List of people with the longest marriages
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This is a list of people with the longest marriage
Marriage
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. It contains reports of varying veracity made in the media of marriages that lasted more than 80 years.

Longest living married couples (≥80 years)

No. Names Birth dates Date of marriage Length of marriage as of Place of residence
1 Marshall Kuykendall
Winnie (née Macnab) Kuykendall
28 Jan. 1908
2 Feb. 1909
14 February 1929 New Mexico
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...

, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

2 Steve Wrubel
Victoria (née Puvalowski) Wrubel
2 Jul. 1909
15 Dec. 1910
28 September 1929 Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

, United States
Max Robinson
Laver(e) Robinson
1910/11
1911/12
1 November 1929 California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

, United States
3 Paul Murray Whiteman
Ellenor (née Lawson) Whiteman
4 Jul. 1909
19 Mar. 1912
11 January 1930 West Virginia
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...

, United States
4 Ivan Nishimura
Doris (née Takeshita) Nishimura
21 Oct. 1912
1912
July 1930 Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...

, United States
5 Elza Moses
Aletha (née Freese) Moses
26 Sept. 1908
10 Sept. 1913
15 September 1930 Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

, United States
6 Phines Brown Murphy
Lela (née Siegfried) Murphy
5 Nov. 1910
28 Dec. 1912
20 September 1930 Illinois, United States
7 Zhang Mucheng
Xu Dongying
1908/09
1907/08
October 1930 Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...

, China
China
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Longest marriages ever (≥80 years)

No. Names Lifespans Date of marriage Length of marriage Place of death
or residence
1 Daniel Frederick Bakeman
Daniel F. Bakeman
Daniel Frederick Bakeman may have been the last surviving veteran of the War for American Independence . He is buried in Sandusky Cemetery, Freedom, New York....


Susan (née Brewer) Bakeman
9 Oct. 1759 – 5 Apr. 1869
2 Jan. 1758 – 10 Sept. 1863
29 August 1772 New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

, United States
2 K. Philipose Thomas
Sosamma Thomas
1904/05 – ?
1905/06 – 19 Feb. 2006
17 February 1918 Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

3 Herbert Fisher, Sr.
Zelmyra G. Fisher
10 Jun. 1905 – 27 Feb. 2011
10 Dec. 1907 –
13 May 1924 Living in North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

, United States
4 Sir Temulji Bhicaji Nariman
Lady Nariman
3 Sept. 1848 – 1 Aug. 1940
1847/48 – ?
1853 + Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

, India
5 Liu Yung-Yang
Liu Yang Yang-Wan
7 Oct. 1899 – 13 Feb. 2007
18 Feb. 1900 – 21 Jul. 2003
10 March 1917 Taiwan
6 Lazarus Rowe
Mary (née Webber) Rowe
Jan. 1725 – 14 Sept. 1829
1725 – 27 Jun. 1829
1743 + New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...

, United States
7 Oliver J. Glenn
Cora Lee Glenn
24 Apr. 1886 – 24 Dec. 1989
14 Feb. 1887 – 21 Sept. 1990
6 November 1904 Alabama
Alabama
Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...

, United States
8 William Archibald Fullingim
Nannie (née Watson) Fullingim
7 Jul. 1855 – 6 Aug. 1965
1 Nov. 1861 – 25 Apr. 1964
11 August 1879 Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...

, United States
9 Francisco Garcia
Paulina (née Calvillo) Garcia
1908 –
9 May 1910 – 26 Aug. 2010
26 May 1926 Living in Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

, United States
10 William J. Jones
Eluned Jones
20 Jul. 1901 – 28 Jan. 2007
23 Aug. 1904 – 29 Jun. 2008
3 February 1923 England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

11 Russell Wesley Wintle
Louise (née Diehsner) Wintle
11 Aug. 1906 – 20 Oct. 2010
Mar. 1910 –
4 February 1927 Living in California, United States
12 William B. Ritchie
Claudia Lillian Ritchie
25 Sept. 1897 – 22 Nov. 2002
24 Aug. 1904 – 18 Jan. 2003
12 April 1919 Kentucky
Kentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...

, United States
13 George L. Briant
Germaine (née Thibodeaux) Briant
3 Mar. 1901 – 31 Jan. 2005
4 Sept. 1903 – 28 Jan. 2005
20 July 1921 California, United States
14 Song Byung-ho
Sung Won-geum
1904 – ?
1904 – ?
19 November 1920 +
(as of 14 May 2004)
Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...

