List of long marriages explained

This is a list of long marriages. It includes only marriages extending over at least 80 years.

Background

A study by Robert and Jeanette Lauer, reported in the Journal of Family Issues, conducted on 40 sets of spouses married for at least 50 years, concluded that the long-term married couples received high scores on the Lock-Wallace marital satisfaction test and were closely aligned on how their marriages were doing.[1] In a 1979 study on about 55 couples in marriages with an average length of 55.5 years, couples said their marriages lasted so long because of mutual devotion and special regard for each other.[1] Couples who have been married for a long time have a lower likelihood of divorcing because "common economic interests and friendship networks increase over time" and during stress can assist in sustaining the relationship.[2]

Another study found that people in long marriages are wedded to the idea of "marital permanency" in which "They don't see divorce as an option".[3] Sociologist Pepper Schwartz, the American Association of Retired Persons's relationships authority, said that it was helpful to have a spouse who is quick to recover when there are surprises in life.[3]

A study of 1,152 couples who had been married for over 50 years found that they attributed their long marriages to faith in each other, love, ability to make concessions, admiration for each other, reliance on each other, children, and strong communication.[4] Bowling Green State University (BGSU)'s National Center for Family and Marriage Research found that 7% of American marriages last at least 50 years.[3]

Recording longest marriages

The longest marriage recorded (although not officially recognized) is a granite wedding anniversary (90 years) between Karam and Kartari Chand, who both lived in the United Kingdom, but were married in India. The couple married in 1925, and died in 2016 and 2019, respectively.[5] [6]

Guinness World Records published its first edition in 1955.[7] In the 1984 to 1998 editions, the longest recorded marriages were between Sir Temulji Bhicaji Nariman and Lady Nariman, and Lazarus and Mary Molly Rowe. According to the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, both of them are stated as spanning 86 years.[8] [9] Guinness has since recognized couples with longer marriage spans, with the current world record holders being David and Sarah Hiller. It also keeps record of the oldest married couple by aggregate age.[10]

Other organizations have created events where they honor couples with long marriages. In 2011, World Marriage Encounter (WME), an American organization that was responsible for making a World Marriage Day, created a Longest Married Couple Project (LMCP), where they pick a couple with a long marriage and honor them on Valentine's Day.[11] They have since expanded the awards to representatives in each of the 50 states, although the candidates selected are not necessarily the ones with record-setting marriages.[12] Starting in 2004, the Louisiana Family Forum (LFF) has honored its annual list of long-time married couples in that particular state, beginning with George and Germaine Briant.[13]

