What is Gertrude Weaver?
{{Infobox person | name = Gertrude Weaver | image = | caption = | birth_name = Gertrude Weaver | birth_date = {{birth date|1898|7|4}} | birth_place = [[Arkansas]], [[United States]] | known_for = Oldest living person | death_date = {{death date|2015|4|6}}<br>(aged {{age in years and days|1898|7|4|2015|4|6|}}) | death_place = [[Camden, Arkansas]], United States | title = | occupation = | networth = | spouse = | children = | residence = | alma_mater = | website = | signature = | parents = }} '''Gertrude Weaver''' (July 4, 1898 – April 6, 2015)<ref name=grg>[https://grg.org/Adams/C.HTM Table C - World's Oldest Person (WOP) Titleholders Since 1955] Gerontology Research Group</ref> was an [[Americans|American]] [[supercentenarian]]. She was born in [[Arkansas]] near the border with [[Texas]]. Weaver was the verified oldest living person in the world from April 1 to April 6, 2015.<ref name=grg /> Her age was validated in her 116th birthday by [[Gerontology Research Group]].<ref name=grg /> She became the oldest living person in the United States upon the death of [[Dina Manfredini]] on December 17, 2012, and became the oldest living person in the world on April 1, 2015 following the death of Japanese woman [[Misao Okawa]].<ref>[http://www.magnoliareporter.com/news_and_business/regional_news/article_c9af89aa-d834-11e4-b9fb-63e8fce27abd.html Camden nursing home resident -- almost 117 -- now the world's oldest known person]</ref> At the time of her death in April 2015, she was considered as the 7th-oldest validated person ever, and the 3rd-oldest person ever from the United States, after [[Sarah Knauss]] and Lucy Hannah. After Hannah's age was debunked in 2020, it turned out that she was in fact the 6th-oldest validated person ever as well as [[List of American supercentenarians|the 2nd-oldest person ever from the United States]] at the time o