Marie-Rose Tessier
Marie-Rose Tessier | |
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Marie-Rose Tessier’s 112th birthday | |
| Born | Marie-Rose Bousseau 21 May 1910 (age 115 years, 49 days) |
| Known for | Oldest living person in France (since 17 January 2023) |
| Spouse |
Auguste Tessier
(m. 1927; died 1944) |
| Children | 2 (both deceased) |
Marie-Rose Tessier (née Bousseau; born 21 May 1910) is a French supercentenarian. She is currently the oldest living French person and the second oldest living person in the world.[1][2]
Biography
Marie-Rose Henriette Augustine Bousseau was born on 21 May 1910 in Beaurepaire, in the Vendée department in what is now the Pays de la Loire region.[3]
Her father, Alexis Auguste Bousseau (1868–1935), was a farmer and her mother, Marie Ernestine Rose Durand (1876–1962), was a housewife. Her parents married in 1898.[3] Marie-Rose was the youngest of the couple's four children and the only girl.[4]
She married Auguste Charles Tessier (1904–1944) in November 1927 in Ardelay.[5] They had two daughters: Denise Marie Rose Augustine (1928–2020) and Yvette Louise Eugénie (1929–2010).
On 18 April 1944, aged 33, Marie-Rose became a widow after her husband was killed during the Second World War in Aisne, Tergnier.[4]
She lived in Fougères, then in Paris, before returning to her native Vendée when she retired.
Since 2010, she has been living in a nursing home (EHPAD) in Les Sables-d'Olonne.[6]
She became the oldest woman in France following the death of Lucile Randon on 17 January 2023.[7][8] On 30 April 2025, after the passing of Inah Canabarro Lucas, she became the world’s second oldest living person, after Ethel Caterham.[9][10]
References
- ^ "World Supercentenarian Ranking List". Gerontology Research Group. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
- ^ "LGCF: Les Grands Centenaires Français" (in French). Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ^ a b "Marie-Rose Tessier". LongeviQuest. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ^ a b Beaucarnot, Jean-Louis (19 January 2023). "Les racines vendéennes de Marie-Rose Tessier, nouvelle doyenne des Français". La Revue française de Généalogie (in French). Retrieved 23 February 2025.
- ^ "Gerontology Research Group visits Marie-Rose Tessier before her 115th birthday". 21 May 2025. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
- ^ "Marie-Rose Tessier, doyenne des Français, fête ses 114 ans aux Sables-d'Olonne". Ouest (in French). 21 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ "Ǎgée de 112 ans, Marie-Rose Tessier serait la nouvelle doyenne des Français". Actu (in French). 18 January 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
- ^ "Marie-Rose Tessier ist mit 112 Jahre jetzt der älteste Mensch in Frankreich" (in German). 22 January 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ "«Ça ne me fait rien» : Marie-Rose Tessier a fêté ses 115 ans dans son Ehpad" (in French). 21 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ ""Elle ne se rend pas compte de l'âge qu'elle a" : la vice-doyenne de l'humanité, de Vendée, fête ses 115 ans" (in French). 21 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.