♂ George Washington Jenkins

1809 - 1864

 

G.W.

George Washington Jenkins
Parents
Spouse
Martha Ann Cravens
Martha Ann Cravens
1816 - 1913
Siblings
Harriet Jenkins
Harriet Jenkins
1810 - 1900

He was of "Welsh-Scotch" descent.

1809

1809 • The city of La Paz (current Bolivia) declares its independence from the Spanish Crown and forms the Junta Tuitiva, the first independent government in Spanish America, led by Pedro Domingo Murillo.

1839


Age: 30y
1839 • The French government gives Louis Daguerre a pension and gives the daguerreotype "for the whole world".

1864


Age: 55y
1864 • Hostilities in the Paraguayan War open with the Paraguayan ship Tacuarí capturing the Brazilian Marquês de Olinda in the Paraguay River.

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