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​Barbados oldest super-centenarian James Sisnett dies at age 113.

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James Emmanuel ‘Doc’ Sisnett was born on February 22, 1900. He was the second oldest man behind 116 year old Jiroemon Kimura of Japan.

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He was the fifth child born to James Albert Egerton and Matilda Ann Sisnett (née Pitt) at Saint George parish.

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After leaving school, Sisnett trained as a blacksmith and later worked in a factory making sugar and syrup until his retirement in 1970.

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In 1923, Sisnett married Anita Dowling, having 5 children until Anita's death in 1937.  He later married Josephine Evelyn in 1942, with whom he had 6 children.

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Two of Sisnett's sisters lived to be centenarians, and another two died aged 99 and 98.