Alma Frances Jenkins

Brief Life History of Alma Frances

When Alma Frances Jenkins was born on 4 September 1865, in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Warren Jenkins, was 31 and her mother, Caroline D. Foster, was 32. She married Edward Nelson Beals on 29 February 1888, in Rockland, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 daughters. She lived in Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States in 1900 and Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1910. She died in 1935, at the age of 70, and was buried in Spring Lake Cemetery, Rockland, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edward Nelson Beals
1864–1914
Alma Frances Jenkins
1865–1935
Marriage: 29 February 1888
Ethel Florence Beals
1888–
Marion Elizabeth Beals
1890–1967
Ina Mae Beals
1893–1985
Delva Nellie Beals
1894–1925
Baby Girl Beals
1900–1900

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  • Beals in household of Edward W Beals, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Alma Jenkins, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Alma Frances Jenkins, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"

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This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

1886

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Name Meaning

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.

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

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