The Number Of Survivors From The 1800s Is Back To Fifteen Due To The Recent Verification Of 113-Year-Old Louisiana Hines

This is interesting. The recent passing of Koto Okubo (as reported on January 13 of this year: http://michaeltheresearcher.blogspot.com/2013/01/koto-okubo-worlds-oldest-woman-passed.html) caused the number of Surviving People born in the 1800s to drop to 14. Earlier today I looked at the chart and the number is back up to 15. I looked at my data and compared it to the most recent chart and it looks like another Survivor from the 1800s has been verified. Her name is Louisiana Hines and she was born on April 13, 1899. Her application date was July 13, 2010 and she was accepted on January 22, 2013. We are now back to 15 Survivors from the 1800s! Louisiana Hines was either the daughter of slaves or the grand-daughter of slaves. I found conflicting reports. She is now the Sixth Oldest Person on Earth and the Second Oldest American.

The names of the current Survivors from the 1800s and other Supercentenarians have been compiled by the Gerontology Research Group. All of the pertinent information can be seen at their website: http://grg.org/Adams/E.HTM

A very incredible interview with Louisiana Hines from the year 2000 can be found here - http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/100years.html. Out of all of the people who were interviewed on the webpage, Louisiana is the only person currently living. According to the interview segment, Louisiana was a Rosie The Riveter in World War II! She could very well be the oldest of all Rosie The Riveters in America. It would be wonderful to hear of her experiences in the 1940s. Hopefully someone can make this happen very, very soon.