When Eliza Jane Jenkin was born in 1867, in Illogan, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, her father, Josiah Jenkin, was 23 and her mother, Elizabeth Thomas, was 22. She lived in Wingate, Durham, England, United Kingdom in 1881.
English: from the Middle English personal names Jankin, Jenkin, and Jonkin, pet forms of Jan, Jen, and Jon + the hypocoristic suffix -kin. In Middle English, names in -kin were often used to name the younger of two family members with the same personal name.
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