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- Caterham met her husband Norman, a lieutenant colonel in the British Army, at a dinner party in the UK in 1931 and the pair later lived in Hong Kong, where she set up a nursery school.
- They then raised two daughters, both of whom died before her.
- Norman also went on to die in 1976, while one of her sisters, Gladys, also became a centenarian, living until she was 104.
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- Caterham met her husband Norman, a lieutenant colonel in the British Army, at a dinner party in the UK in 1931 and the pair later lived in Hong Kong, where she set up a nursery school.
- They then raised two daughters, both of whom died before her.
- Norman also went on to die in 1976, while one of her sisters, Gladys, also became a centenarian, living until she was 104.
Sources: BBC News