Educator.
Born in New Brunswick on 14 June 1884, son of Rev. Wellington Jenkins and Margaret Jenkins, he came to Manitoba where he taught at Lyleton School (1911-1912) then served successively as the Principal of Napinka School (1912-1914), Russell School (1915-1916), Brickburn School (1922-1924), Snowflake School (1924-1925), Medora School (1925-1926), Plumas School (1929-1930), and Glenella School (1930-1936). He later taught at Russell School (c1940). In August 1950, he moved to Tantallon, Saskatchewan to take over the principalship of the school there but died soon after.
He was married twice, first on 28 August 1912 to Violet Mary Quesnel (1896-1984) at Brandon. They had three children before divorcing: Clarissa Violet Jenkins (1914-1987, wife of ? Starr), Vernon Victor Aaron Cartwright (1915-2008), and Vincent Arron St. Clair (1918-1997). On 4 November 1927, he married Edythe Jane Setter (1886-1982, daughter of William Setter) at Russell.
He died at Tantallon, Saskatchewan on 22 October 1950 and was buried in the Russell Cemetery.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Marriage registration [Victor W. Jenkins, Violet M. Quesnel], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registration [Clarissa Violet Jenkins], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Voter lists, Ancestry.
Marriage registration [Victor Wellington Jenkins, Edythe Jane Setter], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Obituary, Russell Banner, 9 November 1950, page 2.
Obituary [Edith Jane Setter Jenkins], Russell Banner, 17 March 1982, page 4.
Harvests of Time: History of the R.M. of Edward by Edward History Book Committee, 1983, pages 160-165.
Burial record [Violet M. Speare], Inglewood Park Cemetery.
California Death Index [Clarissa Violet Jenkins Starr], Ancestry.
Vincent Arron St. Clair, FindAGrave.
Vernon Aaron Cartwright, FindAGrave.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 4 March 2024
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