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This is a '''list of people with the longest [[marriage]]s'''. Only couples reported to have celebrated an 80th+ wedding anniversary and known to be alive within the last year are included. |
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This is a '''list of long marriages'''. It includes only marriages extending over at least 80 years. |
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==Background== |
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==Longest living married couples (≥80 years)== |
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A study by Robert and Jeanette Lauer, reported in the ''[[Journal of Family Issues]]'', conducted on 40 sets of spouses married for at least 50 years, concluded that the long-term married couples received high scores on the Lock-Wallace marital satisfaction test and were closely aligned on how their marriages were doing.<ref name="Lauer1986-12-01">{{cite journal |last1=Lauer |first1=Robert H. |last2=Lauer |first2=Jeanette C. |date=1 December 1986 |title=Factors in Long-Term Marriages |journal=[[Journal of Family Issues]] |volume=7 |issue=4 |pages=382–390 |doi=10.1177/019251386007004003 |pmid=12280519 |s2cid=28822228 }}</ref> In a 1979 study on about 55 couples in marriages with an average length of 55.5 years, couples said their marriages lasted so long because of mutual devotion and special regard for each other.<ref name="Lauer1986-12-01"/> Couples who have been married for a long time have a lower likelihood of divorcing because "common economic interests and friendship networks increase over time" and during stress can assist in sustaining the relationship.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lamanna |first1=Mary Ann |last2=Riedmann |first2=Agnes |date=2012 |title=Marriages, Families, and Relationships: Making Choices in a Diverse Society |edition=11 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=heu0KLoVVnMC&pg=PA410 |location=Belmont, California |publisher=[[Cengage]] |page=410 |isbn=978-1-111-30154-5 |access-date=17 June 2019 }}</ref> |
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Another study found that people in long marriages are wedded to the idea of "marital permanency" in which "They don't see divorce as an option".<ref name="Antoniades2016-02-11">{{cite news |last=Antoniades |first=Christina Breda |date=11 February 2016 |title=The secret to a long-lasting marriage |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/the-secret-to-a-long-lasting-marriage/2016/02/09/7faefe02-aff8-11e5-9ab0-884d1cc4b33e_story.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=17 June 2019 }}</ref> Sociologist [[Pepper Schwartz]], the [[AARP|American Association of Retired Persons]]'s relationships authority, said that it was helpful to have a spouse who is quick to recover when there are surprises in life.<ref name="Antoniades2016-02-11"/> |
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A study of 1,152 couples who had been married for over 50 years found that they attributed their long marriages to faith in each other, love, ability to make concessions, admiration for each other, reliance on each other, children, and strong communication.<ref name="Alford-Cooper">{{cite book |last=Alford-Cooper |first=Finnegan |date=1998 |title=For Keeps: Marriages That Last a Lifetime |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315293370 |location=New York |publisher=[[M. E. Sharpe]] |page=131 |isbn=978-1-315-29337-0 |access-date=17 June 2019 }}</ref> [[Bowling Green State University]] (BGSU)'s National Center for Family and Marriage Research found that 7% of American marriages last at least 50 years.<ref name="Antoniades2016-02-11"/> |
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==Recording longest marriages== |
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The longest marriage recorded (although not officially recognized) is a [[Wedding anniversary|granite wedding anniversary]] (90 years) between Karam and Kartari Chand, who both lived in the United Kingdom, but were married in India. The couple married in 1925, and died in 2016 and 2019, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-leeds-37550268|title=Karam Chand, 110, believed to be longest-married dies|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=4 October 2016|access-date=6 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Wood|first=Alexandra|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/people/tributes-paid-bradfords-oldest-woman-who-died-aged-107-1744588|title=Tributes paid to Bradford's oldest woman who died aged 107 Over the course of her remarkably long life she gave her family "blessings, moral values and togetherness".|newspaper=[[The Yorkshire Post]]|date=9 January 2020|access-date=6 September 2020}}</ref> |
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''[[Guinness World Records]]'' published its first edition in 1955.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/60/through_the_years.html|title=Celebrating 60 Years|website=guinnessworldrecords.com}}</ref> In the 1984 to 1998 editions, the longest recorded marriages were between Sir [[Temulji Bhicaji Nariman]] and Lady Nariman, and Lazarus and Mary Molly Rowe. According to the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, both of them are stated as spanning 86 years.<ref>{{Cite book|last=McWhirter|first=Norris|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sBlNAAAAYAAJ&q=guinness+longest+marriage|title=Guinness Book of World Records 1984|publisher=Sterling Publishing Company|via=Google Books|date=18 October 1983|isbn=9780806902562}}</ref><ref name="Guinness 1998">{{Cite book|last=Young|first=Mark C.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZSyswNFqTycC&q=guinness+longest+marriage|title=The Guinness Book of World Records, 1998|publisher=Bantam Books|via=Google Books|date=18 July 1998|isbn=9780553578959}}</ref> ''Guinness'' has since recognized couples with longer marriage spans, with the current world record holders being David and Sarah Hiller.<ref name="Guinness longest marriage"/> It also keeps record of the oldest married couple by aggregate age.<ref name="Matsumoto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/oldest-married-couple-aggregate-age|title=Oldest married couple, aggregate age|website=Guinness World Records}}</ref> |
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|Karam Chand<br>Kartari Chand<ref name=chand1/><ref name=chand2/><ref name=chand3/><ref name=chand4/><ref name=chand5/><ref name=chand6/><ref name=chand7/><ref name=chand8/><ref name=chand9/> |
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|10 November 1905<br>1 November 1912 |
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|11 December 1925 |
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|{{age in years and days|1925|12|11}} |
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|[[Bradford]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]] |
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|Zhang Mucheng<br>Xu Dongying<ref name=shanghai1/><ref name=shanghai2/><ref name=shanghai3/> |
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|January 1909<br>January 1908 |
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|October 1930 |
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|≥{{age in years and days|1930|10|31}} |
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|[[Shanghai]], [[China]] |
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|Ivan Batalić<br>Anka Batalić<ref name="Batalić1"/><ref name="Batalić2"/><ref name="Batalić3"/> |
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|3 March 1912<br>10 May 1913 |
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|January 1931 |
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|≥{{age in years and days|1931|1|31}} |
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|[[Maovice]], [[Split-Dalmatia County]], [[Croatia]] |
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|Mario Calì<br>Antonina Ardilio<ref name="Calì"/> |
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|7 January 1913<br>22 April 1916 |
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|19 November 1931 |
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|{{age in years and days|1931|11|19}} |
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|[[Sicily]], [[Italy]] |
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|5 |
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|Thommen Thomas<br>Aley (née Thomman) Thomas<ref name="Thomas"/> |
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|5 January 1917<br>4 October 1920 |
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|13 February 1932 |
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|{{age in years and days|1932|2|13}} |
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|[[Thodupuzha]], [[Kerala]], [[India]] |
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|John George Betar<br>Anna (née Shawah) Betar<ref name=betar1>{{cite web|url=http://gma.yahoo.com/couple-celebrates-80th-wedding-anniversary-shares-secrets-lasting-174309809--abc.news-sex.html|title=Couple Celebrates 80th Wedding Anniversary, Shares Secrets to Lasting Marriage|publisher=Good Morning America Yahoo News|date=20 November 2012|accessdate=25 November 2012}}</ref><ref name=betar2>{{cite web|url=http://www.wellandtribune.ca/2013/11/20/connecticut-couple-to-mark-81st-wedding-anniversary|title=Connecticut couple to mark 81st wedding anniversary|publisher=Welland Tribune|date=20 November 2013|accessdate=21 November 2013|last=Weizel|first=Richard}}</ref><ref name=betar3>{{cite web|url=http://www.today.com/news/americas-longest-married-couple-celebrate-81st-anniversary-2D11641671?gt1=43001|title=America's longest-married couple to celebrate 81st anniversary|publisher=Today|date=22 November 2013|accessdate=24 November 2013|last=Weizel|first=Richard}}</ref><ref name=betar4>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/53662533|title=Couple celebrates 81 years of marriage|publisher=NBS Nightly News|date=25 November 2013|accessdate=27 November 2013|last=Williams|first=Brian}}</ref> |
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|1911<br>1915 |
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|25 November 1932 |
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|{{age in years and days|1932|11|25}} |
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|[[Connecticut]], [[United States]] |
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|Roy T. Edgmon<br>Vola Gracie (née Watson) Edgmon<ref name=edgmon1>{{cite web|url=http://nwahomepage.com/fulltext-news?nxd_id=306512|title=Springdale Couple has Longest Marriage in Arkansas|publisher=NWA homepage|date=10 February 2012|accessdate=30 May 2013|last=Hodges|first=Cassidy}}</ref><ref name=edgmon2>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansas-catholic.org/article.php?id=2879|title=Love lasts Catholic ministry honors Arkansas' longest-married couple|publisher=Arkansas-Catholic|date=18 February 2012|accessdate=30 May 2013|last=May|first=Patricia}}</ref><ref name=edgmon3>{{cite web|url=http://epaper.ardemgaz.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:ArticleToMail&Type=text/html&Path=ArDemocrat/2013/05/26&ID=Ar04202&Locale=|title=Anniversaries|publisher=Arkansas Democratic-Gazette|date=26 May 2013|accessdate=30 May 2013}}</ref> |
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|27 November 1913<br>3 March 1915 |
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|28 May 1933 |
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|{{age in years and days|1933|5|28}} |
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|[[Arkansas]], United States |
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|Cranford Wilburn McDade<br>Myrtle Lucille (née Welch) McDade<ref name=mcdade1>{{cite web|url=http://www.al.com/living/index.ssf/2013/09/he_walked_two_miles_each_way_j.html|title=After 80 years of marriage, St. Clair County couple's love is still going strong (photos, video)|publisher=Al.com|date=10 September 2013|accessdate=11 September 2013|last=Kilpatrick-Shedd|first=Rona}}</ref><ref name=mcdade2>{{cite web|url=http://www.al.com/living/index.ssf/2014/01/springville_man_celebrated_his.html|title=Springville man celebrates his 100th birthday (photos)|publisher=Al.com|date=21 January 2014|accessdate=13 June 2014|last=Songer|first=Joe}}</ref> |
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|17 January 1914<br>1917 |
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|5 August 1933 |
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|{{age in years and days|1933|8|5}} |
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|[[Alabama]], United States |
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|Lloyd Hill<br>Elsie J. (née Bell) Hill<ref name=hill1>{{cite web|url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/After-77-years-this-couple-s-marriage-is-still-634956.php|title=After 77 years, this couple's marriage is still going strong|publisher=San Antonio Express-News|date=27 August 2010|accessdate=17 September 2013|last=Davis|first=Vincent T.}}</ref><ref name=hill2>{{cite web|url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/lifestyle/article/Couple-celebrate-80-years-of-marriage-4818911.php|title=Couple celebrate 80 years of marriage|publisher=San Antonio Express-News|date=16 September 2013|accessdate=17 September 2013|last=Davis|first=Vincent T.}}</ref> |
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|1916<br>1916 |
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|24 August 1933 |
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|{{age in years and days|1933|8|24}} |
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|[[Texas]], United States |
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|10 |
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|Ernest Cochrane<br>Helene Cochrane<ref name=cochrane>{{cite web|url=http://www.babylonbeacon.com/news/2014-01-30/People%7CSocial/Ernest_and_Helene_Cochrane_celebrate_80th_annivers.html|title=Ernest and Helene Cochrane celebrate 80th anniversary|publisher=The Babylon Beacon|date=30 January 2014|accessdate=28 February 2014}}</ref> |
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|19??<br>19?? |
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|29 November 1933 |
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|{{age in years and days|1933|11|29}} |
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|[[New York]], United States |
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|11 |
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|John Moreno<br>Lupe Moreno<ref name=moreno1>{{cite web|url=http://www.ivpressonline.com/news/local/el-centro-couple-celebrates--year-anniversary/article_0b5b2258-6b9c-11e3-9383-0019bb30f31a.html|title=El Centro couple celebrates 80-year anniversary|publisher=Imperian Press Online|date=23 December 2013|accessdate=24 December 2013|last=Daly|first=Krista}}</ref><ref name=moreno2>{{cite web|url=http://business.elcentrochamber.com/news/details/long-time-el-centro-resident-john-moreno-sr-celebrated-his-100th-birthday-thursday-evening|title=Long time El Centro resident John Moreno Sr. celebrated his 100th birthday Thursday evening|publisher=El Centro Chamber of Commerce|date=18 August 2014|accessdate=5 December 2014}}</ref> |
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|14 August 1914<br>1918 |
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|23 December 1933 |
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|{{age in years and days|1933|12|23}} |
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|[[California]], United States |
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|Sam(uel) L. Weiss<br>Blanche Weiss<ref name=weiss1>{{cite web|url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/Mar/13/couple-set-to-mark-80th-anniversary/#comments-module|title=Sam & Blanche: side by side for 80 years|publisher=UT San Diego|date=13 March 2014|accessdate=20 March 2014|last=Kragen|first=Pam}}</ref><ref name=weiss2>{{cite web|url=http://www.10news.com/news/local-couple-celebrates-80th-wedding-anniversary-03162014|title=Local couple celebrates 80th wedding anniversary|publisher=10News.com KGTV ABC10 San Diego|date=16 March 2014|accessdate=20 March 2014}}</ref> |
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|8 January 1914<br>14 August 1916 |
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|18 March 1934 |
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|{{age in years and days|1934|3|18}} |
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|California, United States |
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|13 |
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|J. Harwood Cochrane<br>Louise (née Blanks) Cochrane<ref name=cochrane2>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/local/columnists-blogs/bill-lohmann/bill-lohmann-for-better-for-worse-for-years-and-counting/article_a16932a4-d395-5538-8d74-aa1e5bab541d.html|title=Generous benefactors Lohmann: For better, for worse — for 80 years and counting|publisher=Richmond Times-Dispatch|date=31 March 2014|accessdate=1 April 2014|last=Mahoney|first=Joe}}</ref> |
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|16 November 1912<br>30 January 1916 |
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|31 March 1934 |
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|{{age in years and days|1934|3|31}} |
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|[[Virginia]], United States |
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|14 |
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|Maurice Kaye<br>Helen Kaye<ref name=kaye1>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/aug/16/maurice-and-helen-kaye-happily-married-for-80-years|title=Maurice and Helen Kaye: happily married for 80 years Maurice and Helen were married in 1934 and in their eight decades together have experienced great joy – and great suffering. They say their marriage has been perfect, though, so what’s their secret?|publisher=[[The Guardian]]|date=16 August 2014|accessdate=31 August 2014|last=Friedland|first=Michael}}</ref><ref name=kaye2>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-28946521|title=Maurice and Helen Kaye celebrate 80 years of marriage|publisher=Leicester Mercury|date=27 August 2014|accessdate=31 August 2014}}</ref> |
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|3 June 1912<br>23 April 1913 |
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|27 August 1934 |
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|{{age in years and days|1934|8|27}} |
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|[[Bournemouth]], England, United Kingdom |
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|15 |
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|Clem(on) Mintz<br>Mildred ''Milly'' Green<ref name=mintz>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/canada-s-longest-marriage-clem-and-millie-mintz-celebrate-80-years-1.2837942|title=Audio Canada's longest marriage: Clem and Millie Mintz celebrate 80 years Grandson Randy Higgins nominated the couple for the award given by World Wide Marriage Encounter|publisher=CBC News|date=17 November 2014|accessdate=24 November 2014}}</ref> |
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|1 August 1914<br>1919 |
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|17 November 1934 |
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|{{age in years and days|1934|11|17}} |
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|[[Ontario]], [[Canada]] |
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|Lawrence M. Player<br>Varrie (née Carter) Player<ref name=player>{{cite web|url=http://www.lafamilyforum.org/2015marriagehalloffame/|title=Lawrence and Varrie Player of Benton, 80 Years|publisher=The Louisiana Family Forum|date=12 February 2015|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref> |
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|1913<br>1919 |
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|27 January 1935 |
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|{{age in years and days|1935|1|27}} |
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|[[Louisiana]], United States |
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|Alvin L. Blankenship<br />Eula Vendetta (nee Adamson) Blankenship<ref>[http://www.nonpareilonline.com/news/local/almost-couple-together-after-more-than-years/article_0e2ca6a8-d764-5d6a-80a0-3b22d51c60d8.html?mode=jqm Almost 100, couple together after more than 78 years]</ref><ref>[http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/Local-Couple-Married-79-Years-211118251.html Local Couple Married 79 Years]</ref><ref>[http://www.nonpareilonline.com/news/local/longest-married-couple-in-iowa-resides-in-council-bluffs/article_5168796f-a835-50db-8c51-3823432a102d.html Council Bluffs couple honored for 79 years of marriage]</ref><ref>[http://www.frequency.com/video/alvin-eula-blankenship-iowa-couple-is/151914417/-/5-1583 Alvin and Eula Blankenship, an Iowa couple, is celebrating their 79th wedding anniversary]</ref> |
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|14 March 1914 - <br />January 1914 - |
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|12 June 1934 |
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|{{age in years and days|1934|6|12}} |
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|[[Council Bluffs]], Iowa<br />{{US}} |
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|Angelino Benji Ronquilio<br />Eva Ronquilio<ref>[http://www.hawaiicatholicherald.com/2013/02/15/married-77-years-angelino-and-eva-ronquilio-of-aiea/ Married 77 years! Angelino and Eva Ronquilio of Aiea]</ref><ref>[http://www.hawaiicatholicherald.com/2014/02/14/at-80-years-aiea-couple-honored-for-being-longest-married/ At 80 years, Aiea couple honored for being longest married]</ref> |
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|1914 - <br />1916 - |
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|18 August 1934 |
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|{{age in years and days|1934|8|18}} |
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|[[Aiea, Hawaii|Aiea]], [[Hawaï]]<br />{{US}} |
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|Winton Arnold<br />Dolores (née Gray) Arnold<ref>[http://www.limaohio.com/news/photo_gallery/3423711/The-Morrow-County-Genealogical-Society-celebrates-Winton-Arnolds-100th-birthday The Morrow County Genealogical Society celebrates Winton Arnold’s 100th birthday]</ref> |
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|31 December 1913 - <br />1919 - |
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|1 February 1935 |
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|{{age in years and days|1935|2|1}} |
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|[[Caledonia]], [[Ohio]]<br />{{US}} |
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Other organizations have created events where they honor couples with long marriages. In 2011, World Marriage Encounter (WME), an American organization that was responsible for making a [[World Marriage Day]], created a Longest Married Couple Project (LMCP), where they pick a couple with a long marriage and honor them on [[Valentine's Day]].<ref name="WME winners"/><ref name="WME">{{cite news|url=https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2015/02/13/cbs-news-will-feature-local-couples-long-marriage-project/23394325/|title=CBS News will feature local couples long marriage project|work=[[Florida Today]]|date=13 February 2015|first=Tim|last=Walters}}</ref> They have since expanded the awards to representatives in each of the 50 states, although the candidates selected are not necessarily the ones with record-setting marriages.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://thecatholicspirit.com/news/local-news/longest-married-couple-project-award-goes-st-pascal-baylon-couple/|title=Longest Married Couple Project award goes to St. Pascal Baylon couple|date=23 February 2017}}</ref> Starting in 2004, the [[Louisiana Family Forum]] (LFF) has honored its annual list of long-time married couples in that particular state, beginning with George and Germaine Briant.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.daily-review.com/news-local/morgan-city-couples-among-la%E2%80%99s-longest-married|title=Morgan City couples among La.'s longest married|website=St. Mary Now|date=14 February 2019|access-date=18 July 2019|archive-date=26 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926082234/https://www.daily-review.com/news-local/morgan-city-couples-among-la%E2%80%99s-longest-married|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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== 100 longest marriages ever == |
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This list contains the longest known marriages ever, both of living couples and others. The length of marriage is taken as of the time of the most recent report that both were still living. It is done in this manner to ensure that couples last known to be alive more than a year ago are not still included when there is a more than reasonable likelihood that at least one partner is no longer living. It is reasonable to expect that a report of a subsequent anniversary would be available if both were still alive. |
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==List of marriages reported to (have) be(en) 80 years or more== |
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|[[Daniel F. Bakeman|Daniel Frederick Bakeman]]<br>Susan (née Brewer) Bakeman<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=4061|title=Daniel F. Bakeman|publisher=[[Find a Grave]]|date=25 November 1998|accessdate=1 September 2013}}</ref> |
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|9 October 1759 – 5 April 1869<br>2 January 1758 – 10 September 1863 |
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|29 August 1772 |
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|{{age in years and days|1772|8|29|1863|9|10}} |
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|New York, United States |
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| Karam Chand<br />Kartari Chand |
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|Karam Chand<br>Kartari Chand<ref name=chand1>{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/at-a-glance/main-section/we_just_get_on_say_the_couple_together_for_300000000_years_1_4118507|title=We just get on, say the couple together for 87 years|publisher=[[Yorkshire Post]]|date=9 January 2012|accessdate=28 February 2012}}</ref><ref name=chand2>{{cite web|url=http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/10038524.Karam_Chand_celebrates_his_107th_birthday/?ref=ar|title=Karam Chand celebrates his 107th birthday|publisher=The Daily Gazette|date=10 November 2012|accessdate=24 July 2013}}</ref><ref name=chand3>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-22629028|title=Bradford couple married for 87 years visit Buckingham Palace|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=22 May 2013|accessdate=27 November 2013}}</ref><ref name=chand4>{{cite web|url=http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/447919/Husband-and-wife-become-oldest-married-couple-in-the-UK-after-88-years-of-marriage|title=Husband and wife become oldest married couple in the UK after 88 years of marriage|publisher=Express|date=10 December 2013|accessdate=8 January 2014|first=Dion|last=Dassanayake}}</ref><ref name=chand5>{{cite web|url=http://www.asianexpress.co.uk/2013/12/88-years-of-wedded-bliss/|title=88 Years of wedded bliss|publisher=Asian Express|date=20 December 2013|accessdate=22 January 2014}}</ref><ref name=chand6>{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/main-topics/general-news/89-years-of-marriage-for-bradford-duo-1-7002114|title=89 years of marriage for Bradford duo|publisher=Yorkshire Post|date=12 December 2014|accessdate=13 February 2015|last=Pantry|first=Lindsay}}</ref><ref name=chand7>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/13324531.Sunshine_smiles_on_Girlington_s_annual_parade/|title=Sunshine smiles on Girlington's annual parade|publisher=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=10 June 2015|accessdate=20 October 2015|last=Young|first=Chris}}</ref><ref name=chand8>{{cite web|url=http://www.walsalladvertiser.co.uk/Walsall-pair-longest-married-couple-Black-Country/story-27593839-detail/story.html|title=Walsall pair who could be longest married couple in Black Country celebrate wedding anniversary|publisher=Walsall Advertiser|date=12 August 2015|accessdate=20 October 2015}}</ref><ref name=chand9>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/14033502.Surprise_birthday_party_for_Bradford_couple_aged_110_and_103/|title=Surprise birthday party for Bradford couple aged 110 and 103|publisher=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=16 November 2015|accessdate=17 November 2015|last=Young|first=Chris}}</ref> |
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| 11 December 1925 |
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|10 November 1905 – <br>1 November 1912 – |
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| {{age in years and days|1925|12|11|2016|9|27}} |
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|11 December 1925 |
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| 30 September 2016<br />(Karam) |
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|{{age in years and days|1925|12|11|2015|11|16}} |
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| [[Bradford]], United Kingdom |
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| {{efn|Not recognized by Guinness World Records}} |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|last=Pantry|first=Lindsay|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/main-topics/general-news/89-years-of-marriage-for-bradford-duo-1-7002114|title=89 years of marriage for Bradford duo|newspaper=[[The Yorkshire Post]]|date=12 December 2014|access-date=13 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Young|first=Chris|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/14033502.Surprise_birthday_party_for_Bradford_couple_aged_110_and_103/|title=Surprise birthday party for Bradford couple aged 110 and 103|newspaper=[[Telegraph & Argus|The Bradford Telegraph and Argus]]|date=16 November 2015|access-date=17 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Young|first=Chris|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/13324531.Sunshine_smiles_on_Girlington_s_annual_parade/|title=Sunshine smiles on Girlington's annual parade|newspaper=The Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=10 June 2015|access-date=20 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Wilde|first=Claire|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/14775553.World_s_longest_married_man_dies_at_age_of_110/|title=World's longest-married man Karam Chand dies at age of 110|newspaper=The Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=30 September 2016|access-date=26 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Waring|first=Olivia|url=http://metro.co.uk/2015/12/11/worlds-oldest-married-couple-aged-110-and-103-celebrate-their-90th-wedding-anniversary-5558009/|title=World's oldest married couple aged 110 and 103 celebrate their 90th wedding anniversary|newspaper=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]|date=11 December 2015|access-date=11 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-37550268|title=Karam Chand, 110, believed to be longest-married, dies|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=4 October 2016|access-date=14 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714222654/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-37550268|archive-date=14 July 2019}}</ref> |
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| David Jacob Hiller<br />Sarah (née Davy) Hiller |
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|3 |
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| 23 April 1809 |
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|K. Philipose Thomas<br>Sosamma Thomas<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/26/stories/2005062603941000.htm|title=The world's longest-married: now a claim from Kerala|publisher=[[The Hindu]]|date=26 June 2005|accessdate=12 November 2010|last=Jacob|first=George}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kerals.com/news/fulldetail.php?t=1724&sid=68135d7f6a3f22bf0f025fcdc0bcaf78|title=Death separates world's longest married couple|publisher=Kerala News|date=21 February 2006|accessdate=12 November 2010}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1809|4|23|1898|4|8}} |
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|1904/05 – ?<br>1905/06 – 19 February 2006 |
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| 8 April 1898<br />(Sarah) |
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|17 February 1918 |
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| [[Michigan]], United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1918|2|17|2006|2|19}} |
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| Recognized by ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' as longest marriage ever {{as of|2024|lc=yes}}<ref name="Guinness longest marriage">{{cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-marriage/|title=Longest marriage ever (different sexes)|website=Guinness World Records|access-date=15 May 2024}}</ref> |
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|Kerala, India |
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| <ref name="Guinness longest marriage"/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Pilastro|first=Eleonora|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2023/5/amazing-story-of-the-marriage-that-lasted-almost-90-years-747106|title=Amazing story of the marriage that lasted almost 90 years|date=12 May 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512162957/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2023/5/amazing-story-of-the-marriage-that-lasted-almost-90-years-747106|website=Guinness World Records|archive-date=12 May 2023|access-date=3 April 2024}}</ref> |
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| K. Philipose Thomas<br /> Sosamma Thomas |
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| 17 February 1918 |
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| {{age in years and days|1918|2|17|2006|2|19}} |
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| 19 February 2006<br />(Sosamma) |
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| [[Kerala]], India |
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| |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|last=Jacob|first=George|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/26/stories/2005062603941000.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070707051404/http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/26/stories/2005062603941000.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 July 2007|title=The world's longest-married: now a claim from Kerala|date=26 June 2005|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=17 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kerals.com/news/fulldetail.php?t=1724&sid=68135d7f6a3f22bf0f025fcdc0bcaf78|title=Death separates world's longest married couple|date=21 February 2006|newspaper=Kerala News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713144455/http://kerals.com/news/fulldetail.php?t=1724&sid=68135d7f6a3f22bf0f025fcdc0bcaf78|archive-date=13 July 2011|access-date=12 November 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| Herbert Fisher Sr.<br />Zelmyra (née George) Fisher |
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|4 |
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| 13 May 1924 |
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|Herbert Fisher, Sr.<br>Zelmyra (née George) Fisher<ref name=fisher1>{{cite web|url=http://marriage.about.com/od/celebritymarriages/p/herbertzelmyrafisher.htm|title=Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher Marriage Profile|publisher=[[About.com]]|date=14 February 2010|accessdate=12 November 2010|last=Stritof|first=Sheri and Bob}}</ref><ref name=fisher2>{{cite web|url=http://www.newbernsj.com/news/guinness-95304-fisher-world.html|title=Guinness World Record holder dies|publisher=[[Sun Journal (New Bern)|Sun Journal]]|date=28 February 2011|accessdate=2 March 2011|last=Book|first=Sue}}</ref><ref name=fisher3>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/newbernsj/obituary.aspx?n=herbert-fisher&pid=149073854|title=Herbert Fisher|publisher=Sun Journal|date=4–7 March 2011|accessdate=29 August 2011}}</ref><ref name=fisher4>{{cite web|url=http://216.119.69.91/ArticObits/landing.aspx?fid=14|title=Zelmyra Fisher|publisher=Oscar's Mortuary Incorporated|date=20 February 2013|accessdate=9 May 2013}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1924|5|13|2011|2|27}} |
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|10 June 1905 – 27 February 2011<br>10 December 1907 – 20 February 2013 |
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| 27 February 2011<br />(Herbert Sr.) |
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|13 May 1924 |
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| [[North Carolina]], United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1924|5|13|2011|2|27}} |
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| Was previously recognized by ''Guinness World Records'' as longest marriage ever<ref name="Guinness Fisher record">{{Cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-marriage/|title=Longest marriage|date=27 February 2011|work=Guinness World Records|access-date=14 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714223944/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-marriage/|archive-date=14 July 2019}}</ref><ref name="AARP record">{{Cite web|last=Hendricks|first=Carla Adair|url=http://www.aarp.org/relationships/love-sex/info-08-2009/couple-maintains-world-record-for-longest-marriage.html|title=World's Longest Marriage, Guinness World Record, Longevity, Couples, H...|website=[[AARP]]}}</ref> |
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|[[North Carolina]], United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|last=Stritof|first=Sheri|url=http://marriage.about.com/od/celebritymarriages/p/herbertzelmyrafisher.htm|title=Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher Marriage Profile|date=14 February 2010|publisher=[[About.com]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110114015606/http://marriage.about.com/od/celebritymarriages/p/herbertzelmyrafisher.htm|archive-date=14 January 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=12 November 2010}}{{Better source needed|date=May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Book|first=Sue|url=http://www.newbernsj.com/news/guinness-95304-fisher-world.html|title=Guinness World Record holder dies|date=28 February 2011|newspaper=[[Sun Journal (New Bern)|Sun Journal]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714172220/http://www.newbernsj.com/news/guinness-95304-fisher-world.html|archive-date=14 July 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=2 March 2011}}</ref> |
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| [[Temulji Bhicaji Nariman|Sir Temulji Bhicaji Nariman]]<br />Lady Nariman |
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|5 |
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| {{circa|31 December 1853}} |
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|Dr. Sir Temulji Bhicaji Nariman<br>Lady Nariman<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/11299182?searchTerm=Temulji+Nariman|title=MARRIED FOR 87 YEARS|page=1|publisher=[[The Argus (Australia)|The Argus]]|author=[[Australian Associated Press]]|date=2 August 1940|accessdate=9 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Nariman|first=Sam D.|title=Dr. Sir Temulji Bhicaji Nariman Kt: a short sketch of his life|publisher=Mody's Diamond Print|year=1941}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=A natural history of love|publisher=[[Random House]]|first=Diane|last=Ackerman|year=1995|location=New York City|page=268|ISBN=978-0-679-76183-9}}</ref> |
