Margaret Grace

Brief Life History of Margaret

When Margaret Grace was born on 11 March 1847, in Toxteth, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Isaac Henry Grace, was 26 and her mother, Elizabeth Williams, was 24. She married James Jenkins on 15 December 1866, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 30 October 1906, in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Nephi City Cemetery, Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Jenkins
1843–1904
Margaret Grace
1847–1906
Marriage: 15 December 1866
Elizabeth Jenkins
1867–1937
Margaret Grace Jenkins
1870–1936
James Isaac Jenkins
1872–1875
Emma Jenkins
1875–1904
Lettie Jenkins
1878–1965
William Michael Jenkins
1881–1954
James Edward Jenkins
1884–1891
Charles Rupert Jenkins
1887–1966
Richard Heber Jenkins
1892–1952

Sources (46)

  • Margt Grace in household of Isaac Grace, "United States Census, 1860"
  • England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
  • Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961

World Events (8)

1851

Historical Boundaries: 1851: Utah Territory, United States 1852: Juab, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Juab, Utah, United States

1854 · The Crimean War

The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English: nickname from Old French cras, gras ‘fat, big’ (from Latin crassus, Anglo-Latin grassus).

English: topographic name from Middle English gras ‘grass, pasture’ (Old English græs), for someone who lived near an area of grassland.

Scottish: in some instances, probably a variant of Gracey .

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

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Story Highlight

Courting (told by Margaret Leah McCune Musser, Margaret Grace's niece. Recorded by Barbara McCune Musser Merrill.)

"Grandpa Grace [Isaac Grace] got so mad at Uncle Jim Jenkins when he was courting Aunt Margaret. One night he kept her out too late and Grandpa said, "Don't you show your face here again." So the next …

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