Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Jenkins was born about 1862, in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, James Jenkins, was 36 and her mother, Helen Sharp, was 36. She lived in North Versailles Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870.
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- Elizabeth Jenkin in household of James Jenkins, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Jenkins - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Elizabeth Jenkins
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: variant of Jenkin , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. Jenkins is one of the most common surnames in England, especially southwestern England, but is also especially associated with Wales.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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