Has anyone in the world reached their 100th wedding anniversary?

Yarrmate

No, they haven't. The world record was the 80th in 2005 (at least that I could find!) - http://www.nctimes.com/special_reports/life_times/article_9f7de734-917d-5f63-953d-59aa69be3fea.html. However, a NZ woman accidentally received a 100th wedding anniversary card instead of a 100th Birthday card earlier this year - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10601923. If you think about it, a 100th wedding would mean that the people would be at least 116 (assuming marriage at 16). Of the top ten people ever to live, all were over 116, but 9 out of ten were female. I guess it's plausible... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldest_people Dec 25 09, 4:11 PM

rfcneil

Thanks! Good research. Dec 25 09, 4:17 PM

star_gazer

The Biblical figure of Methuselah lived to be just shy of 1,000 years old. He also fathered numerous children. Although, Scripture does not give us his wife's name; he almost certainly celebrated at least one 100th wedding anniversary. Methuselah is mentioned in one passage in the Hebrew Bible, Genesis 5:21-27, as part of the genealogy linking Adam to Noah. The genealogy is repeated, without the chronology, at 1 Chronicles 1:3, and also appears at Luke 3:37. (21) And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: (22) And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and Methuselah begat sons and daughters: (23) And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: (24) And Enoch walked with God: and he [was] not; for God took him. (25) And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech: (26) And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: (27) And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah Dec 26 09, 1:55 AM

serpa

Here's the longest verified marriage: Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher, of North Carolina, have been married 85 years as of May 13, 2009. Zelmyra is 101 years old and Herbert turned 104 on June 10th of this year. http://bulletin.aarp.org/yourworld/family/articles/couple_maintains_world_record_for_longest_marriage.html?CMP=KNC-360I-GOOGLE-BULL&HBX_OU=50&HBX_PK=longest_marriage Dec 26 09, 11:14 AM