15 Harley D. Utz
Sylvia (née Booker) Utz
3 Jul. 1898 – 12 Nov. 2001
9 Mar. 1899 – 5 Oct. 2009
15 June 1918 Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

, United States
16 Otto A. Brauchle
Elsie (née Schroeder) Brauchle
15 Apr. 1894 – 13 Oct. 1996
12 May 1895 – 13 Oct. 1998
2 June 1913 Florida, United States
17 Clarence George Vail
Lillie A. Vail
7 Nov. 1906 – 14 Jun. 2008
23 Apr. 1908 – 4 Nov. 2010
17 February 1925 Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

, United States
18 Giovanni J. Rocchio
Amelia Antonelli Rocchio
24 Nov. 1903 – 28 Aug. 2006
10 Oct. 1905 – 6 Jun. 2006
10 February 1923 Rhode Island
Rhode Island
The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...

, United States
19 Gelasio Quintana-Blanco
Pilar Cañibano-Rodríguez
9 Sept. 1902 – 29 May 2010
8 May 1910 –
4 April 1927 Living in Castile and Léon
Castile and León
Castile and León is an autonomous community in north-western Spain. It was so constituted in 1983 and it comprises the historical regions of León and Old Castile...

, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

20 Charles M. Pierce
Opal (née Hyrns) Pierce
19 Oct. 1907 – 3 Jan. 2011
8 Jun. 1910 –
26 January 1928 Living in Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

, United States
21 Calvin E. Dunmire
Mina L. Dunmire
22 Sept. 1881 – 14 Oct. 1989
4 Mar. 1886 – 18 Mar. 1989
24 April 1906 Pennsylvania, United States
22 James David Hamilton
Velma (née Gibson) Hamilton
2 Jul. 1908 – 20 Jul. 2011
1909/10 –
29 September 1928 Living in Illinois, United States
23 Marshall Kuykendall
Winnie (née Macnab) Kuykendall
28 Jan. 1908 –
2 Feb. 1909 –
14 February 1929 Living in New Mexico, United States
24 Earl A. Raub
Pauline N. Raub
26 Apr. 1909 – 24 Feb. 2008
1910 –
5 June 1925 Living in Florida, United States
25 Salvatore P. Rossi
Rhea Rossi
12 May 1905 – 31 Jul. 2008
29 Sept. 1909 – 3 May 2008
September 1925 + Florida, United States
26 Huang Fu
Gan Fu
1898/99 – ?
1902/03 – ?
1920 +
(as of 19 Jul. 2003)
Guangdong
Guangdong
Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...

, China
27 Salus Newquest
Minnie Newquest
5 Mar. 1881 – 11 Jul. 1982
5 Nov. 1887 – Jul. 1983
20 January 1900 Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...

, United States
28 George L. Limpert, Sr.
Amelia (née Kwiatkowski) Limpert
25 Feb. 1901 – 23 Jan. 2004
11 Oct. 1903 – 3 Mar. 2005
9 September 1921 Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...

, United States
29 Steve Wrubel
Victoria (née Puvalowski) Wrubel
2 Jul. 1909 –
15 Dec. 1910 –
28 September 1929 Living in Florida, United States
30 Max Robinson
Laver(e) Robinson
1910/11 –
1911/12 –
1 November 1929 Living in California, United States
31 Edmund S. Sobieski
Genevieve (née Skumurski) Sobieski
1 Mar. 1893 – 3 Jul. 2000
9 Mar. 1896 – 25 Jan. 1999
13 January 1917 New York, United States
32 James Frederick Burgess
Sarah Ann Burgess
3 Mar. 1861 – 1966
11 Jul. 1865 – 23 Jun. 1965
21 June 1883 England, United Kingdom
33 Lee Hoon-yo
Kim Bong-geum
1909/10 – ?
1905/06 – ?
25 October 1919 +
(as of 25 Oct. 2001)
Chungbuk, Korea
34 Amos Marshall Pitner
Sarah (née Cusick) Pitner
12 Sept. 1897 – 24 May 2001
27 Mar. 1899 – 19 Apr. 1999
21 April 1917 Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

, United States
35 O. Perry Sullens
Katherina W. Sullens
7 Sept. 1892 – 23 May 1999
5 Jan. 1899 – 21 Dec. 1999
2 June 1917 Oklahoma, United States
36 Willis Clyde Barnes
Marie (née Bullock) Barnes
12 Dec. 1909 – 3 Sept. 2010
1913 –
20 September 1928 Living in Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...

