Above the 75th Wedding Anniversary
A few wedding anniversary lists have included details above the 75th anniversary both on the modern and traditional side. I suspect these Anniversaries are extremely rare. However given an increase in life spans these may start to be used more.
If you know of anyone celebrating an anniversary above the 75th Anniversary we would love to know. Please mail us at Anniversary Ideas Team.
If you want details of Wedding Anniversaries above the 75th Wedding Anniversary then go to our wedding anniversary selector page and enter the year you require details on.
Longest Married Couples
Few couples have celebrated more than the 80th anniversary and we have yet to find a couple who have celebrated an anniversary higher than the 85th together.
We currently believe that a Taiwanese couple who celebrated their 86th anniversary together in 2003 hold the record for the longest married couple in the world, they beat the previous record of 83 years by a couple from America. Further details including a picture are available here of the couple celebrating their 85th (Sapphire and Diamond anniversary)
In Austrialia the longest marriage on record is that of Wesley Arney (Wes) and his wife Vanetta who in 2003 celebrated their 79th anniversary unfortunately Wes passed away the same year. A brief news story on their marriage is available here.
In Britain the longest marriage on record was recently reported as a couple from Hereford who celebrated their 80th Wedding Anniversary together on 1st June 2005 (BBC News story here). The Guinness book of records were looking into the news story to see if they are the longest married couple in the UK. Prior to this report a couple from South Yorkshire were married for 76 years in 1998. News Story available here
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