Gertrude Weaver made international news six days ago, when, at the age of 116, she inherited the title of being the world’s oldest-known living person, following the death of 117-year-old Japanese woman Misao Okawa.
She was born on July 4, 1898, according to the Gerontology Research Group, which validates ages of the world’s longest-living people. There are only three people alive on the planet with birth records showing they were born before 1900, according to the group. With the death of Gertrude Weaver, there are no people alive now who were alive in 1898.
The world’s oldest known person is now Jeralean Talley of Inkster, Mich (pictured below with some catfish she caught in 2012), who was born on May 23, 1899 and will turn 116 next month, according to the group.
