♀ Margaret Cravens

1814 - 1906

 

Mary, Conley

Margaret Cravens
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Parents
John C Cravens
John C Cravens
1760 - 1850
Mary Carlyle
Mary Carlyle
1773 - 1866
Spouse
Children
William Washington Jenkins
William W Jenkins
1838 - 1919
David Cravens Jenkins
David Cravens Jenkins
1840 - 1871
Mary Melvina Jenkins
Mary Melvina Jenkins
1841 - 1925
Eleven Jenkins
Eleven Jenkins
1843 - 1924
John Seldon Jenkins
John Seldon Jenkins
1845 - 1922
Rodney King Jenkins
Rodney King Jenkins
1848 - 1891
Priscilla Ann Jenkins
Priscilla Ann Jenkins
1852 - 1918
Siblings

Margaret and Jeremiah were married for 60 years, and had five sons and four daughters.  She was married previously to a Michael Conley.  Her sister Martha married Jeremiah's brother, George Washington Jenkins.

1836


May 25
Age: 21y

marriage


Jeremiah Franklin Jenkins
Kentucky, USA ⇓
A David Cravens signed their marriage contract.
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1836 • The first printed literature in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic is produced by Justin Perkins, an American Presbyterian missionary in Persia.

1838


Aug 1
Age: 24y
1838 • The first known report about the lowest temperature on Earth was made, indicating −60 °C (−76 °F) in Yakutsk.

1840


Age: 25y

1840


Mar 5
Age: 25y
1840 • The first English translation of Goethe's Theory of Colours by Charles Eastlake is published.

1841


Nov 28
Age: 27y
1841 • The Mercantile Agency (ancestor of Dun & Bradstreet is founded in New York City by Lewis Tappan.

1845


Nov 26
Age: 31y
1845 Fatel Razack (Fath Al Razack, "Victory of Allah the Provider", Arabic: قتح الرزاق) is the first ship to bring indentured labourers from India to Trinidad, landing in the Gulf of Paria with 227 immigrants.When the British decided they were going to bring Indians to Trinidad this year, most of the traditional British ship owners did not wish to be involved. The ship was originally named Cecrops, but upon delivery was renamed to Fath Al Razack. The ship left Calcutta on February 16.

1848


Feb 20
Age: 33y

1850


Age: 35y

1852


Jan 1
Age: 37y
1852 • The first Boat Race between Yale and Harvard, the first American intercollegiate athletic event, was held.

1854


Apr 10
Age: 39y
1854 • The French fashion label Louis Vuitton is founded.

1856


Mar 24
Age: 41y
1856 • 500 Mormon handcart pioneers leave Iowa City and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah, carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.

1860


Aug 9
Age: 46y
1860 Battle of Guayaquil: Ecuadorian forces led by Juan José Flores and Gabriel García Moreno take the port of Guayaquil from Supreme Chief Guillermo Franco, who is backed by Peruvian forces.

1861


Age: 46y
1861 • American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.

1900


Age: 85y

1900


Age: 85y
Margaret Cravens - 1900 United States Federal Census

residence


Marshall, Saline, Missouri, USA ⇓
Living with her son John, who was a gardener. Both her parents are listed as being born in Virginia.
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1900 • The Daoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China.

1906


Oct 16
Age: 92y
1906 Reginald Fessenden makes the first radio broadcast: a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.

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