marie marthe augustine lemaitre brémont (née mésange; 25 april 1886 – 6 june 2001) was the oldest recognised person in the world from november 2000 until her death at age 115 years 42 days. she was born in noëllet, maine-et-loire, on april 25, 1886. her first husband, railway worker constant lemaître, died from his wartime injuries shortly after the end of the first world war. she remarried to a taxi driver, florentin brémont, who died in 1967. she had no children. over the course of her life, she worked as a farmer, a nanny, a seamstress, and in a pharmaceutical factory. at 103, she was hit by a car and broke her arm as a result. she died at a retirement home in candé, maine-et-loire.