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| {{circa|{{age in years and days|1853|12|31|1940|8|1}}}} |
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|3 September 1848 – 1 August 1940<br>1847/48 – ? |
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| 1 August 1940<br />(Sir Temulji Bhicaji) |
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|1853 |
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| [[Maharashtra]], India |
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|{{age in years and days|1853|12|31|1940|8|1}}+ |
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| Temulji and Lady Nariman married as cousins when they were five years old. This was noted as the longest marriage recorded through 1940. Shared ''Guinness World Record'' with Lazarus and Mary Molly Rowe for editions up to 1998.<ref name="Guinness 1998"/> |
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|[[Maharashtra]], India |
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| <ref>{{Cite book|last=Nariman|first=Sam D.|title=Dr. Sir Temulji Bhicaji Nariman Kt: a short sketch of his life|publisher=Mody's Diamond Print|year=1941}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Ackerman|first=Diane|title=A natural history of love|publisher=[[Random House]]|year=1995|isbn=978-0-679-76183-9|location=New York City|page=268}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Bhattacherje|first=S. B.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oGVSvXuCsyUC&pg=SL1-PA204|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Events & Dates|date=2008|publisher=[[Sterling Publishing]]|isbn=978-81-207-4074-7|location=New Delhi|page=A204|access-date=14 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Khilnani|first=N. M.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i7ayFbhJ9GcC&q=Temulji+Bhicaji+Narima&pg=PA132|title=Socio-political Dimensions of Modern India|publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.|year=1993|isbn=978-81-85880-06-8|location=New Delhi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people-marriage-that-has-lasted-for-75-years-1246301.html|title=People: Marriage that has lasted for 75 years|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=29 October 2018}}</ref> |
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| Liu Yung-Yang<br />Liu Yang Yang-Wan |
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|6 |
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| 10 March 1917 |
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|Liu Yung-Yang<br>Liu Yang Yang-Wan<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3089691.stm|title=Death ends longest marriage|publisher=BBC News|date=23 July 2003|accessdate=12 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Guinness World Records 2004|first=Claire|last=Folkard|location=New York City|publisher=[[Bantam Books]]|year=2003|ISBN=978-0-553-58712-8}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1917|3|10|2003|7|21}} |
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|7 October 1899 – 13 February 2007<br>18 February 1900 – 21 July 2003 |
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| 21 July 2003<br />(Yang Yang-Wan) |
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|10 March 1917 |
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| [[Taoyuan City|Taoyuan]], Taiwan |
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|{{age in years and days|1917|3|10|2003|7|21}} |
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| Was recognized by ''Guinness World Records'' 2004 (published in 2003) as world's longest marriage<ref name="Guinness 2014">{{cite book|last=Folkard|first=Claire|title=Guinness World Records 2004|publisher=[[Bantam Books]]|isbn=978-0-553-58712-8|location=New York City|year=2003}}</ref><ref name="The Des Moines Register">{{cite news|last=Challender|first=Mary|title=Long-wed couple: 83 years have sped by|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33884377/the_des_moines_register/|newspaper=[[The Des Moines Register]]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=8 February 2003|access-date=15 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715072950/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33884377/the_des_moines_register/|archive-date=15 July 2019}}</ref> |
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|[[Taoyuan City|Taoyuan]], [[Taiwan]] |
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|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3089691.stm|title=Death ends longest marriage|publisher=BBC News|date=23 July 2003|access-date=12 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2003/07/23/One-half-of-worlds-longest-marriage-dies/58151058993928/|title=One-half of world's longest marriage dies|publisher=[[United Press International]]|date=23 July 2003|access-date=14 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714230145/https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2003/07/23/One-half-of-worlds-longest-marriage-dies/58151058993928/|archive-date=14 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Ceilán|first=Cynthia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gFH5j5LLKRAC&pg=PA107|title=Weirdly Beloved: Tales of Strange Bedfellows, Odd Couplings, and Love Gone Bad|publisher=[[Globe Pequot Press]]|page=107|isbn=978-1-59921-403-0|location=Guilford, Connecticut|date=2009|access-date=15 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Gribble|first=Kate|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j_nGdIMDEPIC&pg=PA36|title=The Lovers' Book: More than 350 Inspired Ideas, Fun Facts and Time-tested Techniques to Make You the Best Lover Ever|publisher=[[St. Martin's Press]]|page=36|isbn=978-0-312-53294-9|location=New York City|date=2003|access-date=15 July 2019}}</ref><ref name="Guinness 2014"/><ref>{{cite book|last=Folkard|first=Claire|title=Guinness World Records 2004|publisher=[[Bantam Books]]|isbn=978-0-553-58712-8|location=New York City|year=2003}}</ref> |
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| Ralph Kohler<br />Dorothy (née Redding) Kohler |
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|7 |
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| 16 September 1935 |
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|Lazarus Rowe<br>Mary (née Webber) Rowe<ref>"Obit: Lazarus Rowe 1725 - 1829. [[The Connecticut Courant]]. 29 September 1829.</ref><ref>{{cite book|title= History of Limington, Maine|edition=2|authors=Taylor, Robert L.; Lord, Edward S.|publisher=Heritage Books|year=1991|pages=2+3}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://homepages.wmich.edu/~rudged/gen/webber.html|title=Descendants of a Webber family from Bideford, Devonshire Co. England|publisher=Dave Rudge's Genealogy Page at [[Western Michigan University]]|accessdate=12 November 2010|last=Rudge|first=David}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1935|9|16|2021|12|2}} |
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|January 1725 – 14 September 1829<br>1725 – 27 June 1829 |
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| 2 December 2021<br />(Dorothy) |
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|1743 |
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| [[California]], United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1743|12|31|1829|6|27}}+ |
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| Recognized as America's longest lived married couple |
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|[[New Hampshire]], United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|title=Nebraskans celebrate 85th anniversary as Americas longest-living couple {{!}} 6 News On Your Side|url=https://www.wowt.com/2020/09/18/nebraska-natives-celebrate-85th-anniversary-americas-longest-living-couple/|website=wowt.com|date=18 September 2020|access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.actionnews5.com/2021/09/22/americas-longest-living-married-couple-celebrates-86th-anniversary/|title=America's longest living married couple celebrates 86th anniversary|date=22 September 2021|website=www.actionnews5.com}}</ref><ref>[https://www.agupdate.com/community/something-appropriate/article_bc6fcefc-5c5e-11ec-ae2f-c31f6018d9b2.html Something appropriate].</ref><ref>''Burt County Plaindealer'', 14 December 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022.</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Ducey|first=Marije|title=Ralph Kohler remembered for his love for family and waterfowl hunting|url=https://omaha.com/sports/local/ralph-kohler-remembered-for-his-love-for-family-and-waterfowl-hunting/article_4b5588e6-8167-11ec-8039-efd768fc87c6.html|website=[[Omaha.com]]|date=20 January 2022|access-date=3 April 2022}}</ref> |
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| John George Betar Sr.<br />Ann (née Shawah) Betar |
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|8 |
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| 25 November 1932 |
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|Oliver J. Glenn<br>Cora Lee Glenn<ref>[[The Tuscaloosa News]]. 7 February 1986.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1842&dat=19861109&id=nxsrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5MgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4597,2815477|title=Couple celebrated 82nd anniversary|page=10|publisher=[[TimesDaily]]|date=9 November 1986|accessdate=12 November 2010|author=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1932|11|25|2018|9|12}} |
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|24 April 1886 – 24 December 1989<br>14 February 1887 – 21 September 1990 |
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| 12 September 2018<br />(John George Sr.) |
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|6 November 1904 |
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| [[Connecticut]], United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1904|11|6|1989|12|24}} |
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| Winner of the "Worldwide Marriage Encounter's Longest Married Couple Project" in 2013 |
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|Alabama, United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gma.yahoo.com/couple-celebrates-80th-wedding-anniversary-shares-secrets-lasting-174309809--abc.news-sex.html|title=Couple Celebrates 80th Wedding Anniversary, Shares Secrets to Lasting Marriage|date=20 November 2012|publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|access-date=25 November 2012|archive-date=27 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127194438/http://gma.yahoo.com/couple-celebrates-80th-wedding-anniversary-shares-secrets-lasting-174309809--abc.news-sex.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Weizel|first=Richard|url=http://www.wellandtribune.ca/2013/11/20/connecticut-couple-to-mark-81st-wedding-anniversary|title=Connecticut couple to mark 81st wedding anniversary|date=20 November 2013|newspaper=[[Welland Tribune]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205184330/http://www.wellandtribune.ca/2013/11/20/connecticut-couple-to-mark-81st-wedding-anniversary|archive-date=5 February 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=21 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Weizel|first=Richard|url=http://www.today.com/news/americas-longest-married-couple-celebrate-81st-anniversary-2D11641671?gt1=43001|title=America's longest-married couple to celebrate 81st anniversary|work=Today|date=22 November 2013|access-date=24 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Williams|first=Brian|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/53662533|title=Couple celebrates 81 years of marriage|date=25 November 2013|publisher=NBC Nightly News|access-date=27 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Shah|first=Yagana|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/longest-married-couple-will-answer-your-questions-about-love_us_56bb4e72e4b0b40245c4c0a3|title=America's 'Longest-Married Couple' Wants To Give You Love Advice What's the secret to an everlasting romance? This couple knows.|newspaper=[[Huffington Post]]|date=10 February 2016|access-date=23 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/john-betar-syrian-refugee-and-wife-ann-become-longest-married-couple-in-america-after-being-together-a6872806.html|title=Syrian refugee and US wife become 'long married couple in America'|date=13 February 2016|newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Van de Riet|first=Emily|url=https://www.kmov.com/news/couple-celebrates-years-of-marriage/article_e9094ecf-d902-5120-a05e-af010322bb1f.html|title=Couple celebrates 85 years of marriage|work=[[KMOV|KMOV4]]|date=26 November 2017|access-date=17 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Salzo|first=Vincent|url=https://patch.com/connecticut/fairfield/obituary-john-george-betar-sr-107-fairfield|title=Obituary:John George Betar Sr., 107, of Fairfield|website=[[Patch.com]]|date=17 September 2018|access-date=26 March 2019}}</ref> |
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| Duranord Veillard<br />Jeanne Hermina Veillard |
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|9 |
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| 29 November 1932 |
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|William Archibald ''Archer'' Fullingim<br>Nancy Ellen ''Nannie'' (née Watson) Fullingim<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=0rYeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bs8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6938,2106526|title=Sex, violence, as old as human nature|page=15|publisher=[[Spartanburg Herald-Journal]]|date=10 March 1996|accessdate=12 November 2010|last=Van Buren|first=Abigail}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Fullingim&GSiman=1&GSst=38&GRid=60185001&|title=Nancy Ellen "Nannie" Watson Fullingim|publisher=Find a Grave|date=16 October 2010|accessdate=12 April 2013|last=Fullingim|first=J. Michael}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=60184950|title=William Archer ""Uncle Bunch"" Fullingim|publisher=Find a Grave|date=16 October 2010|accessdate=12 April 2013|last=Fullingim|first=J. Michael}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1932|11|29|2018|6|1}} |
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|7 July 1855 – 6 August 1965<br>1 November 1860 – 25 April 1964 |
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| 1 June 2018<br />(Duranord) |
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|11 August 1879 |
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| [[New York (state)|New York]], United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1879|8|11|1964|4|25}} |
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| |
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|[[Oklahoma]], United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite news|last=Taylor|first=Alex|url=http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/rockland/2015/02/26/rocklands-oldest-couple-celebrate-years/24087111/|title=Rockland's oldest couple celebrate 212 years|newspaper=[[The Journal News]]|date=26 February 2015|access-date=7 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kindelan|first=Katie|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/york-couple-turn-combined-212-years/story?id=29279486|title=New York Couple to Turn a Combined 212 Years Old|publisher=ABC News|date=27 February 2015|access-date=26 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://abc7ny.com/society/man-celebrates-110th-birthday-with-106-year-old-wife/1787097/|title=New York man celebrates 110th birthday with 106-year-old wife|publisher=[[WABC-TV|WABC]]|date=6 March 2017|access-date=14 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Brum|first=Robert|url=http://www.fox5ny.com/news/new-york-man-turns-111-years-old|title=New York man turns 111 years old|publisher=[[Fox 5 NY]]|date=6 March 2018|access-date=20 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://eu.lohud.com/story/news/local/rockland/ramapo/2018/06/06/rockland-oldest-man-dies-age-111/677954002/|title=Man thought to be Rockland's oldest resident dies at age 111|newspaper=The Journal News|date=7 June 2018|access-date=23 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Eberhart|first=Christopher J.|url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/rockland/2018/11/14/jeanne-hermina-veillard-dies-age-108/2003064002/|title=Wife in Rockland's oldest married couple dies at age 108|newspaper=The Journal News|date=14 November 2018|access-date=14 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714231450/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/rockland/2018/11/14/jeanne-hermina-veillard-dies-age-108/2003064002/|archive-date=14 July 2019}}</ref> |
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|10 |
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|Francisco Garcia<br/>Paulina (née Calvillo) Garcia<ref>Fletcher Stoeltje, Melissa (26 August 2008). "Couple wed during Coolidge presidency still inseparable". [[San Antonio Express-News]].</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://familiacortez.com/gallery/Garcia-Out-of-Zacatecas/abuelos300|title=Congratulations abuelito and Abuela for achieving 84 years of Marriage|publisher=FAMILIA CORTEZ|date=29 May 2010|accessdate=12 November 2010|last=Martinez|first=Griselda}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=PAULINA-GARCIA&lc=7480&mid=4361146|title=In Memory of PAULINA GARCIA|publisher=Funeraria Del Angel Trevino Funeral Home|year=2010|accessdate=12 November 2010}}</ref> |
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|1908 – <br>9 May 1910 – 26 August 2010 |
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|26 May 1926 |
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|{{age in years and days|1926|5|26|2010|8|26}} |
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|Living in Texas, United States |
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|- style="background:#9f9;" |
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|11 |
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|Mario Calì<br>Antonina Ardilio<ref name="Calì">{{cite web|url=http://www.ragusatg.it/2015/11/19/84-anni-damore-e-di-augusta-la-coppia-piu-longeva-deuropa/|title=84 anni d’amore, è di Augusta la coppia più longeva d’Europa|language=Italian|publisher=Augusta Online|date=11 November 2015|accessdate=19 November 2015}}</ref> |
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|7 January 1913 – <br>22 April 1916 – |
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|19 November 1931 |
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|{{age in years and days|1931|11|19|2015|11|19}} |
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|Living in Sicily, Italy |
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| Lazarus Rowe<br />Mary Molly (née Webber) Rowe |
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|12 |
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| {{circa|31 December 1743}} |
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|William J. Jones<br>Eluned Jones<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article56863.ece|title=Brits wed for 83 years|publisher=[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]|date=22 July 2006|accessdate=12 November 2010}}</ref> |
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| {{circa|{{age in years and days|1743|12|31|1829|6|27}}}} |
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|20 July 1901 – 28 January 2007{{citation needed|date=December 2010}}<br>23 August 1904 – 29 June 2008{{citation needed|date=December 2010}} |
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| 27 June 1829<br />(Mary Molly) |
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|3 February 1923 |
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| [[Maine]], United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1923|2|3|2007|1|28}} |
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| Shared ''Guinness World Record'' with Sir and Lady Nariman for editions up to 1998<ref name="Guinness 1998"/> |
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|England, United Kingdom |
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| <ref>"DEATHS." ''[[Hartford Courant|The Connecticut Courant]]'' (p. 2). 29 September 1829.</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Taylor|first1=Robert L.|last2=Lord|first2=Edward S.|title=History of Limington, Maine|edition=2|publisher=Heritage Books|year=1991|pages=2+3}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Rudge|first=David|url=http://homepages.wmich.edu/~rudged/gen/webber.html|title=Descendants of a Webber family from Bideford, Devonshire Co. England|publisher=Dave Rudge's Genealogy Page at [[Western Michigan University]]|access-date=12 November 2010|archive-date=15 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110215112702/http://homepages.wmich.edu/~rudged/gen/webber.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sbYqAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA224|title=The Columbian Star and Christian Index|publisher=W.T. Brantly|year=1829|page=224|quote=It is presumed the United States do not contain another man and wife who have lived so long in the conjugal state}}</ref> |
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| Tadanosuke Hashimoto<br />Hanae Hashimoto |
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|13 |
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| 1911 |
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|Max William Robinson<br>Emma LaVere (née Staley) Robinson<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ldschurchnewsarchive.com/articles/58152/Married-80-years.html|title=Married 80 years|publisher=Church News|date=31 October 2009|accessdate=12 December 2010|last=Sterzer|first=Rachel}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.940kyno.com/index.php?id=150|title=Lottery winners in the gene pool|publisher=[[KYNO]]|date=23 November 2009|accessdate=12 December 2010|last=Marshall|first=Gail}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/fresnobee/obituary.aspx?n=emma-lavere-and-max-william-robinson&pid=166831806&fhid=20267#fbLoggedOut|title=EMMA LaVERE and MAX WILLIAM ROBINSON|publisher=[[The Fresno Bee]]|date=8 September 2013|accessdate=15 September 2013}}</ref> |
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| {{circa|85 years}} |
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|14 November 1911 – 26 August 2013<br>26 September 1912 – 29 August 2013 |
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| {{circa|1996/7}}<br />(Hanae) |
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|1 November 1929 |
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| [[Hyogo]], Japan |
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|{{age in years and days|1929|11|1|2013|8|26}} |
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| |
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|California, United States |
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| <ref>''Earth's Elders: The Wisdom of the World's Oldest People'' (p. 169-170)</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Jerry|url=https://archive.org/details/earthselders00jerr/mode/2up|title=Earth's elders: The wisdom of the world's oldest people|isbn=9780976910800|year=2005|publisher=Earth's Elders Foundation }}</ref> |
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| Cleovis Whiteside Sr.<br />Arwilda (née Kelly) Whiteside |
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|14 |
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| 24 July 1939 |
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|Russell Wesley Wintle<br>Louise (née Diehsner) Wintle<ref>"Louise and Russ Wintle - Married 83 years!". Lutherans Online.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/mercurynews/obituary.aspx?n=russell-wintle&pid=146263435|title=Russell Wintle|publisher=[[San Jose Mercury News]]/[[San Mateo County Times]]|date=27 October 2010|accessdate=12 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifoldsflip.com/i/189678/12|title=Memorial Louise Wintle|publisher=Los Gatos Weekly Times|date=8 October 2013|accessdate=3 November 2013}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1939|7|25|2024|3|23}} |
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|11 August 1906 – 20 October 2010<br>23 March 1910 – 22 September 2013 |
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| 23 March 2024<br />(Cleovis Sr.) |
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|4 February 1927 |
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| [[Arkansas]], United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1927|2|4|2010|10|20}} |
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| Recognized as the longest marriage in the state |
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|California, United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2022/apr/19/married-82-years-wh-pair-honored/|title=Married 82 years, White Hall pair honored|newspaper=[[Arkansas Democrat-Gazette]]|date=19 April 2022|access-date=21 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Murrell|first=I.C.|url=https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2022/apr/25/white-hall-couple-honored-again-as-states-longest/|title=White Hall couple honored again as state's longest-running in marriage|newspaper=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette|date=25 April 2022|access-date=25 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Murrell|first=I.C.|url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/sep/25/couples-84-year-marriage-honored/|title=Couple's 84-year marriage honored|newspaper=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette|date=25 September 2023|access-date=13 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.brownfuneralhomeandmortuary.com/obituary/cleovis-whiteside|title=Cleovis Whiteside Sr.|work=Brown Funeral Home and Mortuary|date=23 March 2024|access-date=13 May 2024}}</ref> |
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| Marco Milo<br />Pasqua (née Palmieri) Milo |
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|15 |
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| 15 January 1938 |
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|William B. Ritchie<br>Claudia Lillian Ritchie<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020830/world.htm|title=?|publisher=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|date=30 August 2002|accessdate=12 November 2010|author=[[Press Trust of India]]/Associated Press}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1938|1|15|2022|5|17}} |
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|25 September 1897 – 22 November 2002<br>24 August 1904 – 18 January 2003 |
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| 17 May 2022<br />(Marco) |
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|12 April 1919 |
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| [[Bari]], Italy |
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|{{age in years and days|1919|4|12|2002|11|22}} |
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| |
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|[[Kentucky]], United States |
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| <ref>{{cite news|last=Carbone|first=Bartolo|url=https://www.canosaweb.it/rubriche/francesco-morra-storia-e-dintorni/gli-80-anni-di-matrimonio-di-marco-milo-e-pasqua-palmieri|title=Gli 80 anni di matrimonio di Marco Milo e Pasqua Palmieri La Puglia terra di longevità coniugale|trans-title=The 80 years of marriage of Marco Milo and Pasqua Palmieri Puglia is a land of conjugal longevity|work=Canosaweb|date=4 March 2018|access-date=3 April 2022|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Totorizzo|first=Gennaro|url=https://video.repubblica.it/edizione/bari/lei-ha-cento-anni-lui-103-pasqua-e-marco-festeggiano-83-anni-di-matrimonio-dal-primo-bacio-alla-guerra-quante-vite-insieme/374608/375222|title=Lei ha 100 anni, lui 103: Pasqua e Marco festeggiano 83 anni di matrimonio. "Dal primo bacio alla guerra, quante vite insieme"|trans-title=She is 100 years old, he 103: Pasqua and Marco celebrate 83 years of marriage. "From the first kiss to the war, how many lives together"|publisher=[[Repubblica TV]]|date=13 January 2021|access-date=3 April 2022|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://ledicoladelsud.it/2022/05/17/palo-del-colle-piange-marco-milo-morto-a-103-anni-uno-dei-bersaglieri-piu-anziani-ditalia|title=Palo del Colle piange Marco Milo: morto a 103 anni uno dei bersaglieri più anziani d'Italia|trans-title=Palo del Colle mourns Marco Milo: one of the oldest sharpshooters in Italy died at the age of 103|newspaper=[[L'Edicola del Sud]]|date=17 May 2022|access-date=23 July 2022|language=it}}</ref> |
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|- style="background:#fbceb1;" |
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|16 |
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|Norman Burmah<br>Norma ''Mickey'' (née Depland) Burmah<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/home/5190559-125/married-for-82-years-couple|title=Married for 82 years, couple still going strong|publisher=The Advocate|date=15 February 2013|accessdate=20 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lafamilyforum.org/2014marriagehalloffame/|title=2014 Marriage Hall of Fame|publisher=Louisiana Family Forum|date=14 February 2014|accessdate=16 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20140220/NEWS01/302200023/Married-83-years-Marksville-couple-believed-longest-married-nation?nclick_check=1|title=Married 83 years, Marksville couple believed to be longest-married in nation|publisher=The Town Talk|date=20 February 2014|accessdate=2 March 2014|last=Petrus|first=Jeannie}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hixsonbrothers.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=1397940|title=Norma Depland Burmah|publisher=Hixson Brothers Funeral Homes|date=6 September 2014|accessdate=14 October 2014}}</ref> |
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|1910 – <br>4 July 1913 – 6 September 2014 |
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|27 January 1931 |
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|{{age in years and days|1931|1|27|2014|9|6}} |
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|Living in Louisiana, United States |
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| Maurice Kaye<br />Helen Kaye |
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|17 |
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| 27 August 1934 |
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|Marshall N. Kuykendall<br>Winifred Louisiana ''Winnie Louise'' (née Macnab) Kuykendall<ref name=ewtn>{{cite web|url=http://www.ewtnnews.com/catholic-news/US.php?id=2599|title=Longest-married American couple to celebrate 82 years on Valentine's Day|publisher=[[Eternal Word Television Network]]|date=8 February 2011|accessdate=29 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bacasfuneralchapels.com/sitemaker/sites/BacasF1/memsol.cgi?user_id=731805|title=Winnie Louise Kuykendall|publisher=Baca's Funeral Chapels|date=22 September 2012|accessdate=11 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grantcountybeat.com/news/obituaries/7435-winnie-louise-kuykendall-103-a-resident-of-lordsburg-died-sept-22-2012|title=Winnie Louise Kuykendall, 103, a Resident of Lordsburg - Died Sept. 22, 2012|publisher=The Grant County Beat|date=26 September 2012|accessdate=4 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bacasfuneralchapels.com/sitemaker/sites/BacasF1/obit.cgi?user=897705Kuykendall#|title=Marshall N. Kuykendall|publisher=Baca's Funeral Chapels|date=11 February 2013|accessdate=11 April 2013}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1934|8|27|2018|7|23}} |
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|28 January 1908 – 11 February 2013<br>4 February 1909 – 22 September 2012 |
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| 23 July 2018<br />(Maurice) |
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|14 February 1929 |
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| [[Bournemouth]], United Kingdom |
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|{{age in years and days|1929|02|14|2012|09|22}} |
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| |
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|[[New Mexico]], United States |
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| <ref>{{cite news|last=Friedland|first=Michael|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/aug/16/maurice-and-helen-kaye-happily-married-for-80-years|title=Maurice and Helen Kaye: happily married for 80 years|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=16 August 2014|access-date=31 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-28946521|title=Maurice and Helen Kaye celebrate 80 years of marriage|publisher=BBC News|date=27 August 2014|access-date=31 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Lemon|first=Jason|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-jewish-centenarians-celebrate-83rd-wedding-anniversary/|title='An inspiration' UK Jewish centenarians celebrate 83rd wedding anniversary Helen and Maurice Kaye, aged 104 and 105, are believed to be Britain's longest married couple|newspaper=The Times of Israel|date=1 September 2017|access-date=4 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/106-year-old-man-dies-leaving-wife-84-years-widowed-1040537|title=Britain's Longest-Married Man, Maurice Kaye, Dies at 106|work=Newsweek|date=24 July 2018|access-date=7 August 2018}}</ref> |
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| Henry Andrew Johnson<br />Lena (née Knudsen) Johnson |
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|rowspan=2|18 |
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| 8 February 1920 |
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|George L. Briant<br>Germaine (née Thibodeaux) Briant<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AD&p_theme=ad&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10804CC36A996FA4&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Couple wed 83 years die three days apart|publisher=[[The Advocate (Louisiana)|The Advocate]]|date=2 February 2005|accessdate=28 February 2012}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1920|2|8|2003|9|27}} |
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|3 March 1901 – 31 January 2005<br>4 September 1903 – 28 January 2005 |
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| 27 September 2003<br />(Lena) |
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|20 July 1921 |
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| [[Iowa]], United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1921|7|20|2005|1|28}} |
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| |
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|Louisiana, United States |
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| <ref name="The Des Moines Register"/> |
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| William B. Ritchie<br />Claudia Lillian Ritchie |
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|Steve(n) Wrubel<br>Victoria Virginia ''Vicky'' (née Puvalowski) Wrubel<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/for-steve-and-vickie-wrubel-its-a-love-82-years-strong/1193993|title=For Steve and Vickie Wrubel, it's a love 82 years strong|publisher=St. Petersburg Times|date=28 September 2011|accessdate=28 September 2011|last=Stevens|first=Bill}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/talk/content/links-times-holiday-couple-marks-83-years-marriage-today|title=Links from the Times: Holiday couple marks 83 years of marriage today|publisher=Tampa Bay Times|date=28 September 2012|accessdate=4 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/after-83-years-death-parts-longest-married-couple-from-holiday/2113905|title=After 83 years, death parts longest married couple from Holiday|publisher=Tampa Bay Times|date=8 April 2013|accessdate=11 April 2013|last=Stevens|first=Bill}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.obitmichigan.com/Obituary/16153/Victoria-Wrubel|title=Victoria Wrubel|publisher=ObitMichigan|date=8 April 2013|accessdate=10 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.obitmichigan.com/Obituary/18076/Steven-Wrubel|title=Steven Wrubel|publisher=ObitMichigan|date=29 September 2013|accessdate=8 November 2013}}</ref> |
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| 12 April 1919 |
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|2 July 1909 – 29 September 2013<br>15 December 1910 – 8 April 2013 |
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| {{age in years and days|1919|4|12|2002|11|22}} |
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|28 September 1929 |
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| 22 November 2002<br />(William B.) |
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|{{age in years and days|1929|09|28|2013|04|08}} |
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|[[ |
| [[Kentucky]], United States |
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| Recognized by ''Guinness World Records'' as the world's oldest living married couple in 2002 |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://billingsgazette.com/news/world/years-of-marriage-declared-world-record/article_73620e99-a29c-5bf6-92a0-7f862b0deeb9.html|title=83 years of marriage declared world record|newspaper=[[Billings Gazette]]|date=28 August 2002 }}{{Better source needed|date=August 2021|reason=451: Unavailable due to legal reasons. We recognize you are attempting to access this website from a country belonging to the European Economic Area (EEA), including the EU, which enforces the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and therefore access cannot be granted at this time.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Did You Know...|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33884517/chippewa_heraldtelegram/|newspaper=Chippewa Herald-Telegram|via=Newspapers.com|date=11 May 2003|access-date=15 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715074610/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33884517/chippewa_heraldtelegram/|archive-date=15 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=266&dat=20020828&id=RvcrAAAAIBAJ&pg=1542,5745441&hl=en|title=Paris Residents Recognized as World's Oldest Married Couple|work=Kentucky New Era|agency=Associated Press|date=28 August 2002|access-date=8 June 2016|pages=A6}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/kentucky/name/w-b-ritchie-obituary?id=16355804|title=W.B. Ritchie|newspaper=[[Lexington Herald-Leader]]|via=[[Legacy.com]]}}</ref><ref name="The Des Moines Register"/> |
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| Norman James Burmah<br />Norma "Mickey" (née Depland) Burmah |
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|20 |
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| 27 January 1931 |
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|Lloyd Ruffin Ford<br>Eunice Ione (née Ellis) Ford<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news-journal.com/news/state/couple-celebrates-years-of-love/article_e6bc7314-8e4c-51b0-9fd5-491a85bb02d7.html|title=Couple celebrates 83 years of love|publisher=The Paris News|date=16 April 2012|accessdate=4 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wfaa.com/news/good-news/Married-in-1929-together-today-Couple-celebrates-83-years-together-149919555.html|title=Married in 1929, together today: Couple celebrates 83 years together|publisher=Dallas - Fort Worth News|date=2 May 2012|accessdate=4 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fry-gibbs.com/home/index.cfm/obituaries/view/id/2220520|title=Lloyd R. Ford 2012 Obituary|publisher=Fry-Gibbs Funeral Home|date=17 October 2012|accessdate=16 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fry-gibbs.com/home/index.cfm/obituaries/view/fh_id/14724/id/3118812|title=Eunice Ione Ford 1912 - 2015 Obituary|publisher=Fry-Gibbs Funeral Home|date=21 May 2015|accessdate=16 October 2015}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1931|1|27|2014|9|6}} |
