Betsy Russell Baker (Brington, England, August 20, 1842 - Tecumseh, Nebraska, October 24, 1955) was an American supercentenarian first listed in the 1966 Guinness Book of Records as possibly one of the oldest people ever, and this was confirmed by researchers in 2002. She died 65 days after her 113th birthday, having been only the second person to undisputedly reach that age. The first one was fellow American Delina Filkins in 1928. While Baker was born in England, she was an immigrant to the U.S. at age four. She is the second-oldest person to die in the state of Nebraska. Her record as Nebraska's oldest resident was only broken by Helen Stetter, who died at 113 as well, in 2007. Clara Huhn, who was born in Nebraska, died in California in 2000, aged 113 years and 327 days.
Mary Electa Bidwell (May 9, 1881 - April 25, 1996) was an American supercentenarian. She died at 114 years and 352 days, making her the 25th oldest person to ever live and the oldest American living at the time of her death. She was also the oldest person ever to die in Connecticut.
Her parents were Charles Woodruff Bidwell and Alice Beach Nobel. She was a descedant of John Bidwell, one of the founders of Hartford, Connecticut. Bidwell worked as a teacher in a one-room school house for six years. She married Charles Hubbell Bidwell, a distant cousin, in 1906.
Bidwell lived on her own in North Haven, Connecticut until she was 110. Bidwell died at the Arden House, a nursing home in Hamden, Connecticut.
She was the last surviving person documented as born in 1881.
Her parents were Charles Woodruff Bidwell and Alice Beach Nobel. She was a descedant of John Bidwell, one of the founders of Hartford, Connecticut. Bidwell worked as a teacher in a one-room school house for six years. She married Charles Hubbell Bidwell, a distant cousin, in 1906.
Bidwell lived on her own in North Haven, Connecticut until she was 110. Bidwell died at the Arden House, a nursing home in Hamden, Connecticut.
She was the last surviving person documented as born in 1881.
Adelina Engargiola Domingues (February 19, 1888 – August 21, 2002) was a Cape Verdean American supercentenarian born to Francisco Garjola, an Italian sea captain, and a Cape Verdean woman in Brava, Cape Verde, when it was a colony of Portugal, and married there by arrangement to Mr. José Manuel Domingues in 1906. She and her husband emigrated to New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1907, where she worked as a seamstress and raised four children. Domingues later moved to Southern California, following her husband's death in 1950. Outliving her own children, she would eventually succeed another immigrant, fellow 114-year-old Grace Clawson (who was born in England), as the oldest documented person in the U.S. when the latter died in May 2002.
Aged 114 years and 183 days when she died from congestive heart failure in San Diego, California, she was the last living documented person born in 1888.
Aged 114 years and 183 days when she died from congestive heart failure in San Diego, California, she was the last living documented person born in 1888.
Jerry Fielden (May 6, 1957-) is a Montreal, Canada, guitarist and songwriter for AraPacis and for Miranie Morissette. He also has written lyrics and music for several Canadian bands.
Fielden first got involved in music in 1965. His bands included Landslide and Nighwatch in Montreal in the 70s, then Steelfield and Riser (with Canadian comic Alan Park) in Toronto from 1981-1987. Fielden returned to Montreal and released three solo albums: The Hunt (1998), Children of the Night (2000) and The Mime (2001). He founded the female fronted Gothic/Hard Rock/Prog Metal band AraPacis in 2003 and has been touring with this band ever since. Their first album "So Many Leapers" was released in April 2006. AraPacis is in preproduction for their second album as of September 2007.
Fielden endorses Godin Guitars.
He also had a career as a photographer, published in several Canadian newspapers and magazines (such as L'Express de Toronto, Canadian Musician, Graffiti, Photo Selection, etc.) and also did two Anvil album covers (Past and Present: Live in Concert and Plenty of Power).
He also played a musician in the Quebec film Pour le meilleur et pour le pire (1975), directed by Claude Jutra.
Fielden is the son of author Charlotte Fielden and her editor. He has recently edited A THIN PLACE, which was released in October 2006, and AN AGE WITHOUT A NAME (the sequel to MESSAGES LIKE MEMORIES), to be released early in 2008.
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References: AraPacis Official Site : http://www.arapacis.com/band.htm
Charlotte Fielden: http://www.cfmbooks.com/index.html
Fielden first got involved in music in 1965. His bands included Landslide and Nighwatch in Montreal in the 70s, then Steelfield and Riser (with Canadian comic Alan Park) in Toronto from 1981-1987. Fielden returned to Montreal and released three solo albums: The Hunt (1998), Children of the Night (2000) and The Mime (2001). He founded the female fronted Gothic/Hard Rock/Prog Metal band AraPacis in 2003 and has been touring with this band ever since. Their first album "So Many Leapers" was released in April 2006. AraPacis is in preproduction for their second album as of September 2007.
Fielden endorses Godin Guitars.
He also had a career as a photographer, published in several Canadian newspapers and magazines (such as L'Express de Toronto, Canadian Musician, Graffiti, Photo Selection, etc.) and also did two Anvil album covers (Past and Present: Live in Concert and Plenty of Power).
He also played a musician in the Quebec film Pour le meilleur et pour le pire (1975), directed by Claude Jutra.
Fielden is the son of author Charlotte Fielden and her editor. He has recently edited A THIN PLACE, which was released in October 2006, and AN AGE WITHOUT A NAME (the sequel to MESSAGES LIKE MEMORIES), to be released early in 2008.
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References: AraPacis Official Site : http://www.arapacis.com/band.htm
Charlotte Fielden: http://www.cfmbooks.com/index.html