Marie-Rose Tessier
Marie-Rose Tessier | |
|---|---|
| Born | Marie-Rose Bousseau 21 May 1910 Beaurepaire, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France |
| Died | (aged 115 years, 265 days) Les Sables-d'Olonne, France |
| Spouse |
Auguste Tessier (1904–1944)
(m. 1927; died 1944) |
Marie-Rose Tessier (née Bousseau; 21 May 1910 – 10 February 2026) (French pronunciation: [maʁi‿ʁoz tɛsiɛʁ]) was a French supercentenarian. At the time of her death, she was the oldest living French person and the second oldest living person in the world.[1][2]
Biography
Marie-Rose Henriette Augustine Bousseau was born on 21 May 1910 in Beaurepaire, in the Vendée department in what is now the Pays de la Loire region.[3]
Tessier's father, Alexis Auguste Bousseau (1868–1935), was a farmer and her mother, Marie Ernestine Rose Durand (1876–1962), was a housewife.[3] Marie-Rose was the youngest of the couple's four children and the only girl.[4]
She married Auguste Charles Tessier (1904–1944) in November 1927 in Ardelay, Vendée.[5] They had two daughters: Denise (1928–2020) and Yvette (1929–2010). Auguste was killed during World War II in Tergnier, Aisne.[4][6]
After 2010, Tessier lived in a nursing home in Les Sables-d'Olonne.[7]
Tessier became the oldest woman in France following the death of Lucile Randon (b. 1904) on 17 January 2023.[8][9][10]
Tessier died on 10 February 2026, at the age of 115.[11]
References
- ^ "World Supercentenarian Ranking List". Gerontology Research Group. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
- ^ "LGCF: Les Grands Centenaires Français" (in French). Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ^ a b "Marie-Rose Tessier". LongeviQuest. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ^ a b Beaucarnot, Jean-Louis (19 January 2023). "Les racines vendéennes de Marie-Rose Tessier, nouvelle doyenne des Français". La Revue française de Généalogie (in French). Retrieved 23 February 2025.
- ^ "Gerontology Research Group visits Marie-Rose Tessier before her 115th birthday". 21 May 2025. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
- ^ "«Ça ne me fait rien» : Marie-Rose Tessier a fêté ses 115 ans dans son Ehpad" (in French). 21 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ "Marie-Rose Tessier, doyenne des Français, fête ses 114 ans aux Sables-d'Olonne". Ouest (in French). 21 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ "Ǎgée de 112 ans, Marie-Rose Tessier serait la nouvelle doyenne des Français". Actu (in French). 18 January 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
- ^ "Marie-Rose Tessier ist mit 112 Jahre jetzt der älteste Mensch in Frankreich" (in German). 22 January 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ ""Elle ne se rend pas compte de l'âge qu'elle a" : la vice-doyenne de l'humanité, de Vendée, fête ses 115 ans" (in French). 21 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ Gerontology Research Group, "Vice-doyenne of the world passes away at 115", 11 February 2026. Retrieved 11 February 2026.