The oldest person in the world who was the last living subject of Queen Victoria and worked for 'masters' on a Caribbean sugar plantation has died aged 117.
Violet Mosse Brown died in Jamaica at around 2.30pm yesterday.
She became the world's oldest person on April 15 this year at 117 and 38 days, taking the title from Italian Emma Morano, whose life spanned three centuries and was born in 1899.
World’s oldest person – the last subject of Queen Victoria – dies in Jamaica aged 117
Violet Mosse Brown was born in 1900 and died yesterday afternoon in Jamaica
She became the world's oldest person in April after death of Emma Morano, 117
The supercentenarian swore by the Bible, not drinking rum and eating cows' feet
By Lara Keay For Mailonline
17 September 2017
The oldest person in the world who was the last living subject of Queen Victoria and worked for 'masters' on a Caribbean sugar plantation has died aged 117.
Violet Mosse Brown died in Jamaica at around 2.30pm yesterday.
She became the world's oldest person on April 15 this year at 117 and 38 days, taking the title from Italian Emma Morano, whose life spanned three centuries and was born in 1899.
Violet Mosse Brown (pictured) has died in Jamaica aged 117. She became the world's oldest person in April this year after the death of fellow 117-year-old Emma Morano, from Italy
Known as 'Aunt V' to her friends, she was born on March 10 1900 and lived in the same house in Trelawney, north west Jamaica,, all of her life.
She was a mother of six and a great-grandmother several times over.
Asked what was the secret to long life, she replied that eating cows' feet, not drinking rum and reading the Bible were key.
She told the Jamaican Observer after her 110th birthday: 'Really and truly, when people ask what me eat and drink to live so long, I say to them that I eat everything, except pork and chicken, and I don't drink rum and them things.
'You know, sometimes I ask myself, "Am I really 110 years old?" because I don't feel like 110'.
Mrs Mosse Brown swore by reading the Bible and eating cows feet from time to time as the secret to long life
The supercentenarian is pictured here with her great-grandchildren in Jamaica
She added her 'faith in serving God, and believing strongly in the teaching of the Bible' were also fundamental to a long and healthy life.
Giving more details on her diet, her caretaker told the newspaper last year: 'She likes fish and mutton and sometimes she will have cow foot, but she does not eat pork or chicken.
'She also likes sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, breadfruit, and fruits, especially oranges and mangoes.'
When the news of her death came, Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness tweeted to offer his condolences.
The former plantation worker is pictured at home in Jamaica when she became the world's oldest person in April this year
Mrs Mosse Brown was sent a plaque by Queen Elizabeth II when she became the oldest citizen of the Commonwealth.
She was also the last person who lived under the reign of Queen Victoria, as Jamaica still formed part of the British West Indies in 1900.
In her early life the supercentenarian worked on a sugar plantation and as a maid in the 'post slavery period', according to her family.
She went on to buy her own home and became a successful businesswoman selling bread from the only depot in her district.
Following her death, 117-year-old Nabi Tajima, of Japan, is now the world’s oldest person.
She inherited the world'st oldest person title when Emma Morano (pictured) died at home in Italy aged 117 years and 137 days
World's oldest person dies aged 117 in Jamaica | Daily Mail Online
Violet Mosse Brown died in Jamaica at around 2.30pm yesterday.
She became the world's oldest person on April 15 this year at 117 and 38 days, taking the title from Italian Emma Morano, whose life spanned three centuries and was born in 1899.
World’s oldest person – the last subject of Queen Victoria – dies in Jamaica aged 117
Violet Mosse Brown was born in 1900 and died yesterday afternoon in Jamaica
She became the world's oldest person in April after death of Emma Morano, 117
The supercentenarian swore by the Bible, not drinking rum and eating cows' feet
By Lara Keay For Mailonline
17 September 2017
The oldest person in the world who was the last living subject of Queen Victoria and worked for 'masters' on a Caribbean sugar plantation has died aged 117.
Violet Mosse Brown died in Jamaica at around 2.30pm yesterday.
She became the world's oldest person on April 15 this year at 117 and 38 days, taking the title from Italian Emma Morano, whose life spanned three centuries and was born in 1899.
Violet Mosse Brown (pictured) has died in Jamaica aged 117. She became the world's oldest person in April this year after the death of fellow 117-year-old Emma Morano, from Italy
Known as 'Aunt V' to her friends, she was born on March 10 1900 and lived in the same house in Trelawney, north west Jamaica,, all of her life.
She was a mother of six and a great-grandmother several times over.
Asked what was the secret to long life, she replied that eating cows' feet, not drinking rum and reading the Bible were key.
She told the Jamaican Observer after her 110th birthday: 'Really and truly, when people ask what me eat and drink to live so long, I say to them that I eat everything, except pork and chicken, and I don't drink rum and them things.
'You know, sometimes I ask myself, "Am I really 110 years old?" because I don't feel like 110'.
Mrs Mosse Brown swore by reading the Bible and eating cows feet from time to time as the secret to long life
The supercentenarian is pictured here with her great-grandchildren in Jamaica
She added her 'faith in serving God, and believing strongly in the teaching of the Bible' were also fundamental to a long and healthy life.
Giving more details on her diet, her caretaker told the newspaper last year: 'She likes fish and mutton and sometimes she will have cow foot, but she does not eat pork or chicken.
'She also likes sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, breadfruit, and fruits, especially oranges and mangoes.'
When the news of her death came, Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness tweeted to offer his condolences.
The former plantation worker is pictured at home in Jamaica when she became the world's oldest person in April this year
Mrs Mosse Brown was sent a plaque by Queen Elizabeth II when she became the oldest citizen of the Commonwealth.
She was also the last person who lived under the reign of Queen Victoria, as Jamaica still formed part of the British West Indies in 1900.
In her early life the supercentenarian worked on a sugar plantation and as a maid in the 'post slavery period', according to her family.
She went on to buy her own home and became a successful businesswoman selling bread from the only depot in her district.
Following her death, 117-year-old Nabi Tajima, of Japan, is now the world’s oldest person.
She inherited the world'st oldest person title when Emma Morano (pictured) died at home in Italy aged 117 years and 137 days
World's oldest person dies aged 117 in Jamaica | Daily Mail Online
