Farmer.
Born at Arnprior, Scotland on 16 June 1844, son of Peter Jenkins and Mary McGregor, he moved to Manitoba in 1879 and settled on a farm in Township 17, Range 23 near Shoal Lake. He raised cattle, horses and other livestock. On 31 July 1878, he married Mary English (1848-1927) in Stanley Township, Ontario. They had six children: Letitia Crawford Jenkins (1879-1972, wife of Francis George Wherrett), George English Jenkins (1881-1954), Mary McGregor Jenkins (1883-?), Robert Jenkins (1885-1948), William Alexander Jenkins (1887-1974), and Ellen Douglass “Nellie” Jenkins (1889-?, wife of J. R. Stocker). He was a member of the Presbyterian church and the Grain Growers Association. He died at Shoal Lake on 19 December 1929 and was buried in the Shoal Lake Cemetery.
Birth registrations [George English Jenkins, Mary McGregor Jenkins, Robert Jenkins, William Alexander Jenkins, Ellen Douglass Jenkins], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Marriage registration [Letitia Crawford Jenkins, Francis George Wherritt], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registrations [Mary Jenkins, William Jenkins], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.
Obituary [Letitia Wherrett], Winnipeg Free Press, 23 November 1972, page 39.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 29 October 2023
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