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|16 February 1910 – 17 October 2012<br>23 March 1912 – 21 May 2015 |
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| 6 September 2014<br />("Mickey") |
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|9 April 1929 |
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| [[Louisiana]], United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1929|04|09|2012|10|17}} |
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| Recognized by the Louisiana Family Forum in 2013 and 2014. Also recognized as the longest marriage in the state. |
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|Texas, United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|last=Johnson|first=Clevel|url=http://www.emissourian.com/news/national/married-for-years-louisiana-couple-still-going-strong/article_6ee94d4e-7788-11e2-b5cf-0019bb2963f4.html|title=Married for 82 years, couple still going strong|website=[[Emissourian.com]]|date=15 February 2013|access-date=20 April 2013|agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Petrus|first=Jeannie|url=http://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/local/2014/02/20/married-83-years-marksville-couple-believed-to-be-longest-married-in-nation/5644295/|title=Married 83 years, Marksville couple believed to be longest-married in nation|newspaper=[[The Daily Advertiser (Lafayette, Louisiana)|The Daily Advertiser]]|location=Lafayette, Louisiana|date=20 February 2014|access-date=2 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetowntalk/obituary.aspx?n=norma-depland-burmah-mickey&pid=172408297&fhid=12058|title=Norma Depland "Mickey" Burmah|work=The Town Talk|date=10 September 2014|access-date=17 July 2019|via=Legacy.com}}</ref> |
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| Marshall N. Kuykendall<br />Winifred Louisiana "Winnie Louise" (née Macnab) Kuykendall |
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|21 |
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| 14 February 1929 |
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|Song Byung-ho<br>Sung Won-geum<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cctoday.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=69278|script-title=ko:남남되는 세태 1920년 백년가약 84년째 원앙금실|language=Korean|publisher=충청투데이|date=10 May 2004|accessdate=12 November 2010}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1929|2|14|2012|9|22}} |
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|1904 – ?<br>1904 – ? |
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| 22 September 2012<br />("Winnie Louise") |
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|19 November 1920 |
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| [[New Mexico]], United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1920|11|19|2004|5|10}}+<br>(as of 10 May 2004) |
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| Winner of the Worldwide Marriage Encounter's inaugural Longest Married Couple Project in 2011 |
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|[[Korea]] |
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| <ref>{{cite news|last=Medlin|first=Marianne|url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/21954/couple-recognized-for-valentines-day-wedding-82-years-ago|title=Couple recognized for Valentine's Day wedding 82 years ago|agency=[[Catholic News Agency]]|date=14 February 2011|access-date=17 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Stevens|first=Bill|url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/after-83-years-death-parts-longest-married-couple-from-holiday/2113905|title=After 83 years, death parts longest married couple from Holiday|newspaper=[[Tampa Bay Times]]|date=8 April 2013|access-date=15 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715001128/https://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/after-83-years-death-parts-longest-married-couple-from-holiday/2113905|archive-date=15 July 2019}}</ref><ref name="Wrubel 82">{{cite news|last=Stevens|first=Bill|url=http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/for-steve-and-vickie-wrubel-its-a-love-82-years-strong/1193993|title=For Steve and Vickie Wrubel, it's a love 82 years strong|newspaper=[[Saint Petersburg Times]]|date=28 September 2011|access-date=28 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001161215/http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/for-steve-and-vickie-wrubel-its-a-love-82-years-strong/1193993|archive-date=1 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><!--Guinness has not determined a successor, but it appears to be Marshall and Winnie Kuykendall of New Mexico. They were married on Feb. 14, 1929, seven months before the Wrubels tied the knot in Ubly, Mich.--> |
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|22 |
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| Thell E. Ellison<br />Margie Lea (née Rose) Ellison |
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|Harley D. Utz<br>Sylvia (née Booker) Utz<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.nbc4i.com/cmh/news/local/article/oldest_person_in_ohio_dies_at_110/24373/|title=Oldest Person in Ohio Dies at 110|publisher=[[WCMH-TV]]|date=6 October 2009|accessdate=12 November 2010|author=Associated Press}}</ref> |
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| 24 June 1941 |
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|3 July 1898 – 12 November 2001<br>9 March 1899 – 5 October 2009 |
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| {{age in years and days|1941|6|24}} |
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|15 June 1918 |
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|{{age in years and days|1918|6|15|2001|11|12}} |
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| Arkansas, United States |
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| Recognized as the longest incumbent marriage in the state |
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| <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://eu.swtimes.com/story/lifestyle/celebrations/anniversary/2020/07/05/margie-and-thell-ellison-celebrate-79-years-of-marriage/113365296/|title=Margie and Thell Ellison celebrate 79 years of marriage|newspaper=[[Southwest Times Record]]|date=5 July 2020|access-date=21 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://eu.swtimes.com/story/lifestyle/2021/06/20/ellison-80th-wedding-anniversary/7689824002/|title=80th wedding anniversary|newspaper=Southwest Times Record|date=20 June 2021|access-date=21 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.facebook.com/11Alive/posts/10159056479395496/?paipv=0&eav=Afbmu860Q7HU6YPHpeUWf3oiLYJ8GDnZyIPADi9A0QEhTFvOd1Z_YucMqmuDrQ6D2fs&_rdr|title=Arkansas man celebrates 105th birthday|publisher=[[WXIA-TV|11Alive]]|date=18 September 2022|access-date=21 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Earley|first=Neal|url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2024/may/01/legislators-honor-arkansas-longest-married-couple/|title=Legislators honor Arkansas' longest married couple – 82 years – at state Capitol|newspaper=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette|date=1 May 2024|access-date=21 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://dosouthmag.com/the-bride-wore-blue/|title=The Bride Wore Blue|publisher=DO South Magazine|date=1 July 2024|access-date=3 July 2024}}</ref> |
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| George Leon Briant<br />Germaine (née Thibodeaux) Briant |
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|23 |
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| 20 July 1921 |
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|Otto A. Brauchle<br>Elsie (née Schroeder) Brauchle<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/tampatribune/access/38342986.html?dids=38342986:38342986&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+18%2C+1996&author=SEAN+LENGELL&pub=Tampa+Tribune&desc=Death+parts+83+years+of+marriage&pqatl=google|title=Death parts 83 years of marriage|publisher=[[The Tampa Tribune]]|date=18 October 1996|accessdate=12 November 2010|last=Lengell|first=Sean}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1921|7|20|2005|1|28}} |
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|15 April 1894 – 13 October 1996<br>12 May 1895 – 13 October 1998 |
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| 28 January 2005<br />(Germaine) |
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|2 June 1913 |
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| Louisiana, United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1913|6|2|1996|10|13}} |
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| Honored by Congressman [[David Vitter]] in the Louisiana Family Forum's inaugural Louisiana's longest married couple contest in 2004. George, a [[World War I]] veteran, was interviewed by [[Richard Rubin (writer)|Richard Rubin]] in the same year. |
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|Florida, United States |
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| <ref>{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AD&p_theme=ad&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10804CC36A996FA4&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Couple wed 83 years die three days apart|newspaper=[[The Advocate (Louisiana)|The Advocate]]|via=[[Newsbank]]|date=2 February 2005|access-date=28 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.heraldguide.com/lifestyles/wanted-louisianas-longest-married-couple/|title=Wanted: Louisiana's longest married couple|newspaper=St. Charles Herald Guide|location=[[St. Charles Parish, Louisiana]]|date=28 January 2010|access-date=17 July 2019}}</ref> |
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| Steven "Steve" Wrubel<br />Victoria Virginia "Vicky" (née Puvalowski) Wrubel |
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|24 |
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| 28 August 1929 |
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|Edd Hollen<br>Margaret (née Gray) Hollen<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newspaperarchive.com/us/ohio/xenia/daily-gazette/1971/12-17/|title=82-year marriage is believed to be record|publisher=[[Daily Gazette]]|date=17 December 1971|accessdate=15 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=116939168|title=Margaret Gray Hollen|publisher=Find a Grave|date=11 September 2013|accessdate=15 March 2014}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1929|9|28|2013|4|8}} |
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|24 August 1866 – 20 October 1972<br>10 June 1872 – 8 September 1972 |
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| 8 April 2013<br />("Vicky") |
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|7 May 1889 |
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| [[Florida]], United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1889|5|7|1972|9|8}} |
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| Were recognized by ''Guinness World Records'' in 2011, but did not clinch the record<ref name="Wrubel 82"/><!--Wrubel 82: Their longevity and devotion earned recognition from Guinness World Records, although the Wrubels have not yet been able to say "We're No. 1!'' That distinction for years has gone to a Bern, N.C., couple, Herman and Zelmyra Fisher. They celebrated their 86th before Herman died in February at 105.--> |
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|Kentucky, United States |
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| <ref>{{cite web|first=Debbie|last=Komar|url=http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/talk/content/links-times-holiday-couple-marks-83-years-marriage-today|title=Links from the Times: Holiday couple marks 83 years of marriage today|newspaper=Tampa Bay Times|date=28 September 2012|access-date=4 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101022528/http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/talk/content/links-times-holiday-couple-marks-83-years-marriage-today|archive-date=1 November 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theoaklandpress.com/news/love-still-strong-between-michigan-couple-married-for-years/article_62dc4f42-5a8d-563a-b573-fccacd8f8311.html|title=Love still strong between Michigan couple married for 83 years|work=[[The Oakland Press]]|location=Michigan|date=13 February 2013|access-date=17 July 2019|archive-date=18 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718001312/https://www.theoaklandpress.com/news/love-\still-strong-between-michigan-couple-married-for-years/article_62dc4f42-5a8d-563a-b573-fccacd8f8311.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Stevens|first=Bill|title=Pasco man married 83 years dies at 104|url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/pasco-man-married-83-years-dies-at-104/2144829|newspaper=Tampa Bay Times|date=1 October 2013|access-date=15 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715002640/https://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/pasco-man-married-83-years-dies-at-104/2144829|archive-date=15 July 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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|25 |
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|George Cuthbert Clarence Vail<br>Mayme Lillie (née Arcand) Vail<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.minnpost.com/joekimball/2008/02/14/897/valentines_day_is_special_for_longest-married_couple_in_the_country|title=Valentine's Day is special for longest-married couple in the country|publisher=MinnPost|date=14 February 2008|accessdate=12 November 2010|last=Kimball|first=Joe}}</ref> |
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|7 November 1906 – 14 June 2008<br>23 April 1908 – 4 November 2010 |
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|17 February 1925 |
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|{{age in years and days|1925|2|17|2008|6|14}} |
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|[[Minnesota]], United States |
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| Evert Stolpe<br />Anni (née Lepistö) Stolpe |
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|26 |
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| 24 March 1941 |
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|Giovanni J. Rocchio<br>Amelia Antonelli Rocchio<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2005/06/23/82_years_later_ri_couple_still_holding_hands/|title=82 years later, R.I. couple still holding hands Union is world's longest-running|publisher=[[The Boston Globe]]|date=23 June 2005|accessdate=29 January 2011|last=Schweitzer|first=Sarah}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8405716/|title=82 years of 'I do' - world's longest marriage?|publisher=[[MSNBC]]|date=29 June 2005|accessdate=29 January 2011|author=Associated Press}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1941|3|24|2024|9|16}} |
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|24 November 1903 – 28 August 2006<br>10 October 1905 – 6 June 2006 |
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| 16 September 2024<br />(Evert) |
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|10 February 1923 |
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| [[Ostrobothnia (region)|Ostrobothnia]], Finland |
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|{{age in years and days|1923|2|10|2006|6|6}} |
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|[[Rhode Island]], United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-2000008111853.html|title=Anni, 101, ja Evert, 100, menivät naimisiin 80 vuotta sitten ja vieläkin elämä on ihanaa – paljastavat pitkän liittonsa salaisuuden Anni Stolpe kysyy kysymyksen suomeksi ja Evert Stolpe vastaa ruotsiksi. Näin pari on kommunikoinut jo 80 vuoden ajan.|newspaper=[[Ilta-Sanomat]]|date=11 July 2021|access-date=8 April 2023|language=fi}}</ref><ref>[https://globalsupercentenarianforum.com/index.php/community/honorable-mentions/longest-marriages/ Longest Marriages]</ref> |
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| Harley Dewey Utz<br />Sylvia (née Booker) Utz |
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|27 |
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| 15 June 1918 |
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|Paul Murray Whiteman<br>Ellenor (née Lawson) Whiteman<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=34270&Type=Marriage|title=Marriage License|publisher=West Virginia Division of Culture and History|date=11 January 1930|accessdate=14 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wdtv.com/index.php/home/local-news/4502-couple-makes-81st-wedding-anniversary|title=Couple Makes 81st Wedding Anniversary|publisher=[[WDTV]]|date=13 January 2011|accessdate=14 January 2011|last=Porter|first=Nicole}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cpubco.com/articles/2011/07/16/news/03.txt|title=Benedum Festival 2011: Bob the Builder, music and more|publisher=The Exponent Telegram|date=5 July 2011|accessdate=1 September 2011|last=Perine|first=Julie}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view§ion=News&item=Longtime-Love-Birds-Paul-and-Ellenor-Whiteman-Married-82-Years317|title=Longtime Love Birds: Paul and Ellenor Whiteman Married 82 Years|publisher=Bridgeport News|date=20 May 2012|accessdate=3 July 2012|last=Perine|first=Julie}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view§ion=Alumni&item=Well-Known-Bridgeport-Resident-Paul-Whiteman-Passes-Away-at-1033237|title=For better or worse, in sickness and health|publisher=Bridgeport High School|date=10 February 2013|accessdate=30 March 2013|last=Moses|first=Leslie}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.exponent-telegram.com/news/article_5889fe54-7193-11e2-b8c9-001a4bcf887a.html|title=Well-Known Bridgeport Resident, Paul Whiteman, Passes Away at 103|publisher=The Exponent Telegram|date=14 April 2013|accessdate=21 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.exponent-telegram.com/obituaries/ellenor-whiteman/article_e1564ce8-f1a3-11e2-ae8a-0019bb2963f4.html|title=Ellenor Whiteman|publisher=The Exponent Telegram|date=21 July 2013|accessdate=10 October 2013}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1918|6|15|2001|11|12}} |
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|4 July 1909 – 12 April 2013<br>19 March 1912 – 19 July 2013 |
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| 12 November 2001<br />(Harley) |
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|11 January 1930 |
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| [[Ohio]], United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1930|01|11|2013|4|12}} |
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| Recognized by ''Guinness World Records'' as the world's oldest living married couple in 2001. Sylvia survived her husband by almost 8 years, eventually becoming a [[supercentenarian]]. |
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|[[West Virginia]], United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13906208/news-journal/|title=Couple marks 80th wedding anniversary|newspaper=[[Mansfield News Journal]]|date=16 June 1998|access-date=1 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13906170/the-marion-star/|title=Couple celebrates 83rd wedding anniversary|newspaper=[[The Marion Star]]|date=16 June 2001|access-date=30 June 2021}}</ref> |
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|28 |
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|Gelasio Quintana Blanco<br>Pilar Cañibano Rodríguez<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laopiniondezamora.es/comarcas/2010/05/31/adios-maestro/438367.html|title=Adiós, maestro|language=Spanish|publisher=El Correo de Zamora|date=31 May 2010|accessdate=12 November 2010}}</ref> |
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|9 September 1902 – 29 May 2010<br>8 May 1910 – |
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|4 April 1927 |
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|{{age in years and days|1927|4|4|2010|5|29}} |
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|Living in [[Castile and Léon]], [[Spain]] |
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|- style="background:#fbceb1;" |
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|29 |
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|Lonnie Elvis Mabrey<br>Jessie Woodrow (née Lynn) Mabrey<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newschannel5.com/story/21390689/cookeville-couple-married-for-81-years|title=Cookeville Couple Married For 81 Years|publisher=News Channel 5|date=27 February 2013|accessdate=18 April 2013|last=Cline-Thomas|first=Aundrea}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wkrn.com/story/21390731/cookeville-couple-married-81-years-says-communication-is-key|title=Cookeville couple married 81 years says communication is key|publisher=WKRN-TV Nashville|date=27 February 2013|accessdate=18 April 2013|last=Dunn|first=Todd}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:GKhokV15ZwQJ:www.herald-citizen.com/view/full_story/22115282/article-Cookeville-couple-81-years-strong-in-marriage%3Finstance%3Dmost_popular+&cd=2&hl=nl&ct=clnk&gl=be&client=firefox-beta|title=Cookeville couple 81-years strong in marriage|publisher=Cookeville Herald-Citizen|date=31 March 2013|accessdate=18 April 2013|last=Davis|first=Amy}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.meaningfulfunerals.net/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=2199443&fh_id=14041|title=Robert "Bob" Lynn Mabrey|publisher=Whitson Funeral Home|date=20 August 2013|accessdate=26 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.meaningfulfunerals.net/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=2657760&fh_id=140411|title=Lonnie Mabrey|publisher=Whitson Funeral Home|date=26 August 2014|accessdate=14 October 2014}}</ref> |
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|21 January 1912 – 26 August 2014<br>1914 – |
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|11 August 1931 |
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|{{age in years and days|1931|8|11|2014|8|26}} |
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|Living in [[Tennessee]], United States |
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|- style="background:#9f9;" |
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|30 |
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|Ivan Batalić<br>Anka Batalić<ref name="Batalić1">http://www.ferata.hr/83-godine-zajednickog-zivota-ivana-i-anke-batalic/</ref><ref name="Batalić2">http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/Mozaik/tabid/80/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/227752/Default.aspx</ref><ref name="Batalić3">http://www.vecernji.hr/zanimljivosti/prava-ljubav-stogodisnjaci-sa-svilaje-u-braku-vec-83-godine-631747</ref> |
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|3 March 1912 – <br>10 May 1913 – |
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|January 1931 |
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|≥{{age in years and days|1931|1|31|2014|1|31}} |
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|Maovice, Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia |
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|- style="background:#9f9;" |
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|31 |
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|Thommen Thomas<br>Aley (née Thomman) Thomas<ref name="Thomas">{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsminute.com/lives/705|title=This Indian couple have been happily married for 83 years|publisher=The News Minute|date=26 January 2015|accessdate=26 January 2015|last=Haritha|first=John}}</ref> |
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|5 January 1917 –<br>4 October 1920 – |
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|13 February 1932 |
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|{{age in years and days|1932|2|13|2015|1|26}} |
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|Thodupuzha, Kerala, India |
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| Marcel Brouard<br />Berthe (née Pallu) Brouard |
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|32 |
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| 26 November 1938 |
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|Charles M. Pierce<br>Opal Irene (née Hyrns) Pierce<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2010/06/staying_power_muskegon_couple.html|title=Staying power: Muskegon couple going strong after 82 years of marriage|publisher=[[Muskegon Chronicle]]|date=19 June 2010|accessdate=28 January 2011|last=Harrison Wolffis|first=Susan}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2011/01/charles_pierce_whose_life_was.html|title=Charles Pierce, whose life was interwoven with Muskegon history, dead at age 103|publisher=Muskegon Chronicle|date=6 January 2011|accessdate=28 January 2011|last=LeMieux|first=Dave}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lifestorynet.com/memories/81493|title=Opal I. Pierce|publisher=LifeStoryNet.com|date=2 July 2012|accessdate=4 July 2012}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1938|11|26|2022|4|6}} |
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|19 October 1907 – 3 January 2011<br>8 June 1910 – 27 June 2012 |
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| 6 April 2022<br />(Marcel) |
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|26 January 1928 |
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| [[Saint-Éliph]], France |
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|{{age in years and days|1928|1|26|2011|1|3}} |
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| Recognized as the longest marriage in the history of France |
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|[[Michigan]], United States |
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|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jumeau|first=Loic|url=https://actu.fr/centre-val-de-loire/saint-eliph_28335/eure-et-loir-a-107-ans-marcel-brouard-le-mari-le-plus-vieux-de-france-est-decede_50210681.html|title=Eure-et-Loir : a 107 ans, Marcel Brouard, le mari le plus vieux de France, est décédé|trans-title=Eure-et-Loir : Marcel Brouard, the oldest husband in France, has died at age 107|website=l'Action l'Écho|date=14 April 2022|access-date=14 April 2022|language=fr}}</ref> |
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| René Debove<br />Denise (née Dauboin) Debove |
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| 4 October 1941 |
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| {{age in years and days|1941|10|4}} |
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| [[Clermont-l'Hérault]], France |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.midilibre.fr/2023/10/08/denise-et-rene-main-dans-la-main-depuis-82-ans-11504243.php|title=Denise et René, main dans la main depuis 82 ans|newspaper=[[Midi Libre]]|date=8 October 2023|access-date=24 May 2024|language=fr}}</ref><ref name="French couples">{{Cite web|last=Le Page|first=Arnaud|url=https://centenaires-francais.forumactif.org/t150-palmares-des-plus-longs-mariages-francais|title=Palmarès des plus longs mariages français|access-date=22 June 2024|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.midilibre.fr/2024/10/08/rene-et-denise-ont-fete-leurs-83-ans-de-mariage-12246299.php|title=René et Denise ont fêté leurs 83 ans de mariage|date=8 October 2024|access-date=27 December 2024|newspaper=Midi Libre|language=fr}}</ref> |
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|- bgcolor="99FF99" |
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| Louis Herman Marine<br />Grace Marie (née Jacks) Marine |
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| 15 January 1942 |
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| {{age in years and days|1942|1|15}} |
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| California, United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.championnewspapers.com/news/article_a961d8de-8092-11ec-9ba2-bb485d147ab1.html|title=Chino couple celebrates 80th anniversary|newspaper=Champion Newspapers|date=29 January 2022|access-date=3 November 2022}}</ref> |
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|- bgcolor="99FF99" |
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| Ira Milan<br />Margery Milan |
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| 17 January 1942 |
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| {{age in years and days|1942|1|17}} |
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| |
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| Louisiana, United States |
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| Recognized by the Louisiana Family Forum in 2023 |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|last=Thorington|first=Brooke|url=https://louisianaradionetwork.com/2023/02/14/family-forum-honors-the-2023-longest-married-couple/|title=Family Forum honors the 2023 longest married couple|date=14 February 2023|access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Madison|first=Jakori|url=https://www.aol.com/shes-100-hes-101-orleans-100144812.html|title=She's 100. He's 101, New Orleans couple named Louisiana's longest-married couple|newspaper=The Daily Advertiser|location=Lafayette, Louisiana|date=26 February 2024|access-date=21 June 2024}}</ref> |
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| Arend Noordhuis<br />Aaltje (née Nijstad) Noordhuis |
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|33 |
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| 22 January 1938 |
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|Cal(vin) E. Dunmire<br>Mina L. Dunmire<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1948&dat=19870208&id=7NAqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=o9YFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2309,6645137|title=81 years and never a spat|page=179|publisher=[[The Modesto Bee]]|date=6 February 1987|accessdate=12 November 2010|last=Dunn|first=Marcus}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1938|1|22|2020|11|15}} |
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|22 September 1881 – 14 October 1989<br>4 March 1886 – 18 March 1989 |
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| 15 November 2020<br />(Arend) |
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|24 April 1906 |
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| [[Ruinen]], Netherlands |
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|{{age in years and days|1906|4|24|1989|3|18}} |
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| Recognized as the longest marriage in the history of the Netherlands |
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|[[Pennsylvania]], United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtvdrenthe.nl/nieuws/156466/82-jaar-getrouwd-en-nog-steeds-verliefd-We-kunnen-niet-zonder-elkaar|title=82 jaar getrouwd en nog steeds verliefd: 'We kunnen niet zonder elkaar'|date=22 January 2020|access-date=27 July 2020|language=nl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hoogeveenschecourant.nl/artikel/1077889/echtpaar-noordhuis-liefst-82-jaar-getrouwd.html?|title=Echtpaar Noordhuis liefst 82 jaar getrouwd|date=22 January 2020|access-date=27 July 2020|language=nl}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dvhn.nl/drenthe/Arend-Noordhuis-uit-Ruinen-man-van-het-langst-getrouwde-stel-van-Nederland-overleden-Hij-heeft-een-mooi-leven-gehad-26203690.html|title=Arend Noordhuis uit Ruinen, man van het langst getrouwde stel van Nederland, overleden: 'Hij heeft een mooi leven gehad'|date=16 November 2020|access-date=26 November 2020|language=nl}}</ref> |
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|- bgcolor="99FF99" |
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| Gene Bond<br />Irene Bond |
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| 15 August 1942 |
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| {{age in years and days|1942|8|15}} |
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| [[Oklahoma]], United States |
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| |
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| <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.fox23.com/news/local-couple-celebrates-80th-wedding-anniversary/P5U6CHSP25HNTPJQJHQWOAZ3UQ/|title=Local couple celebrates 80th wedding anniversary|publisher=[[KOKI-TV|KOKI]]|date=15 August 2022|access-date=15 October 2022}}</ref> |
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| Eric Frank Kingston<br />Annie Sarah "Nancy" Kingston |
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|34 |
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| 1 June 1940 |
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|James David ''Dave'' Hamilton<br>Velma Kathryn (née Gibson) Hamilton<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sj-r.com/time_out/x459459374/Couple-married-80-years-recalls-era-of-Depression|title=Couple married 80 years recalls era of Depression|publisher=[[The State Journal-Register]]|date=30 September 2008|accessdate=23 November 2010|last=Saunders|first=Rhys}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sj-r/obituary.aspx?n=james-david-hamilton&pid=152683587&fhid=7247|title=James David Hamilton|publisher=The State Journal Register|date=23 July 2011|accessdate=18 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://calvert-ferryfuneralhomes.com/obits/?p=849|title=Velma K. Hamilton|publisher=Calvert-Ferry Funeral Homes|date=8 December 2012|accessdate=23 December 2012}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1940|6|1|2022|8|12}} |
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|2 July 1908 – 20 July 2011<br>26 November 1909 – 7 December 2012 |
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| 12 August 2022<br />(Eric Frank) |
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|29 September 1928 |
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| [[Blackford, Somerset|Blackford]], United Kingdom |
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|{{age in years and days|1928|9|29|2011|7|20}} |
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| |
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|[[Illinois]], United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-52881558|title=Eightieth wedding anniversary celebrated with kiss|publisher=BBC News|date=1 June 2020|access-date=21 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Neill|first=Richard|url=https://twitter.com/wedmorevic/status/1439161637693444097|title=Congratulations to Eric Kingston of Blackford village and Holy Trinity congregation. 100 years old today - a few weeks before his wife Nancy turns 101 and a few weeks after their 81st wedding anniversary|work=Twitter|date=18 September 2021|access-date=21 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://funeral-notices.co.uk/notice/kingston/5063182|title=Eric Frank KINGSTON|newspaper=[[Western Daily Press]]|date=25 August 2022|access-date=21 March 2023}} |
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|35 |
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|Ignacy Stasiak<br>Stefania (née Sałata) Stasiak<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.se.pl/wydarzenia/kraj/stefania-i-ignacy-stasiakowie-z-aleksandrowa-odzkiego-to-najstarsze-mazenstwo-w-europie_170020.html|title=Stefania i Ignacy Stasiakowie z Aleksandrowa Łódzkiego to najstarsze małżeństwo w Europie|language=Polish|publisher=SE|date=3 February 2011|accessdate=7 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dzienniklodzki.pl/artykul/751825,malzenstwo-z-aleksandrowa-lodzkiego-obchodzi-82-rocznice-slubu,id,t.html|title=Małżeństwo z Aleksandrowa Łódzkiego obchodzi 82. rocznicę ślubu|language=Polish|publisher=Dziennik Łódzki|date=1 February 2013|accessdate=2 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rmf24.pl/ciekawostki/news-82-lata-po-slubie-najstarsze-malzenstwo-w-europie-mieszka-w-,nId,775357|title=82 lata po ślubie. Najstarsze małżeństwo w Europie mieszka w Aleksandrowie Łódzkim|language=Polish|publisher=RMF24|date=1 February 2013|accessdate=16 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aleksandrow-lodzki.pl/aktualnosc-5-3614-Zmarl_najstarszy_aleksandrowianin.html|title=Zmarł najstarszy aleksandrowianin|language=Polish|publisher=Aleksandrów Łódzki|date=5 November 2013|accessdate=2 June 2014}}</ref> |
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|1909 – 30 October 2013<br>1912 – |
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|1 February 1931 |
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|{{age in years and days|1931|2|1|2013|10|30}} |
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|Living in [[Aleksandrów Łódzki]], [[Poland]] |
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| David P. Beachy<br />Katherine (née Swartz) Beachy |
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|36 |
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| 23 December 1939 |
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|Jakob Kuik<br>Grietje (née van der Sluis) Kuik<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboon-royon-nieuwenhuis/I1377.php|title=Stamboon Royon Nieuwenhuis » Jacob Kuik|language=Dutch|publisher=Genealogie Online|accessdate=16 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-van-abbema-en-kuik/P212.php|title=Stamboom Van Abbema en Kuik » Jakob Kuik|language=Dutch|publisher=Genealogie Online|accessdate=16 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-63163/name-Grietje-Der/|title=GRIETJE DER|publisher=Winnipeg Free Press Passages|date=24 August 2001|accessdate=16 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-82947/name-Jakob_Kuik/|title=JAKOB KUIK|publisher=Winnipeg Free Press Passages|date=3 January 2004|accessdate=16 March 2014}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1939|12|23|2022|2|20}} |
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|20 June 1899 – 1 January 2004<br>26 November 1899 – 21 August 2001 |
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| 20 February 2022<br />(David) |
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|28 December 1918 |
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| Florida, United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1918|12|28|2001|8|21}} |
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|[[Manitoba]], Canada |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|last=Garrett|first=Craig|url=https://www.yoursun.com/northport/news/north-porters-celebrate-81-year-anniversary-tuesday/article_bb0b9030-416d-11eb-8097-cb98a321fd9d.html|title=North Porters celebrate 81-year anniversary Tuesday|newspaper=Daily Sun North Port|date=20 December 2020|access-date=3 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Erwin|first=Sue|url=https://www.yoursun.com/northport/news/good-news-centenarian-couple-celebrates-82nd-wedding-anniversary/article_bf32ae58-6423-11ec-9259-575822412c99.html|title=Good news: Couple celebrates 82 years, Nail Boutique gives to C.A.R.E.|newspaper=Daily Sun North Port|date=17 January 2020|access-date=3 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/sarasota-fl/david-beachy-10596818|title=David P. Beachy|work=[[Dignity Memorial]]|date=20 February 2022|access-date=3 April 2022}}</ref> |
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| Lauris Broussard<br />Earline Marie (née Dyson) Broussard |
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|37 |
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| 25 January 1941 |
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|Sal(vatore) P. Rossi<br>Rhea Rossi<ref>{{cite web|url=http://globalag.igc.org/elderrights/us/2004/sal.htm|title=Too Many 'Old People' Retire - so 99-Year-Old Keeps Working|publisher=[[Global Action on Aging]]|date=23 May 2004|accessdate=13 November 2010|author=Alameda, Nicole/Alameda Times-Star}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1941|1|25|2023|2|9}} |
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|13 May 1905 – 31 July 2008<br>29 September 1909 – 3 May 2008 |
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| 9 February 2023<br />(Earline Marie) |
