Augusta Hejnek

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Augusta Hejnik
Born
Augustinam Hejnik

(1799-12-25)December 25, 1799
Died(1908-03-01)March 1, 1908
(aged 108 years, 67 days)
Known forLast surviving person born in the 1700s

Augustinam Hejnek (December 25, 1799 March 1, 1908) was a German-American centenarian who was the last known surviving person from the 1700s.

18th century Century

The 18th century lasted from January 1, 1701 to December 31, 1800 in the Gregorian calendar. During the 18th century, elements of Enlightenment thinking culminated in the American, French, and Haitian revolutions. This was an age of violent slave trading, and global human trafficking. The reactions against monarchical and aristocratic power helped fuel the revolutionary responses against it throughout the century.

Biography

Hejnek was born in Poland on December 25, 1799. [1] She arrived in the United States in 1870, where she lived in Chicago. [1] She then moved to Hull. She married Frank Hejnek, who died in June 1906. She lived with her stepdaughter, Valentine Pionek. By the time her longevity was recognized, her memory had since faded and she could provide very little detail about her early life. An attempt to photograph her was abandoned because she could not keep still long enough for the film to properly develop. Hejnek died March 1, 1908, at the age of 108, and at the time was the last known person born in the 1700s. This left Salome Sellers as the last surviving person from the 18th century (which included the year 1800).

United States federal republic in North America

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States or America, is a country composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. At 3.8 million square miles, the United States is the world's third or fourth largest country by total area and is slightly smaller than the entire continent of Europe's 3.9 million square miles. With a population of over 327 million people, the U.S. is the third most populous country. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the largest city by population is New York City. Forty-eight states and the capital's federal district are contiguous in North America between Canada and Mexico. The State of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east and across the Bering Strait from Russia to the west. The State of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U.S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, stretching across nine official time zones. The extremely diverse geography, climate, and wildlife of the United States make it one of the world's 17 megadiverse countries.

Chicago City in Illinois, United States

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Hull, Portage County, Wisconsin Town in Wisconsin, United States

Hull is a town in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 5,493 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Casimir and Jordan are located in the town.

See also

Salome Sellers American centenarian who resided on Deer Island, Maine

Salome Sellers was an American centenarian who was the last known survivor from the 18th century.

19th century Century

The 19th (nineteenth) century was a century that began on January 1, 1801, and ended on December 31, 1900. It is often used interchangeably with the 1800s, though the start and end dates differ by a year.

Emma Morano Italian supercentenarian

Emma Martina Luigia MoranoOMRI was an Italian supercentenarian who, before her death at the age of 117 years and 137 days, was the world's oldest living person whose age had been verified, and the last living person to have been verified as being born in the 1800s. She remains the oldest Italian person ever and the second-oldest European person ever behind Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment.

References

  1. 1 2 "Was Five Score and Nine - Mrs. Augusta Hejnek, Probably the Oldest Person in Wisconsin, Dies in the Town of Hull". The Gazette. Stevens Point, Wisconsin. 4 March 1908. p. 1. Retrieved 1 March 2019.