List of marriages reported to (have) be(en) 80 years or more

NamesMarriage dateLength of marriageEnd date
(husband's or wife's death)		Residence
(at date of last report or death)		Note(s)<--Also indicate any discrepancies and vagueness that would make it an unofficial record-->Ref(s)
Karam Chand
Kartari Chand		11 December 192530 September 2016
(Karam)		Bradford, United Kingdom[14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]
David Jacob Hiller
Sarah (née Davy) Hiller		23 April 18098 April 1898
(Sarah)		Michigan, United StatesRecognized by Guinness World Records as longest marriage ever [20] [21]
K. Philipose Thomas
Sosamma Thomas		17 February 191819 February 2006
(Sosamma)		Kerala, India[22] [23]
Herbert Fisher Sr.
Zelmyra (née George) Fisher		13 May 192427 February 2011
(Herbert Sr.)		North Carolina, United StatesWas previously recognized by Guinness World Records as longest marriage ever[24] [25] [26] [27]
Sir Temulji Bhicaji Nariman
Lady Nariman		1 August 1940
(Sir Temulji Bhicaji)		Maharashtra, IndiaTemulji and Lady Nariman married as cousins when they were five years old. This was noted as the longest marriage recorded through 1940. Shared Guinness World Record with Lazarus and Mary Molly Rowe for editions up to 1998.[28] [29] [30] [31] [32]
Liu Yung-Yang
Liu Yang Yang-Wan		10 March 191721 July 2003
(Yang Yang-Wan)		Taoyuan, TaiwanWas recognized by Guinness World Records 2004 (published in 2003) as world's longest marriage[33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39]
Ralph Kohler
Dorothy (née Redding) Kohler		16 September 19352 December 2021
(Dorothy)		California, United StatesRecognised as America's longest lived married couple[40] [41] [42] [43] [44]
John George Betar Sr.
Ann (née Shawah) Betar		25 November 193212 September 2018
(John George Sr.)		Connecticut, United StatesWinner of the "Worldwide Marriage Encounter's Longest Married Couple Project" in 2013[45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52]
Duranord Veillard
Jeanne Hermina Veillard		29 November 19321 June 2018
(Duranord)		New York, United States[53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58]
Lazarus Rowe
Mary Molly (née Webber) Rowe		27 June 1829
(Mary Molly)		Maine, United StatesShared Guinness World Record with Sir and Lady Nariman for editions up to 1998[59] [60] [61] [62]
Tadanosuke Hashimoto
Hanae Hashimoto		1911
(Hanae)		Hyogo, Japan[63] [64]
Cleovis Whiteside Sr.
Arwilda (née Kelly) Whiteside		24 July 193923 March 2024
(Cleovis Sr.)		Arkansas, United StatesRecognised as the longest marriage in the state[65] [66] [67] [68]
Marco Milo
Pasqua (née Palmieri) Milo		15 January 193817 May 2022
(Marco)		Bari, Italy[69] [70] [71]
Maurice Kaye
Helen Kaye		27 August 193423 July 2018
(Maurice)		Bournemouth, United Kingdom[72] [73] [74] [75]
Henry Andrew Johnson
Lena (née Knudsen) Johnson		8 February 192027 September 2003
(Lena)		Iowa, United States
William B. Ritchie
Claudia Lillian Ritchie		12 April 191922 November 2002
(William B.)		Kentucky, United StatesRecognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living married couple in 2002[76] [77] [78] [79]
Norman James Burmah
Norma "Mickey" (née Depland) Burmah		27 January 19316 September 2014
("Mickey")		Louisiana, United StatesRecognized by the Louisiana Family Forum in 2013 and 2014. Also recognised as the longest marriage in the state.[80] [81] [82]
Marshall N. Kuykendall
Winifred Louisiana "Winnie Louise" (née Macnab) Kuykendall		14 February 192922 September 2012
("Winnie Louise")		New Mexico, United StatesWinner of the Worldwide Marriage Encounter's inaugural Longest Married Couple Project in 2011[83] [84] [85] [86]
George Leon Briant
Germaine (née Thibodeaux) Briant		20 July 192128 January 2005
(Germaine)		Louisiana, United StatesHonored by Congressman David Vitter in the Louisiana Family Forum's inaugural Louisiana's longest married couple contest in 2004. George, a World War I veteran, was interviewed by Richard Rubin in the same year.[87] [88]
Steven "Steve" Wrubel
Victoria Virginia "Vicky" (née Puvalowski) Wrubel		28 August 19298 April 2013
("Vicky")		Florida, United StatesWere recognized by Guinness World Records in 2011, but did not clinch the record That distinction for years has gone to a Bern, N.C., couple, Herman and Zelmyra Fisher. They celebrated their 86th before Herman died in February at 105.-->[89] [90] [91]
Harley Dewey Utz
Sylvia (née Booker) Utz		15 June 191812 November 2001
