List of long marriages
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This is a list of long marriages. It includes marriages extending over at least 80 years.
Background[]
A study by Robert and Jeanette Lauer, reported in the Journal of Family Issues, conducted on 40 sets of spouses married for at least 50 years, concluded that the long-term married couples received high scores on the Lock-Wallace marital satisfaction test and were closely aligned on how their marriages were doing.[1] In a 1979 study on about 55 couples in marriages with an average length of 55.5 years, couples said their marriages lasted so long because of mutual devotion and special regard for each other.[1] Couples who have been married for a long time have a lower likelihood of divorcing because "common economic interests and friendship networks increase over time" and during stress can assist in sustaining the relationship.[2]
Another study found that people in long marriages are wedded to the idea of "marital permanency" in which "They don't see divorce as an option".[3] Sociologist Pepper Schwartz, AARP's relationships authority, said that it was helpful to have a spouse who is quick to recover when there are surprises in life.[3]
A study of 1,152 couples who had been married for over 50 years found that they attributed their long marriages to faith in each other, love, ability to make concessions, admiration for each other, reliance on each other, children, and strong communication.[4] Bowling Green State University's National Center for Family and Marriage Research found that 7% of American marriages last at least 50 years.[3]
Recording longest marriages[]
The longest marriage recorded (although not officially recognized) is a granite wedding anniversary (90 years) between Karam and Kartari Chand, who both lived in the United Kingdom, but were married in India. Karam and Kartari Chand married in 1925 and died in 2016 and 2019 respectively.[5][6]
Guinness World Records published its first edition in 1955.[7] In the 1984 to 1998 editions, the longest recorded marriages were between Temulji Bhicaji Nariman and Lady Nariman, and Lazarus and Mary Rowe according to the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, both of them spanning 86 years.[8][9] Guinness has since recognized couples with longer marriage spans, with the current world record holders being Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher.[10] Guinness also keeps record of the oldest married couple by aggregate age.[11]
Other organizations have created events where they honor couples with long marriages. In 2011, World Marriage Encounter (WME), an American organization that was responsible for making a World Marriage Day, created a Longest Married Couple Project (LMCP), where they pick a couple with a long marriage and honor them on Valentine's Day.[12][13] They have since expanded the awards to representatives in each of the 50 states, although the candidates selected are not necessarily the ones with record-setting marriages.[14] Starting in 2004, the Louisiana Family Forum (LFF) has honored its own annual list of long-time married couples in that particular state, beginning with George and Germaine Briant.[15] Irving (107) and Dorothy Black (103) of Queens, NY were married November 10, 1940. They are now the 2nd longest married couple in the United States.
List of marriages reported to be more than 80 years[]
At least one spouse is deceased Both spouses are most probably still living Disputed or unverified
Names | Marriage date | Length of marriage | End date (husband's or wife's death) |
Residence (at date of last report or death) |
Note(s) | Ref(s) |
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Karam Chand Kartari Chand |
11 December 1925 | 90 years, 291 days | 30 September 2016 (Karam) |
Bradford, United Kingdom | [a][16][failed verification] | [17] |
K. Philipose Thomas Sosamma Thomas |
17 February 1918 | 88 years, 2 days | 19 February 2006 (Sosamma) |
Kerala, India | [a][18] | [19][20] |
Herbert Fisher, Sr. Zelmyra (née George) Fisher |
13 May 1924 | 86 years, 290 days | 27 February 2011 (Herbert) |
North Carolina, United States | Current Guinness World Record for longest marriage, recognized in 2008[10][21] | [22] |
Temulji Bhicaji Nariman Lady Nariman |
1853 | 86 years | 1 August 1940 (Temulji) |
Maharashtra, India | Temulji and Lady Nariman married as cousins when they were five years old. This was noted as longest marriage recorded through 1940. Shared Guinness World Record with Lazarus and Mary Rowe for editions up to 1998.[9] |
[23][24][25] |
Lazarus Rowe Mary (née Webber) Rowe |
