The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-12-23
s0lDEST WOMAN
" IN j, s, DIES HERE
q AT AGE Of III
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Hannah Kosokopp Lived in
s67 Three Centlries-Born in
,ns 18th Century.
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jrr Hannah kosokopp. probably the old
'A9est woman in New York or in any
part Of the country, died last night in
y the Harlem Home of the Daughters
Of Israel. No. 80 East One Hundred
and Nineteenth Street. She had lived
one hundred and seventeen years.
Mrs Kosokopp was born in Kovno,
Russia, Dec. Z. 1897, according to the
bs most authentic records In possession OF
a. her descendants. They are certain she
sac was at least one hundred and seven
eni teen years old and possibly older.
rerShe lived during three centuries.
ne Three and one-half years ago. when
. fths Harlem Home OF the Daughters
tSof Israel was founded, "a committee
Investigated reports OF elderly people
IN need of assistance. The investi-
gators heard a very old woman was
living In tenement house at No. 12s
osSHenry Street. They went there aud
y,sfound Mrs. kosokopp living on an up
nVfpsr floor in single room. She was
~ then nearly one hundred and fourteen
W years old.
pfs she was taken TO the home and last
AZ year her one hundred and sixteenth
sax birthday was celebrated there, and a
photograph was taken Of her.
-. Or. II. w. Honor OF No. 81 East
one Hundred and Twenty second
Street. had been attending Mrs. Koso-
eskopp for some time. He said that up
Ito q few months ago she was in per-
feet health. that she could see with
~out the aid Of glasses and that her
- hearing was perfect.
he said her chief trouble was that
ene had too large an appetite and
that up to the past few days she
constantly ate too much. Recently
she had grown weak and spent most
OF her time sleepinL in a rocking
chair. DIR. Honor said that aside
from information as TO her age in
the hands Of relatives, he Is certain
that she was more than one hundred
and ten years old. Her death was
due to old age.
According to Supt. Schissel of the
Harlem Home. Mrs. Kosokopp insisted
l upon having cup OF coffee late last
night. She drank it a few minutes
before she died.
|; Mrs. kosokopp had told much Of
her history at the home. She said she
remembered that when she was a girl
In kovno she was permitted to shake
the hand of Alexander l., great great
grandfather of the present Car. She
J ALSO Salu sne saw Napoleon when he
invaded Russia In the early part OF
the nineteenth century.
. Her husband was u tailor and died
IN Russia sivty-five years ago. She
! came to this country in a sailing YES
sel sixty years ago. For seventy five
eyears she has had her shroud ready
\ In case OF death. keeping 1t in a box
under her bed.
The hospital authorities assert she
: mas eaten as many as ten meals a
day during the past few years. She
always got up at @ A. NJ. and never
J went to bed until II p. NJ, although
che doxed in her chair frequently dur
/ ing the day.
Mrs. kosokopp had twenty four
great great grandchildren, sixteen
at-grandchildren and eight grand
! lchildren. Her own children died MANY
years ago. Her survivors are scat
tered all over the country. One, a
~; Rosenbaum. lives here at No. 1887
1 NTH avenue.