, United States
37 Ernest A. Scott
Maud (née Seidler) Scott
1 Sept. 1887 – Aug. 1992
20 Oct. 1891 – 12 May 1991
16 June 1909 California, United States
38 Paul Murray Whiteman
Ellenor (née Lawson) Whiteman
4 Jul. 1909 –
19 Mar. 1912 –
11 January 1930 Living in West Virginia, United States
39 Peter Peterson
Celestia (née Terry) Peterson
27 Sept. 1860 – 27 Oct. 1960
28 Dec. 1860 – 1 Nov. 1961
11 December 1878 Utah, United States
40 William James DeCaro
Anna Marie (née Tomulis) DeCaro
31 Mar. 1909 – 28 Apr. 2011
20 Oct. 1909 – 15 Apr. 2011
20 June 1929 Pennsylvania, United States
41 Orbin Hoffer
Dorothy (née Stahly) Hoffer
28 Sept. 1898 – 29 Nov. 2002
26 Oct. 1902 – 11 Nov. 2006
14 February 1921 Indiana, United States
42 William Lester Plummer
Evelyn (née Martin) Plummer
19 Mar. 1910 – 19 Aug. 2010
10 Nov. 1911 –
10 November 1928 Living in Missouri, United States
43 Horace S. Merickel
Violet C. Merickel
1 Jun. 1903 – 19 Jun. 2004
1 May 1904 – 4 Jun. 2005
15 September 1922 California, United States
44 George Muneichi Yamasaki
Shigeyo (née Fujitani) Yamasaki
13 Jul. 1904 – 13 Feb. 2010
25 Dec. 1909 – 30 Dec. 2007
3 April 1926 California, United States
45 Paul Edwards Bradley
Georgia A. Bradley
1 Dec. 1910 – 28 Jun. 2011
24 Nov. 1911 –
7 October 1929 Living in Indiana, United States
46 Melvin Scott
Minnie (née Evans) Scott
21 Feb. 1907 – 21 Dec. 2010
24 May 1908 – 30 Jul. 2009
11 November 1927 Texas, United States
47 Ward McDaniel
Cynthia (née Hayes) McDaniel
19 Jun. 1868 – 28 Sept. 1971
8 May 1869 – 15 Aug. 1972
21 January 1890 Missouri, United States
48 Carmelo Scarcella
Letteria (née Visicaro) Scarcella
26 Apr. 1905 – 8 Oct. 2010
5 Mar. 1909 –
2 February 1929 Living in New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

49 Joseph Moses Juran
Joseph M. Juran
Joseph Moses Juran was a 20th century management consultant who is principally remembered as an evangelist for quality and quality management, writing several influential books on those subjects. He was the brother of Academy Award winner Nathan H...


Sadie (née Shapiro) Juran
24 Dec. 1904 – 28 Feb. 2008
18 Mar. 1905 – 2 Dec. 2008
26 June 1926 New York, United States
50 Angelo Minato
Amabile (née Crosato) Minato
2 Jul. 1909 – 4 Jul. 2011
28 Nov. 1909 –
28 November 1929 Living in Aquitaine
Aquitaine
Aquitaine , archaic Guyenne/Guienne , is one of the 27 regions of France, in the south-western part of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain. It comprises the 5 departments of Dordogne, :Lot et Garonne, :Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Landes...

, France
51 Stefano Iuliano
Maria (née Pepe) Iuliano
5 Apr. 1908 – 30 Oct. 2009
17 Apr. 1908 – 19 Apr. 2011
18 April 1928 Campania
Campania
Campania is a region in southern Italy. The region has a population of around 5.8 million people, making it the second-most-populous region of Italy; its total area of 13,590 km² makes it the most densely populated region in the country...

, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

52 Martin Terry
Christine Terry
18 Aug. 1900 – 11 Aug. 2005
8 Apr. 1908 – 16 Jan. 2007
7 February 1924 South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...

