Catherine Stillwell

Brief Life History of Catherine

When Catherine Stillwell was born in 1793, in Grand Lake-Jemseg, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada, her father, John Daniel Stillwell, was 56 and her mother, Sarah Kiblar, was 52. She married Edward Jenkins on 5 January 1823, in Grand Lake-Jemseg, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Queens, New Brunswick, British North America for about 11 years. She died on 14 April 1856, in Waterborough, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada, at the age of 63, and was buried in Cumberland Point Cemetery, Cumberland Bay, Waterborough, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Edward Jenkins
1798–1886
Catherine Stillwell
1793–1856
Marriage: 5 January 1823
John Stillwell Jenkins
1816–1881
Samuel Jenkins 3rd
1824–1870
Jane "Janet" Bennet Jenkins
1827–1894
William Edward Jenkins
1830–1913
David Jenkins
1830–1931
Thomas Jenkins
1834–1902

Sources (5)

  • Transcription Microfilm Queens County Marriages 1821-1823 - Page 14
  • Catherine Jenkins, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Queens County, NB Genealogical Guide - Provincial Archives of New Brunswick

World Events (4)

1818

Oldest Grave seen in the Memorials list

1820 · First Bank

March 25, 1820, the first bank located in Saint John, New Brunswick, was established.

1838 · Aroostook War

The Aroostook War took place from 1838-1839. It was a conflict between the state of Maine and New Brunswick over the northern boarder. The battle was bloodless.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from a lost or unidentified place, probably in Surrey. The placename derives from Middle English stighel, stile ‘stile’ + welle ‘well, spring, stream’. Compare Stile .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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