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|September 1925 |
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| Louisiana, United States |
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|≥{{age in years and days|1925|9|30|2008|5|3}} |
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| Recognized by the Louisiana Family Forum in 2023 |
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|Florida, United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.katc.com/community/spirit-of-acadiana/a-story-of-eternal-love-in-abbeville|title=A Story of Eternal Love in Abbeville|publisher=[[KATC (TV)|KATC]]|date=27 January 2022|access-date=21 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lafamilyforum.org/2023marriagehalloffame/|title=2023 Longest Married Hall of Fame|date=13 February 2023|publisher=Louisiana Family Forum|access-date=21 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gueydantoday.com/obituaries/earline-marie-dyson-broussard|title=EARLINE MARIE DYSON BROUSSARD|work=Gueydan Today|date=10 February 2023|access-date=21 March 2023}}</ref> |
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| Robert Schaum<br />Edith Mae Schaum |
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| 26 December 1942 |
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| {{age in years and days|1942|12|26}} |
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| [[Pennsylvania]], United States |
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| |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|last=Hooper|first=Ben|url=https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/12/30/Pennsylvania-couple-celebrate-80th-anniversary/2241672433909/|title=Pennsylvania couple mark 80th wedding anniversary|work=[[United Press International]]|date=30 December 2022|access-date=21 February 2024}}</ref> |
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| Ronald "Ron" Bond<br />Joyce E. (née Sanders) Bond |
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|38 |
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| 4 January 1941 |
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|Huang Fu<br>Gan Fu<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/07/18/1058035207183.html|title=Couple claim 'world's longest marriage'|publisher=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=19 July 2003|accessdate=12 November 2010|author=[[Deutsche Presse-Agentur]]}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1941|1|4|2022|12|20}} |
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|1898/99 – ?<br>1902/03 – ? |
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| 20 December 2022<br />("Ron") |
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|1920 |
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| [[Milton Keynes]], United Kingdom |
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|{{age in years and days|1921|1|1|2003|7|19}}+<br>(as of 19 July 2003) |
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| |
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|[[Guangdong]], China |
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| <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-59979000|title=Milton Keynes couple Ron and Joyce Bond celebrate 81-year marriage|publisher=BBC News|date=14 January 2022|access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref><ref name="British couples">{{Cite web|last=Holmes|first=Andrew|url=http://oldestinbritain.nfshost.com/couples.php|title=Longest-married couples|access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> |
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|- bgcolor="99FF99" |
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| Eduard Gerardus Cuyvers<br />Maria Angelina/e (née Haeseldonckx) Cuyvers |
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| 30 January 1943 |
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| {{age in years and days|1943|1|30}} |
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| [[Houthalen-Helchteren]], Belgium |
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| Recognized as the longest marriage in the history of Belgium, also its first ever marriage of at least 80 years. He was inducted in the [[Order of Leopold (Belgium)|Order of Leopold]]. |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|last=Nelis|first=Chris|url=https://www.gva.be/cnt/dmf20230131_92348468|title=Eerste eiken koppel van België: Angeline en Eduard zijn 80 jaar getrouwd én nog altijd even verliefd|work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=31 January 2023|access-date=31 January 2023|language=nl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hln.be/video/productie/angeline-edouard-81-jaar-getrouwd-en-dat-is-een-record-424328|title=Angeline & Edouard: 81 jaar getrouwd en dat is een record|newspaper=[[Het Laatste Nieuws|HLN]]|date=30 January 2024|access-date=4 January 2024|language=nl}}</ref> |
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| Mota Eli Young<br />Avanelle (née McGinnis) Young |
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|39 |
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| 14 April 1936 |
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|Harold Leroy Owings<br>Edna Pauline (née Stevens) Owings<ref name=owings1>{{cite web|url=http://leighstjohn.com/married-82-years-and-still-going-strong/|title=Married 82 years and still going strong…|publisher=NBC Los Angeles|date=22 November 2013|accessdate=26 November 2013|last=St John|first=Leigh}}</ref><ref name=owings2>{{cite web|url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/vegasdeluxe/2013/nov/25/strip-scribbles-innocent-pre-thanksgiving-party-ra/|title=Strip Scribbles: ‘Innocent’ pre-Thanksgiving parties rankle Native Americans|publisher=Las Vegas Sun|date=25 November 2013|accessdate=27 November 2013|last=Leach|first=Robin}}</ref><ref name=owings3>{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nevada-and-west/centenarians-celebrate-82-years-married-life|title=Centenarians celebrate 82 years of married life|publisher=Las Vegas Review-Journal|date=26 November 2013|accessdate=27 November 2013|last=Porter|first=Annalise}}</ref><ref name=owings4>{{cite web|url=http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/bizarre&id=9433312|title=Burbank couple celebrates 82 years of marriage|publisher=KABC-TV|date=14 February 2014|accessdate=16 February 2014|last=Sullivan|first=Coleen}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1936|4|14|2018|2|22}} |
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|12 August 1911 – 1 September 2014<br>12 October 1912 – 12 June 2014 |
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| 22 February 2018<br />(Mota Eli) |
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|26 November 1931 |
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| Kentucky, United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1931|11|26|2014|6|12}} |
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| He was a [[World War II]] veteran |
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|California, United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bgdailynews.com/news/forever-youngs---couple-celebrates-81-years-of-marriage/article_bf549810-d9d0-588e-be51-9c3bd754ee09.html|title=Forever Youngs - couple celebrates 81 years of marriage|work=[[The Daily News (Kentucky)|Bowling Green Daily News]]|date=10 February 2018|access-date=18 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.jvpfh.com/obituary/4654018|title=Mota (M.E.) Young|work=Johnson-Vaughn-Phelps Funeral Home, Inc.|date=22 February 2018|access-date=18 July 2023}}</ref> |
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| Masao Matsumoto<br />Miyako (née Sonoda) Matsumoto |
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|40 |
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| 20 October 1937 |
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|Joseph ''Jo(z)e'' Zekulich<br>Rose ''Ruzha'' (née Beus) Zekulich<ref>{{cite web|url=http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/9509372/marriage-still-strong-80-years-on/|title=Marriage still strong, 80 years on|publisher=The West Australian|date=25 May 2011|accessdate=2 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.therecord.com.au/blog/midland-couple-celebrate-80-years-of-marriage/|title=Midland couple celebrate 80 years of marriage|publisher=The Record|date=26 May 2011|accessdate=2 September 2012|last=Spinks|first=Bridget}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kalamunda.inmycommunity.com.au/news-and-views/local-news/JOE-Zekulich-has/7624821/|title=Fruits of a good life|publisher=Kalamunda Reporter Community|date=12 June 2012|accessdate=2 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theaustralianbookofrecords.com/r199-australias_longest_married_couple_ever_-_rose_and_joe_zekulich.php|title=Australia's Longest Married Couple Ever - Rose and Joe Zekulich|publisher=The Australian Book of Records|year=2013|accessdate=17 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.westannouncements.com.au/obituaries/thewest-au/obituary.aspx?n=rose-zekulich&pid=168106881|title=Rose ZEKULICH|publisher=The West Australian|date=21 November 2013|accessdate=24 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.westannouncements.com.au/obituaries/thewest-au/obituary.aspx?pid=173104856|title=Joe ZEKULICH|publisher=The West Australian|date=10 November 2014|accessdate=14 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://echonewspaper.com.au/joe-zekulich-1907-2014/|title=Joe Zekulich 1907 – 2014|publisher=Echo Newspaper|date=21 November 2014|accessdate=14 December 2014}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1937|10|20|2019|5|17}} |
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|22 June 1907 – 8 November 2014<br>1914 – 18 November 2013 |
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| 17 May 2019<br />(Masao) |
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| [[Kagawa Prefecture|Kagawa]], Japan |
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|{{age in years and days|1931|5|25|2013|11|18}} |
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| Was recognized by ''Guinness World Record'' as "Oldest living married couple, aggregate age" in August 2018,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/09/05/national/secret-japanese-couples-80-years-marriage-wifes-patience/|title=Secret to Japanese couple's 80 years of marriage – wife's patience|newspaper=[[The Japan Times]]|agency=[[Reuters]]|date=5 September 2018|access-date=28 March 2019}}</ref> and as "Oldest married couple, aggregate age" on 17 May 2019{{efn|At the time of Masao Matsumoto's death, on 17 May 2019, he (born 9 July 1910) was aged 108 years and 312 days and his wife, Miyako Sonoda (born 24 November 1917), 101 years and 174 days: a combined age of 210 years and 121 days}} |
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|[[Western Australia]], [[Australia]] |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|last=Senda|first=Masakazu|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2018/8/couple-together-for-80-years-with-combined-age-of-208-set-oldest-living-married-c-535346|title=Couple together for 80 years with combined age of 208 set oldest living married couple record|publisher=Guinness World Records|date=8 August 2018|access-date=28 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201905210044.html|title=Family recalls husband in oldest married couple as living full life|newspaper=[[The Asahi Shimbun]]|date=21 May 2019|access-date=22 August 2019|archive-date=27 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527192600/http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201905210044.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| William Aaron Bruce<br />Georgette Nadine (née Holth) Bruce |
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| 19 June 1943 |
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| {{age in years and days|1943|6|19}} |
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| [[Indiana]], United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9M-XXVZ|title=Indiana Marriages 1811-2019 - William and Georgette Bruce|work=[[FamilySearch]]|access-date=23 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/holth/11/|title=Carter Henry Holth - 1894 Chicago, Ill.|website=genealogy.com|date=26 October 2009|access-date=23 June 2024}}</ref> |
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| Charles Abraham "Charlie" Muise<br />Anne Celina "Annie" (née Bourque) Muise |
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|41 |
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| 13 July 1942 |
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|Salus Fred William Newquest<br>Minnie Claude (née Pruitt) Newquest<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=xa4yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5O4FAAAAIBAJ&dq=salus-newquest&pg=5596%2C1466543|title=Diary|page=80|publisher=[[Ottawa Citizen]]|date=14 July 1982|accessdate=13 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19146066|title=Salus William Newquest|publisher=Find a Grave|date=29 April 2007|accessdate=8 May 2013|last=Dumas|first=Teresa}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19146077|title=Minnie Claude Pruitt Newquest|publisher=Find a Grave|date=29 April 2007|accessdate=8 May 2013|last=Dumas|first=Teresa}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1942|7|13|2024|1|23}} |
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|5 March 1881 – 11 July 1982<br>5 November 1887 – 18 July 1983 |
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| 23 January 2024<br />("Charlie") |
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| [[Nova Scotia]], Canada |
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|{{age in years and days|1900|1|20|1982|7|11}} |
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|Arkansas, United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|last1=Williams|first1=Cassie|last2=Palmeter|first2=Paul|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/sounthwest-nova-scotia-75th-wedding-anniversary-1.4202923|title=Couple celebrates 75 years of marriage without a major fight|work=[[CBC News]]|date=13 July 2017|access-date=23 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Comeau|first=Tina|url=https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/news/yarmouth-couple-charlie-annie-muise-both-100-celebrating-80th-wedding-anniversary-100752200/|title=Yarmouth couple Charlie & Annie Muise, both 100, celebrating 80th wedding anniversary Separated over three years during the war, they've lived a long life together|work=[[SaltWire Network]]|date=12 July 2022|access-date=15 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/yarmouth-couple-80-years-anniversary-annie-charlie-muise-1.6523896|title=Couple, both 100 years old, celebrate 80 years of marriage|work=CBC News|date=18 July 2022|access-date=23 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-RknZi5wD0|title=Meet the Nova Scotia centenarians who've been married 80 years|work=YouTube|date=21 July 2022|access-date=23 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Steeves|first=Shelley|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9947669/yarmouth-ns-couple-81st-wedding-anniversary/|title=Meet Anne and Charles, possibly the longest living married couple in Canada|work=[[Global News]]|date=8 September 2023|access-date=4 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huskilson.net/obituary/charles-charlie-muise|title=Obituary for Charles "Charlie" Abraham Muise (August 3, 1921-January 23, 2024)|work=H.M. Huskilson’s Funeral Home|date=23 January 2024|access-date=18 June 2024}}</ref> |
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| Roy Walter<br />Dorothy Walter |
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|42 |
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| 27 July 1942 |
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|Robert Myers Weeden, Sr.<br>Alice H. (née Horler) Weeden<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110615/NEWS/106150348|title=80 years of marriage, two lifetimes of love Couple celebrate 1931 nuptials|publisher=Recordonline|date=15 June 2011|accessdate=4 January 2012|last=Goldberg|first=Keith}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill/J2182-2013|title=J2182-2013: congratulating Mr. and Mrs. Robert Weeden Sr. upon the occasion of celebrating their 82nd Wedding Anniversary|publisher=New York Senate Government|date=5 June 2013|accessdate=23 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tributes.com/show/Robert-Myers-Weeden-96825930|title=Robert Myers Weeden, Sr.|publisher=Tributes|date=20 November 2013|accessdate=24 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Alice H. Weeden|url=http://www.recordonline.com/article/20150319/OBITUARIES/303199993/0/tablet&template=tabletart|accessdate=7 April 2015|agency=RecordOnline|date=19 March 2015}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1942|7|27|2024|2|4}} |
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|11 December 1912 – 20 November 2013<br>22 May 1912 – 18 March 2015 |
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| 4 February 2024<br />(Dorothy) |
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|15 June 1931 |
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| [[Wingham, Kent|Wingham]], United Kingdom |
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|{{age in years and days|1931|6|15|2013|11|20}} |
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| Marriage date recognized in 2017 article about their 75th wedding anniversary<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/celebrating-75-years-of-wedded-130041/|title=Tim and Dorothy Walter celebrate 75 years of marriage|newspaper=Kent Online|date=7 August 2017|access-date=7 December 2023}}</ref> |
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|New York, United States |
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|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Willis|first=Simon|url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/1669945649915724/posts/3503236309919973/|title=Happy birthday 🎂 to Dorothy Walter who is celebrating her 103rd year today and is the oldest resident in Wingham village. Congratulations to her.|work=Wingham Village|date=16 November 2023|access-date=21 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czq2zd6145xo|title=Couple celebrate 81st wedding anniversary|publisher=BBC News|date=6 December 2023|access-date=7 December 2023}}</ref><ref name="British couples"/> |
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|43 |
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|Elza M. Moses<br>Aletha Vivian (née Freese) Moses<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bcrnews.com/articles/2010/09/07/r_w7ee0celrt6ovfs5x2xbva/index.xml|title=Elza and Vivian Moses note 80th anniversary|publisher=Bureau County Republican|date=10 September 2010|accessdate=29 August 2011}}</ref><ref>"They've been married 80 years and is still going strong". [[Belleville News-Democrat]]. 27 March 2011.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bcrnews.com/2013/02/18/elza-moses/a7n3jzr/|title=Elza Moses|publisher=Bureau County Republican|date=18 February 2013|accessdate=21 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://newstrib.com/main.asp?SectionID=5&SubSectionID=42&ArticleID=33625|title=Vivian Moses|publisher=LaSalle News Tribune|date=24 December 2013|accessdate=15 January 2014}}</ref> |
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|26 September 1908 – 15 February 2013<br>10 September 1913 – 22 December 2013 |
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|15 September 1930 |
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|{{age in years and days|1930|9|15|2013|2|15}} |
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|Illinois, United States |
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| Reginald Louis Arthur "Jimmy/Reg" Woolgar<br />Doris Woolgar |
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|44 |
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| 30 August 1942 |
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|George L. Limpert, Sr.<br>Amelia (née Kwiatkowski) Limpert<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Love+story+legacy.-a0115078279|title=Love story legacy.|publisher=The Free Library|year=2004|accessdate=13 November 2010|author=American Opinion Publishing}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1942|8|30|2024|3|8}} |
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|25 February 1901 – 23 January 2004<br>11 October 1903 – 3 March 2005 |
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| 8 March 2024<br /> ("Jimmy/Reg") |
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|9 September 1921 |
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| [[Brighton]], United Kingdom |
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|{{age in years and days|1921|9|9|2004|1|23}} |
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| |
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|[[Missouri]], United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|last=Nicholson|first=Savannah|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23428670.brighton-husband-wife-uks-oldest-couple/|title=Brighton husband and wife could be UK's oldest couple|newspaper=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|date=2 April 2023|access-date=25 September 2023}}</ref><ref name="British couples"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marketplace/advert/woolgar-notices_56305|title=Announcements WOOLGAR|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=8 March 2024|access-date=25 June 2024}}</ref> |
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|- bgcolor="99FF99" |
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|45 |
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| Roy Ward<br />Freda Ward |
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|Zhang Mucheng<br>Xu Dongying<ref name=shanghai1>{{cite web|url=http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/Metro/2011/03/04/3%2Bcentenarian%2Blocal%2Bcouples/|title=3 centenarian local couples|publisher=[[Shanghai Daily]]|date=3 March 2011|accessdate=4 March 2011|last=Feiran|first=Lu}}</ref><ref name=shanghai2>{{cite web|url=http://china.org.cn/china/2013-03/11/content_28199037.htm|title=Combined age of couple 209|publisher=China.org|date=11 March 2013|accessdate=26 May 2013}}</ref><ref name=shanghai3>{{cite web|url=http://english.cri.cn/6909/2013/03/13/2702s753504.htm|title=Centenarian couple become cewebrities|publisher=CRI English|date=13 March 2013|accessdate=30 March 2013}}</ref> |
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| 1 July 1943 |
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|January 1909 – <br>January 1908 – |
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| {{age in years and days|1943|7|1}} |
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|October 1930 |
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| |
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|≥{{age in years and days|1930|10|31|2013|3|13}} |
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| [[Bilton, Warwickshire|Bilton]], United Kingdom |
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|Living in Shanghai, China |
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| |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|last=Grainger|first=John|url=https://thestrayferret.co.uk/bilton-couple-set-to-celebrate-80-years-of-marriage/|title=Bilton couple set to celebrate 80 years of marriage|publisher=The Stray Ferret|date=7 June 2023|access-date=21 February 2024}}</ref> |
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| Vern(on) Howard Stinebaugh<br />Angela Mae (née Sollenberger) Stinebaugh |
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|46 |
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| 19 August 1942 |
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|Dr. Mendel Sherman<br>Martha M. (née Steinkamp) Sherman<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mydigimag.rrd.com/display_article.php?id=425267|title=Indiana Alumni Magazine — July/August 2010|publisher=Indiana Alumni Magazine|date=July–August 2010|accessdate=9 May 2012|last=Elliott|first=Bill}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.robinsonfuneralhomes.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=1589035&fh_id=10720|title=Martha Steinkamp Sherman|publisher=Robinson Funeral Homes|date=12 September 2012|accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=115369555|title=Mendel Sherman|publisher=Find a Grave|date=13 August 2013|accessdate=3 November 2013}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1942|8|19|2024|2|16}} |
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|19 March 1910 – 31 October 2012<br>19 April 1911 – 12 September 2012 |
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| 16 February 2024<br />(Angela Mae) |
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|13 May 1930 |
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| Pennsylvania, United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1930|5|13|2012|9|12}} |
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| Recognized as the longest marriage in the state |
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|[[South Carolina]], United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite news|last=Marsalas|first=Kimberly|url=https://lancasteronline.com/features/lancaster-county-centenarians-77-year-love-story-continues/article_1541e4c2-5724-11e9-a1fe-27005d79fb34.html|title=Lancaster County centenarians' 77-year love story continues|work=LancasterOnline|date=6 April 2019|access-date=3 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Howard|first=Josslyn|url=https://www.wgal.com/article/lancaster-county-couple-celebrates-80th-wedding-anniversary/40944083|title=Lancaster County couple celebrates 80th wedding anniversary|work=[[WGAL]]|date=19 August 2022|access-date=15 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.manchester.edu/alumni-welcome-home/news-media/mu-alumni-news/newsletter/manchester-newsletter-september-2022/making-beautiful-music|title=Making beautiful music|website=www.manchester.edu|date=September 2022|access-date=3 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lancasteronline.com/obituaries/deaths/deaths-reported-for-feb-25-2024/article_16ed1a51-403b-5cf0-9837-c390f5b23dc7.html|title=Deaths Reported for Feb 25, 2024|work=LancasterOnline|date=25 February 2024|access-date=3 August 2024}}</ref> |
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|- style="background:#fbceb1;" |
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|47 |
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|Isalino Miranda Costa<br>Elvira (née Mendes) Miranda Costa<ref name=miranda1>{{cite web|url=http://www.arquimoc.org.br/noticias.php?id=4108|title=BODAS DE CARVALHO EM TAIOBEIRAS - Casal completa 80 anos de matrimônio Com 100 anos de vida cada, sendo 80 de matrimônio, casal taiobeirense é exemplo para o Brasil|language=Portuguese|publisher=Arquidiocese de Montes Claros|date=7 January 2012|accessdate=6 July 2012}}</ref><ref name=miranda2>{{cite web|url=http://fantastico.globo.com/Jornalismo/FANT/0,,MUL1677838-15605,00-CASAL+CENTENARIO+COMEMORA+ANOS+DE+CASAMENTO+EM+MINAS+GERAIS.html|title=Casal Centenário comemora 80 anos de casamento em Minas Gerais|language=Portuguese|publisher=[[Globo TV]]|date=16 January 2012|accessdate=6 July 2012}}</ref><ref name=miranda3>{{cite web|url=http://www.hojeemdia.com.br/minas/casal-centenario-comemora-80-anos-de-uni-o-1.394281|title=Casal Centenário comemora 80 anos de união|language=Portuguese|publisher=Jornal Hoje em Dia|date=17 January 2012|accessdate=6 April 2012}}</ref> |
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|2 December 1911 – <br>17 April 1912 – 31 May 2014 |
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|31 January 1932 |
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|{{age in years and days|1932|1|31|2014|5|31}} |
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|Living in [[Minas Gerais]], [[Brazil]] |
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| Wallace P. Menard<br />Gladys (née Broussard) Menard |
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|48 |
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| 17 September 1938 |
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|Edmund S. Sobieski<br>Genevieve (née Skumurski) Sobieski<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SDGB&p_theme=sdgb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1110FB2794356789&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Edmund S. Sobieski, 107, noted for longest marriage in America|publisher=[[The Daily Gazette]]|date=5 July 2000|accessdate=23 November 2010}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1938|9|17|2020|3|12}} |
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|1 March 1893 – 3 July 2000<br>9 March 1896 – 25 January 1999 |
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| 12 March 2020<br /> (Wallace P.) |
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|13 January 1917 |
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| Louisiana, United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1917|1|13|1999|1|25}} |
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| Recognized by the Louisiana Family Forum in 2018 and 2019 |
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|New York, United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|last=Allen|first=Renee|url=https://www.klfy.com/local/90-plus-duson-couple-celebrates-79-years-of-marriage/|title=90 Plus: Duson couple celebrates 79 years of marriage|publisher=[[KLFY-TV|KLFY]]|date=15 February 2018|access-date=29 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Breidenbach|first=Abby|url=https://www.katc.com/news/2018/09/20/couple-celebrates-80-years-of-marriage-and-love/|title=Couple celebrates 80 years of marriage and love|publisher=KATC|date=20 September 2018|access-date=29 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.katc.com/news/around-acadiana/lafayette-parish/2019/02/13/duson-couple-recognized-as-oldest-married-couple-in-louisiana/|title=Duson couple recognized as longest married couple in Louisiana|publisher=KATC|date=13 February 2019|access-date=29 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Fitzgerald|first=Zachary|url=https://www.stmarynow.com/news-local/morgan-city-couples-among-la%E2%80%99s-longest-married|title=MORGAN CITY COUPLES AMONG LA.'S LONGEST MARRIED|publisher=St. Mary Now|date=14 February 2019|access-date=29 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.delhommefuneralhome.com/obituaries/Wallace-Menard/#!/Obituary|title=Wallace Menard|work=Delhomme Funeral Home|date=12 March 2020|access-date=29 June 2024}}</ref> |
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| Isaac Benjamin Williams<br />Ima Jewel (née Alverson) Williams |
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|49 |
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| 4 September 1937 |
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|James Frederick Burgess<br>Sarah Ann (née Gregory) Burgess<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=yfsiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QM0FAAAAIBAJ&dq=81st-wedding-anniversary&pg=3373%2C4622431|title=Couple Marks 81st Anniversary|page=3|publisher=[[The Palm Beach Post]]|date=23 June 1963|accessdate=31 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=OX0sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_swEAAAAIBAJ&dq=married%20for-82-years&pg=3919%2C3896460|title=Married 82 Years, Wife Dies at 99|page=1|publisher=Herald-Journal|date=25 June 1965|accessdate=23 November 2010|author=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.henrykaye.co.uk/Weird-and-Wonderful-Wedding-Facts-2|title=WEIRD AND WONDERFUL WEDDING FACTS|publisher=Henry Kaye|accessdate=23 November 2010}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1937|9|4|2019|2|10}} |
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|3 March 1861 – 1966<br>11 July 1865 – 23 June 1965 |
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| 10 February 2019<br /> (Isaac Benjamin) |
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|21 June 1883 |
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| Arkansas, United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1883|6|21|1965|6|23}} |
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| Recognized by "The Family Council", a Christian society, in 2018 |
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|England, United Kingdom |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kark.com/news/family-council-to-honor-arkansas-longest-married-couples/|title=Family Council to Honor Arkansas' Longest Married Couples|publisher=[[KARK-TV|KARK]]|date=6 February 2018|access-date=30 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kark.com/news/local-news/arkansas-couples-married-for-70-years/|title=Arkansas Couples Married for 70+ Years|publisher=KARK|date=20 February 2019|access-date=30 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Monk|first=Ginny|url=https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2018/mar/20/endless-love-20180320/|title=Endless love: Arkansas couple married for 80 years, along with 9 others, honored at Governor's Mansion|newspaper=Arkansas Democratic Gazette|date=20 March 2018|access-date=30 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mortimerfh.com/obituaries/Isaac-Benjamin-Williams?obId=4158000|title=Isaac Benjamin Williams|work=Mortimer Funeral Home|date=10 February 2019|access-date=30 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mortimerfh.com/obituaries/Ima-Jewel-Williams?obId=21590426|title=Ima Jewel Williams|work=Mortimer Funeral Home|date=29 June 2021|access-date=30 June 2024}}</ref> |
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| James Garfield Stephenson Sr.<br />Gussie Mae (née Shirlee) Stephenson |
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|50 |
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| 25 December 1939 |
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|Lee Hoon-yo<br>Kim Bong-geum<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lists101.his.com/pipermail/smartmarriages/2001-October/000817.html|title=LONGEST MARRIAGE: Oldest Couple Celebrate 82nd Anniversary|publisher=Mailing Lists|date=25 October 2001|accessdate=23 November 2010}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1939|12|25|2021|4|9}} |
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|1909/10 – ?<br>1905/06 – ? |
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| 9 April 2021<br />(Gussie Mae) |
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|25 October 1919 |
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| Arkansas, United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1919|10|25|2001|10|25}}+<br>(as of 25 October 2001) |
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|[[Chungbuk]], Korea |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2014/jan/05/anniversaries-20140105/|title=Anniversaries|newspaper=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette|date=5 January 2014|access-date=7 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=[[Carlton Wing]]|url=https://www.facebook.com/carltonwingarkansas/posts/here-is-something-to-celebrate-in-north-little-rock-gussie-and-james-stephenson-/1613726785388647/|title=Here is something to celebrate in North Little Rock! Gussie and James Stephenson were honored by Governor Asa Hutchinson for being one of the ten longest marriages in the state. 78 YEARS! Back in 1939 they got married on Christmas Day. Their gift to us is a wonderful story of love and devotion and a great family.|website=[[Facebook]]|date=21 February 2018|access-date=7 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.superiorfuneralservices.com/obituary/Gussie-Stephenson|title=Official Obituary of Gussie Mae Stephenson|work=Superior Funeral Services|date=9 April 2021|access-date=7 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/obituaries/2021/apr/22/gussie-stephenson-2021-04-22/|title=Gussie Mae Stephenson|newspaper=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette|date=22 April 2021|access-date=7 July 2024}}</ref> |
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| Irving Black<br />Dorothy Black |
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|51 |
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| 11 November 1940 |
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|Amos Marshall Pitner<br>Sarah (née Cusick) Pitner<ref>{{cite web|url=http://genforum.genealogy.com/pitner/messages/140.html|title=PITNER Family of East Tennessee|publisher=GenForum|date=9 May 2009|accessdate=25 November 2010|last=Pitner|first=Keith}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1940|11|11|2022|2|11}} |
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|12 September 1897 – 24 May 2001<br>27 March 1899 – 19 April 1999 |
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| 11 February 2022<br />(Dorothy) |
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|21 April 1917 |
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| New York, United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1917|4|21|1999|4|19}} |
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|Tennessee, United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|last=Morales|first=Chloe|url=https://patch.com/new-york/bayside/bayside-senior-center-residents-celebrate-100th-birthdays|title=ICYMI: The Secret To Living Past 100, According To 3 NYC Super-Seniors "When I was a little girl, my mother told me that 'good girls don't go dancing.' But I did."|work=[[Patch.com]]|date=28 July 2017|access-date=3 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Monteverdi|first=Suzanne|url=https://qns.com/2017/07/want-live-100-three-bayside-centenarians-share-secrets-birthday-party/|title=Want to live to be over 100? These three Bayside centenarians share their secrets at birthday party|website=Qns.com|date=31 July 2017|access-date=3 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Martinez|first=Gina|url=https://qns.com/2017/08/three-seniors-over-100-celebrate-their-good-fortune-at-bayside-senior-center/|title=Three seniors over 100 celebrate their good fortune at Bayside Senior Center|website=Qns.com|date=4 August 2017|access-date=3 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Monteverdi|first=Suzanne|url=https://qns.com/2017/10/bank-throws-party-bayside-man-recently-celebrated-103rd-birthday/|title=This bank throws a party for a Bayside man who recently celebrated his 103rd birthday|website=Qns.com|date=10 October 2017|access-date=3 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.qchron.com/editions/north/say-hello-to-the-century-club/article_4a51c353-52c9-5778-95a2-58107335bb20.html|title=Say hello to the Century Club|newspaper=[[Queens Chronicle]]|date=30 August 2018|access-date=3 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.qchron.com/editions/queenswide/meet-bayside-s-century-club/article_67510e48-eb20-542f-8a71-de9e5ca58011.html|title=Meet Bayside's Century Club|newspaper=Queens Chronicle|date=25 July 2019|access-date=3 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/brooklyn-ny/dorothy-black-10585468|title=Dorothy Black|work=Dignity Memorial|date=11 February 2022|access-date=3 April 2022}}</ref> |
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| Chester A. "Chet" Pish<br />Martha M. (née Kuchinski) Pish |
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|52 |
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| 23 May 1942 |
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|Oliver Perry Sullens, Sr.<br>Katherine ''Katie'' (née Weickum) Sullens<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=xSUlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0Q4GAAAAIBAJ&dq=82nd-wedding-anniversary&pg=743%2C2493239|title=O. Perry Sullens|page=4|publisher=Nowata Star|date=2 June 1999|accessdate=25 November 2010}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1942|5|23|2023|8|20}} |
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|7 September 1892 – 23 May 1999<br>5 January 1899 – 21 December 1999 |
