article_snippet: Gertrude Weaver, of Arkansas, pictured, the oldest among Gertrude Weaver, of Arkansas at 116 years and 255 days old .
article_snippet: The error has been caused because Social Security does not have death records for millions of people, the oldest of whom was born in 1869.
article_snippet: That would mean, were that person still alive, Social Security does not have death records for millions of people, the oldest of whom was born in 1869 would be 146 years old - 24 years older than the oldest living person in history,
article_snippet: Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment, who was 122 when she died in 1997.
article_snippet: Social Security does not have death records for millions of people, the oldest of whom was born in 1869 would also be considerably older than the U.S.'s oldest living resident, Gertrude Weaver of Arkansas, who is 116 years and 255 days old.
article_snippet: The records in this review are extremely old, decades-old, and unreliable,' Brune said.
article_snippet: But none of the 6.5million people cited by the inspector general's report was on the list.