Ellen Watson née Thorpe (3 January 1900 – 16 December 2011) from Croydon was an English supercentenarian . Prior to her death, she was the 3rd oldest person in the United Kingdom following the death of 112-year-old Margaret Fish on 12 March 2011, and also the oldest verified living person born in the 1900s. In 1959, along with her spouse and daughter and daughter's husband, they moved to Staines. Then they moved to Ashford with Mrs Watson's two grandchildren, Janet and Jonathan. Mrs. Watson lived there for three and a half decades. Also in 1974, the same house where she and her husband celebrated their golden wedding. Her husband Samuel died a few days later due to a long-term illness. In the mid-1990s, Watson moved into a care home. She credited her longevity to a healthy lifestyle and la