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| 20 August 2023<br/>("Chet") |
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|2 June 1917 |
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| Pennsylvania, United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1917|6|2|1999|5|23}} |
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| Previously recognized as the longest marriage in the state |
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|Oklahoma, United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|last=Dennis|first=Marian|url=https://www.pottsmerc.com/2019/07/27/wedded-bliss-pottstown-couple-celebrates-77-years-of-marriage/|title=Wedded bliss: Pottstown couple celebrates 77 years of marriage|newspaper=[[The Mercury (Pennsylvania)|The Mercury]]|date=27 July 2019|access-date=11 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXX5shVRFdk|title=Ciresi: Celebrating Chester and Martha Pish|work=YouTube|date=23 May 2022|access-date=14 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Brandt|first=Evan|url=https://www.pottsmerc.com/2022/05/31/pottstown-couple-feted-for-80-years-of-marriage-longest-in-pa/|title=Pottstown couple feted for 80 years of marriage, longest in Pennsylvania Chester and Martha Pish will both turn 100 next year|newspaper=The Mercury|date=31 May 2022|access-date=14 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Tarlecki|first=Christine|url=https://montco.today/2022/06/pottstown-martha-chester-pish-8-decades/|title=Pottstown's Longest Married Couple in PA Celebrates Eight Decades Together|work=Montgomery County Today|date=4 June 2022|access-date=11 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/chester-pish-obituary?id=52854724|title=Chester A. Pish|date=20 August 2023|access-date=21 September 2023|via=Legacy.com}}</ref> |
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| Adolph Velasquez<br />Lucia "Lucy" (née Ramirez) Velasquez |
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|53 |
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| 17 July 1942 |
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|Willis Clyde Barnes<br>Marie Kathrine (née Bullock) Barnes<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=4316463|title=Couple celebrates 80th wedding anniversary|publisher=KSL TV|date=20 September 2008|accessdate=7 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700008746/Couple-celebrate-82-years-of-valentines.html|title=Couple celebrate 82 years of valentines|publisher=[[Deseret News]]|date=11 February 2010|accessdate=25 November 2010|last=Free|first=Cathy}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Willis-Clyde-Barnes-89378611|title=Willis Clyde Barnes|publisher=Tributes|date=3 September 2010|accessdate=18 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hosting-22358.tributes.com/show/Marie-Kathrine-Barnes-93211775|title=Marie Kathrine Barnes|publisher=Leavitt's Mortuary|date=6 February 2012|accessdate=18 October 2015}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1942|7|17|2023|9|19}} |
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|12 December 1909 – 3 September 2010<br>17 July 1913 – 6 February 2012 |
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| 19 September 2023<br />("Lucy") |
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| [[Missouri]], United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1928|9|20|2010|9|3}} |
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|[[Utah]], United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|last=DelasBour|first=Leslie|url=https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/good-news-for-everyone/i-just-kind-of-fell-in-love-with-her-adolph-lucy-velasquez-celebrate-80-years-of-marriage|title=Kansas City couple celebrates 80 years of marriage|publisher=[[KSHB-TV|KSHB]]|date=17 July 2022|access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/kansas-city-mo/lucy-velasquez-11467935|title=Lucy R. Velasquez|work=Dignity Memorial|date=19 September 2023|access-date=21 September 2023}}</ref> |
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| Arnold Bell<br />Kathleen "Kathy" Bell |
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| 16 November 1943 |
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| {{age in years and days|1943|11|16}} |
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| |
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| [[Prudhoe]], England |
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| |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|last=Finnigan|first=Natalie|url=https://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/news/23935383.101-year-old-prudhoe-couple-marks-oak-wedding-anniversary/|title=101-year-old Prudhoe couple marks oak wedding anniversary|newspaper=[[Hexham Courant]]|date=1 December 2023|access-date=21 February 2024}}</ref> |
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| Warren Clinton Snell<br />Arline (née Larson) Snell |
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|54 |
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| 25 February 1940 |
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|Richard S. ''Dick'' Masters<br>Eloise (née Williams) Masters<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wnep.com/2013/02/15/couple-in-susquehanna-county-married-80-years/|title=Couple In Susquehanna County Married 80 Years|publisher=WNEP|date=15 February 2013|accessdate=16 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/independentweekender/obituary.aspx?pid=173549476|title=Eloise W. Masters|publisher=Susquehanna County Independent|date=21 December 2014|accessdate=18 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bartronmyerfuneralhome.com/tribute/details/129/Richard_S_Masters/obituary.html#tribute-start|title=In Memory of Richard S. Masters 1914 - 2015|publisher=Bartron Myer Funeral Home|date=26 September 2015|accessdate=18 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-times-tribune/20151004/282003261244411/TextView|title=Richard S. Masters dies at 101|publisher=The Times-Tribune|date=4 October 2015|accessdate=21 October 2015}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1940|2|25|2021|3|17}} |
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|14 June 1914 – 26 September 2015<br>15 October 1916 – 10 December 2014 |
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| 17 March 2021<br />(Warren Clinton) |
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|28 December 1932 |
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| Iowa, United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1932|12|28|2014|12|10}} |
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|Pennsylvania, United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eu.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2020/02/13/iowa-couple-celebrate-their-80th-wedding-anniversary/4729978002/|title='We're good friends as well as in love': Happiness abounds between Iowa couple married almost 80 years|newspaper=The Des Moines Register|date=13 February 2020|access-date=6 September 2020}}</ref> |
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| [[André Debry|André Léon Alphonse Debry]]<br />Marguerite Céline (née Pingaud) Debry |
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|55 |
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| 12 August 1924 |
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|George Édouard Delphin Hébert<br>Georgette (née Hache) Hébert<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paris-normandie.fr/article/societe/les-hebert-deux-fois-104-ans|title=Les Hébert, deux fois 104 ans|language=French|publisher=Paris-Normandie|date=11 November 2010|accessdate=17 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.limpartial-andelys.fr/2013/05/02/perriers-sur-andelle-georgette-hebert-est-decedee-elle-avait-106-ans/|title=Georgette Hébert est décédée, elle avait 106 ans|language=French|publisher=Limpartial-Andelys|date=2 May 2013|accessdate=15 June 2013}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1924|8|12|2005|8|31}} |
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|26 October 1906 – 6 December 2010<br>17 December 1906 – 23 April 2013 |
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| 31 August 2005<br />(André Léon Alphonse) |
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|5 January 1929 |
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| [[Sète]], France |
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|{{age in years and days|1929|1|5|2010|12|6}} |
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| He was one of the last surviving World War I veterans in France and received the [[Legion d'Honneur]] |
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|[[Normandy]], [[France]] |
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| <ref>{{cite web|last=Henley|first=Jon|title=Oldest couple missed by record book|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/jul/25/france.jonhenley|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=13 October 2024|date=24 July 2005}}</ref> |
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|- style="background:#fbceb1;" |
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|56 |
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|Cal(vin) M. Blouch, Sr.<br>Josephine R. (née White) Blouch<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ldnews.com/announcements/ci_20240356/80-years|title=Blouchs celebrate 80 years! Local couple married in 1932|publisher=[[Lebanon Daily News]]|date=28 March 2012|accessdate=28 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=ID&feature=relmfu&hl=id&v=0uSPO8jLfhQ|title=Couple celebrates 80th wedding anniversary|publisher=[[YouTube]]|date=7 May 2012|accessdate=28 June 2012|last=Gish|first=Jere}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ldnews.com/announcements/ci_22850878/lebanon-county-couple-married-81-years|title=Lebanon County couple married 81 years; likely 2nd-longest married U.S. couple|publisher=Lebanon Daily News|date=22 March 2013|accessdate=18 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stjameslebanon.org/September2013Journal.pdf|title=Homebound or In Nursing Homes|page=3|publisher=St James Lutheran Church|date=1 September 2013|accessdate=7 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christmansfuneralhome.com/obits/obituary.php?id=536433|title=Calvin M. "Cal" Blouch, Sr.|publisher=Christman's Funeral Home|date=20 February 2014|accessdate=24 March 2014}}</ref> |
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|1 October 1910 – 20 February 2014<br>1914 – |
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|26 March 1932 |
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|{{age in years and days|1932|3|26|2014|2|20}} |
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|Living in Pennsylvania, United States |
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| Roger Lee Kunkle<br />Beverly B. (née Robinson) Kunkle |
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|57 |
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| 6 August 1943 |
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|Ernest A. Scott<br>Maud (née Seidler) Scott<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=BfEvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=I_0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2191,6769443|title=Pair to mark marathon marriage|page=2|publisher=[[The Ledger]]|date=11 June 1989|accessdate=25 November 2010|last=Wilstein|first=Steve (Associated Press)}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1943|8|6|2024|8|16}} |
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|1 September 1887 – August 1992<br>20 October 1891 – 12 May 1991 |
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| 16 August 2024<br />(Roger Lee) |
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|16 June 1909 |
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| Ohio, United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1909|6|16|1991|5|12}} |
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|California, United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wtol.com/article/life/heartwarming/fulton-county-couple-celebrates-80th-anniversary-with-family/512-f3d65d50-9261-4150-8e69-dbd31ad7c6bf|title=Fulton County couple celebrates 80th anniversary with family and friends|website=wtol.com|date=7 August 2023|access-date=7 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://andersonfuneralservices.com/obituaries/Roger-Lee-Kunkle?obId=32788281|title=Roger Lee Kunkle Obituary|work=Anderson-Marry Funeral Home|date=16 August 2024|access-date=30 November 2024}}</ref> |
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|- bgcolor="99FF99" |
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| Leroy Kayser<br />Julia Kayser |
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| 8 January 1944 |
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| {{age in years and days|1944|1|8}} |
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| New York, United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|last=Sampson|first=Christine|url=https://www.easthamptonstar.com/villages/202414/east-hampton-couple-celebrates-80-years-marriage|title=East Hampton Couple Celebrates 80 Years of Marriage|newspaper=[[The East Hampton Star]]|date=4 January 2024|access-date=21 February 2024}}</ref> |
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|- bgcolor="99FF99" |
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| Joseph Migné<br />Yolande (née Renaudineau) Migné |
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| 10 January 1944 |
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| {{age in years and days|1944|1|10}} |
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| [[La Garnache]], France |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/vendee/a-99-et-101-ans-yolande-et-joseph-ont-fete-leurs-80-ans-de-mariage-4389c47c-b15f-11ee-9bdc-a0e9b0e7f771|title=À 99 et 101 ans, Yolande et Joseph ont fêté leurs quatre-vingts ans de mariage|newspaper=[[Ouest-France]]|date=12 January 2024|access-date=11 July 2024|language=fr}}</ref> |
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|- bgcolor="99FF99" |
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| Raymond Johnson<br />Mary Johnson |
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| 11 January 1944 |
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| {{age in years and days|1944|1|11}} |
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| Florida, United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|last=McCormick|first=Keeley|url=https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-pinellas/st-pete-couple-married-79-years-shares-secret-to-a-lifetime-of-love|title=St. Pete couple married 79 years shares secret to a lifetime of love This is Ray and Mary Johnson's 79th Valentines together|publisher=ABC Action News|date=14 February 2023|access-date=2 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Muller|first=Brittany|url=https://www.wfla.com/news/pinellas-county/every-night-he-says-i-love-you-st-pete-couple-celebrates-80th-anniversary/|title='Every night, he says I love you': St. Pete couple celebrates 80th anniversary|publisher=[[WFLA-TV|WFLA]]|date=8 January 2024|access-date=2 July 2024}}</ref> |
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| Michael Nikolaus<br />Katharina Nikolaus |
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|58 |
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| 26 December 1924 |
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|Peter Peterson<br>Celestia (née Terry) Peterson<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uKkpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=L_cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5349,6490555&dq=celestia+peter+peterson&hl=en|title=Plans Set for 100th Birthday|page=42|publisher=Spokane Daily Chronicle|date=26 September 1960|accessdate=25 November 2010|author=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=YQMvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=d6oFAAAAIBAJ&dq=82nd-wedding-anniversary&pg=6623%2C2106775|title=Man Dies Just Prior To 82nd Anniversary|page=1|publisher=[[The Item]]|date=29 October 1960|accessdate=25 November 2010|author=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=Rf0rAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ssYEAAAAIBAJ&dq=82nd-wedding-anniversary&pg=742%2C1057528|title=Nation's Longest Wed Couple Die One Year Apart|page=17|publisher=TimesDaily|date=8 November 1961|accessdate=25 November 2010|author=Associated Press}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1924|12|26|2005|12|19}} |
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|27 September 1860 – 27 October 1960<br>28 December 1860 – 1 November 1961 |
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| 19 December 2005<br />(Katharina) |
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| [[Siegen]], Germany |
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|{{age in years and days|1878|12|11|1960|10|27}} |
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|Utah, United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.siebenbuerger.de/zeitung/artikel/alteartikel/2826-michael-nikolaus-wurde-103-jahre-alt.html|title=Michael Nikolaus wurde 103 Jahre alt|newspaper=Siebenbürgische Zeitung|date=28 January 2004|access-date=11 September 2022|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.inside-siegen.de/onlinenews2.php?id=2714&s|title=Michael Nikolaus wird 104 Jahre|newspaper=inside-siegen.de|date=3 January 2005|access-date=10 June 2020|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.siebenbuerger.de/zeitung/artikel/alteartikel/4378-aeltestes-ehepaar-der-welt.html|title=Ältestes Ehepaar der Welt|newspaper=Siebenbürgische Zeitung|date=5 July 2005|access-date=10 June 2020|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.siebenbuerger.de/zeitung/artikel/verschiedenes/6198-aeltester-siebenbuerger-sachse-tot.html|title=Ältester Siebenbürger Sachse tot|newspaper=Siebenbürgische Zeitung|date=3 March 2007|access-date=10 June 2020|language=de}}</ref> |
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|- style="background:#fbceb1;" |
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|59 |
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|T(h)e(o)d(ore) C. Rortvedt<br>Alice Irene (née Lenz) Rortvedt<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hngnews.com/deforest_times/news/article_407834e9-32ac-5e77-9774-3b9478189d7e.htm|title=100 years old, ready for more Ted Rortvedt was married in 1932, retired in 1972|publisher=DeForest Times-Tribune|date=21 December 2011|accessdate=12 March 2014|last=Gasper|first=Shari}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2144855/Wisconsin-couple-celebrate-EIGHTY-years-happy-marriage.html|title='I liked him because he had a car': Couple celebrate EIGHTY years of happy marriage|publisher=[[Daily Mail]]|date=15 May 2012|accessdate=4 June 2012|last=Rand|first=Hannah}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hngnews.com/deforest_times/news/article_09b9d48a-c26e-5a22-a8a4-467c47ee4853.html|title=80 years of wedded bliss Ted and Alice Rortvedt were married in 1932|publisher=DeForest Times-Tribune|date=16 May 2012|accessdate=12 March 2014|last=Gasper|first=Shari}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ryanfuneralservice.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=2455067&fh_id=10436|title=Alice Irene Rortvedt|publisher=Ryan Funeral Home & Cremation Services|date=14 March 2014|accessdate=24 March 2014}}</ref> |
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|14 December 1911 –<br>5 March 1914 – 14 March 2014 |
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|9 May 1932 |
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|{{age in years and days|1932|5|9|2014|3|14}} |
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|Living in [[Wisconsin]], United States |
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| Ronald "Ron" Golightly<br />Beryl Golightly |
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|60 |
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| 8 January 1941 |
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|William James DeCaro<br>Anna Marie (née Tomulis) DeCaro<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.philly.com/2011-04-22/news/29463448_1_madam-duvall-s-dance-school-husband-boss|title=Marie DeCaro, 101, ex-vaudevillian|publisher=Philly.com|date=22 April 2011|accessdate=18 May 2010|last=Downey|first=Sally A. ([[The Philadelphia Inquirer]])}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/delcotimes/obituary.aspx?n=william-james-decaro&pid=150851632|title=William James DeCaro|publisher=[[Delaware County Daily Times|The Daily Times]]|date=8 May 2011|accessdate=29 May 2011}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1941|1|8|2021|12|23}} |
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|31 March 1909 – 28 April 2011<br>20 October 1909 – 15 April 2011 |
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| 23 December 2021<br />("Ron") |
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|20 June 1929 |
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| [[Harrogate]], United Kingdom |
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|{{age in years and days|1929|6|20|2011|4|15}} |
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|Pennsylvania, United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|last=Chalmers|first=Graham|url=https://www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk/news/people/harrogate-couple-celebrate-80th-wedding-anniversary-after-meeting-before-second-world-war-3104650|title=Harrogate couple celebrate 80th wedding anniversary after meeting before Second World War|newspaper=Harrogate Advertiser|date=19 January 2021|access-date=8 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/uk/obituaries/harrogateadvertiser-uk/name/ronald-golightly-obituary?id=46925424|title=Ronald GOLIGHTLY Obituary|newspaper=Legacy Harrogate Advertiser|date=31 December 2021|access-date=15 May 2024|via=Legacy.com}}</ref> |
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| George Dennis<br />Louise Dennis |
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| 4 February 1944 |
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| {{age in years and days|1944|2|4}} |
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| [[Alabama]], United States |
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| Recognized as the longest marriage in the state |
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| <ref>{{cite web|last=Clark|first=Erin|url=https://people.com/alabama-couple-celebrates-80th-wedding-anniversary-shares-secrets-to-marriage-8575672/|title=Alabama Couple Celebrates 80th Wedding Anniversary and Shares Secret to Their Lasting Marriage|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=10 February 2024|access-date=21 February 2024}}</ref> |
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| Loyd Monroe Collins<br />Evelyn Eunice (née Garlington) Collins |
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|61 |
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| 11 August 1934 |
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|Orbin Jack Hoffer<br>Dorothy (née Stahly) Hoffer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2002/SRESP/SR0008.html|title=SENATE RESOLUTION|publisher=[[Outdoor Indiana Magazine]]|year=2002|accessdate=25 November 2010}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1934|8|11|2015|7|10}} |
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|28 September 1898 – 29 November 2002<br>26 October 1902 – 11 November 2006 |
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| 10 July 2015<br />(Evelyn Eunice) |
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|14 February 1921 |
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| Louisiana, United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1921|2|14|2002|11|29}} |
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| Recognized by the Louisiana Family Forum in 2012 |
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|[[Indiana]], United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|last=Grant|first=Tim|url=https://www.lafamilyforum.org/2012-longest-married-hall-of-fame/|title=2012 Longest Married Hall of Fame|publisher=Louisiana Family Forum|date=21 February 2012|access-date=21 October 2019|archive-date=21 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021195538/https://www.lafamilyforum.org/2012-longest-married-hall-of-fame/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| William Henry Wilcher<br />Juanita Wilcher |
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|rowspan=2|62 |
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| 12 May 1941 |
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|William Lester Plummer<br>Nora Evelyn (née Martin) Plummer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills041/hlrbillspdf/6417C.01.pdf|title=House Resolution No. 4613|publisher=[[Missouri House of Representatives]]|date=6 November 2003|accessdate=25 November 2010|last=Hanaway|first=Catherine L.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyjournalonline.com/articles/2009/11/12/farmington/aroundtown/doc4afb8f604d0ef326289056.txt|title="One for the Books" anniversary|publisher=Farmington Press|date=12 November 2009|accessdate=25 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cozeanfuneralhome.com/sitemaker/sites/COZEAN1/obit.cgi?user=1539_LPlummer440|title=Lester Plummer|publisher=Cozean Funeral Home|date=19 August 2010|accessdate=8 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cozeanfuneralhome.com/sitemaker/sites/COZEAN1/obit.cgi?user=689357Plummer|title=Nora Evelyn Plummer|publisher=Cozean Funeral Home|date=20 August 2012|accessdate=8 December 2012}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1941|5|12|2022|3|20}} |
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|19 March 1910 – 19 August 2010<br>8 November 1911 – 20 August 2012 |
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| 20 March 2022<br />(William Henry) |
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|10 November 1928 |
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| Virginia, United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1928|11|10|2010|8|19}} |
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|Missouri, United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|last=Peters|first=Laura|url=https://eu.newsleader.com/story/news/2021/05/11/craigsville-couple-survives-covid-and-celebrates-80-years-marriage/5019378001/|title=In their 80th year of marriage, COVID struck a Craigsville couple. A week later, they were together again.|date=10 May 2021|access-date=21 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/william-wilcher-obituary?id=33748446|title=William Henry Wilcher|date=20 March 2022|access-date=24 March 2022|via=Legacy.com}}</ref> |
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| Orvel Sherrill<br />Virginia Lee Sherrill |
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|Marlo Keith Schermerhorn<br>Cleta Belle (née Dromgoole) Schermerhorn<ref>{{cite web|url=http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill/J6429-2009|title=J6429-2009: congratulating Marlo Schermerhorn upon the occasion of celebrating his 100th Birthday on July 6, 2010|publisher=New York Senate Government|date=6 July 2010|accessdate=5 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.berkshireeagle.com/ci_21008480/couple-together-80-years|title=Couple together for 80 years|publisher=The Berkshire Eagle|date=5 July 2012|accessdate=5 July 2012|last=Korman|first=Amanda}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lancasterbee.com/news/2012-07-12/Local_News/Schermerhorns_celebrate_80th_wedding_anniversary.html|title=Schermerhorns celebrate 80th wedding anniversary|publisher=Lancaster Bee|date=12 July 2012|accessdate=12 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ithaca.edu/icview/stories/a-love-for-the-ages-33001/#.UdILZj--aVp|title=A Love for the Ages|publisher=Ithaca College View|date=8 October 2012|accessdate=2 July 2013|last=Kaiser|first=Allison}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stjohnslanc.org/uploads/June%202013.pdf|title=Marlo & Cleta Schermerhorn - 81 years June 29th|page=19|publisher=St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church|date=6 June 2013|accessdate=22 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/berkshire/obituary.aspx?n=cleta-schermerhorn&pid=170631508|title=Cleta Schermerhorn|publisher=The Berkshire Eagle|date=13 April 2014|accessdate=14 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amigone.com/obituary/Marlo-Schermerhorn/Hinsdale-MA/1552170|title=Marlo Schermerhorn Obituary|publisher=Amigone Funeral Home Inc.|date=12 October 2015|accessdate=20 October 2015}}</ref> |
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| 3 July 1942 |
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|7 July 1910 – 12 October 2015 <br>2 September 1910 – 7 April 2014 |
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| {{age in years and days|1942|7|3|2023|5|5}} |
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|29 June 1932 |
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| 5 May 2023<br />(Virginia Lee) |
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|{{age in years and days|1932|6|29|2014|4|7}} |
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| Oklahoma, United States |
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| Recognized by the Louisiana Family Forum in 2022 |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkaeQw3R4QI|title=Orvel and Virginia Sherrill: Married for Life|work=YouTube|date=7 June 2019|access-date=23 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tulsaworld.com/anniversary-orvel-and-virginia-sherrill/article_c26957c1-18a1-5133-a443-0cb788642b60.html|title=Anniversary: Orvel and Virginia Sherrill|work=[[Tulsa World]]|date=24 July 2012|access-date=23 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Chin|first=Julie|url=https://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/green-country-pair-named-americas-longest-married-couple|title=Green Country pair named America's Longest Married Couple|work=[[KJRH-TV|KJRH]]|date=21 October 2022|access-date=23 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wwme.org/2022-longest-married-couple/|title=2022 Longest Married Couple|work=Worldwide Marriage Encounter|date=17 October 2022|access-date=23 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mogro.co/obituary/virginia-sherrill|title=Virginia Lee Sherill|work=MOBLEY-GROESBECK FUNERAL SERVICE|date=5 May 2022|access-date=21 September 2023}}</ref> |
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| [[John Henderson (University of Texas football player)|John Paul Henderson]]<br />Charlotte (née Curtis) Henderson |
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|rowspan=2|64 |
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| 22 December 1939 |
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|Horace Schram Merickel<br>Violet C. Merickel<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SO&s_site=sanluisobispo&p_multi=SO&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F66B29CEAC77C78&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=ANNIVERSARIES|publisher=[[The Tribune (San Luis Obispo)|The Tribune]]|date=30 September 2002|accessdate=25 November 2010}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1939|12|22|2020|10|16}} |
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|1 June 1903 – 19 June 2004<br>1 May 1904 – 4 June 2005 |
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| 16 October 2020<br />(John Paul) |
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|15 September 1922 |
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| [[Texas]], United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1922|9|15|2004|6|19}} |
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| Recognized by ''Guinness World Records'' in 2019 as the oldest living married couple by aggregate age and oldest married couple by aggregate age.{{efn|At the time of John Paul Henderson's death, on 16 October 2020, he (born 24 December 1912) was aged 107 years and 297 days and his wife, Charlotte Curtis (8 November 1914 – 26 October 2021), 105 years and 343 days: a combined age of 213 years and 274 days}} |
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|California, United States |
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| <ref>{{cite web|last=Abrahamson|first=Rachel Paula|url=https://www.today.com/news/husband-106-wife-105-named-world-s-oldest-living-couple-t167079|title=Husband, 106, and wife, 105, are named world's oldest living couple|work=[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]|date=13 November 2019|access-date=21 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/congratulations-worlds-oldest-married-couple-celebrate-80th-wedding-anniversary/DWBUBTSKU5DKRPX7QZ73VLSDFY|title=Congratulations: World's oldest married couple celebrate 80th wedding anniversary|newspaper=Kiro7|date=17 December 2019|access-date=23 December 2019}} |
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| William Henry Olive<br />Vacle P. Olive |
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|Farris P. Johnson<br>Ruby Louise Johnson<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/aug/10/obituaries-august-10-2008/|title=Farris Johnson|publisher=[[Chattanooga Times Free Press|Times Free Press]]|date=10 August 2008|accessdate=21 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Ruby-Johnson&lc=4366&pid=156386321&mid=5025757&locale=en_US|title=Ruby Johnson|publisher=Forest Lawn Funeral Home|date=7 March 2012|accessdate=27 November 2012}}</ref> |
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| 25 January 1941 |
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|6 June 1910 – 8 August 2008<br>29 September 1911 – 7 March 2012 |
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| {{age in years and days|1941|1|25|2021|11|16}} |
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|4 November 1926 |
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| 16 November 2021<br />(William Henry) |
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|{{age in years and days|1926|11|4|2008|8|8}} |
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| Arkansas, United States |
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| |
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| <ref>Ancestry Library Edition{{verify source|date=January 2023}}{{Better source needed|date=August 2021|reason=Only for subscribers and no article about them anyway}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.neatowncourier.com/story/2918422.html|title=Obituary: William Henry Olive (11/18/21)|date=18 November 2021|access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref> |
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| Donald Louis Mergler<br />Margaret A. (née Beckman) Mergler |
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|66 |
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| 4 August 1926 |
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|George Muneichi Yamasaki<br>Shigeyo (née Fujitani) Yamasaki<ref>{{cite web|url=http://auburnjournal.com/detail/142650.html|title=George Yamasaki, 105, left his mark on the landscape of Auburn, Placer County|publisher=[[Auburn Journal]]|date=18 February 2010|accessdate=25 November 2010|last=Thomson|first=Gus}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://obit-obits.com/d20071099zp28|title=Shigeyo Yamasaki|publisher=Gold Country Media Newspapers|date=7 January 2008|accessdate=25 November 2010}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1926|8|4|2007|4|25}} |
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|13 July 1904 – 13 February 2010<br>25 December 1909 – 30 December 2007 |
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| 25 April 2007<br />(Donald) |
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| [[Maryland]], United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1926|4|3|2007|12|30}} |
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| |
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|California, United States |
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| <ref>{{cite web|title=Couple marks 80 years together|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2006/sep/7/20060907-120750-9283r/|newspaper=[[The Washington Times]]|access-date=13 October 2024}}</ref> |
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|- style="background:#fbceb1;" |
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|67 |
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|Paul Edwards Bradley<br>Georgia A. Bradley<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2009/October/Couple-Celebrates-80-Years-of-Marriage/|title=Couple Celebrates 80 Years of Marriage|publisher=CBN News|date=7 October 2009|accessdate=12 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hosting-24789.tributes.com/show/Paul-Bradley-91815529|title=Paul Edwards Bradley|publisher=Flannerbuchanan.com|date=10 July 2011|accessdate=18 August 2011}}</ref> |
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|1 December 1910 – 28 June 2011<br>24 November 1911 – |
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|7 October 1929 |
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|{{age in years and days|1929|10|7|2011|6|28}} |
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|Living in Indiana, United States |
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| Ralph Francis Lumb<br />Phyllis Mae (née Wetherbee) Lumb |
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|68 |
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| 11 February 1941 |
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|Melvin Scott<br>Minnie (née Evans) Scott<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7345299|title=Couple Celebrates 80 Years Of Marriage|publisher=[[KLTV]]|date=11 November 2007|accessdate=25 November 2010|last=Livingston|first=Layron}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frankstoncitizen.com/August_2009_Obituaries.html|title=Minnie Lou Scott|publisher=The Frankston Citizen|date=6 August 2009|accessdate=25 November 2010}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1941|2|11|2021|10|21}} |
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|21 February 1907 – 21 December 2010<br>24 May 1908 – 30 July 2009 |
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| 21 October 2021<br />(Phyllis Mae) |
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|11 November 1927 |
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| New York, United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1927|11|11|2009|7|30}} |
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| |
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|Texas, United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|last=Hudy|first=Stan|url=https://dailygazette.com/2021/02/10/couple-celebrates-80-years-of-marriage/|title=Couple celebrates 80 years of marriage in Niskayuna; She's now 100, he's 99 - 'Some very enjoyable years'|newspaper=[[The Daily Gazette]]|date=10 February 2021|access-date=21 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ajcunninghamfh.com/tribute/details/2730/Phyllis-Lumb/obituary.html|title=Obituary of Phyllis Lumb|work=A. J. Cumminghan Funeral Home|date=21 October 2021|access-date=24 June 2024}}</ref> |
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|- bgcolor="99FF99" |
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| Gottfried Schmelzer<br />Ursula Schmelzer |
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| 17 May 1944 |
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| {{age in years and days|1944|5|17}} |
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| |
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| [[Bad Sobernheim]], Germany |
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| |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebridgenewsng.com/2024/05/17/couple-celebrate-80th-wedding-anniversary/|title=Couple Celebrate 80th Wedding Anniversary|work=The Bridge|date=17 May 2024|access-date=2 June 2024}}</ref> |
