Montreal woman identified as world's oldest Canadian Press
Montreal — A 115-year-old Montrealer has taken over the title of the world's oldest woman.
Winnifred Bertrand assumed the title when Elizabeth Bolden died last week in a Memphis, Tenn., nursing home at the age of 116, Montreal La Presse reported Saturday.
According to the French-language newspaper, the only person in the world older than Bertrand is a Puerto Rican man who is 26 days her senior.
Originally from Coaticook, Que., Ms. Bertrand never married, has no children and now lives in a north-end nursing home, La Presse said.
Related to this article Latest Comments Start a conversation on this story Ms. Bertrand is the second Quebecker in recent years to claim the title of world's oldest woman. Marie-Louise Meilleur, from Kamouraska, Que., died at the age 117 in 1998.
also - quebec ist der richtige platz um richtig alt zu werden
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