and at Nathaniel Witherell, a Greenwich nursing home. On 8 April 1972, aged 60, she married her husband.

Provost-Slocum on her 103rd birthday

On her 103rd birthday, Provost was featured in an article alongside her two sisters, Grace and Millie. The article commemorated the unveiling of a bench in local Pemberwick Park (installed shortly before her 103rd birthday) dedicated to the three sisters. Provost’s 110th birthday was also recognized by Fred Camillo, the First Selectman for Greenwich, Connecticut. The TODAY Show also noted her 110th birthday in a segment.

Provost became the oldest known living person in Connecticut following the death of 110-year-old Antoinette Davis on Christmas Day 2021. She would reach supercentenarian status a little over three weeks later. Provost passed away in Greenwich, Connecticut, on 18 June 2023 at the age of 111 years, 150 days.

LongeviQuest congratulates Mary Provost’s family on her posthumous recognition.

For more information, please view Mrs. Provost’s Directory Profile here.

LongeviQuest recently reviewed the case of Mary Bidwell of the United States – a previously validated supercentenarian who held the title of the oldest individual from the U.S. state of Connecticut passing on 25 April 1996, at the age of 114.

Initially, Guinness World Records validated Bidwell’s birthdate as 19 May 1881. However, after a thorough review of documents discovered by Jimmy Lindberg, the Global Validation Commission concluded that she was actually born ten days earlier, on 9 May 1881. This was the date that Bidwell had always claimed as her birthdate. Therefore, her final age was not 114 years, 342 days, but 114 years, 352 days.

To this day she still holds the record for being the oldest individual from the U.S. state of Connecticut, both in terms of birthplace and deathplace.

For more information, please view Bidwell’s Directory Profile here.

 

LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Sarah Millicent Newman of the United States at 111 years old. She was born in Thompson, Windham County, Connecticut, United States on 12 January 1876, and passed away in Pacific Grove, California, United States on 11 June 1987. She was 111 years old. Newman was married twice and had one daughter who lived to be 98.

LongeviQuest congratulates Mrs. Newman’s family on her posthumous recognition.

For more information, please view Mrs. Newman’s Directory Profile here.