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Birthday hug: Even though May Redmayne Gerrard doesn't turn 99 until Thursday, neighbour Frauke Roman threw an early surprise party for her
Birthday hug: Even though May Redmayne Gerrard doesn't turn 99 until Thursday, neighbour Frauke Roman threw an early surprise party for her

Birthday hug: Even though May Redmayne Gerrard doesn't turn 99 until Thursday, neighbour Frauke Roman threw an early surprise party for her

Date5/1/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Birthday hug: Even though May Redmayne Gerrard doesn't turn 99 until Thursday; neighbour Frauke Roman threw an early surprise party for her.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0024575F
May Redmayne-Gerrard: She not only does her own housework and grocery shopping, sews and knits her clothes, but she has time to tutor students, too
May Redmayne-Gerrard: She not only does her own housework and grocery shopping, sews and knits her clothes, but she has time to tutor students, too
5/6/1981
Independent: May Redmayne-Gerrard, 90, today and keeping busy
Independent: May Redmayne-Gerrard, 90, today and keeping busy
5/6/1981
Taught singing until 99
Taught singing until 99
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8/15/1990
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Birthday surprise
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103 Reasons to party, Grace O'Brien samples the icing on her cake as she celebrates her 103rd birthday yesterday at Central Park Lodge in East York. O(...)
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2nd century, Emma Louisa Lock, 100 years old today, blows out candles on her birthday cake at Cummer House home for the aged in North York at a party thrown for her yesterday by about 30 relatives
2nd century, Emma Louisa Lock, 100 years old today, blows out candles on her birthday cake at Cummer House home for the aged in North York at a party thrown for her yesterday by about 30 relatives
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2nd century, Emma Louisa Lock, 100 years old today, blows out candles on her birthday cake at Cummer House home for the aged in North York at a party thrown for her yesterday by about 30 relatives
2nd century, Emma Louisa Lock, 100 years old today, blows out candles on her birthday cake at Cummer House home for the aged in North York at a party thrown for her yesterday by about 30 relatives
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