1743 | 86 years | 27 June 1829 (Mary) |
New Hampshire, United States | Shared Guinness World Record with the Narimans for editions up to 1998[9] | [26][27][28][29] |
Liu Yung-Yang Liu Yang Yang-Wan |
1917 | 86 years | 21 July 2003 (Yang Yang-Wan) |
Taoyuan, Taiwan | Was recognized by Guinness World Records 2004 (published in 2003) as world's longest marriage[30][31] | [32][30] |
Ralph Kohler Dorothy (née Redding) Kohler |
16 September 1935 | 86 years, 77 days |
2 December 2021 (Dorothy) | Indio, California, United States | [33][34][35] | |
John George Betar Ann (née Shawah) Betar |
25 November 1932 | 85 years, 291 days | 12 September 2018 (John) |
Connecticut, United States | Winner of the Worldwide Marriage Encounter's Longest Married Couple Project in 2013[12] | [36] |
Duranord Veillard Jeanne Hermina Veillard |
29 November 1932 | 85 years, 184 days | 1 June 2018 (Duranord) |
Rockland, New York, United States | [37] | |
Marco Milo Pasqua Palmieri |
15 January 1938 | 84 years, 6 days | Bari, Italy | [38] | ||
Maurice Kaye Helen Kaye |
27 August 1934 | 83 years, 330 days | 22 July 2018 (Maurice) |
Bournemouth, United Kingdom | [39] | |
Henry Andrew Johnson Lena (née Knudsen) Johnson |
8 February 1920 | 83 years, 231 days | 27 September 2003 (Lena) | Iowa, United States | [31] | |
William B. Ritchie Claudia Lillian Ritchie |
12 April 1919 | 83 years, 224 days | 22 November 2002 (William) | Kentucky, United States | Recognized by Guinness World Records as world's oldest living married couple in 2002 | [40][better source needed][41][42][31] |
Norman James Burmah Norma "Mickey" (née Depland) Burmah |
27 January 1931 | 83 years, 222 days | 6 September 2014 (Norma) | Louisiana, United States | [43] | |
Marshall N. Kuykendall Winifred Louisiana "Winnie Louise" (née Macnab) Kuykendall |
14 February 1929 | 83 years, 221 days | 22 September 2012 (Winnie) | New Mexico, United States | Winner of the Worldwide Marriage Encounter's inaugural Longest Married Couple Project in 2011[12] | [44][45] |
George Leon Briant Germaine (née Thibodeaux) Briant |
20 July 1921 | 83 years, 192 days | 28 January 2005 (Germaine) 31 January 2005 (George) |
Hammond, Louisiana, United States | Honored by Governor David Vitter in the Louisiana Family Forum's inaugural Louisiana's longest married couple contest in 2004. George Briant, a World War I veteran, was interviewed by Richard Rubin in 2004. | [46] |
Steven "Steve" Wrubel Victoria Virginia "Vicky" (née Puvalowski) Wrubel |
28 September 1929 | 83 years, 192 days | 8 April 2013 ("Vicky") 29 September 2013 ("Steve") |
Florida, United States | Were recognized by Guinness World Records in 2011, but did not clinch the record[45] | [47] |
Harley Dewey Utz Sylvia (née Booker) Utz |
15 June 1918 | 83 years, 150 days | 12 November 2001 (Harley) 5 October 2009 (Sylvia) |
Greenville, Ohio, United States | Recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living married couple in 2001. Sylvia Utz outlived her husband by almost 8 years, eventually becoming a supercentenarian. | [48] |
Marcel Brouard Berthe (née Pallu) Brouard |
26 November 1938 | 83 years, 56 days | Saint-Éliph, France | Longest marriage in the history of France | [49] | |
Arend Noordhuis Aaltje (née Nijstad) Noordhuis |
22 January 1938 | 82 years, 298 days | 15 November 2020 (Arend) |
Drenthe, Netherlands | [50][51][52] | |
David and Katherine Beachy | 28 December 1939 | 82 years, 1 day | North Port, Florida, United States | |||
Masao Matsumoto Miyako (née Sonoda) Matsumoto |
20 October 1937 | 81 years, 209 days | 17 May 2019 (Masao) |
Kagawa, Japan | Guinness World Record for "Oldest living married couple, aggregate age", recognized in August 2018,[11][53] and for "Oldest married couple, aggregate age" (17 May 2019)[b] |
[54][11][55] |
Warren Clinton Snell Arline (née Larson) Snell |
25 February 1940 | 81 years, 20 days | 17 March 2021 (Warren) | West Des Moines, Iowa, United States | [56] | |
Ron Bond Joyce Bond |
4 January 1941 | 81 years, 17 days | Milton Keynes, United Kingdom | [57] | ||
Michael Nikolaus Katharina Nikolaus |
26 December 1924 | 80 years, 358 days | 19 December 2005 (Katharina) | Siegen, Germany | [58] | |
Loyd Monroe Collins Evelyn Eunice (née Garlington) Collins |
11 August 1934 | 80 years, 333 days | 10 July 2015 (Evelyn) | Louisiana, United States | Recognized by the Louisiana Family Forum in 2012 | [59] |
John Paul Henderson Charlotte (née Curtis) Henderson |
22 December 1939 | 80 years, 299 days | 16 October 2020 (John) | Texas, United States | Recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest living married couple by aggregate age and oldest married couple by aggregate age (November 2019) | [60][61] |
