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Christina Karnebeek-Backs

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Christina Karnebeek-Backs
110e verjaardag Chrissemeue met nichtje 5e graad Sylvia Nijwold, Bestanddeelnr 910-7208.jpg
Chrissemeuje Karnebeek-Backs
Born2 October 1849
Holterhoek, Gelderland
Netherlands
💀Died7 October 1959
(aged 110 years, 5 days)
Holterhoek, Eibergen
Netherlands
7 October 1959
(aged 110 years, 5 days)
💼 Occupation
Known forOldest person
👩 Spouse(s)Antonius Bernardus Karnebeek
(1897–1922)

Christina "Chrissemeuje" Karnebeek (née Backs) (2 October 1849 – 7 October 1959) was a Dutch supercentenarian. She was the world's oldest living person from 17 October 1958 until her own death on 7 October 1959 aged 110 years, 5 days.[1][2] Her title of the world's oldest living person was posthumously recognized;[1] during her lifetime she was never recognized as the world's oldest living person by the Guinness World Records.[3]

Biography[edit]

Christina Backs was born in Holterhoek, the Netherlands (a small hamlet in the vicinity of Eibergen) to parents Gerhardus Backs and Johanna Nijvolder on 2 October 1849. She married her husband Antonius Bernardus Karnebeek on 11 November 1897. The two of them would spend the rest of their lives together in Holterhoek, where they had a farm. Antonius Karnebeek died in 1922, aged 67.

Towards the end of her own life, Karnebeek-Backs became somewhat of a celebrity in her native country. On her 110th birthday, family and press were invited to celebrate the milestone with her, yet Karnebeek-Backs was already suffering from a cold and hardly spoke a word. She would die five days later, late in the evening, after having been given her last rites.[4][5][6]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Table C, as of August 29, 2017". www.grg.org. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
  2. Super-eeuwelinge Chrissemeuje
  3. Folkard, Claire (2005). Guinness World Records 2005. Guinness Book of Records. New York City: Bantam Dell. ISBN 0-553-58810-9. Search this book on
  4. Chrissemeuje wordt 2 oktober 110 jaar Utrechts Nieuwsblad 25/9/1959, pag. 3 van 24
  5. Chrissemeuje overleden Utrechts Nieuwsblad 8/10/1959, pag. 1 van 22
  6. 100-jarigen in Nederland Utrechts Nieuwsblad 8/10/1959, pag. 9 van 22


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