Quote Originally Posted by Tawi2 View Post
I don't think births were registered in 1900 in Kenya, her official government birth date is probably a stab in the dark, back then Africa earned its title the dark continent,
Who knows? ... ... I can neither confirm nor refute its authenticy. ... but hours later (as if by some bizarre coincidence) I came across the undernoted link to an article on the demise of an Italian woman - born in 1899 - reputed to have been the last person alive from the 19th century, thereby beating the record of the woman I'd mentioned earlier.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39610937