She was the second ever verified supercentuarian, after Geert Adriaans Boomgaard. She was the first known person whose life spanned three centuries and the first validated female supercentenarian. She was born on the small island of Saint Peter Port and spent most of her early life there. She then traveled to Bristol, England around 1815, where she received her education. Some say she could recall the French revolutionary war, even having met Charles François Dumouriez, a general of the French revolutionary war. She married her husband, John Neve, on January 18, 1823. The two had no known children. They lived in England for 25 years until John passed away in 1849 and Neve went back to her hometown, Saint Peter Port. She died on April 4, 1903, a month before her 111th birthday. Flags in Guernsey were lowered for her as a show of respect. She was one of the last living people from the 18th century.
She was the second ever verified supercentuarian, after Geert Adriaans Boomgaard. She was the first known person whose life spanned three centuries and the first validated female supercentenarian. She was born on the small island of Saint Peter Port and spent most of her early life there. She then traveled to Bristol, England around 1815, where she received her education. Some say she could recall the French revolutionary war, even having met Charles François Dumouriez, a general of the French revolutionary war. She married her husband, John Neve, on January 18, 1823. The two had no known children. They lived in England for 25 years until John passed away in 1849 and Neve went back to her hometown, Saint Peter Port. She died on April 4, 1903, a month before her 111th birthday. Flags in Guernsey were lowered for her as a show of respect. She was one of the last living people from the 18th century.
Bio by: Eddie Jones
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In Loving Memory of
Margaret Anne Neve
Daughter of John HARVEY and Elizabeth GUILLE
His wife, and widow of John NEVE esq.
of Tenderen, Kent
Born 18 May 1792, died 4 April 1903
Aged 110 years and 322 days.
Family Members
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John Harvey
1771–1820
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Elizabeth Guille Harvey
1772–1871
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John Neve
1778–1849 (m. 1823)
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John Harvey
1793–1865
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Elizabeth Harvey
1796–1885
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Thomas Harvey
1803–1875
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Records on Ancestry
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Margaret Ann Harvey Neve
Geneanet Community Trees Index
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Margaret Ann Harvey Neve
1851 Channel Islands
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Margaret Ann Harvey Neve
1861 Channel Islands Census
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Margaret Ann Harvey Neve
UK and Ireland, Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current
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Margaret Ann Harvey Neve
1901 Channel Islands Census
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