101ST BIRTHDAY
NO ILLNESS IN NEW ZEALAND One of the oldest persons in New Zealand, Mrs Henry Mahon Jervis, of Auckland, will celebrate her 101st birthday to-day. Mrs Jervis was able to take nu active part in a large family gathering, to mark her centenary 12 months ago, but she has been in a very poor state of health for some weeks, and accordingly no similar celebrations have been planned this year.
■Mrs Jervis, whose maiden name was Miss Ellen Dodds, was born in Sydney in 1832. It is curious to recall that she was a delicate girl, and that it was on account of her health that she came to New Zealand at. the age inf 17. It was thought, that the change alright do her health good, and it speaks well for New Zealand that she never had au illness afterwards until quite recently, when .the frailties of extreme old age have made themselves apparent.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18067, 19 April 1933, Page 2
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157101ST BIRTHDAY Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18067, 19 April 1933, Page 2
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