When James Jenkins was born on 20 December 1803, in Presteigne, Radnorshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Richard Wooley Jenkins, was 25 and his mother, Elizabeth Perkes, was 30. He married Elizabeth Wright on 27 May 1830, in Presteigne, Radnorshire, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He immigrated to Liverpool, St. Helena, Louisiana, United States in 1855 and lived in Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 17 November 1892, in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States.
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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.
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Possible Related NamesNOTE: This information was given to me by Thelma Park Seegmiller at a Park Family Reunion in Nephi, Utah June 1982 He was a Councilman in Nephi, Utah in 1889. The Jenkins family really helped to bu …
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