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|- bgcolor="99FF99" |
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| Jean Couret<br />Christiane (née Reynaud) Couret |
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| 27 May 1944 |
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| {{age in years and days|1944|5|27}} |
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| [[Saint-Julien-Chapteuil]], France |
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| |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://c.leprogres.fr/haute-loire/2012/10/09/saint-julien-chapteuil-la-famille-s-est-reunie-pour-feter-les-90-ans-de-christiane-et-jean-couret|title=Saint-Julien-Chapteuil La famille s'est réunie pour fêter les 90 ans de Christiane et Jean Couret|newspaper=[[Le Progrès]]|date=10 September 2012|access-date=11 July 2024|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leveil.fr/saint-julien-chapteuil-43260/actualites/christiane-et-jean-un-couple-centenaire_14127867/|title=Christiane et Jean, un couple centenaire|newspaper=L'Éveil de la Haute-Loire|date=11 May 2022|access-date=11 July 2024|language=fr}}</ref><ref name="French couples"/> |
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| Floyd Cletus Hall<br />Betty June (née Hayes) Hall |
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|69 |
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| 22 July 1939 |
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|Ward McDaniel<br>Cynthia (née Hayes) McDaniel<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=bmkfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0dQEAAAAIBAJ&dq=mcdaniels%20winterset&pg=2465%2C1941560|title=Mark unusual milestone, 81st anniversary|page=3|publisher=[[The Southeast Missourian]]|date=21 January 1971|accessdate=26 November 2010|last=Weisenborn|first=Madeline (AP/Macon Chronicle-Herald)}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1939|7|22|2020|2|19}} |
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|19 June 1868 – 28 September 1971<br>8 May 1869 – 15 August 1972 |
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| 19 February 2020<br />(Floyd Cletus) |
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|21 January 1890 |
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| Arkansas, United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1890|1|21|1971|9|28}} |
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| |
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|Missouri, United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|last=Cox|first=Jerry|url=https://familycouncil.org/?p=16026|title=Pictures From Reception For Arkansas' Longest Married Couple|publisher=Family Council|date=21 February 2018|access-date=7 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nelsonfuneral.com/obituaries/Floyd-Cletus-Hall?obId=11488549|title=Floyd Cletus Hall|work=Nelson Funeral Service|date=19 February 2019|access-date=7 July 2024}}</ref> |
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| Donald Niles Hart Sr.<br />Vivian Cornelia (née Brecker) Hart |
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|70 |
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| 25 June 1937 |
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|Carmelo Scarcella<br>Letteria ''Lilla'' (née Visicaro) Scarcella<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/a-lightning-bolt-then-eighty-years-of-bliss-20090906-fcu7.html|title=A lightning bolt, then eighty years of bliss|publisher=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=7 September 2009|accessdate=26 November 2010}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1937|6|25|2018|1|17}} |
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|26 April 1905 – 8 October 2010{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}}<br>5 March 1909{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}} – 13 June 2014 |
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| 17 January 2018<br />(Donald Niles Sr.) |
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|2 February 1929 |
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| Michigan, United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1929|2|2|2010|10|8}} |
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| |
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|[[New South Wales]], Australia |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/michigan-couple-99-celebrates-80th-wedding-anniversary/story?id=48324555|title=Michigan couple, both 99, celebrates 80th wedding anniversary|publisher=ABC News|date=29 June 2017|access-date=23 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/grandrapids/name/donald-hart-obituary?id=13924504|title=Donald Niles Hart Sr.|newspaper=[[The Grand Rapids Press]]|date=17 January 2018|access-date=23 August 2022|via=Legacy.com}}</ref> |
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| Ronald Gilbert "Ron" Collings<br />Esther Elizabeth Collings |
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|71 |
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| 19 October 1938 |
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|[[Joseph M. Juran|Joseph Moses Juran]]<br>Sadie (née Shapiro) Juran<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qimpro.com/downloads/Chronology_of_Jurans_Life.pdf|title=A Century of Quality|publisher=Quimpro|accessdate=26 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/03/business/03juran.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1302883570-IaqY/GuydPLvG6vijeykgg|title=Joseph Juran, 103, Pioneer in Quality Control, Dies|publisher=[[The New York Times]]|date=3 March 2008|accessdate=15 April 2011|last=Bunkley|first=Nick}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1938|10|19|2019|4|24}} |
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|24 December 1904 – 28 February 2008<br>18 March 1905 – 2 December 2008 |
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| 24 April 2019<br />(Esther Elizabeth) |
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|26 June 1926 |
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| [[Adelaide]], Australia |
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|{{age in years and days|1926|6|26|2008|2|28}} |
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| |
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|New York, United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|last=Wilson|first=Roxanne|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/parliament-salutes-goolwa-centenarian-couple-ron-and-esther-collings-on-eve-of-their-80th-wedding-anniversary/news-story/ec31375ec8c465a44a6a86f517ae3e62|title=Married for 80 years: Ron and Esther's incredible love story|newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]|date=18 October 2018|access-date=8 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Hansard/Hansard_Display?bid=chamber/hansardr/e8945035-b787-42f4-8a70-f6b277a85a52/&sid=0095|title=STATEMENTS ON INDULGENCE – Collings, Mrs Esther and Mr Ronald|date=18 October 2018|access-date=8 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tributes.adelaidenow.com.au/notice/5776217248628736/view?random=1556704596197|title=THE ADVERTISER TRIBUTES|newspaper=The Advertiser|date=27 April 2019|access-date=8 August 2019}}</ref> |
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|- style="background:#fbceb1;" |
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|72 |
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|Rowland Charles ''Rowly'' Olarenshaw<br>Elsie May (née Hood) Olarenshaw<ref>{{cite web|url=http://au.news.yahoo.com/vic/a/19774546/victorian-couple-celebrate-80-years-of-marital-bliss/|title=Victorian couple celebrate 80 years of marital bliss|publisher=7News Melbourne|date=11 November 2013|accessdate=15 November 2013|last=McCallum|first=Nick}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2671682/Rowland-Elsie-Olarenshaw-met-13-14-years-old-100-Australias-longest-married-couple.html|title=Melbourne pair met when they were 13 and 14 years old... now they are both 100 and are Australia's longest married couple|publisher=[[Daily Mail]]|date=27 June 2014|accessdate=3 December 2014|last=Michael|first=Sarah}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://video.au.msn.com/watch/video/80-years-of-marriage/x5tk152?cpkey=e05eac49-e614-4a40-9892-f34546c2d701%257c%257c%257c%257c|title=TODAY: 80 years of marriage|publisher=ninemsn Video|date=27 June 2014|accessdate=28 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/north/sunbury-sweethearts-celebrate-100th-birthday-and-80-years-of-wedded-bliss/story-fnglenug-1226978144513?nk=69700e234e61eff44c8b14924bb68c9f|title=Sunbury sweethearts celebrate 100th birthday and 80 years of wedded bliss|publisher=Sunbury Leader|date=7 July 2014|accessdate=7 July 2014|last=Kennedy|first=Barry}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/north-west/sunbury-mourns-centenarian-elsie-olarenshaw-half-of-australias-longest-marriage/story-fnrvvn43-1227402152678?sv=78430339278341f7d93c38ceff683acd|title=Sunbury mourns centenarian Elsie Olarenshaw half of Australia’s longest marriage|publisher=Sunbury Leader|date=17 June 2015|accessdate=18 October 2015|last=Kennedy|first=Barry}}</ref> |
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|17 December 1913 – <br>27 June 1914 – 17 June 2015 |
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|11 November 1933 |
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|{{age in years and days|1933|11|11|2015|6|17}} |
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|Living in |[[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], Australia |
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|- style="background:#fbceb1;" |
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|73 |
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|Angelo Minato<br>Amabile Rosa (née Crosato) Minato<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sudouest.fr/2010/11/26/amour-de-toujours-249424-3603.php|title=Amour de toujours Âgés de 101 ans, Amabile et Angelo Minato fêteront dimanche leurs 81 ans d'union|language=French|publisher=[[Sud-Ouest (newspaper)|Sud-Ouest]]|date=26 November 2010|accessdate=5 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2009/11/27/724408-L-amour-eternel-d-Amabile-et-Angelo.html|title=L'amour éternel d'Amabile et Angelo|language=French|publisher=[[La Dépêche du Midi]]|date=27 November 2009|accessdate=14 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2010/11/28/958201-Le-plus-vieux-couple-d-Europe-vit-a-Mezin.html|title=Le plus vieux couple d'Europe vit à Mézin|language=French|publisher=La Dépêche du Midi|date=28 November 2010|accessdate=14 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2010/11/29/958698-amabile-et-angelo-s-aiment-depuis-81-ans.html|title=Amabile et Angelo s'aiment depuis 81 ans|language=French|publisher=La Dépêche du Midi|date=29 November 2010|accessdate=5 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.femmezoom.com/femme-2815-Le_couple_le_plux_vieux_au_monde.xhtml|title=Le couple le plux vieux au monde|language=French|publisher=Femmezoom|accessdate=14 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sudouest.fr/2011/07/09/deces-du-centenaire-447796-3736.php|title=Décès du centenaire|language=French|publisher=Sud-Ouest|date=6 July 2011|accessdate=14 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.crosato.free.fr/telechargements/Arbre_descendance_indentee.pdf|title=Arbre de descendance indentée|language=French|publisher=Généalogie Crosato|date=20 April 2012|accessdate=8 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2014/12/06/2005657-amabile-a-105-ans-est-la-doyenne-pennavienne.html|title=Amabile, à 105 ans, est la doyenne pennavienne|language=French|publisher=La Dépêche du Midi|date=6 December 2014|accessdate=14 December 2014}}</ref> |
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|2 July 1909 – 4 July 2011<br>28 November 1909 – |
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|30 November 1929 |
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|{{age in years and days|1929|11|30|2011|7|4}} |
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|Living in [[Aquitaine]], France |
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| Willie Chambers<br />Geraldine Chambers |
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|74 |
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| 28 January 1943 |
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|Hastings Samuel Bean<br>Norma E. (née Buswell) Bean<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theshufflersnews.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/hastings-bean-1.pdf|title="I don't think anyone I know has had a happier marriage than Hastings and I," Norma Bean said COUPLE CELEBRATE 80 YEARS OF MARRIAGE|publisher=The Shufflers News|date=2 July 2011|accessdate=12 April 2012|last=Rutland|first=Meredith}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://theshufflersnews.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/hastings-bean-2.pdf|title=Keep a level head, and keep the faith, say 80-year couple|publisher=The Shufflers News|date=2 July 2011|accessdate=12 April 2012|last=Rutland|first=Meredith}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2011-07-03/news/os-lk-eustis-80th-wedding-anniversary20110703_1_eustis-couple-wedding-anniversary-dance-hall|title=Eustis couple celebrate 80th wedding anniversary|publisher=Orlando Sentinel|date=3 July 2011|accessdate=12 April 2012|last=Rutland|first=Meredith}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.floridaconference.com/news/2011/08/bean-anniversary/|title=Hastings and Norma Bean Celebrate 80 Years of Marriage|publisher=Florida Conference of Seventh-day Adventists|date=16 August 2011|accessdate=12 April 2012|last=Jordan|first=Chet}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hardenpauli.com/obituaries/Norma-Bean/#!/Obituary|title=Norma E. Bean|publisher=Harden-Pauli Funeral Home|date=3 February 2013|accessdate=17 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hardenpauli.com/obituaries/Hastings-Bean/|title=Hastings Samuel Bean|publisher=Harden-Pauli Funeral Home|date=17 March 2013|accessdate=3 November 2013}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1943|1|28|2023|7|27}} |
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|22 December 1909 – 17 March 2013<br>25 October 1911 – 3 February 2013 |
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| 27 July 2023<br />(Willie) |
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| Maryland, United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1931|7|3|2013|2|3}} |
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|Florida, United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrxQztQokMw|title=Maryland couple celebrates 80 years in a marriage|work=[[WBAL-TV|WBAL]]|date=26 January 2023|access-date=29 June 2024|via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kktv.com/2023/01/27/couple-shares-secret-lasting-marriage-their-80th-wedding-anniversary/|title=Couple shares the secret to lasting marriage on their 80th wedding anniversary|publisher=[[KKTV]]|date=27 January 2023|access-date=29 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wmar2news.com/local/baltimore-county-couple-celebrates-80th-wedding-anniversary|title=Baltimore County couple celebrates 80th wedding anniversary|publisher=[[WMAR-TV|WMAR]]|date=29 January 2023|access-date=29 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wmar2news.com/local/baltimore-county-man-celebrates-100th-birthday-sunday|title=Baltimore County man celebrates 100th birthday Sunday|publisher=WMAR|date=14 March 2023|access-date=29 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.capitalgazette.com/2023/08/14/willie-chambers-one-of-baltimores-longest-serving-pastors-and-husbands-dies-at-100/|title=Willie Chambers, one of Baltimore's longest-serving pastors and husbands, dies at 100|newspaper=[[Capital Gazette]]|date=14 August 2023|access-date=29 June 2024}}</ref> |
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| Allen John Frandsen<br />Evelyn (née Mackay) Frandsen |
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|75 |
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| 30 March 1942 |
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|Stefano Iuliano<br>Maria Pepe<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irpinianews.it/comuni/news/news/?news=30474&comune=66|title=L’amore è eterno: 80 anni di matrimonio per Maria Carmela e Stefano|language=Italian|publisher=Irpinia News|date=19 April 2008|accessdate=3 November 2013}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1942|3|30|2022|9|5}} |
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|5 April 1908 – 30 October 2009{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}}<br>17 April 1908 – 19 April 2011{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}} |
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| 5 September 2022<br />(Allen John) |
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|18 April 1928 |
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| [[Utah]], United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1928|4|18|2009|10|30}} |
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| Recognized at the time by the Utah governor's office as the then-longest marriage in the state |
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|[[Campania]], Italy |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|last=Brown|first=Arianne|url=https://www.ksl.com/article/50378187/making-each-other-happy-longest-married-couple-in-utah-celebrates-80-years-of-marriage|title=Making each other happy: Longest-married couple in Utah celebrates 80 years of marriage|work=[[KSL.com]]|date=30 March 2022|access-date=31 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Nay|first=Amy|url=https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/utahs-longest-living-married-couple-celebrates-80th-anniversary|title=Utah's longest living married couple celebrates 80th anniversary|work=[[KSTU]]|date=30 March 2022|access-date=15 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.maglebymortuary.com/obituaries/allen-frandsen|title=Allen John Frandsen|date=5 September 2022|access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref> |
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| Leo Dormaier<br />Vivian Marie Dormaier |
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|76 |
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| 25 February 1944 |
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|Martin Terry<br>Christine Terry<ref>{{cite web|url=http://savannahnow.com/stories/021405/2796210.shtml|title=Couple married 81 years|publisher=[[Savannah Morning News]]|date=14 February 2005|accessdate=4 September 2011|last=Ingersoll|first=Stephanie}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1944|2|25|2024|6|26}} |
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|18 August 1900 – 11 August 2005<br>8 April 1908 – 16 January 2007 |
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| 26 June 2024<br />(Vivian Marie) |
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|7 February 1924 |
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| [[Washington (state)|Washington]], United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1924|2|7|2005|8|11}} |
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| Recognized as the longest marriage in the state |
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|South Carolina, United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|last=Ayer|first=Tammy|title=Yakima couple celebrates 80th wedding anniversary|url=https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/yakima-couple-celebrates-80th-wedding-anniversary/article_d72df1a0-eba5-11ee-ba07-6b21f968ee6c.html|newspaper=[[Yakima Herald-Republic]]|date=10 April 2024|access-date=11 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.valleyhillsfh.com/obituaries/Vivian-Dormaier/#!/Obituary|title=Vivian Marie Dormaier|work=Valley Hills Funeral Home & Crematory|date=26 June 2024|access-date=11 October 2024}}</ref> |
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| Michael Robert Vincel Jr.<br />Mildred F. Vincel |
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| 10 September 1944 |
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| {{age in years and days|1944|9|10}} |
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| |
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| [[Virginia]], United States |
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| |
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| {{citation needed|date=September 2024}} |
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| Jón Albert Magnússon<br />Rita Rona Magnússon |
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|rowspan=2|77 |
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| 14 July 1940 |
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|Ruben Wayne Hopper<br>Velma (née Jones) Hopper<ref>{{cite web|url=http://assets.mediaspanonline.com/prod/7190476/pcn-2011-10-28-a-003.pdf|title=Ruben Wayne Hopper|page=3|date=28 October 2011|publisher=Ponka City News|accessdate=5 November 2011}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1940|7|14|2020|10|19}} |
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|13 August 1903 – 27 October 2011<br>13 May 1907 – 15 March 2006 |
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| 19 October 2020<br />(Jón Albert) |
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|15 September 1924 |
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| [[Hvidovre]], Denmark |
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|{{age in years and days|1924|9|15|2006|3|15}} |
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| |
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|Oklahoma, United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|last1=Norvang Jensen|first1=Christina|last2=Schou|first2=Torben|url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/rita-og-jon-har-vaeret-gift-i-80-aar-det-er-den-store-kaerlighed|title=Rita og Jon har været gift i 80 år: 'Det er den store kærlighed' Parret på 101 og 96 år kan i dag fejre såkaldt egebryllup.|website=[[DR (broadcaster)|DR.dk]]|date=14 July 2020|access-date=6 September 2020|language=da}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Thiis|first=Elisabeth|url=https://www.berlingske.dk/samfund/rita-og-jon-har-fejret-atombryllup-og-de-kysser-stadigvaek|title=Rita og Jon har fejret atombryllup – og de kysser stadigvæk|newspaper=[[Berlingske]]|date=17 July 2020|access-date=25 August 2021|language=da}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dodsannoncer.dk/oversigt/dodsannonce-jon-albert-magnusson-20827|title=Dødsannonce for Jon Albert Magnusson|date=27 October 2020|access-date=25 August 2021|language=da}}</ref> |
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| Nicolaas Christiaan "Nico" Cornelisse<br />Anna (née Breijaen) Cornelisse |
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|Gus Gruszie<br>Emma (née Knoblich) Gruszie<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newspaperarchive.com/medicine-hat-news/2008-10-18/page-3|title=Medicine Hat News|page=3|date=18 October 2010|publisher=Medicine Hat News|accessdate=16 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://billiongraves.com/pages/record/EmmaGruszie/754134|title=Gus and Emma Gruszie's Billion Graves Record|publisher=Billion Graves|accessdate=16 February 2013}}</ref> |
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| 16 September 1942 |
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|29 May 1911 – 21 June 2010<br>1 November 1910 – 19 April 2010 |
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| {{age in years and days|1942|9|16|2022|11|21}} |
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|20 October 1928 |
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| 23 November 2022<br />("Nico") |
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|{{age in years and days|1928|10|20|2010|4|19}} |
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|[[ |
| [[Bellingwolde]], Netherlands |
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| |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.westerwoldeactueel.nl/2022/09/16/nico-en-anna-cornelisse-vieren-hun-eiken-huwelijksjubileum/|title=Nico en Anna Cornelisse vieren hun eiken huwelijksjubileum|publisher=Westerwolde Actueel|date=16 September 2022|access-date=18 July 2023|language=nl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dvhn.nl/groningen/Na-80-jaar-wordt-er-nog-volop-gezoend-27931216.html|title=Anna en Nico Cornelisse uit Bellingwolde zijn 80 jaar getrouwd en het zoenen nog lang niet moe Anna en Nico Cornelisse hebben vrijdag in Bellingwolde de 80ste verjaardag van hun huwelijk gevierd. Met familieleden, de burgemeester en hun grote opgewektheid.|newspaper=[[Dagblad van het Noorden]]|date=16 September 2022|access-date=18 July 2023|language=nl}}</ref><ref>Proof of death extracted from the so-called "Dutch National Register of the Deceased (NRO)"</ref> |
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| Robert Samuel Cornish<br />Leora Marie (née Wincapaw) Cornish |
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|79 |
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| 10 March 1937 |
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|Ole Sholberg<br>Ottilie (née Riedel) Sholberg<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=440gAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8WYFAAAAIBAJ&dq=81st-wedding-anniversary&pg=940%2C476400|title=DEATH BREAKS UP 81-YEAR MARRIAGE OF MINN. COUPLE|page=11|publisher=[[Sun Journal (Lewiston)|Sun Journal]]|date=6 July 1967|accessdate=26 November 2010|author=Associated Press}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1937|3|10|2017|5|12}} |
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|16 June 1862 – 3 July 1967<br>19 May 1864 – December 1968 |
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| 12 May 2017<br />(Robert) |
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|5 January 1886 |
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| [[Wisconsin]], United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1886|1|5|1967|7|3}} |
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| |
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|Minnesota, United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lacrossetribune.com/stories/anniversaries/leora-and-robert-cornish/article_f628d523-85db-5e63-987a-a4ecda942560.html|title=Leora and Robert Cornish|newspaper=[[La Crosse Tribune]]|date=7 July 2002|access-date=30 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lacrossetribune.com/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/robert-bob-samuel-cornish/article_7c43a3a4-67d1-5b6b-960d-ba90ae15d7df.html|title=Robert 'Bob' Samuel Cornish|newspaper=La Crosse Tribune|date=28 June 2017|access-date=30 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.beloitdailynews.com/uncategorized/robert-bob-samuel-cornish/article_332c08b4-83b0-5dd9-80d0-1fc3213dc430.html|title=Robert "Bob" Samuel Cornish|newspaper=[[Beloit Daily News]]|date=29 June 2017|access-date=30 November 2024}}</ref> |
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|- style="background:#fbceb1;" |
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|80 |
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|Giovanni Lazzaro<br>Lucia Giandinoto<ref>{{cite web|url=http://catania.blogsicilia.it/giovanni-lucia-sposi-da-80-anni-allaltare-a-san-valentino-del-1933/166337/|title=Il matrimonio record di una coppia siciliana Giovanni e Lucia, sposi da 80 anni All’altare a San Valentino del 1933|language=Italian|publisher=cantania.blogsicilia.it|date=14 February 2013|accessdate=22 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiJe-5ROZqI&hd=1|title=80 ANNI DI MATRIMONIO PER DUE CENTENARI LENTINI|language=Italian|publisher=YouTube|date=14 February 2013|accessdate=28 July 2014}}</ref> |
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|26 September 1912 – <br>12 December 1913 – 2 August 2013 |
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|7 February 1932 |
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|{{age in years and days|1932|2|7|2013|8|2}} |
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|Living in Sicily, Italy |
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| Henry Willis Hoell Sr.<br />Rosa (née Gurganus) Hoell |
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|81 |
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| 28 April 1941 |
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|Edgar Lee Perryman<br>Eunice Mae (née Alton) Perryman<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gracegardensfh.com/sitemaker/sites/GraceG1/obit.cgi?user=280995Perryman|title=In Memory of Earl Ray Perryman|publisher=Grace Gardens Funeral Home|date=22 November 2010|accessdate=4 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=74933317|title=Eunice Mae Perryman|publisher=Find a Grave|date=14 August 2011|accessdate=9 May 2013|last=Dickenson|first=Ann}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14126760|title=Edgar Lee Perryman|publisher=Find a Grave|date=14 August 2011|accessdate=9 May 2013|last=Dickenson|first=Ann}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1941|4|28|2021|6|16}} |
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|18 March 1901 – 29 April 2006<br>7 August 1901 – 17 May 2003 |
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| 16 June 2021<br />(Rosa) |
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|24 November 1921 |
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| North Carolina, United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1921|11|24|2003|5|17}} |
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| |
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|Texas, United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|last1=North|first1=Brian|last2=Weston|first2=Annette|url=https://wcti12.com/news/local/enc-couple-celebrates-rare-milestone-80th-wedding-anniversary|title=ENC couple celebrates rare milestone -- 80th wedding anniversary|work=[[WCTI-TV|WCTI12]]|date=29 April 2021|access-date=21 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wilkersonfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Rosa-Gurganus-Hoell?obId=21442216|work=Wilkerson Funeral Home|title=Rosa Gurganus Hoell|date=16 June 2021|access-date=2 November 2021}}</ref> |
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| Jack Bare<br />Joan Bare |
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|82 |
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| 3 August 1939 |
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|Antonio Urrea Hernández<br>Isabel Tossas Bordanova<ref>Birth certificate: Antonio-Urrea-Hernández (in Spanish). February 1888.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://streaming.ajgirona.org:9090/pandora/cgi-bin/Pandora.exe/presencia_1995-03-19_p_028?fn=commandselect;query=id:0000559257;command=show_pdf;texto=Presencia,%201995-03-19,%20p.%2028.|title=Hi ha pocs matrimonis que durin vuitanta-un anys com nosaltres|language=Spanish|page=28|publisher=Presencia|date=19 March 1995|accessdate=4 September 2011|last=Sais|first=Gisela}}</ref><ref>Death certificate: Isabel Tossas-Bordanova (in Spanish). November 1999.</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1939|8|3|2019|9|10}} |
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|18 February 1888 – 15 November 1999<br>16 February 1894 – 13 August 1995 |
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| 10 September 2019<br />(Jack) |
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|26 February 1914 |
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| [[Codsall]], United Kingdom |
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|{{age in years and days|1914|2|26|1995|8|13}} |
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| Previously recognized as Britain's "longest married couple" |
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|[[Catalonia]], Spain |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|last=Kraterou|first=Aliki|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/britains-longest-married-couple-celebrating-18850524|title=Britain's 'longest married couple' celebrating 80 years together|newspaper=[[Daily Mirror|The Mirror]]|date=6 August 2019|access-date=20 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news24.com/you/archive/couple-married-for-80-years-has-never-slept-a-night-apart-we-are-very-lucky-to-have-found-each-other-20190808|title=Couple married for 80 years has never slept a night apart: 'We are very lucky to have found each other'|publisher=[[news24.com]]|date=8 August 2019|access-date=23 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Powell|first=Celia|url=https://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/17915764.farewell-mr-bare-102-celebrated-80th-wedding-anniversary-weeks/|title=Farewell to Mr Bare, 102, who celebrated his 80th wedding anniversary weeks before|newspaper=[[The Westmorland Gazette]]|date=20 September 2019|access-date=20 August 2021}}</ref> |
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|- style="background:#fbceb1;" |
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|83 |
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|Ralph Chester Richards, Sr.<br>Dorothy ''Dottie'' (née Renz) Richards<ref name=ewtn/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://thehayride.com/2011/02/valentines-day-jindal-family-forum-salute-couple-married-81-years/|title=VALENTINE’S DAY: Jindal, Family Forum Salute Couple Married 81 Years|publisher=The Hayride|date=14 February 2011|accessdate=4 September 2011|author=MacAoidh}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?n=ralph-chester-richards&pid=153015911&fhid=5630|title=Ralph Chester Richards Sr.|publisher=[[The Times-Picayune]]|date=9 August 2011|accessdate=30 August 2011}}</ref> |
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|9 October 1913 – 6 August 2011<br>1912/13 – |
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|28 February 1930 |
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|{{age in years and days|1930|2|28|2011|8|6}} |
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|Living in Louisiana, United States |
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|- style="background:#fbceb1;" |
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|84 |
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|Ed(win) Jennings NeVille<br>Geraldine ''Jeri'' (née Pryde) NeVille<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lov.stparchive.com/Archive/LOV/LOV11212013P13.php|title=Congratulations to Ed and Jeri NeVille on 80th anniversary|page=13|publisher=Lovell Chronicle|date=21 November 2013|accessdate=19 June 2014|last=Cozzens Hopkinson|first=Pamela}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ldschurchnewsarchive.com/articles/64211/Milestones.html|title=Milestones|publisher=[[Church News]]|date=7 December 2013|accessdate=28 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haskellfuneralhome.com/obits/obituary.php?id=647082|title=Edwin Jennings NeVille|publisher=Haskell Funeral Home|date=29 April 2015|accessdate=18 October 2015}}</ref> |
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|October 22 1915 – 25 April 2015<br>1917 – |
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|25 November 1933 |
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|{{age in years and days|1933|11|25|2015|4|25}} |
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|Living in [[Wyoming]], United States |
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| Benjamin Franklin "Ben" Hartley<br />Drusilla Orlena (née Keith) Hartley |
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|85 |
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| 24 November 1875 |
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|John H. Weaver<br>Bertie M. Weaver<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZaVAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rwYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1744,9733406&dq=john+bertie+weaver&hl=en|title=Pair attribute long marriage to simple life|pages=1+6|publisher=[[Star-Banner]]|date=14 February 1988|accessdate=28 November 2010}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1875|11|24|1955|12|26}} |
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|6 August 1891 – 26 November 1988<br>12 July 1891 – 29 December 1989 |
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| 26 December 1955<br />("Ben") |
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|27 July 1907 |
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| Idaho, United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1907|7|27|1988|11|26}} |
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| Recognized as "Nation's Longest Marriage" ever for several years |
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|[[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States |
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| <ref>"President Wires Couple Wed 80 years". ''Birmingham Post-Herald'' (p. 15). 25 November 1955.</ref><ref>"Death Ends Nation's Longest Marriage". ''Birmingham Post-Herald'' (p. 4). 28 December 1955.</ref> |
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| Warren Leslie MacQuarrie<br />Clara Wilma MacQuarrie |
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|86 |
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| 15 September 1942 |
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|George Winnel Couron<br>Gaynel Marguerite (née Emery) Couron<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YMkgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=32oFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2978,1202300&dq=george+gaynel+couron&hl=en|title=Love is the key of 80-year marriage|page=2|publisher=Sun Journal|date=10 February 1997|accessdate=28 November 2010|author=Associated Press}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1942|9|15|2022|10|16}} |
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|26 January 1897 – 16 December 1999<br>22 April 1899 – 22 July 1997 |
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| 16 October 2022<br />(Clara Wilma) |
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|10 April 1916 |
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| California, United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1916|4|10|1997|7|22}} |
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| |
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|California, United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite news|last=Fu|first=Kimberly K.|url=https://www.thereporter.com/2022/09/10/fairfield-couple-celebrates-80th-wedding-anniversary/|title=Fairfield couple celebrates 80th wedding anniversary|publisher=KOKI|date=10 September 2022|access-date=15 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://obituaries.neptune-society.com/obituaries/fairfield-ca/clara-macquarrie-10972461|title=Obituary: Clara Wilma MacQuarrie (August 29, 1924 - October 16, 2022)|website=THE NEPTUNE SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA|date=16 October 2022|access-date=13 April 2023}}</ref> |
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|- style="background:#fbceb1;" |
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|87 |
