Brief Life History of George Walter
When George Walter Jenkins was born on 18 January 1885, in Macon, Tennessee, United States, his father, George Washington Jenkins, was 35 and his mother, Margaret Elizabeth Jenkins, was 34. He married Chloe Agnes Butler on 15 September 1905. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Civil District 10, Macon, Tennessee, United States in 1920 and Davidson, Tennessee, United States in 1930. He died on 21 June 1957, in Macon, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Butler Cemetery, Lafayette, Macon, Tennessee, United States.
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- Walter Jenkins, "United States Census, 1930"
- George Walter Jenkins, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- George Walter Jenkins, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
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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