United Kingdom
(1905 – 2010)

This is a tribute to Ivy Bean. Ivy was a British internet personality, known for being the oldest person in the world on both Facebook and Twitter. Ivy Asquith was [...]

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This is a tribute to Ivy Bean.

Ivy was a British internet personality, known for being the oldest person in the world on both Facebook and Twitter.

Ivy Asquith was born in Bradford, as one of 8 children. She went to school at James Street School in Thornton and left at 14 to go and work at the Prospect Mill. During her time at the mill, she worked firstly in spinning and then in the winding department. She later married Harold Bean, a soldier in the Royal Army Service Corps who briefly served in North Africa. After Harold left the army, he and Ivy went to work in service for the Lord and Lady Guiness at Greens Norton Hall in Northampton. It was during their time there that they had their only daughter, Sandra.

After several years in Bedford, the family returned to Bradford and Bean began working for Arthur Crossland, a local mill owner. She had worked for Arthur for about 18 years when sadly, he passed away and she decided it was time to retire. A few months later, she began working for her former boss' daughter. Several years later, Ivy Bean retired for the second time, aged 73, a little while after her beloved husband Harold passed away, aged 75. She would remain on her own until the age of 92, when she moved into a residential home, where she remained for ten years, until the home closed down and she moved into another care facility, just one week before her own 102nd birthday.

At the age of 102, Ivy Bean joined Facebook in 2008, making her one of the oldest people ever on Facebook. She quickly became somewhat famous, and several fan pages were made in her honour. Some time after creating her Facebook page, Ivy Bean also joined Twitter. At the time of her death, she had 4,962 friends on Facebook and more than 56,000 followers on Twitter.

Ivy is survived by a daughter, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She was married to Harold Bean (1902–1978), she never remarried after he died.

This is an online memorial in honour of Ivy Bean. Her many posts on Facebook and Twitter cheered up thousands of people (me included) and she will be sadly missed. May she rest in peace.
 
 
 
 
 
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