(Harley)		Ohio, United StatesRecognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living married couple in 2001. Sylvia survived her husband by almost 8 years, eventually becoming a supercentenarian.[92] [93]
Evert Stolpe
Anni (née Lepistö) Stolpe		24 March 1941Ostrobothnia, Finland[94]
Marcel Brouard
Berthe (née Pallu) Brouard		26 November 19386 April 2022
(Marcel)		Saint-Éliph, FranceRecognised as the longest marriage in the history of France[95]
Thell E. Ellison
Margie Lea (née Rose) Ellison		24 June 1941Arkansas, United StatesRecognised as the longest incumbent marriage in the state[96] [97] [98] [99] [100]
René Debove
Denise (née Dauboin) Debove		4 October 1941Clermont-l'Hérault, France[101] [102]
Arend Noordhuis
Aaltje (née Nijstad) Noordhuis		22 January 193815 November 2020
(Arend)		Ruinen, NetherlandsRecognised as the longest marriage in the history of the Netherlands[103] [104]
Louis Herman Marine
Grace Marie (née Jacks) Marine		15 January 1942California, United States[105]
Ira Milan
Margery Milan		17 January 1942Louisiana, United StatesRecognized by the Louisiana Family Forum in 2023[106] [107]
Eric Frank Kingston
Annie Sarah "Nancy" Kingston		1 June 194012 August 2022
(Eric Frank)		Blackford, United Kingdom[108] [109] [110]
David P. Beachy
Katherine (née Swartz) Beachy		23 December 193920 February 2022
(David)		Florida, United States[111] [112] [113]
Lauris Broussard
Earline Marie (née Dyson) Broussard		25 January 19419 February 2023
(Earline Marie)		Louisiana, United StatesRecognized by the Louisiana Family Forum in 2023[114] [115] [116]
Gene Bond
Irene Bond		15 August 1942Oklahoma, United States[117]
Ronald "Ron" Bond
Joyce E. (née Sanders) Bond		4 January 194120 December 2022
("Ron")		Milton Keynes, United Kingdom[118] [119]
Mota Eli Young
Avanelle (née McGinnis) Young		14 April 193622 February 2018
(Mota Eli)		Kentucky, United StatesHe was a World War II veteran[120] [121]
Robert Schaum
Edith Mae Schaum		26 December 1942Pennsylvania, United States[122]
Masao Matsumoto
Miyako (née Sonoda) Matsumoto		20 October 193717 May 2019
(Masao)		Kagawa, JapanWas recognized by Guinness World Record as "Oldest living married couple, aggregate age" in August 2018,[123] and as "Oldest married couple, aggregate age" on 17 May 2019[124] [125]
Eduard Gerardus Cuyvers
Maria Angelina/e (née Haeseldonckx) Cuyvers		30 January 1943Houthalen-Helchteren, BelgiumRecognised as the longest marriage in the history of Belgium, also its first ever marriage of at least 80 years. He was inducted in the Order of Leopold.[126] [127]
Charles Abraham "Charlie" Muise
Anne Celina "Annie" (née Bourque) Muise		13 July 194223 January 2024
("Charlie")		Nova Scotia, Canada[128] [129] [130] [131] [132] [133]
Roy Walter
Dorothy Walter		27 July 19424 February 2024
(Dorothy)		Wingham, United KingdomMarriage date recognized in 2017 article about their 75th wedding anniversary[134] [135] [136]
Reginald Louis Arthur "Jimmy/Reg" Woolgar
Doris Woolgar		30 August 19428 March 2024
("Jimmy/Reg")		Brighton, United Kingdom[137] [138]
Vern(on) H. Stinebaugh
Angela M. (née Sollenberger) Stinebaugh		19 August 194216 February 2024
(Angela M.)		Pennsylvania, United StatesRecognised as the longest marriage in the state[139] [140] [141] [142]
Wallace P. Menard
Gladys (née Broussard) Menard		17 September 193812 March 2020
(Wallace P.)		Louisiana, United StatesRecognized by the Louisiana Family Forum in 2018 and 2019[143] [144] [145] [146] [147]
Isaac Benjamin Williams
Ima Jewel (née Alverson) Williams		4 September 193710 February 2019
(Isaac Benjamin)		Arkansas, United StatesRecognized by "The Family Council", a Christian society, in 2018[148] [149] [150] [151] [152]
James Garfield Stephenson Sr.
Gussie Mae (née Shirlee) Stephenson		25 December 19399 April 2021
(Gussie Mae)		Arkansas, United States[153] [154] [155] [156]
Irving Black
Dorothy Black		11 November 194011 February 2022
(Dorothy)		New York, United States[157] [158] [159] [160] [161] [162] [163]
Chester A. Pish
Martha Pish		23 May 194220 August 2023
(Chester A.)		Pennsylvania, United StatesPreviously recognised as the longest marriage in the state[164] [165] [166] [167] [168]
Adolph Velasquez
Lucy R. Velasquez		17 July 194219 September 2023
(Lucy R.)		Missouri, United States[169] [170]
William Aaron Bruce
Georgette Nadine (née Holth) Bruce		19 June 1943Indiana, Unites States[171] [172]
Roy Ward
Freda Ward		1 July 1943Bilton, United Kingdom[173]
Warren Clinton Snell
Arline (née Larson) Snell		25 February 194017 March 2021
(Warren Clinton)		Iowa, United States[174]
Roger Lee Kunkle
