When William Jenkins was born on 7 October 1848, in Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, James Jenkins, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth Davis, was 38. He married Fanny Hirst on 20 December 1869, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He immigrated to Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1854 and lived in North Point, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 5 February 1920, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Pleasant Green Cemetery, Magna, Salt Lake, 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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