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Margaret Fish
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Margaret Ethel Fish (née Willetts; 7 March 1899 - 12 March 2011) of Wilstead, Bedfordshire became the oldest person in the United Kingdom (at the age of 111 years, 225 days) following the death of 111-year-old Elsie Steele on 18 October 2010 until her own death on 12 March 2011, aged 112 years, 5 days. Biography She was born at Tower Hamlets and married Frank Fish, a World War I veteran, in 1928. Frank died in 1987 at the age of 89 of a heart and lung condition. Margaret was a dressmaker and lived independently at Cople until the age of 104. Later, she moved to live with her 71-year-old daughter Barbara for two years, and then she moved into Danecroft Nursing Home in Wilstead. Fish had two daughters, Barbara and Elsie; several grandchildren, and a great-grandchild.<ref name="fish110a"/> |
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