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|Dale E. Rockey<br>Alice Anna (née Planansky) Rockey<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bbccatholic.com/news/bulletin-hr/doc_download/440-bulletin-12-22-13|title=Dale and Alice Rockey will celebrate their 80th wedding anniversary on December 29, 2013|page=2|publisher=Holy Rosary and St. Bridget Catholic Churches|date=22 December 2013|accessdate=22 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kansascity.com/2014/02/14/4815900/love-story-their-afternoon-ride.html|title=Love Story: Their afternoon ride lasted more than 80 years|publisher=The Kansas City Star|date=14 February 2014|accessdate=15 February 2014|last=Shouse|first=Deborah}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://theleaven.org/?p=1261|title=Couple’s marriage spans 80 years|publisher=The Leaven|date=28 February 2014|accessdate=21 October 2015|last=Langdon|first=Jessica}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/kansascity/obituary.aspx?pid=173145220|title=JOE WELDIN|publisher=Kansas City Star|date=13 November 2014|accessdate=5 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oversixty.com.au/news/news/2015/02/married-81-years/|title=Married for 81 years and still going VERY strong|publisher=OverSixty|date=12 February 2015|accessdate=12 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.penwellgabelolathe.com/obituary/102247/Alice-Rockey/Olathe-Kansas|title=In Memory of Alice Rockey 1916 - 2015|publisher=Penwell-Gabel Funeral Homes|date=8 April 2015|accessdate=18 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/kansascity/obituary.aspx?pid=174614238|title=ALICE A. ROCKEY|publisher=Kansas City Star|date=12 April 2015|accessdate=18 October 2015}}</ref> |
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|1915 – <br>2 January 1916 – 8 April 2015 |
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|29 December 1933 |
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|{{age in years and days|1933|12|29|2015|4|8}} |
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|Living in Kansas, United States |
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| Andrew Paul "Andy" Kowalczyk<br />Bertha "Bunny" (née Burnham) Kowalczyk |
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|rowspan=2|88 |
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| 1 January 1944 |
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|Don Harvey Wall<br>Mary (née Boyson) Wall<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9fwRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Je0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2621,3925942&dq=don+harvey+wall&hl=en|title=81-year-old marriage based on love, kindness|publisher=Deseret News|date=23 July 1994|accessdate=28 November 2010|last=Keizer|first=Ore}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1944|1|1|2024|1|31}} |
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|5 July 1891 – 8 July 1994<br>27 August 1891 – 7 May 1997 |
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| 31 January 2024<br />("Andy") |
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|2 April 1913 |
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| Missouri, United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1913|4|2|1994|7|8}} |
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| He was a World War II [[United States Navy]] veteran and electrical engineer |
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|[[Oregon]], United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|last=Hecker|first=Caroline|url=https://www.wsaw.com/2024/01/02/its-wonderful-look-st-louis-couple-celebrates-80th-wedding-anniversary-new-years-day/|title='It's wonderful to look at.': St. Louis couple celebrates 80th wedding anniversary on New Year's Day|publisher=[[WSAW-TV|WSAW]]|date=2 January 2024|access-date=3 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syHGb-rrehs|title=Local couple celebrates 80th wedding anniversary|publisher=[[KTVI]]|date=2 January 2024|access-date=29 June 2024|via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.schrader.com/obituary/andrew-kowalczyk|title=Andrew Paul Kowalczyk Obituary|work=Schrader Funeral Home & Crematory|date=31 January 2024|access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref> |
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| Percy George Arrowsmith<br />Florence Mary "Flo" (née Dallimore) Arrowsmith |
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|Frank Milford<br>Anita (née Pile) Milford<ref>{{cite web|url=http://western-morning-news.vlex.co.uk/vid/anita-joins-centenarian-longest-celebrated-77090151|title=Anita joins husband Frank in the centenarian club; Britain's longest married woman has celebrated her 100th birthday in the company of her husband, family and friends|publisher=[[Western Morning News]]|date=20 June 2008|accessdate=4 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/HALF-LONGEST-MARRIED-COUPLE-DIES/article-1302272-detail/article.html|title=One half of longest married couple dies|publisher=This is Plymouth|date=1 September 2009|accessdate=28 November 2010|author=Mchannon}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/Second-half-Britain-s-longest-married-couple-dies/story-15096218-detail/story.html|title=Second half of Britain's longest married couple dies|publisher=This is Plymouth|date=1 February 2012|accessdate=10 February 2012}}</ref> |
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| 1 June 1925 |
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|29 January 1908 – 31 August 2009<br>19 June 1908 – 25 January 2012 |
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| {{age in years and days|1925|6|1|2005|6|15}} |
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|26 May 1928 |
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| 15 June 2005<br />(Percy George) |
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|{{age in years and days|1928|5|26|2009|8|31}} |
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| [[Hereford]], United Kingdom |
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| Previously recognized as Britain's "longest married couple" |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/couple-celebrates-80th-anniversary/|title=Couple Celebrates 80th Anniversary|publisher=[[CBS News]]|date=1 June 2005|access-date=24 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hereford/worcs/4097154.stm|title=World's oldest married man dies|publisher=BBC News|date=15 June 2005|access-date=24 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/1323273.record-breaker-florence-dies/|title=Record breaker Florence dies|work=[[Hereford Times]]|date=12 April 2007|accessdate=24 June 2024}}</ref> |
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|- |
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| Peter Mascolo<br />Anna (née DiTuccio) Mascolo |
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|rowspan=2|90 |
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| 23 April 1928 |
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|Bert W. Parr<br>Martha (née Miller) Parr<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yagerkirchhofer.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=170472&fh_id=11113|title=Bert W. Parr|publisher=Yager-Kirchhofer Funeral Home|accessdate=28 November 2010}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1928|4|23|2008|5|2}} |
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|6 February 1907 – 10 December 2007<br>29 October 1911 – 26 June 2010 |
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| 2 May 2008<br />(Peter) |
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|8 September 1926 |
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| Connecticut, United States |
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|{{age in years and days|1926|9|8|2007|12|10}} |
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| They were the parents of actor [[Joseph Mascolo]] |
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|Indiana, United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://soaps.sheknows.com/days-of-our-lives/news/1802/joseph-mascolos-parents-celebrate-80-years/|title=Joseph Mascolo's parents celebrate 80 years|website=sheknows.com|date=23 April 2008|access-date=22 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.courant.com/obituaries/peter-mascolo-newington-amp-west-hartford-ct/|title=Peter Mascolo OBITUARY|newspaper=Hartford Courant|date=2 May 2008|access-date=19 June 2024}}</ref> |
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|- style="background:#fbceb1;" |
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|Ivan Yoshio Nishimura<br>Doris Yoshiko (née Takeshita) Nishimura<ref name=ewtn/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=13366202|title=Good Things: October 21, 2010|publisher=[[Hawaii News Now]]|date=21 October 2010|accessdate=9 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.staradvertiser.com/2011/11/21/doris-yoshiko-nishimura/|title=Doris Yoshiko Nishimura|publisher=Honolulu Star-Advertiser|date=21 November 2011|accessdate=4 January 2011}}</ref> |
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|21 October 1912 – <br>14 October 1912 – 1 November 2011 |
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|July 1930 |
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|≥{{age in years and days|1930|07|31|2011|11|1}} |
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|Living in [[Hawaii]], United States |
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|- |
|- |
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| [[Pierre Soulages|Pierre Jean Louis Germain Soulages]]<br />Colette Marcelle Léonie (née Llaurens) Soulages |
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|92 |
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| 24 October 1942 |
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|Mitch(ell) A. Atkins<br>Mattie (née Butler) Louise Atkins<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.philly.com/2010-01-31/news/25211598_1_happy-marriages-kiss-miss-mattie-s|title=Eighty years on, love's glow is still warm Mitch and Mattie Atkins wed in 1930|publisher=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=31 January 2010|accessdate=6 September 2011|last=Von Bergen|first=Jane M.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/An_80-Year_Love_Story_Philadelphia.html|title=An 80-Year Love Story|publisher=[[WCAU]]|date=2 February 2010|accessdate=6 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phillytrib.com/obituaries/article_89bfd8ee-64bd-54c3-953c-ebae52575799.html|title=Mitchell Atkins, 102, longest serving deacon at Deliverance|publisher=The Philadelphia Tribune|date=11 December 2014|accessdate=14 December 2014}}</ref> |
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| {{age in years and days|1942|10|24|2022|10|25}} |
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|12 August 1912 – 5 December 2014<br>5 October 1907 – 15 April 2011 |
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| 25 October 2022<br />(Pierre Jean Louis Germain) |
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|14 January 1930 |
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| [[Sète]], France |
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|{{age in years and days|1930|1|14|2011|4|15}} |
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| He was an artist whose abstract works are in many modern art museums |
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|Pennsylvania, United States |
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| <ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Laporte|first=Arnaud|url=https://www.vanityfair.fr/culture/voir-lire/story/pierre-soulages-portrait-de-lartiste-en-jeune-homme/10694|title=Rencontre : Pierre Soulages, portrait de l'artiste en jeune homme|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=21 November 2019|access-date=24 October 2022|language=fr}}</ref> |
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|- style="background:#fbceb1;" |
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|93 |
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|Justo Galindo Barba<br>Lucía Rodríguez Barba<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hoy.es/v/20110729/prov-caceres/consistorio-homenajea-matrimonio-centenario-20110729.html|title=El Consistorio homenajea a un matrimonio centenario|language=Spanish|publisher=Hoy.es|date=29 July 2011|accessdate=7 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elperiodicoextremadura.com/noticias/extremadura/una-historia-de-amor-de-ochenta-anos_667374.html|title=Una historia de amor de ochenta años|language=Spanish|publisher=El Periódico de Extremadura|date=15 July 2012|accessdate=7 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.es/familia-mayores/20130214/abci-anos-casados-201302130831.html|title=Más de 80 años casados|language=Spanish|publisher=[[ABC (newspaper)|ABC]]|date=14 February 2013|accessdate=1 May 2013|last=Arrizabalaga|first=Mónica}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.es/familia-mayores/20130902/abci-matrimonio-longevo-espana-cumple-201309021239.html|title=El matrimonio más longevo de España cumple 81 años juntos|language=Spanish|publisher=ABC|date=2 September 2013|accessdate=27 November 2013|last=Arrizabalaga|first=Mónica}}</ref> |
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|13 April 1908 – <br>6 July 1911 – 28 November 2013 |
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|2 September 1932 |
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|{{age in years and days|1932|9|2|2013|11|28}} |
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|Living in Extremadura, Spain |
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|- |
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|94 |
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|Ralph Eugene Seckinger<br>Chelsea Blanche (née Mathia) Seckinger<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cjonline.com/stories/050702/com_anniversary.shtml|title=80 years of special moments Always together: Topeka couple, married eight decades, have known each other since childhood|publisher=[[The Topeka Capital-Journal|The Capital-Journal]]|date=7 May 2002|accessdate=21 March 2013|last=Bush|first=Ann Marie}}</ref> |
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|18 July 1905 – 10 December 2004<br>30 January 1903 – 1 August 2003 |
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|7 May 1922 |
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|{{age in years and days|1922|5|7|2003|8|1}} |
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|Missouri, United States |
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|- style="background:#fbceb1;" |
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|95 |
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|Vern(on) L. Isenhower<br>Wanda Verbal (née Peterson) Isenhower<ref>Froehlich, David (26 January 2010). "Kansas Couple Celebrates 81 Years of Marriage". [[WDAF-TV]].</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:517CzsWvOZ8J:www.areawidenews.com/story/1615543.html+&cd=5&hl=nl&ct=clnk&gl=be&client=firefox-beta|title=Isenhowers celebrate 81 years of marriage|publisher=Area Wide News|date=3 March 2010|accessdate=6 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.penwellgabellouisburg.com/obituary/39919/Wanda-Verbal-Isenhower/Louisburg-Kansas|title=Wanda Verbal Isenhower|publisher=Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home|date=18 April 2010|accessdate=15 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.areawidenews.com/story/1742149.html|title=Isenhower celebrates his 100th birthday|publisher=Area Wide News|date=6 July 2011|accessdate=14 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://plus.google.com/102202755075892040711/posts/SQ9Vzui4ega|title=Vern Isenhower celebrates 100 years today!|publisher=Google+|date=16 July 2011|accessdate=14 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.herald-online.com/news/article_a7343038-d455-5841-bc3e-0a596a15674d.html|title=Celebrating a birthday in style|publisher=Louisburg Herald|date=25 July 2012|accessdate=14 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.areawidenews.com/story/1883224.html|title=Man celebrates 101st birthday|publisher=AreaWideNews|date=17 August 2012|accessdate=14 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/103-year-old-continues-to-grow-and-sell-tomatoes-in-louisberg|title=103-year-old continues to grow and sell tomatoes in Louisberg|publisher=KSHB.com|date=21 July 2014|accessdate=6 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rfdtv.com/story/26092701/103-years-isnt-enough-to-slow-one-kansas-man-down|title=103 years isn't enough to slow one Kansas man down|publisher=RFD-TV|date=23 July 2014|accessdate=6 August 2014}}</ref> |
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|21 July 1911 – <br>22 October 1912 – 18 April 2010 |
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|26 January 1929 |
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|{{age in years and days|1929|1|26|2010|4|18}} |
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|Living in Kansas, United States |
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|- |
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|96 |
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|Phines Brown Murphy<br>Lela Mae (née Siegfried) Murphy<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1757234250/Luciano-Couple-celebrates-80-as-husband-approaches-100|title=Luciano: Couple celebrates 80 as husband approaches 100|publisher=[[Journal Star (Peoria)|Journal Star]]|date=4 September 2010|accessdate=21 December 2010|last=Luciano|first=Phil}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.journalpilot.com/articles/2011/12/13/obituaries/obits1.txt|title=PHINES MURPHY|publisher=Hancock County Journal-Pilot|date=14 December 2011|accessdate=21 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/whig/obituary.aspx?pid=162466475|title=Lela Mae Murphy|publisher=Quincy Herald-Whig|date=20–22 January 2013|accessdate=10 October 2013}}</ref> |
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|5 November 1910 – 8 December 2011<br>28 December 1912 – 17 January 2013 |
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|20 September 1930 |
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|{{age in years and days|1930|9|20|2011|12|8}} |
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|Illinois, United States |
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|- |
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|97 |
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|Clarence Stovall<br>Eula Stovall<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arkansasmatters.com/news-fulltext?nxd_id=46472|title=So Happy Together: Arkadelphia Couple Celebrates 80 Years of Marriage|publisher=[[KARK-TV]]|date=24 March 2005|accessdate=21 March 2011}}</ref> |
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|22 February 1909 – 1 June 2006<br>24 March 1909 – 9 August 2007 |
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|24 March 1925 |
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|{{age in years and days|1925|3|24|2006|6|1}} |
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|Arkansas, United States |
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|- |
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|98 |
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|JD Conger<br>Opal (née Foster) Conger<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chieftain.com/life/local/article_d88054b7-b320-5593-b671-40cb1a385ee6.html|title=California couple together through 80 years of marriage|publisher=[[The Pueblo Chieftain]]|date=24 February 2010|accessdate=14 December 2010|author=[[The McClatchy Company]]}}</ref> |
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|2 April 1909 – 15 January 2011<br>12 September 1913 – 13 January 2011 |
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|7 December 1929 |
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|{{age in years and days|1929|12|7|2011|1|13}} |
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|California, United States |
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|- |
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|99 |
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|W. Gilbert Hill<br>Sadie (née Longmoor) Hill<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sptimes.com/News/090701/Floridian/Life_without_Sadie.shtml|title=Life without Sadie|publisher=St. Petersburg Times|date=7 September 2001|accessdate=28 November 2010|last=Dennis|first=Brady}}</ref> |
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|15 March 1900 – 10 March 2007<br>10 October 1899 – 15 July 2001 |
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|15 June 1920 |
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|{{age in years and days|1920|6|15|2001|7|15}} |
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|Florida, United States |
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|- style="background:#fbceb1;" |
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|100 |
|||
|Robert Lee Gerald, Sr.<br>Virginia (née Robinson) Gerald<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/03/03/2722906/shaffer-goldsboro-couple-married.html|title=Shaffer: Goldsboro couple married 80 years|publisher=News Observer|date=3 March 2013|accessdate=17 April 2013|last=Shaffer|first=Josh}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2013/03/04/Couple-near-80-years-of-marriage/UPI-99001362430460/|title=Couple near 80 years of marriage|publisher=United Press International|date=4 March 2013|accessdate=17 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wcti12.com/news/Wayne-County-couple-celebrates-80th-wedding-anniversary/-/13530444/19731338/-/143s04qz/-/index.html|title=Wayne County couple celebrates 80th wedding anniversary Longest marriage in North Carolina|publisher=WCT12|date=12 April 2013|accessdate=17 April 2013|last=Shaw|first=Tori}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://triangle.news14.com/content/top_stories/692904/goldsboro-couple-celebrates-their-80th-wedding-anniversary|title=Goldsboro couple celebrates their 80th wedding anniversary|publisher=News14|date=13 April 2013|accessdate=17 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wral.com/lifestyles/travel/video/13178515/#/vid13178515|title=Goldsboro couple married 80 years|publisher=WRALTV|date=4 December 2013|accessdate=4 December 2013|last=Mason|first=Scott}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hamiltonfuneralchapelgoldsboro.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=1305671|title=In Memoriam of Robert Lee Gerald, Sr.|publisher=Hamilton Funeral Chapel|date=7 May 2014|accessdate=22 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsargus.com/obituaries/archives/2014/05/09/robert_l_gerald_sr/|title=ROBERT L. GERALD SR.|publisher=The Goldsboro News-Argus|date=9 May 2014|accessdate=22 May 2014}}</ref> |
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|5 September 1915 – 7 May 2014<br>1917 – |
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|12 April 1933 |
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|{{age in years and days|1933|4|12|2014|5|7}} |
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|Living in North Carolina, United States |
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|100 |
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|[[André Debry|André Léon Debry]]<br>Marguerite (née Pingaud) Debry<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/jul/25/france.jonhenley|title=Percy and Florence Arrowsmith Marriage Profile|publisher=About.com|date=1 June 2005|accessdate=8 September 2011|last=Stritof|first=Sheri and Bob}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/jul/25/france.jonhenley|title=Oldest couple missed by record book|publisher=[[The Guardian]]|date=25 July 2005|accessdate=8 September 2011|last=Henley|first=Jon}}</ref> |
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|15 June 1898 – 31 August 2005<br>10 October 1904 – January 2006 |
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|12 August 1924 |
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|{{age in years and days|1924|8|12|2005|8|31}} |
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|[[Centre Region, France|Centre]], France |
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|- |
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|100 |
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|[[Russell Jump|Frank Russell Jump]]<br>Florence (née Regnier) Jump<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WE&s_site=kansas&p_multi=WE&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB5756B25345795&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=LOVE IS ENOUGH TO STAY TOGETHER 80 YEARS N RUSSELL JUMP, WORLD WAR I PILOT AND FORMER WICHITA MAYOR, SAYS HE'S STILL IN LOVE WITH THE GIRL HE MET IN 1914.|publisher=[[The Wichita Eagle]]|date=7 December 1997|accessdate=14 December 2010}}</ref> |
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|16 March 1895 – 18 April 2000<br>20 June 1898 – 16 December 1999 |
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|28 November 1918 |
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|{{age in years and days|1918|11|28|1999|12|16}} |
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|Kansas, United States |
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|- |
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|100 |
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|Russell Willard Itschner<br>Leona Opal (née Bennight) Itschner<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hannibal.net/obituaries/x1315031729/Leona-Opal-Itschner|title=Leona Opal Itschner|publisher=Hannibal Courier-Post|date=27 March 2011|accessdate=29 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bienhofffuneralhome.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=1291254&fh_id=10743|title=Russell Willard Itschner|publisher=Bienhoff Funeral Home|date=21 October 2011|accessdate=7 January 2012}}</ref> |
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|21 December 1908 – 21 October 2011<br>29 September 1910 – 25 March 2011 |
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|8 March 1930 |
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|{{age in years and days|1930|3|8|2011|3|25}} |
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|Missouri, United States |
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|100 |
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|Armand Giraud<br>Jeanne (née Fage) Giraud<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lepoint.fr/actualites-societe/2007-01-25/carnet/920/0/90096|title=Carnet|language=French|publisher=[[Le Point]]|date=11 April 1898|accessdate=12 December 2010|last=Lécrivain|first=Josette}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ina.fr/economie-et-societe/vie-sociale/video/CAC95007842/le-plus-vieux-couple-saint-valentin.fr.html|title=LE PLUS VIEUX COUPLE SAINT VALENTIN|publisher=[[Institut national de l'audiovisuel]]|language=French|date=14 February 1995|accessdate=12 December 2010}}</ref> |
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|5 January 1899 – 12 April 1999{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}<br>27 November 1899 – 30 June 2003{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}} |
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|3 April 1918 |
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|{{age in years and days|1918|4|3|1999|4|12}} |
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|[[Pays de la Loire]], France |
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|- style="background:#fbceb1;" |
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|100 |
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|Gervasios Kosmidis<br>Chariklia Kosmidis<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.madata.gr/homogeny/australia/2207.html|script-title=el:Αυστραλία 79 χρόνια γάμου για έλληνα ομογενή Αυστραλίας|publisher=AFOI KYRBASI|date=24 April 2007|accessdate=12 March 2014|language=Greek}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://history-of-macedonia.com/2009/11/19/this-is-a-truly-wonderful-man/|title=This is a truly wonderful man|publisher=History of Macedonia|date=19 November 2009|accessdate=12 March 2014}}</ref> |
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|20 November 1904 – 1 November 2009<br>1911 – |
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|1928 |
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|{{age in years and days|1928|11|1|2009|11|1}}+ |
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|Living in [[South Australia]], Australia |
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|- style="background:#9f9;" |
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|100 |
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|John George Betar<br>Anna (née Shawah) Betar<ref name=betar1>{{cite web|url=http://gma.yahoo.com/couple-celebrates-80th-wedding-anniversary-shares-secrets-lasting-174309809--abc.news-sex.html|title=Couple Celebrates 80th Wedding Anniversary, Shares Secrets to Lasting Marriage|publisher=Good Morning America Yahoo News|date=20 November 2012|accessdate=25 November 2012}}</ref><ref name=betar2>{{cite web|url=http://www.wellandtribune.ca/2013/11/20/connecticut-couple-to-mark-81st-wedding-anniversary|title=Connecticut couple to mark 81st wedding anniversary|publisher=Welland Tribune|date=20 November 2013|accessdate=21 November 2013|last=Weizel|first=Richard}}</ref><ref name=betar3>{{cite web|url=http://www.today.com/news/americas-longest-married-couple-celebrate-81st-anniversary-2D11641671?gt1=43001|title=America's longest-married couple to celebrate 81st anniversary|publisher=Today|date=22 November 2013|accessdate=24 November 2013|last=Weizel|first=Richard}}</ref><ref name=betar4>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/53662533|title=Couple celebrates 81 years of marriage|publisher=NBS Nightly News|date=25 November 2013|accessdate=27 November 2013|last=Williams|first=Brian}}</ref> |
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|1911 – <br>1915 – |
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|25 November 1932 |
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|{{age in years and days|1932|11|25|2013|11|25}} |
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|Living in Connecticut, United States |
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|- style="background:#9f9;" |
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|100 |
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|Roy T. Edgmon<br>Vola Gracie (née Watson) Edgmon<ref name=edgmon1>{{cite web|url=http://nwahomepage.com/fulltext-news?nxd_id=306512|title=Springdale Couple has Longest Marriage in Arkansas|publisher=NWA homepage|date=10 February 2012|accessdate=30 May 2013|last=Hodges|first=Cassidy}}</ref><ref name=edgmon2>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansas-catholic.org/article.php?id=2879|title=Love lasts Catholic ministry honors Arkansas' longest-married couple|publisher=Arkansas-Catholic|date=18 February 2012|accessdate=30 May 2013|last=May|first=Patricia}}</ref><ref name=edgmon3>{{cite web|url=http://epaper.ardemgaz.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:ArticleToMail&Type=text/html&Path=ArDemocrat/2013/05/26&ID=Ar04202&Locale=|title=Anniversaries|publisher=Arkansas Democratic-Gazette|date=26 May 2013|accessdate=30 May 2013}}</ref> |
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|27 November 1913 – <br>3 March 1915 – |
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|28 May 1933 |
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|{{age in years and days|1933|5|28|2013|5|28}} |
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|Living in Arkansas, United States |
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|- style="background:#9f9;" |
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|100 |
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|Cranford Wilburn McDade<br>Myrtle Lucille (née Welch) McDade<ref name=mcdade1>{{cite web|url=http://www.al.com/living/index.ssf/2013/09/he_walked_two_miles_each_way_j.html|title=After 80 years of marriage, St. Clair County couple's love is still going strong (photos, video)|publisher=Al.com|date=10 September 2013|accessdate=11 September 2013|last=Kilpatrick-Shedd|first=Rona}}</ref><ref name=mcdade2>{{cite web|url=http://www.al.com/living/index.ssf/2014/01/springville_man_celebrated_his.html|title=Springville man celebrates his 100th birthday (photos)|publisher=Al.com|date=21 January 2014|accessdate=13 June 2014|last=Songer|first=Joe}}</ref> |
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|17 January 1914 – <br>1917 – |
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|5 August 1933 |
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|{{age in years and days|1933|8|5|2014|1|21}} |
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|Living in Alabama, United States |
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|- style="background:#9f9;" |
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|100 |
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|Erman J. Johnston<br>Erma (née Mesman) Johnston<ref name=johnston1>{{cite web|url=http://democratherald.com/news/local/albany-couple-to-celebrate-th-anniversary/article_1e524386-0a27-11e3-8f5a-0019bb2963f4.html|title=Albany couple to celebrate 80th anniversary|publisher=Albany Democrat-Herald|date=20 August 2013|accessdate=18 September 2013|last=Robbins|first=Amanda}}</ref><ref name=johnston2>{{cite web|url=http://states.aarp.org/102-year-old-albany-man-sets-balloon-flight-record-sc-or-wp-events/|title=102-year-old Albany man sets balloon flight record|publisher=AARP The Magazine|date=30 September 2013|accessdate=14 June 2014|last=Kaplan-Miner|first=Haven}}</ref> |
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|4 September 1911 – <br>February 1915 – |
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|23 August 1933 |
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|{{age in years and days|1933|8|23|2013|9|30}} |
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|Living in Oregon, United States |
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|- style="background:#9f9;" |
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|100 |
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|Lloyd Hill<br>Elsie J. (née Bell) Hill<ref name=hill2>{{cite web|url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/lifestyle/article/Couple-celebrate-80-years-of-marriage-4818911.php|title=Couple celebrate 80 years of marriage|publisher=San Antonio Express-News|date=16 September 2013|accessdate=17 September 2013|last=Davis|first=Vincent T.}}</ref> |
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|1916 – <br>1916 – |
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|24 August 1933 |
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|{{age in years and days|1933|8|24|2013|9|16}} |
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|Living in Texas, United States |
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|- style="background:#9f9;" |
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|100 |
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|Ernest Cochrane<br>Helene Cochrane<ref name=cochrane>{{cite web|url=http://www.babylonbeacon.com/news/2014-01-30/People%7CSocial/Ernest_and_Helene_Cochrane_celebrate_80th_annivers.html|title=Ernest and Helene Cochrane celebrate 80th anniversary|publisher=The Babylon Beacon|date=30 January 2014|accessdate=28 February 2014}}</ref> |
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|19?? – <br>19?? – |
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|29 November 1933 |
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|{{age in years and days|1933|11|29|2014|1|30}} |
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|Living in New York, United States |
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|- style="background:#9f9;" |
|||
|100 |
|||
|John Moreno<br>Lupe Moreno<ref name=moreno1>{{cite web|url=http://www.ivpressonline.com/news/local/el-centro-couple-celebrates--year-anniversary/article_0b5b2258-6b9c-11e3-9383-0019bb30f31a.html|title=El Centro couple celebrates 80-year anniversary|publisher=Imperian Press Online|date=23 December 2013|accessdate=24 December 2013|last=Daly|first=Krista}}</ref><ref name=moreno2>{{cite web|url=http://business.elcentrochamber.com/news/details/long-time-el-centro-resident-john-moreno-sr-celebrated-his-100th-birthday-thursday-evening|title=Long time El Centro resident John Moreno Sr. celebrated his 100th birthday Thursday evening|publisher=El Centro Chamber of Commerce|date=18 August 2014|accessdate=5 December 2014}}</ref> |
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|14 August 1914 – <br>1918 – |
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|23 December 1933 |
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|{{age in years and days|1933|12|23|2014|8|18}} |
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|Living in California, United States |
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|- style="background:#9f9;" |
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|100 |
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|Sam(uel) L. Weiss<br>Blanche Weiss<ref name=weiss1>{{cite web|url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/Mar/13/couple-set-to-mark-80th-anniversary/#comments-module|title=Sam & Blanche: side by side for 80 years|publisher=UT San Diego|date=13 March 2014|accessdate=20 March 2014|last=Kragen|first=Pam}}</ref><ref name=weiss2>{{cite web|url=http://www.10news.com/news/local-couple-celebrates-80th-wedding-anniversary-03162014|title=Local couple celebrates 80th wedding anniversary|publisher=10News.com KGTV ABC10 San Diego|date=16 March 2014|accessdate=20 March 2014}}</ref> |
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|8 January 1914 – <br>14 August 1916 – |
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|18 March 1934 |
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|{{age in years and days|1934|3|18|2014|3|18}} |
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|Living in California, United States |
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|- style="background:#9f9;" |
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|100 |
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|J. Harwood Cochrane<br>Louise (née Blanks) Cochrane<ref name=cochrane2>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/local/columnists-blogs/bill-lohmann/bill-lohmann-for-better-for-worse-for-years-and-counting/article_a16932a4-d395-5538-8d74-aa1e5bab541d.html|title=Generous benefactors Lohmann: For better, for worse — for 80 years and counting|publisher=Richmond Times-Dispatch|date=31 March 2014|accessdate=1 April 2014|last=Mahoney|first=Joe}}</ref> |
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|16 November 1912 – <br>30 January 1916 – |
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|31 March 1914 |
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|{{age in years and days|1934|3|31|2014|3|31}} |
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|Living in [[Virginia]], United States |
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|- style="background:#9f9;" |
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|100 |
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|Maurice Kaye<br>Helen Kaye<ref name=kaye1>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/aug/16/maurice-and-helen-kaye-happily-married-for-80-years|title=Maurice and Helen Kaye: happily married for 80 years Maurice and Helen were married in 1934 and in their eight decades together have experienced great joy – and great suffering. They say their marriage has been perfect, though, so what’s their secret?|publisher=The Guardian|date=16 August 2014|accessdate=31 August 2014|last=Friedland|first=Michael}}</ref><ref name=kaye2>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-28946521|title=Maurice and Helen Kaye celebrate 80 years of marriage|publisher=Leicester Mercury|date=27 August 2014|accessdate=31 August 2014}}</ref> |
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|3 June 1912 – <br>23 April 1913 – |
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|27 August 1934 |
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|{{age in years and days|1934|8|27}} |
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|Living in Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom |
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Latest revision as of 01:02, 4 January 2025
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This is a list of long marriages. It includes only marriages extending over at least 80 years.