William Henry Olive Vacle P. Olive |
25 January 1941 | 80 years, 295 days | 16 November 2021 (William) | Arkansas, United States | [62][better source needed][63] | |
William Henry Wilcher Juanita Wilcher |
12 May 1941 | 80 years, 254 days | Virginia, United States | [64] | ||
Ralph Lumb Phyllis (née Wetherbee) Lumb |
11 February 1941 | 80 years, 252 days | 21 October 2021 (Phyllis) | Niskayuna, New York, United States | [65] | |
Ronald Gilbert Collings Esther Elizabeth Collings |
19 October 1938 | 80 years, 187 days | 24 April 2019 (Esther) |
Adelaide, Australia | Australia's oldest couple mark 80 years together | [66][67][68] |
Jón Albert Magnússon Rita Rona Magnússon |
14 July 1940 | 80 years, 97 days | 19 October 2020 (Jón Albert) | Hvidovre, Denmark | [69][70][71] | |
Henry Hoell Rosa Hoell |
28 April 1941 | 80 years, 49 days | 16 June 2021 (Rosa) |
North Carolina, United States | [72][73] | |
Jack Bare Joan Bare |
3 August 1939 | 80 years, 38 days | 10 September 2019 (Jack) | Codsall, United Kingdom | [74][75] | |
Peter Mascolo Anna (née DiTuccio) Mascolo |
23 April 1928 | 80 years, 9 days | 2 May 2008 (Peter) | Connecticut, United States | Parents of actor Joseph Mascolo | [76] |
Notes[]
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- Pantry, Lindsay (12 December 2014). "89 years of marriage for Bradford duo". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- Young, Chris (16 November 2015). "Surprise birthday party for Bradford couple aged 110 and 103". The Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- Young, Chris (10 June 2015). "Sunshine smiles on Girlington's annual parade". The Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
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- "Karam Chand, 110, believed to be longest-married dies". BBC. 4 October 2016. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
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- ^ Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher references:
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- Book, Sue (28 February 2011). "Guinness World Record holder dies". Sun Journal. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
- ^ Temulji and Lady Nariman references:
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It is presumed the United States do not contain another man and wife, who have lived so long in the conjugal state
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- ^ a b c Challender, Mary (8 February 2003). "Long-wed couple: 83 years have sped by". The Des Moines Register. Archived from the original on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Liu Yung-Yang and Liu Yang Yang-Wan references:
- "Death ends longest marriage". BBC News. 23 July 2003. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
- "One-half of world's longest marriage dies". United Press International. 23 July 2003. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- Ceilán, Cynthia (2009). Weirdly Beloved: Tales of Strange Bedfellows, Odd Couplings, and Love Gone Bad. Guilford, Connecticut: Globe Pequot Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-59921-403-0. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
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- ^ "Nebraskans celebrate 85th anniversary as Americas longest-living couple | 6 News On Your Side". wowt.com. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
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- ^ Something appropriate. Burt County Plaindealer, 14 Dec 2021. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ^ John George and Ann Betar references:
- "Couple Celebrates 80th Wedding Anniversary, Shares Secrets to Lasting Marriage". Good Morning America Yahoo News. 20 November 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
- Weizel, Richard (20 November 2013). "Connecticut couple to mark 81st wedding anniversary". Welland Tribune. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
- Weizel, Richard (22 November 2013). "America's longest-married couple to celebrate 81st anniversary". Today. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- Williams, Brian (25 November 2013). "Couple celebrates 81 years of marriage". NBC Nightly News. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
- Shah, Yagana (10 February 2016). "America's 'Longest-Married Couple' Wants To Give You Love Advice What's the secret to an everlasting romance? This couple knows". Huffington Post. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- "Syrian refugee and US wife become 'long married couple in America'". The Independent. 13 February 2016.