, United States
53 Ruben Wayne Hopper
Velma (née Jones) Hopper
13 Aug. 1903 – 27 Oct. 2011
13 May 1907 – 15 Mar. 2006
15 September 1924 Oklahoma, United States
54 Ole Sholberg
Ottilie (née Riedel) Sholberg
16 Jun. 1862 – 3 Jul. 1967
19 May 1864 – Dec. 1968
5 January 1886 Minnesota, United States
55 Edgar L. Perryman
Eunice A. Perryman
18 Mar. 1901 – 29 Apr. 2006
7 Aug. 1901 – 17 May 2003
24 November 1921 Texas, United States
56 Antonio Urrea-Hernández
Isabel Tossas-Bordanova
18 Feb. 1888 – 15 Nov. 1999
16 Feb. 1894 – 13 Aug. 1995
26 February 1914 Catalonia
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...

, Spain
57 Ralph Chester Richards, Sr.
Dorothy (née Renz) Richards
9 Oct. 1913 – 6 Aug. 2011
1912/13 –
28 February 1930 Living in Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...

, United States
58 Ivan Nishimura
Doris (née Takeshita) Nishimura
21 Oct. 1912 –
1912 –
July 1930 Living in Hawaii, United States
59 John H. Weaver
Bertie M. Weaver
6 Aug. 1891 – 26 Nov. 1988
12 Jul. 1891 – 29 Dec. 1989
27 July 1907 Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...

, United States
60 George W. Couron
Gaynel M. Couron
26 Jan. 1897 – 16 Dec. 1999
22 Apr. 1899 – 22 Jul. 1997
10 April 1916 California, United States
61 Don Harvey Wall
Mary (née Boyson) Wall
5 Jul. 1891 – 8 Jul. 1994
27 Aug. 1891 – 7 May 1997
2 April 1913 Oregon
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...

, United States
Frank Milford
Anita Milford
29 Jan. 1908 – 31 Aug. 2009
19 Jun. 1908 –
26 May 1928 Living in England, United Kingdom
63 Bert W. Parr
Martha (née Miller) Parr
6 Feb. 1907 – 10 Dec. 2007
29 Oct. 1911 – 26 Jun. 2010
8 September 1926 Indiana, United States
64 Mitchell A. Atkins
Mattie (née Butler) Atkins
Aug. 1912 –
5 Oct. 1907 – 15 Apr. 2011
14 January 1930 Living in Pennsylvania, United States
65 Vernon Isenhower
Wanda (née Peterson) Isenhower
1911 –
22 Oct. 1912 – 18 Apr. 2010
27 January 1929 Living in Kansas
Kansas
Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...

, United States
66 Elza M. Moses
Aletha (née Freese) Moses
26 Sept. 1908 –
10 Sept. 1913 –
15 September 1930 Living in Illinois, United States
67 Phines Brown Murphy
Lela (née Siegfried) Murphy
5 Nov. 1910 –
28 Dec. 1912 –
20 September 1930 Living in Illinois, United States
68 Clarence Stovall
Eula Stovall
22 Feb. 1909 – 1 Jun. 2006
24 Mar. 1909 – 9 Aug. 2007
24 March 1925 Arkansas, United States
69 JD Conger
Opal (née Foster) Conger
2 Apr. 1909 – 15 Jan. 2011
12 Sept. 1913 – 13 Jan. 2011
7 December 1929 California, United States
70 Zhang Mucheng
Xu Dongying
1908/09 –
1907/08 –
October 1930 Living in Shanghai, China
71 W. Gilbert Hill
Sadie (née Longmoor) Hill
15 Mar. 1900 – 10 Mar. 2007
10 Oct. 1899 – 15 Jul. 2001
15 June 1920 Florida, United States
72 André Léon Debry
André Debry
André Léon Alphonse Debry was, at age 107, one of the last surviving French veterans of the First World War. He was later created an officer of the Legion d'Honneur, both for his war record, and for his work as principal of a school.Debry was born in Rosières-en-Santerre . He was a soldier in the...


Marguerite (née Pingaud) Debry
15 Jun. 1898 – 31 Aug. 2005
10 Oct. 1904 – Jan. 2006
12 August 1924 Centre, France
73 Frank Russell Jump
Russell Jump
Frank Russell Jump was the 56th Mayor of Wichita, Kansas, serving from 1952–1953. Born in Illinois, Jump's family moved to Kansas, the state where he would spend most of his life, when he was a child...


