Joseph Saint-Amour

Joseph Saint-Amour
Saint-Amour at the age of 100
Birth:	26 February 1852 Saint-Jerome, Quebec, Canada
Death:	16 March 1962 Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec, Canada
Age:	110 years, 18 days
Country:	CAN
Validated

Joseph Saint-Amour (26 February 1852 – 16 March 1962) was a validated Canadian supercentenarian.

Biography

Joseph Saint-Amour was born in Saint-Jerome, Quebec, Canada on 26 February 1852. In 1862, he moved to Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts and lived there ever since. He started working at an early age and worked as a mason, earning 50 cents a day. He married Eugenie Letang and had 11 children, 51 grandchildren, 124 great-grandchildren and 23 great-great-grandchildren. He survived eight of his children. His wife died on 1 August 1943 at the age of 90.

Saint-Amour was reportedly never sick. Even in his early centenarian years, he was still in excellent shape, being able to do the household by himself. On 26 February 1962, he became the first Canadian to turn 110 years old and thus becoming Canada's first ever supercentenarian. At that time, he still was a diligent smoker and still had a good appetite. He also became the world's oldest living man after the death of Sylvester Melvin on 12 March 1962. Saint-Amour died four days later, on 16 March 1962, at the age of 110 years, 18 days. He was the oldest Canadian man ever until his final age was surpassed by Chester Pushie on 13 July 1994.

Joseph Saint-Amour was validated by the Gerontology Research Group on 30 March 2006.

Gallery

Joseph Saint-Amour at age 99.

Joseph Saint-Amour at 101 years and 8 months.

Joseph Saint-Amour at age 107.

Joseph Saint-Amour (undated)

References

• Gerontology Research Group
• Photo Gallery for Supercentenarians born in the 1850s Gerontology Research Group
• Un pionnier de la promotion ouvrière Le Front Ouvrier, 24 October 1953 (page 1)
• M. Joseph St-Amour, de Ste-Agathe, a 107 ans La Presse, 27 February 1959 (page 30)
• M. Joseph St-Amour est entré dans sa 110e année La Presse, 2 March 1961 (page 28)
• Un citoyen de Ste-Agathe célébrait 110 ans hier La Presse, 27 February 1962 (page 1 & 2)
• Un des plus vieux Canadiens meurt à Ste-Agathe-des-Monts Le Droit, 17 March 1962 (page 22)

World's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • T • E)

Sylvester Melvin • Joseph Saint-Amour • William Fullingim • John Mosley Turner • Friedrich Wedeking • Frederick Butterfield • Jean Teillet • Charlie Nelson • Charlie Phillips • Zachariah Blackistone • James Nash • Walter Wilcox • Gregory Pandazes • Joe Thomas • Herman Smith-Johannsen • Alphaeus Philemon Cole • John Evans • Henri Perignon • James Wiggins • Frederick Frazier • Josep Armengol-Jover • Christian Mortensen • Johnson Parks • Walter Richardson • Denzo Ishizaki • Antonio Urrea-Hernandez • John Painter • Antonio Todde • Yukichi Chuganji • Joan Riudavets-Moll • Fred Hale • Emiliano Mercado del Toro • Tomoji Tanabe • Henry Allingham • Walter Breuning • Jiroemon Kimura • Salustiano Sanchez • Arturo Licata • Alexander Imich • Sakari Momoi • Yasutaro Koide • Israel Kristal • Francisco Nunez Olivera • Masazo Nonaka • Domingo Villa Avisencio • Chitetsu Watanabe • Bob Weighton • Emilio Flores Marquez • Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia • Juan Vicente Perez Mora • John Tinniswood

Canada's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E)

Joseph Saint-Amour • Unknown • Eli Lindsay • Stuart Bott • Unknown • Adam McDonald • Arthur Critchfield • Adalbert Marchand • Herman Smith-Johannsen • William Hargest • Philo McCandless • George Ives • Chester Pushie • Arthur Nash • Tokusuke Oyakawa • Gustav Wikberg • Theodore Remfert • James Grant • Romeo Tremblay • Raphael Cree • John Gard • Montague Little • Lazare Gionet • Nicholas Salamis • Harold Dunichand • Ernest MacPherson • William Thomas • Leon Robitaille • Johannes Markusson • David Wiener • Sam Baker • Joseph Ernest Poupart • Zoltan Sarosy • Robert Wiener • Ja Hyung Lee • Reuben Sinclair • James Floyd