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...Edna Parker, 115, was the world's oldest person by 143 days. An Indiana farmer's wife who didn't drink or smoke, Parker worked as a teacher in a two-room schoolhouse until her marriage in 1913. She is survived by, among others, 13 great-great-grandchildren...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 12/4/2008 | See Source »

...That family could populate a decent-sized town. She had seven children, 40 grandchildren, 75 great-grandchildren, 150 great-great-grandchildren, 220 great-great-great-grandchildren and 75 great-great-great-great-grandchildren. Imagine trying to remember the birthdays. Picture Thanksgiving dinner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living to 116 | 12/13/2006 | See Source »

...oldest Japanese on record, who died at the age of 120 in 1986, was also from Tokunoshima. With Hongo's death, the distinction goes to Mitoyo Kawate, a 114-year-old woman in Hiroshima. Hongo had seven children, 27 grandchildren, 57 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-grandchildren. She practiced teodori, a type of slow dance, and drank green tea and an occasional cup of shochu liquor. Following a hip operation at the age of 110, she became known for sleeping for two days straight-after which she would stay awake for two days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 11/3/2003 | See Source »

Vellucci is survived by four daughters, Joanne Castriotta, Theresa Ferranti, Mary Ann Almeida and Jurina; four sons, Pasquale, Alfred Jr., Peter and James; and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren...

Author: By Susanne C. Chock, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Former Cambridge Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci Dies | 10/21/2002 | See Source »

...shift our personal time in new ways, leaving and receiving messages at mutual convenience. On a yet larger scale, social behavior will also become more asynchronous, with all of us moving in much less lockstep rhythm and with more personal cadence than we do today. Our great-great-grandchildren will find it very odd that their ancestors commuted in traffic or huddled around a TV set at a particular time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Everything Be Digital? | 6/19/2000 | See Source »

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