Tag: Manitoba

LongeviQuest is pleased to report that the European Supercentenarian Organisation (ESO) has validated the age of Margaret Ives at 111. She was born in Millom, Cumbria, England, on 28 January 1889. She was a wife and a mother to 5 children.

Ives and her husband lived in Norquay, Saskatchewan for many years before relocating to Winnipeg in 1946. In her later years, Ives enjoyed gardening and quilting for her family. She moved into a Winnipeg nursing home aged 96, where she was affectionately known as “Granny.”

Ives died in her sleep in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on 27 March 2000 at the age of 111 years, 59 days, as Canada’s fourth-oldest person after Zelda McCague, Isabel Dryden, and Fanny Martland. Upon her death, Ives was the oldest Manitoba resident. It is currently unclear when she gained this title, but after her death, 110-year-old Elizabeth Middler became the oldest living person in the province. She was survived by four of her children, as well as 14 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.

LongeviQuest congratulates Margaret Ives’s family on her posthumous recognition.

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

LongeviQuest is delighted to announce the age validation of Margaret Hack at 110 years old. She was a Canadian supercentenarian recognized as the oldest living person in British Columbia at the time of her death.

Hack was born in Kildonan, Manitoba, Canada, on 16 May 1906, with a maiden name of Margaret Miller Connery.

She was born to her Irish father James Connery and Scottish mother Mary Hoome.

In 1928, she married Edward John Hack and 12 years later, the couple moved to a ranch at Dead Man’s Lake. The two of them had no children during their marriage but always took care of foster children.

With her husband. (Source: Legacy)
With her husband.
(Source: Legacy)

Hack worked at a packing house for several number of years. After this, she retired and the pair moved to Osoyoos, British Columbia.

In the 1970s, Hack traveled the world with her husband by taking world cruises.

Margaret Hack passed away on 10 July 2016, in Osoyoos, British Columbia, Canada.

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

LongeviQuest is joyful to announce the age validation of Lorna Best at 111 years old. She was a Canadian supercentenarian who was among the oldest living people in British Columbia at the time of death.
Best was born in Gilbert Plains, Manitoba, Canada, on 4 July 1903, with a maiden name of Lorna Alice Warren. She was the first child of her father, Charles Warren, who was an immigrant from England. Moreover, her mother, Edra Warren, had English and Irish ancestry.
Her father moved to Canada and worked as a farmer. Later on, he then decided to become the village’s secretary-treasurer in 1921. Lorna dropped out of college to replace her father’s position when he died in 1925 due to septicemia.
On her 105th birthday. (Source: Oak Bay Volunteer Services)
On her 105th birthday.
(Source: Oak Bay Volunteer Services)
Gilbert Best, who was an owner of a fire insurance brokerage business, married her in 1928. The couple had two children named Shirley and Warren.
In 1966, her husband passed away. Fourteen years later, she moved to Victoria to live closer with her siblings in 1980.
Lorna Best passed away on 1 August 2014, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, at the age of 111 years and 28 days.
For more information, please view Lorna Best’s Directory Profile here.