Margaret Romans

Supercentenarian data for CANADA

  • Full name: Margaret Romans
  • Lifespan: (16.03.1912 – present)
  • Age: 112 years
  • Birthplace: Riga, Russian Empire (now Latvia)
  • Last residence: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Application date: 16.03.2022
  • Validation date: 28.09.2024
  • Validation source: Wacław Jan Kroczek/Juris Terauds/Stefan Jamin/Romans family

Biography

Early Life

Margaret Romans was born in Riga, then part of the Russian Empire, present-day Latvia on 16 March 1912. She attended a post-secondary institution in Latvia where she learned to paint and create ceramics.

Romans could recollect the bombs dropping at the start of World War II. In 1941, she married Heinrich (Henry) Romans, having a small wedding due to the war and Latvia’s occupation by the Soviet Union. They did not have any children.

Shortly after their wedding, the couple were forced to flee from Latvia. They lived in Germany for a few years before emigrating to Canada in 1947. Romans claimed that Canada’s landscape was similar to that of Latvia’s.

Later Life

Romans worked as an art teacher at the YMCA, while her husband was employed as an engineer. She kept in touch with her former students throughout her life, as well as teaching multiple generations of the same families. She enjoyed traveling, visiting places such as Berlin and Paris.

Romans was widowed in 2002, and lived independently in Westmount, Quebec until the age of 107, when she moved into the Château Pierrefonds nursing home in Montreal’s West Island, where her room is decorated with her own artwork.

As of her 111th birthday in 2023, Romans can still walk with assistance and keeps up with current events.

On 8 April 2024, following the death of 112-year-old Annette Sabourin Brunet, she became the oldest person in Quebec.

Margaret Romans currently lives in Sainte-Genevieve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the age of 112.

Margaret Romans at the age of 111.

Longevity recognition

  • Oldest living person in Quebec (08.04.2024 – present)
  • 2nd oldest living person in Canada

Validation

The supercentenarian case of Margaret Romans was meticulously examined and verified by Wacław Jan Kroczek, Juris Terauds, and the Romans family/et al. validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) on 28 September 2024.

Margaret Romans with her husband Heinrich.

Margaret Romans on her 111th birthday.

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