Have you checked out our latest addition, Grand Generations, yet? It features interviews with half a dozen older folks from a variety of backgrounds and traditions. They're all fascinating, but we did a double take when civil rights activist Rosina Harvey Tucker casually mentioned that she was 102 during her interview!
So surprised were we that we checked out census records to verify her claim -- and sure enough, she was telling the truth. You can find her in the 1900 census (Washington, D.C.) as Rosina Harvey, an 18-year-old music teacher living with her parents and siblings. And then as "Rosena Carrothers" in the 1910 census. And then as Rosina Tucker in the 1920 and 1930 census records (she was widowed by 1916). And her age is always consistent.
Sadly, she passed away in 1987, but if you watch Grand Generations, you'll see that she packed a lot of living into 105 years!