Florence (née Regnier) Jump
16 Mar. 1895 – 18 Apr. 2000
20 Jun. 1898 – 16 Dec. 1999
28 November 1918 Kansas, United States
74 Russell Itschner
Leona (née Bennight) Itschner
21 Dec. 1908 –
29 Sept. 1910 – 25 Mar. 2011
8 March 1930 Living in Missouri, United States
75 Armand Giraud
Jeanne (née Fage) Giraud
5 Jan. 1899 – 12 Apr. 1999
27 Nov. 1899 – 30 Jun. 2003
3 April 1918 Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire is one of the 27 regions of France. It is one of the regions created in the late 20th century to serve as a zone of influence for its capital, Nantes, one of a handful so-called "balancing metropolises" ¹...

, France
76 E.R. Pennebaker
Bessie E. Pennebaker
10 Aug. 1902 – 22 Jun. 2005
7 Aug. 1907 – 6 Apr. 2007
14 June 1924 Iowa
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...

, United States
77 Evert Lambert
Alice (née Lambert) Lambert
10 Aug. 1911 –
17 Dec. 1918 – 1 Aug. 2011
26 July 1930 Living in South Carolina, United States
78 Lewis E. Pearce, Sr.
Laura (née Dunty) Pearce
12 Jan. 1900 – 20 Oct. 2007
1906 – 2003
1921 + Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

, United States
79 Gervasius Kosmidis
Hariklia Kosmidis
20 Nov. 1904 – 1 Nov. 2009
1911 –
1928 + Living in South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...

, Australia
80 Michael Nikolaus
Katharina (née Pelikan) Nikolaus
7 Jan. 1901 – 29 Jan. 2007
1905/06 – 19 Dec. 2005
26 December 1924 North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...

, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

81 Roy T. Lingafelter
Lizzie M. Lingafelter
3 Oct. 1889 – 29 Mar. 1991
18 Jan. 1893 – 29 Mar. 1991
11 April 1910 Illinois, United States
82 Ralph E. Seckinger
Chelsea B. Seckinger
18 Jul. 1905 – 10 Dec. 2004
30 Jan. 1903 – 1 Aug. 2003
7 September 1922 Missouri, United States
83 Kenneth Warren Ingalls
Florence M. (née Janisch) Ingalls
25 Nov. 1909 – 30 Nov. 2009
1907 –
4 February 1929 Oregon, United States
84 Daniel Wilford Colvin
Viola (née Hancock) Colvin
10 Jan. 1903 – 20 Apr. 2004
31 Aug. 1906 – 30 May 2001
8 August 1920 Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...

, United States
85 John Orton
Harriet Orton
19 Jan. 1876 – 30 Jan. 1984
3 Apr. 1878 – 28 Apr. 1981
9 July 1900 England, United Kingdom
86 George F. Shephard
Jessie (née Evans) Shephard
22 Aug. 1899 – 28 Nov. 2002
6 Apr. 1900 – 19 May 1999
1 August 1918 Washington, United States
87 Pieter Ably
Henriëtte (née Tritsch) Ably
6 Jul. 1905 – 23 Nov. 2009
14 Apr. 1906 – 6 Apr. 2009
23 June 1928 North Holland
North Holland
North Holland |West Frisian]]: Noard-Holland) is a province situated on the North Sea in the northwest part of the Netherlands. The provincial capital is Haarlem and its largest city is Amsterdam.-Geography:...

, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

88 Salvatore Ardizzone Caito
Providenza Caito
1 Sept. 1882 – 19 Oct. 1987
2 Oct. 1890 – 11 Oct. 1987
12 January 1907 California, United States
89 Paul Onesi
Mary (née Corsaro) Onesi
7 Jul. 1896 – 30 Apr. 1998
4 Feb. 1904 – 31 Dec. 2001
6 August 1917 New York, United States
90 Joseph Henry Jarvis
Annie (née Mitchell) Jarvis
24 May 1898 – 20 Mar. 2002
10 Oct. 1904 – 24 Oct. 2005
15 July 1921 Yukon
Yukon
Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....

, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

91 Leonard A. Lautzenhiser
Sara (née Grothe) Lautzenhiser
5 Jan. 1907 – 20 Mar. 2009
23 Feb. 1912 – 14 May 2009
22 July 1928 California, United States
92 Walter Postings
Beatrice Postings
21 Oct. 1908 – 19 Nov. 2009
18 Aug. 1908 – 13 Oct. 2010
27 March 1929 England, United Kingdom
93 Alonzo Lonzo Sims
Beulah (née Smith) Sims
1909/10 –
30 Nov. 1912 – 24 May 2008
1 October 1927 Living in Alabama, United States
94 Donald Louis Mergler
Margaret (née Kaylor) Mergler
23 Apr. 1908 – 25 Apr. 2007
20 Apr. 1908 – 7 Apr. 2010
4 September 1926 Maryland, United States
95 George Y. Gross
Alma (née Eichman) Gross
7 Apr. 1900 – 8 Apr. 2003
18 Jan. 1906 – 22 Jan. 2006
8 September 1922 Kansas, United States
96 Russell Bacon
Margaret (née Berlien) Bacon
18 Oct. 1903 – 15 Mar. 2006
30 Nov. 1906 – 13 Jun. 2006
26 August 1925 South Dakota
South Dakota
South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over...

, United States
97 Dominick Giordano
Jennie (née Papa) Giordano
11 Feb. 1913 – 7 Jul. 2010
26 Aug. 1913 – 5 May 2009
11 November 1928 New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

, United States
98 Frank Rago
Laura M. Rago
3 Jan. 1908 –
15 Jul. 1908 – 26 Nov. 2006
12 June 1926 Living in New Jersey, United States
99 Gordon Joseph Hill
Mary T. Hill
4 Nov. 1909 – 21 Nov. 2006
23 Nov. 1909 – 7 Nov. 2006
29 May 1926 Oklahoma, United States
100 Robert D. Fitch, Sr.
Florence (née Frost) Fitch
26 Jan. 1895 – 23 Nov. 1999
10 Aug. 1898 – 14 May 1995
5 December 1914 Pennsylvania, United States
101 Fedele Philip Caprio
Raffaela Caprio
19 Apr. 1883 – Jun. 1981
17 Jul. 1885 – Mar. 1983
11 January 1901 + New Jersey, United States
102 Vital Pierre Emard
Jessie (née Perry) Emard
29 Apr. 1908 – 30 Aug. 2010
1913 –
2 May 1930 Living in Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, Canada
103 Newton Hilliard Leger, Sr.
Anna (née Oliver) Leger
6 Apr. 1908 – 1 Jun. 2009
Dec. 1912 –
3 February 1929 Living in Louisiana, United States
104 Ralph Anderson
Ruth (née Mason) Anderson
4 Oct. 1891 – 10 Oct. 1995
1 Oct. 1895 – 27 Nov. 1994
12 August 1914 Utah, United States
105 Fred Kile
Dorrit Kile
20 Jul. 1893 – Nov. 1995
13 Aug. 1898 – 11 Apr. 1993
26 December 1912 Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...

, United States
106 Waldo M. Tarbell
Kathleen (née Barnes) Tarbell
3 Jul. 1905 –
21 Jun. 1907 – 18 Jul. 2007
9 April 1927 Living in Maine
Maine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...

, United States
107 Devere Lamar Sheesley
Helen (née Stewart) Sheesley
25 Dec. 1909 – 19 Sep. 2009
26 Jul. 1907 –
17 June 1929 Living in Florida, United States
108 Forest Adams
Ruth Adams
19 Jun. 1897 – 22 May 1995
30 Mar. 1896 – Mar. 1996
20 February 1915 Illinois, United States
James William Barnes, Sr.
Anna (née Troup) Barnes
1 Sept. 1896 – 2 Jul. 1997
20 Oct. 1895 – 16 Oct. 1995
17 July 1915 Texas, United States
110 Oney W. Hartner
Edna Hartner
11 Nov. 1887 – 10 Jul. 1988
2 Oct. 1889 – 15 Jul. 1989
12 April 1908 Missouri, United States
111 Carl Stuart Herman
Nellie (née Grimes) Herman
10 Feb. 1910 – 14 Nov. 2008
14 May 1909 – 25 Oct. 2010
18 August 1928 California, United States
112 James Patrick Hanlon
Florence (née Gillon) Hanlon
20 Oct. 1891 – 27 Feb. 2001
19 Jan. 1898 – 27 Dec. 1999
5 October 1919 Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...

