Longevity on both sides

How old were our oldest ancestors when they passed away?

We have no centenarians in my direct line, or even among the siblings of my direct ancestors. The oldest were in their 90s. In descending order from longest-lived to merely age 90, are listed here in descending order of age. Without a specific date of death for some, I have used only the number of years between year of birth and year of death and not taken into account specific dates.

Mary Elena (Tickie) McGrath: born in Ottawa in 1894; died in Ottawa in 1988. Tickie was my longest living ancestor. She was the younger sister of my grandmother. She was 94 when she died.

Ann Sunderland Bowen: born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England in 1879; died in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in 1973. Annie was also 94.

Serena (Irene) Sunderland Madill Cade: born in Ottawa, in 1890; died in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in 1984. Like her sister Annie, Irene was 94.

Mary Elizabeth Jean Burns: born in Ottawa in 1915; died in Ottawa in 2009. Jean was 93.

Arthur Byrne: born 1792 in Ireland; died 1884 in Throoptown, Grenville County, Ontario, Canada
Arthur was a wagon maker and tenant farmer on the Coollattin Estate of Earl Fitzwilliam in the 1820s, 30s and early 40s. He moved his family to Canada in 1847 and settled in Throoptown. According to various census records, the family home in Throoptown was a shanty. He survived extreme poverty, a couple of famines, and rough conditions in Ireland and Canada. So far, nobody among his descendants has lived as long as Arthur.

Eliza(beth) Kehoe: born about 1802 in Ireland; died in 1892 in Throoptown. She was Arthur's wife.

Edward Byrne/Burns: born about 1822 in Coolross, Clonegal, Wicklow, Ireland, was Arthur's son. He lived to be 90 years old. Edward came to Ontario with the family in 1847, worked and married in the US for a few years, and returned to Ontario in time for the 1861 census. After retiring as a farmer, he went blind, and moved with his wife Eliza McCullough, into the town of Brockville. Their last home at 93 James Street is still there in 2018.

Bert Dennis Madill: he was the son of Serena (Irene) Sunderland and Granville Madill. Bert was born in Edmonton. Alberta, Canada in 1923 and died there in 2013 at the age of 90.