Background
[edit]A study by Robert and Jeanette Lauer, reported in the Journal of Family Issues, conducted on 40 sets of spouses married for at least 50 years, concluded that the long-term married couples received high scores on the Lock-Wallace marital satisfaction test and were closely aligned on how their marriages were doing.[1] In a 1979 study on about 55 couples in marriages with an average length of 55.5 years, couples said their marriages lasted so long because of mutual devotion and special regard for each other.[1] Couples who have been married for a long time have a lower likelihood of divorcing because "common economic interests and friendship networks increase over time" and during stress can assist in sustaining the relationship.[2]
Another study found that people in long marriages are wedded to the idea of "marital permanency" in which "They don't see divorce as an option".[3] Sociologist Pepper Schwartz, the American Association of Retired Persons's relationships authority, said that it was helpful to have a spouse who is quick to recover when there are surprises in life.[3]
A study of 1,152 couples who had been married for over 50 years found that they attributed their long marriages to faith in each other, love, ability to make concessions, admiration for each other, reliance on each other, children, and strong communication.[4] Bowling Green State University (BGSU)'s National Center for Family and Marriage Research found that 7% of American marriages last at least 50 years.[3]
Recording longest marriages
[edit]The longest marriage recorded (although not officially recognized) is a granite wedding anniversary (90 years) between Karam and Kartari Chand, who both lived in the United Kingdom, but were married in India. The couple married in 1925, and died in 2016 and 2019, respectively.[5][6]
Guinness World Records published its first edition in 1955.[7] In the 1984 to 1998 editions, the longest recorded marriages were between Sir Temulji Bhicaji Nariman and Lady Nariman, and Lazarus and Mary Molly Rowe. According to the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, both of them are stated as spanning 86 years.[8][9] Guinness has since recognized couples with longer marriage spans, with the current world record holders being David and Sarah Hiller.[10] It also keeps record of the oldest married couple by aggregate age.[11]
Other organizations have created events where they honor couples with long marriages. In 2011, World Marriage Encounter (WME), an American organization that was responsible for making a World Marriage Day, created a Longest Married Couple Project (LMCP), where they pick a couple with a long marriage and honor them on Valentine's Day.[12][13] They have since expanded the awards to representatives in each of the 50 states, although the candidates selected are not necessarily the ones with record-setting marriages.[14] Starting in 2004, the Louisiana Family Forum (LFF) has honored its annual list of long-time married couples in that particular state, beginning with George and Germaine Briant.[15]
List of marriages reported to (have) be(en) 80 years or more
[edit]At least one spouse is deceased Both spouses are (most likely) still living Disputed and/or unverified
| Names | Marriage date | Length of marriage | End date (husband's or wife's death) |
Residence (at date of last report or death) |
Note(s) | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karam Chand Kartari Chand |
11 December 1925 | 90 years, 291 days | 30 September 2016 (Karam) |
Bradford, United Kingdom | [a] | [16][17][18][19][20][21] |
| David Jacob Hiller Sarah (née Davy) Hiller |
23 April 1809 | 88 years, 350 days | 8 April 1898 (Sarah) |
Michigan, United States | Recognized by Guinness World Records as longest marriage ever as of 2024[update][10] | [10][22] |
| K. Philipose Thomas Sosamma Thomas |
17 February 1918 | 88 years, 2 days | 19 February 2006 (Sosamma) |
Kerala, India | [23][24] | |
| Herbert Fisher Sr. Zelmyra (née George) Fisher |
13 May 1924 | 86 years, 290 days | 27 February 2011 (Herbert Sr.) |
North Carolina, United States | Was previously recognized by Guinness World Records as longest marriage ever[25][26] | [27][28] |
| Sir Temulji Bhicaji Nariman Lady Nariman |
c. 31 December 1853 | c. 86 years, 214 days | 1 August 1940 (Sir Temulji Bhicaji) |
Maharashtra, India | Temulji and Lady Nariman married as cousins when they were five years old. This was noted as the longest marriage recorded through 1940. Shared Guinness World Record with Lazarus and Mary Molly Rowe for editions up to 1998.[9] | [29][30][31][32][33] |
| Liu Yung-Yang Liu Yang Yang-Wan |
10 March 1917 | 86 years, 133 days | 21 July 2003 (Yang Yang-Wan) |
Taoyuan, Taiwan | Was recognized by Guinness World Records 2004 (published in 2003) as world's longest marriage[34][35] | [36][37][38][39][34][40] |
| Ralph Kohler Dorothy (née Redding) Kohler |
16 September 1935 | 86 years, 77 days | 2 December 2021 (Dorothy) |
California, United States | Recognized as America's longest lived married couple | [41][42][43][44][45] |
| John George Betar Sr. Ann (née Shawah) Betar |
25 November 1932 | 85 years, 291 days | 12 September 2018 (John George Sr.) |
Connecticut, United States | Winner of the "Worldwide Marriage Encounter's Longest Married Couple Project" in 2013 | [46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53] |
| Duranord Veillard Jeanne Hermina Veillard |
29 November 1932 | 85 years, 184 days | 1 June 2018 (Duranord) |
New York, United States | [54][55][56][57][58][59] | |
| Lazarus Rowe Mary Molly (née Webber) Rowe |
c. 31 December 1743 | c. 85 years, 178 days | 27 June 1829 (Mary Molly) |
Maine, United States | Shared Guinness World Record with Sir and Lady Nariman for editions up to 1998[9] | [60][61][62][63] |
| Tadanosuke Hashimoto Hanae Hashimoto |
1911 | c. 85 years | c. 1996/7 (Hanae) |
Hyogo, Japan | [64][65] | |
| Cleovis Whiteside Sr. Arwilda (née Kelly) Whiteside |
24 July 1939 | 84 years, 242 days | 23 March 2024 (Cleovis Sr.) |
Arkansas, United States | Recognized as the longest marriage in the state | [66][67][68][69] |
| Marco Milo Pasqua (née Palmieri) Milo |
15 January 1938 | 84 years, 122 days | 17 May 2022 (Marco) |
Bari, Italy | [70][71][72] | |
| Maurice Kaye Helen Kaye |
27 August 1934 | 83 years, 330 days | 23 July 2018 (Maurice) |
Bournemouth, United Kingdom | [73][74][75][76] | |
| Henry Andrew Johnson Lena (née Knudsen) Johnson |
8 February 1920 | 83 years, 231 days | 27 September 2003 (Lena) |
Iowa, United States | [35] | |
| William B. Ritchie Claudia Lillian Ritchie |
12 April 1919 | 83 years, 224 days | 22 November 2002 (William B.) |
Kentucky, United States | Recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living married couple in 2002 | [77][78][79][80][35] |
| Norman James Burmah Norma "Mickey" (née Depland) Burmah |
27 January 1931 | 83 years, 222 days | 6 September 2014 ("Mickey") |
Louisiana, United States | Recognized by the Louisiana Family Forum in 2013 and 2014. Also recognized as the longest marriage in the state. | [81][82][83] |
| Marshall N. Kuykendall Winifred Louisiana "Winnie Louise" (née Macnab) Kuykendall |
14 February 1929 | 83 years, 221 days | 22 September 2012 ("Winnie Louise") |
New Mexico, United States | Winner of the Worldwide Marriage Encounter's inaugural Longest Married Couple Project in 2011 | [84][85][86] |
| Thell E. Ellison Margie Lea (née Rose) Ellison |
24 June 1941 | 83 years, 194 days | Arkansas, United States | Recognized as the longest incumbent marriage in the state | [87][88][89][90][91] | |
| George Leon Briant Germaine (née Thibodeaux) Briant |
20 July 1921 | 83 years, 192 days | 28 January 2005 (Germaine) |
Louisiana, United States | Honored by Congressman David Vitter in the Louisiana Family Forum's inaugural Louisiana's longest married couple contest in 2004. George, a World War I veteran, was interviewed by Richard Rubin in the same year. | [92][93] |
| Steven "Steve" Wrubel Victoria Virginia "Vicky" (née Puvalowski) Wrubel |
28 August 1929 | 83 years, 192 days | 8 April 2013 ("Vicky") |
Florida, United States | Were recognized by Guinness World Records in 2011, but did not clinch the record[86] | [94][95][96] |
| Evert Stolpe Anni (née Lepistö) Stolpe |
24 March 1941 | 83 years, 176 days | 16 September 2024 (Evert) |
Ostrobothnia, Finland | [97][98] | |
| Harley Dewey Utz Sylvia (née Booker) Utz |
15 June 1918 | 83 years, 150 days | 12 November 2001 (Harley) |
Ohio, United States | Recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living married couple in 2001. Sylvia survived her husband by almost 8 years, eventually becoming a supercentenarian. | [99][100] |
| Marcel Brouard Berthe (née Pallu) Brouard |
26 November 1938 | 83 years, 131 days | 6 April 2022 (Marcel) |
Saint-Éliph, France | Recognized as the longest marriage in the history of France | [101] |
| René Debove Denise (née Dauboin) Debove |
4 October 1941 | 83 years, 92 days | Clermont-l'Hérault, France | [102][103][104] | ||
| Louis Herman Marine Grace Marie (née Jacks) Marine |
15 January 1942 | 82 years, 355 days | California, United States | [105] | ||
| Ira Milan Margery Milan |
17 January 1942 | 82 years, 353 days | Louisiana, United States | Recognized by the Louisiana Family Forum in 2023 | [106][107] | |
| Arend Noordhuis Aaltje (née Nijstad) Noordhuis |
22 January 1938 | 82 years, 298 days | 15 November 2020 (Arend) |
Ruinen, Netherlands | Recognized as the longest marriage in the history of the Netherlands | [108][109] |
| Gene Bond Irene Bond |
15 August 1942 | 82 years, 142 days | Oklahoma, United States | [110] | ||
| Eric Frank Kingston Annie Sarah "Nancy" Kingston |
1 June 1940 | 82 years, 72 days | 12 August 2022 (Eric Frank) |
Blackford, United Kingdom | [111][112][113] | |
| David P. Beachy Katherine (née Swartz) Beachy |
23 December 1939 | 82 years, 59 days | 20 February 2022 (David) |
Florida, United States | [114][115][116] | |
| Lauris Broussard Earline Marie (née Dyson) Broussard |
25 January 1941 | 82 years, 15 days | 9 February 2023 (Earline Marie) |
Louisiana, United States | Recognized by the Louisiana Family Forum in 2023 | [117][118][119] |
| Robert Schaum Edith Mae Schaum |
26 December 1942 | 82 years, 9 days | Pennsylvania, United States | [120] | ||
| Ronald "Ron" Bond Joyce E. (née Sanders) Bond |
4 January 1941 | 81 years, 350 days | 20 December 2022 ("Ron") |
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom | [121][122] | |
| Eduard Gerardus Cuyvers Maria Angelina/e (née Haeseldonckx) Cuyvers |
30 January 1943 | 81 years, 340 days | Houthalen-Helchteren, Belgium | Recognized as the longest marriage in the history of Belgium, also its first ever marriage of at least 80 years. He was inducted in the Order of Leopold. | [123][124] | |
| Mota Eli Young Avanelle (née McGinnis) Young |
14 April 1936 | 81 years, 314 days | 22 February 2018 (Mota Eli) |
Kentucky, United States | He was a World War II veteran | [125][126] |
| Masao Matsumoto Miyako (née Sonoda) Matsumoto |
20 October 1937 | 81 years, 209 days | 17 May 2019 (Masao) |
Kagawa, Japan | Was recognized by Guinness World Record as "Oldest living married couple, aggregate age" in August 2018,[127] and as "Oldest married couple, aggregate age" on 17 May 2019[b] | [128][129] |
| William Aaron Bruce Georgette Nadine (née Holth) Bruce |
19 June 1943 | 81 years, 199 days | Indiana, United States | [130][131] | ||
| Charles Abraham "Charlie" Muise Anne Celina "Annie" (née Bourque) Muise |
13 July 1942 | 81 years, 194 days | 23 January 2024 ("Charlie") |
Nova Scotia, Canada | [132][133][134][135][136][137] | |
| Roy Walter Dorothy Walter |
27 July 1942 | 81 years, 192 days | 4 February 2024 (Dorothy) |
Wingham, United Kingdom | Marriage date recognized in 2017 article about their 75th wedding anniversary[138] | [139][140][122] |
| Reginald Louis Arthur "Jimmy/Reg" Woolgar Doris Woolgar |
30 August 1942 | 81 years, 191 days | 8 March 2024 ("Jimmy/Reg") |
Brighton, United Kingdom | [141][122][142] | |
| Roy Ward Freda Ward |
1 July 1943 | 81 years, 187 days | Bilton, United Kingdom | [143] | ||
| Vern(on) Howard Stinebaugh Angela Mae (née Sollenberger) Stinebaugh |
19 August 1942 | 81 years, 181 days | 16 February 2024 (Angela Mae) |
Pennsylvania, United States | Recognized as the longest marriage in the state | [144][145][146][147] |
| Wallace P. Menard Gladys (née Broussard) Menard |
17 September 1938 | 81 years, 177 days | 12 March 2020 (Wallace P.) |
Louisiana, United States | Recognized by the Louisiana Family Forum in 2018 and 2019 | [148][149][150][151][152] |
| Isaac Benjamin Williams Ima Jewel (née Alverson) Williams |
4 September 1937 | 81 years, 159 days | 10 February 2019 (Isaac Benjamin) |
Arkansas, United States | Recognized by "The Family Council", a Christian society, in 2018 | [153][154][155][156][157] |
| James Garfield Stephenson Sr. Gussie Mae (née Shirlee) Stephenson |
25 December 1939 | 81 years, 105 days | 9 April 2021 (Gussie Mae) |
Arkansas, United States | [158][159][160][161] | |
| Irving Black Dorothy Black |
11 November 1940 | 81 years, 92 days | 11 February 2022 (Dorothy) |
New York, United States | [162][163][164][165][166][167][168] | |
| Chester A. "Chet" Pish Martha M. (née Kuchinski) Pish |
23 May 1942 | 81 years, 89 days | 20 August 2023 ("Chet") |
Pennsylvania, United States | Previously recognized as the longest marriage in the state | [169][170][171][172][173] |
| Adolph Velasquez Lucia "Lucy" (née Ramirez) Velasquez |
17 July 1942 | 81 years, 64 days | 19 September 2023 ("Lucy") |
Missouri, United States | [174][175] | |
| Arnold Bell Kathleen "Kathy" Bell |
16 November 1943 | 81 years, 49 days | Prudhoe, England | [176] | ||
| Warren Clinton Snell Arline (née Larson) Snell |
25 February 1940 | 81 years, 20 days | 17 March 2021 (Warren Clinton) |
Iowa, United States | [177] | |
| André Léon Alphonse Debry Marguerite Céline (née Pingaud) Debry |
12 August 1924 | 81 years, 19 days | 31 August 2005 (André Léon Alphonse) |
Sète, France | He was one of the last surviving World War I veterans in France and received the Legion d'Honneur | [178] |
| Roger Lee Kunkle Beverly B. (née Robinson) Kunkle |
6 August 1943 | 81 years, 10 days | 16 August 2024 (Roger Lee) |
Ohio, United States | [179][180] | |
| Leroy Kayser Julia Kayser |
8 January 1944 | 80 years, 362 days | New York, United States | [181] | ||
| Joseph Migné Yolande (née Renaudineau) Migné |
10 January 1944 | 80 years, 360 days | La Garnache, France | [182] | ||
| Raymond Johnson Mary Johnson |
11 January 1944 | 80 years, 359 days | Florida, United States | [183][184] | ||
| Michael Nikolaus Katharina Nikolaus |
26 December 1924 | 80 years, 358 days | 19 December 2005 (Katharina) |
Siegen, Germany | [185][186][187][188] | |
| Ronald "Ron" Golightly Beryl Golightly |
8 January 1941 | 80 years, 349 days | 23 December 2021 ("Ron") |
Harrogate, United Kingdom | [189][190] | |
| George Dennis Louise Dennis |
4 February 1944 | 80 years, 335 days | Alabama, United States | Recognized as the longest marriage in the state | [191] | |
| Loyd Monroe Collins Evelyn Eunice (née Garlington) Collins |
11 August 1934 | 80 years, 333 days | 10 July 2015 (Evelyn Eunice) |
Louisiana, United States | Recognized by the Louisiana Family Forum in 2012 | [192] |
| William Henry Wilcher Juanita Wilcher |
12 May 1941 | 80 years, 312 days | 20 March 2022 (William Henry) |
Virginia, United States | [193][194] | |
| Orvel Sherrill Virginia Lee Sherrill |
3 July 1942 | 80 years, 306 days | 5 May 2023 (Virginia Lee) |
Oklahoma, United States | Recognized by the Louisiana Family Forum in 2022 | [195][196][197][198][199] |
| John Paul Henderson Charlotte (née Curtis) Henderson |
22 December 1939 | 80 years, 299 days | 16 October 2020 (John Paul) |
Texas, United States | Recognized by Guinness World Records in 2019 as the oldest living married couple by aggregate age and oldest married couple by aggregate age.[c] | [200][201] |
| William Henry Olive Vacle P. Olive |
25 January 1941 | 80 years, 295 days | 16 November 2021 (William Henry) |
Arkansas, United States | [202][203] | |
| Donald Louis Mergler Margaret A. (née Beckman) Mergler |
4 August 1926 | 80 years, 264 days | 25 April 2007 (Donald) |
Maryland, United States | [204] | |
| Ralph Francis Lumb Phyllis Mae (née Wetherbee) Lumb |
11 February 1941 | 80 years, 252 days | 21 October 2021 (Phyllis Mae) |
New York, United States | [205][206] | |
| Gottfried Schmelzer Ursula Schmelzer |
17 May 1944 | 80 years, 232 days | Bad Sobernheim, Germany | [207] | ||
| Jean Couret Christiane (née Reynaud) Couret |
27 May 1944 | 80 years, 222 days | Saint-Julien-Chapteuil, France | [208][209][103] | ||
| Floyd Cletus Hall Betty June (née Hayes) Hall |
22 July 1939 | 80 years, 212 days | 19 February 2020 (Floyd Cletus) |
Arkansas, United States | [210][211] | |
| Donald Niles Hart Sr. Vivian Cornelia (née Brecker) Hart |
25 June 1937 | 80 years, 206 days | 17 January 2018 (Donald Niles Sr.) |
Michigan, United States | [212][213] | |
| Ronald Gilbert "Ron" Collings Esther Elizabeth Collings |
19 October 1938 | 80 years, 187 days | 24 April 2019 (Esther Elizabeth) |
Adelaide, Australia | [214][215][216] | |
| Willie Chambers Geraldine Chambers |
28 January 1943 | 80 years, 180 days | 27 July 2023 (Willie) |
Maryland, United States | [217][218][219][220][221] | |
| Allen John Frandsen Evelyn (née Mackay) Frandsen |
30 March 1942 | 80 years, 159 days | 5 September 2022 (Allen John) |
Utah, United States | Recognized at the time by the Utah governor's office as the then-longest marriage in the state | [222][223][224] |
| Leo Dormaier Vivian Marie Dormaier |
25 February 1944 | 80 years, 122 days | 26 June 2024 (Vivian Marie) |
Washington, United States | Recognized as the longest marriage in the state | [225][226] |
| Michael Robert Vincel Jr. Mildred F. Vincel |
10 September 1944 | 80 years, 116 days | Virginia, United States | [citation needed] | ||
| Jón Albert Magnússon Rita Rona Magnússon |
14 July 1940 | 80 years, 97 days | 19 October 2020 (Jón Albert) |
Hvidovre, Denmark | [227][228][229] | |
| Nicolaas Christiaan "Nico" Cornelisse Anna (née Breijaen) Cornelisse |
16 September 1942 | 80 years, 66 days | 23 November 2022 ("Nico") |
Bellingwolde, Netherlands | [230][231][232] | |
| Robert Samuel Cornish Leora Marie (née Wincapaw) Cornish |
10 March 1937 | 80 years, 63 days | 12 May 2017 (Robert) |
Wisconsin, United States | [233][234][235] | |
| Henry Willis Hoell Sr. Rosa (née Gurganus) Hoell |
28 April 1941 | 80 years, 49 days | 16 June 2021 (Rosa) |
North Carolina, United States | [236][237] | |
| Jack Bare Joan Bare |
3 August 1939 | 80 years, 38 days | 10 September 2019 (Jack) |
Codsall, United Kingdom | Previously recognized as Britain's "longest married couple" | [238][239][240] |
| Benjamin Franklin "Ben" Hartley Drusilla Orlena (née Keith) Hartley |
24 November 1875 | 80 years, 32 days | 26 December 1955 ("Ben") |
Idaho, United States | Recognized as "Nation's Longest Marriage" ever for several years | [241][242] |
| Warren Leslie MacQuarrie Clara Wilma MacQuarrie |
15 September 1942 | 80 years, 31 days | 16 October 2022 (Clara Wilma) |
California, United States | [243][244] | |
| Andrew Paul "Andy" Kowalczyk Bertha "Bunny" (née Burnham) Kowalczyk |
1 January 1944 | 80 years, 30 days | 31 January 2024 ("Andy") |
Missouri, United States | He was a World War II United States Navy veteran and electrical engineer | [245][246][247] |
| Percy George Arrowsmith Florence Mary "Flo" (née Dallimore) Arrowsmith |
1 June 1925 | 80 years, 14 days | 15 June 2005 (Percy George) |
Hereford, United Kingdom | Previously recognized as Britain's "longest married couple" | [248][249][250] |
| Peter Mascolo Anna (née DiTuccio) Mascolo |
23 April 1928 | 80 years, 9 days | 2 May 2008 (Peter) |
Connecticut, United States | They were the parents of actor Joseph Mascolo | [251][252] |
| Pierre Jean Louis Germain Soulages Colette Marcelle Léonie (née Llaurens) Soulages |
24 October 1942 | 80 years, 1 day | 25 October 2022 (Pierre Jean Louis Germain) |
Sète, France | He was an artist whose abstract works are in many modern art museums | [253] |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Not recognized by Guinness World Records
- ^ At the time of Masao Matsumoto's death, on 17 May 2019, he (born 9 July 1910) was aged 108 years and 312 days and his wife, Miyako Sonoda (born 24 November 1917), 101 years and 174 days: a combined age of 210 years and 121 days
- ^ At the time of John Paul Henderson's death, on 16 October 2020, he (born 24 December 1912) was aged 107 years and 297 days and his wife, Charlotte Curtis (8 November 1914 – 26 October 2021), 105 years and 343 days: a combined age of 213 years and 274 days
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