, United States
Roy Alfred Adams
Bertha (née Nalley) Adams
30 Oct. 1904 – 9 Oct. 2007
30 Aug. 1905 – 18 Mar. 2008
18 July 1927 Oklahoma, United States
114 Paul E. Attebery
Thelma (née Adams) Attebery
19 Jan. 1901 – 13 Apr. 2000
20 Jan. 1904 – 29 Oct. 2000
31 January 1920 Kansas, United States
115 Dominick Cosentino
Anne Cosentino
28 May 1910 – 13 Oct. 2008
23 Jun. 1912 – 28 Oct. 2009
6 August 1928 Florida, United States
116 Charles C. Carroll
Emma (née Lanman) Carroll
Emma Carroll
Emma Vironia Carroll was, at age 112, Iowa's oldest person since the death of 111-year-old Hazel Blecha on October 29, 2006. She was the 10th oldest validated American living in the United States, and the 22nd oldest validated worldwide at the time of her death...

8 Oct. 1893 – 7 Mar. 1994
18 May 1895 – 10 Jul. 2007
1 January 1914 Iowa, United States
117 William C. Troop
Lorene (née Johnson) Troop
11 May 1909 – 15 Dec. 2006
6 Apr. 1910 – 7 Aug. 2007
23 October 1926 Kentucky, United States
118 Buford Good
Florence (née Branscombe) Good
2 Nov. 1907 – 23 Apr. 2009
26 Feb. 1910 – 14 Jan. 2010
2 March 1929 Tennessee, United States
119 Dan R. Thomas
Lola M. Thomas
6 Oct. 1905 – 13 Jun. 2004
9 May 1907 – 12 Dec. 2006
26 April 1924 Kansas, United States
120 Louis Astruc
Simone (née Bonvallet) Astruc
11 Nov. 1907 –
1907 – 23 Aug. 2009
10 July 1929 Living in Languedoc-Roussillon
Languedoc-Roussillon
Languedoc-Roussillon is one of the 27 regions of France. It comprises five departments, and borders the other French regions of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes, Auvergne, Midi-Pyrénées on the one side, and Spain, Andorra and the Mediterranean sea on the other side.-Geography:The region is...

, France
121 Percy Arrowsmith
Florence Arrowsmith
Percy and Florence Arrowsmith
Percy Arrowsmith and Florence Arrowsmith were, until Percy's death, a married couple residing in Hereford, England. On June 1, 2005 they erroneously made it into the Guinness Book of Records for the longest marriage for a living couple and the oldest aggregate age of a married couple...

13 Mar. 1900 – 15 Jun. 2005
31 Oct. 1904 – 9 Apr. 2007
1 June 1925 England, United Kingdom
122 Peter Mascolo
Anna (née DeTuccio) Mascolo
21 Nov. 1901 – 2 May 2008
16 Dec. 1910 – 27 Dec. 2010
23 April 1928 Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...

, United States

Highest combined ages of married couples (≥210 years when both have died)

Remark: Guinness counts only the highest combined age of both persons living at the same time, not the combined maximum age of both persons. If the point of the record is "as a couple", not an individual, then the "oldest couple" is NOT the same as the maximum age of both persons, or, in other words, the time of having been a widow/widower is in that case excluded.
No. Names Lifespans Combined age at end of marriage Combined age Place of death
or residence
1 Harley D. Utz
Sylvia (née Booker) Utz
3 Jul. 1898 – 12 Nov. 2001
9 Mar. 1899 – 5 Oct. 2009
206 years, 15 days 213 years, 342 days Ohio, United States
2 Antonio Urrea-Hernández
Isabel Tossas-Bordanova
18 Feb. 1888 – 15 Nov. 1999
16 Feb. 1894 – 13 Aug. 1995
208 years, 354 days 213 years, 83 days Catalonia, Spain
3 Leonardus Arnoldus Koppert
Marie Cornelie Koppert-de Chauvigny de Blot
30 Jan. 1885 – 17 Nov. 1990
27 Oct. 1890 – 8 Jan. 1998
205 years, 312 days 212 years, 364 days Utrecht
Utrecht (province)
Utrecht is the smallest province of the Netherlands in terms of area, and is located in the centre of the country. It is bordered by the Eemmeer in the north, Gelderland in the east, the river Rhine in the south, South Holland in the west, and North Holland in the northwest...