- Van de Riet, Emily (26 November 2017). "Couple celebrates 85 years of marriage". KMOV4. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- Salzo, Vincent (17 September 2018). "Obituary: John George Betar Sr., 107, of Fairfield". Patch.com. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ^ Duranord and Jeanne Veillard references:
- Taylor, Alex (26 February 2015). "Rockland's oldest couple celebrate 212 years". The Journal News. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- Kindelan, Katie (27 February 2015). "New York Couple to Turn a Combined 212 Years Old". Good Morning America Yahoo News. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- "New York man celebrates 110th birthday with 106-year-old wife". WABC-TV. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- "New York man turns 111 years old". Fox 5 NY. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- Brum, Robert (7 June 2018). "Man thought to be Rockland's oldest resident dies at age 111". The Journal News. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- Eberhart, Christopher J. (14 November 2018). "Wife in Rockland's oldest married couple dies at age 108". The Journal News. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ Marco Milo and Pasqua Palmieri references:
- "The 80 years of marriage of Marco Milo and Pasqua Palmieri". . 4 March 2018.
- "Celebrate 83 years of marriage". Repubblica TV. 13 January 2021.
- ^ Maurice and Helen Kaye references:
- Friedland, Michael (16 August 2014). "Maurice and Helen Kaye: happily married for 80 years". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- "Maurice and Helen Kaye celebrate 80 years of marriage". BBC News. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- "'An inspiration' UK Jewish centenarians celebrate 83rd wedding anniversary Helen and Maurice Kaye, aged 104 and 105, are believed to be Britain's longest married couple". The Times of Israel. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- Lemon, Jason (24 July 2018). "Britain's Longest-Married Man, Maurice Kaye, Dies at 106". Newsweek. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ "83 years of marriage declared world record". Billings Gazette.
- ^ "Did You Know..." Chippewa Herald-Telegram. 11 May 2003. Archived from the original on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Paris Residents Recognized as World's Oldest Married Couple". Kentucky New Era. Associated Press. 28 August 2002. pp. A6. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ Norman and Norma Burmah references:
- Johnson, Clevel (15 February 2013). "Married for 82 years, couple still going strong". Emissourian.com. Associated Press. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- Petrus, Jeannie (20 February 2014). "Married 83 years, Marksville couple believed to be longest-married in nation". The Daily Advertiser. Lafayette, Louisiana. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- "Norma Depland "Mickey" Burmah". The Town Talk. Louisiana. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2019 – via Legacy.com.
- ^ Marshall and Winnie Kuykendall references:
- Medlin, Marianne (14 February 2011). "Couple recognized for Valentine's Day wedding 82 years ago". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- Stevens, Bill (8 April 2013). "After 83 years, death parts longest married couple from Holiday". Tampa Bay Times. Archived from the original on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ a b Stevens, Bill (28 September 2011). "For Steve and Vickie Wrubel, it's a love 82 years strong". Saint Petersburg Times. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
- ^ George and Germaine Briant references:
- "Couple wed 83 years die three days apart". The Advocate. 2 February 2005. Retrieved 28 February 2012 – via Newsbank.
- "Wanted: Louisiana's longest married couple". St. Charles Herald Guide. St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. 28 January 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ "Steve" and "Vicky" Wrubel references:
- Komar, Debbie (28 September 2012). "Links from the Times: Holiday couple marks 83 years of marriage today". Tampa Bay Times. Archived from the original on 1 November 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- "Love still strong between Michigan couple married for 83 years". The Oakland Press. Michigan. 13 February 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- Stevens, Bill (1 October 2013). "Pasco man married 83 years dies at 104". Tampa Bay Times. Archived from the original on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ Harley and Sylvia Utz references:
- "Couple marks 80th wedding anniversary". Mansfield News Journal. 16 June 1998. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- "Couple celebrates 83rd wedding anniversary". The Marion Star. 16 June 2001. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
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