Beverly B. (née Robinson) Kunkle		6 August 1943Ohio, United States[175]
Michael Nikolaus
Katharina Nikolaus		26 December 192419 December 2005
(Katharina)		Siegen, Germany[176] [177] [178] [179]
Ronald "Ron" Golightly
Beryl Golightly		8 January 194123 December 2021
("Ron")		Harrogate, United Kingdom[180] [181]
Loyd Monroe Collins
Evelyn Eunice (née Garlington) Collins		11 August 193410 July 2015
(Evelyn Eunice)		Louisiana, United StatesRecognized by the Louisiana Family Forum in 2012[182]
William Henry Wilcher
Juanita Wilcher		12 May 194120 March 2022
(William Henry)		Virginia, United States[183] [184]
Orvel Sherrill
Virginia Lee Sherrill		3 July 19425 May 2023
(Virginia Lee)		Oklahoma, United StatesRecognized by the Louisiana Family Forum in 2022[185] [186] [187] [188] [189]
John Paul Henderson
Charlotte (née Curtis) Henderson		22 December 193916 October 2020
(John Paul)		Texas, United StatesRecognized by Guinness World Records in 2019 as the oldest living married couple by aggregate age and oldest married couple by aggregate age.[190] [191]
William Henry Olive
Vacle P. Olive		25 January 194116 November 2021
(William Henry)		Arkansas, United States[192] [193]
Arnold Bell
Kathleen "Kathy" Bell		16 November 1943Prudhoe, England[194]
Ralph Francis Lumb
Phyllis Mae (née Wetherbee) Lumb		11 February 194121 October 2021
(Phyllis Mae)		New York, United States[195] [196]
Leroy Kayser
Julia Kayser		8 January 1944New York, United States[197]
Joseph Migné
Yolande (née Renaudineau) Migné		10 January 1944La Garnache, France[198]
Raymond Johnson
Mary Johnson		11 January 1944Florida, United States[199] [200]
Floyd Cletus Hall
Betty June (née Hayes) Hall		22 July 193919 February 2020
(Floyd Cletus)		Arkansas, United States[201] [202]
Donald Niles Hart Sr.
Vivian Cornelia (née Brecker) Hart		25 June 193717 January 2018
(Donald Niles Sr.)		Michigan, United States[203] [204]
George Dennis
Louise Dennis		4 February 1944Alabama, United StatesRecognised as the longest marriage in the state[205]
Ronald Gilbert "Ron" Collings
Esther Elizabeth Collings		19 October 193824 April 2019
(Esther Elizabeth)		Adelaide, Australia[206] [207] [208]
Willie Chambers
Geraldine Chambers		28 January 194327 July 2023
(Willie)		Maryland, United States[209] [210] [211] [212] [213]
Leo Dormaier
Vivian Dormaier		25 February 1944Washington, United StatesRecognised as the longest marriage in the state[214]
Allen John Frandsen
Evelyn (née Mackay) Frandsen		30 March 19425 September 2022
(Allen John)		Utah, United StatesRecognized by the Utah governor's office as the longest marriage in the state[215] [216] [217]
Jón Albert Magnússon
Rita Rona Magnússon		14 July 194019 October 2020
(Jón Albert)		Hvidovre, Denmark[218] [219] [220]
Gottfried Schmelzer
Ursula Schmelzer		17 May 1944Bad Sobernheim, Germany[221]
Jean Couret
Christiane (née Reynaud) Couret		27 May 1944Saint-Julien-Chapteuil, France[222] [223]
Nicolaas Christiaan "Nico" Cornelisse
Anna (née Breijaen) Cornelisse		16 September 194223 November 2022
("Nico")		Bellingwolde, Netherlands[224] [225] [226]
Henry W. Hoell Sr.
Rosa (née Gurganus) Hoell		28 April 194116 June 2021
(Rosa)		North Carolina, United States[227] [228]
Jack Bare
Joan Bare		3 August 193910 September 2019
(Jack)		Codsall, United KingdomPreviously recognised as Britain's "longest married couple"[229] [230] [231]
Benjamin Franklin "Ben" Hartley
Drusilla Orlena (née Keith) Hartley		24 November 187526 December 1955
("Ben")		Idaho, United StatesRecognised as "Nation's Longest Marriage" ever for several years[232] [233]
Warren Leslie MacQuarrie
Clara Wilma MacQuarrie		15 September 194216 October 2022
(Clara Wilma)		California, United States[234] [235]
Andrew Paul "Andy" Kowalczyk
Bertha "Bunny" (née Burnham) Kowalczyk		1 January 194431 January 2024
("Andy")		Missouri, United StatesHe was a World War II United States Navy veteran and electrical engineer[236] [237] [238]
Percy George Arrowsmith
Florence Mary "Flo" (née Dallimore) Arrowsmith		1 June 192515 June 2005
(Percy George)		Hereford, United KingdomPreviously recognised as Britain's "longest married couple"[239] [240] [241]
Peter Mascolo
Anna (née DiTuccio) Mascolo		23 April 19282 May 2008
(Peter)		Connecticut, United StatesThey were the parents of actor Joseph Mascolo[242] [243]
Pierre Jean Louis Germain Soulages
Colette Marcelle Léonie (née Llaurens) Soulages		24 October 194225 October 2022
(Pierre Jean Louis Germain)		Sète, FranceHe was an artist whose abstract works are in many modern art museums[244]

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