, Netherlands
4 Frank Hazell
Kathleen Hazell
15 Apr. 1899 – 27 Nov. 2006
27 Jun. 1903 – 12 Jul. 2008
211 years, 14 days 212 years, 241 days England, United Kingdom
5 William Archibald Fullingim
Nancy (née Watson) Fullingim
7 Jul. 1855 – 6 Aug. 1965
1 Nov. 1861 – 25 Apr. 1964
211 years, 103 days 212 years, 206 days Oklahoma, United States
6 Charles C. Carroll
Emma (née Lanman) Carroll
Emma Carroll
Emma Vironia Carroll was, at age 112, Iowa's oldest person since the death of 111-year-old Hazel Blecha on October 29, 2006. She was the 10th oldest validated American living in the United States, and the 22nd oldest validated worldwide at the time of her death...

8 Oct. 1893 – 7 Mar. 1994
18 May 1895 – 10 Jul. 2007
199 years, 78 days 212 years, 203 days Iowa, United States
7 Frank Capizzi
Marietta (née Cimino) Capizzi
5 Nov. 1893 – 7 Feb. 1995
29 Jan. 1901 –
195 years, 103 days Living in New York, United States
8 Alfred Nilssøn Ihlen
Ellen (née Gording) Ihlen
30 Jun. 1900 – 6 Apr. 2006
26 Sept. 1905 –
206 years, 107 days Living in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

9 Leopold Vietoris
Leopold Vietoris
Leopold Vietoris was an Austrian mathematician and a World War I veteran who gained additional fame by becoming a supercentenarian...


Maria Josefa Vincentia Vietoris
4 Jun. 1891 – 9 Apr. 2002
18 Jul. 1901 – 24 Mar. 2002
211 years, 177 days 211 years, 193 days Tyrol
Tyrol (state)
Tyrol is a state or Bundesland, located in the west of Austria. It comprises the Austrian part of the historical region of Tyrol.The state is split into two parts–called North Tyrol and East Tyrol–by a -wide strip of land where the state of Salzburg borders directly on the Italian province of...

, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

10 James Patrick Hanlon
Florence (née Gillon) Hanlon
20 Oct. 1891 – 27 Feb. 2001
19 Jan. 1898 – 27 Dec. 1999
210 years, 45 days 211 years, 107 days Massachusetts, United States
11 John Orton
Harriet Orton
19 Jan. 1876 – 30 Jan. 1984
3 Apr. 1878 – 28 Apr. 1981
208 years, 124 days 211 years, 36 days England, United Kingdom
Calvin E. Dunmire
Mina L. Dunmire
22 Sept. 1881 – 14 Oct. 1989
4 Mar. 1886 – 18 Mar. 1989
210 years, 191 days 211 years, 36 days Pennsylvania, United States
13 Ralph Burgess Tarrant
Phyllis (née Machen) Tarrant
7 Jul. 1903 –
9 Sept. 1908 – 4 Feb. 2011
209 years, 360 days Living in England, United Kingdom
14 Liu Yung-Yang
Liu Yang Yang-Wan
7 Oct. 1899 – 13 Feb. 2007
18 Feb. 1900 – 21 Jul. 2003
207 years, 86 days 210 years, 283 days Taiwan
15 Jacobus Cornelis Verbruggen
Egberta Verbruggen-Giesen
22 Jan. 1895 – 20 May 1998
23 Oct. 1890 – 6 Feb. 1998
210 years, 121 days 210 years, 224 days North Brabant
North Brabant
North Brabant , sometimes called Brabant, is a province of the Netherlands, located in the south of the country, bordered by Belgium in the south, the Meuse River in the north, Limburg in the east and Zeeland in the west.- History :...

, Netherlands
16 Karl Dølven
Gudrun (née Haug) Dølven
31 Aug. 1897 – 31 Jul. 2004
14 Oct. 1900 – 24 Apr. 2004
210 years, 65 days 210 years, 151 days Buskerud
Buskerud
is a county in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark, and Vestfold. The county administration is located in Drammen.-Geography:...

, Norway
17 Dr. Will Miles Clark
Lois (née Schafroth) Clark
17 Aug. 1904 –
9 Apr. 1907 – 18 Apr. 2010
208 years, 253 days Living in Iowa, United States
18 Ralph Troy
Nina (née Leiper) Troy
1894/95 – 1999
20 Oct. 1905 –
197 years+ + Living in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

, United Kingdom

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