♀ 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
Jeremiah Franklin Jenkins - Find a Grave

marriage


Jeremiah Franklin Jenkins
Kentucky, USA ⇓
A David Cravens signed their marriage contract.
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1838


Aug 1
Age: 24y
1838 • Dissolution of the Federal Republic of Central America: Honduras and Costa Rica follow the example of Nicaragua and secede from the federation.

1840


Age: 25y
1840 Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the British forces and goes into exile in Malta.

1840


Mar 5
Age: 25y

1841


Nov 28
Age: 27y
1841 Thomas Cook arranges his first railway excursion, in England.

1843


Sep 10
Age: 29y
1843 • Serial publication of Charles Dickens' novel Martin Chuzzlewit begins in London. In the July chapters, he lands his hero in the United States.

1845


Nov 26
Age: 31y
1845 • The eminent and controversial Anglican, John Henry Newman, is received into the Roman Catholic Church.

1848


Feb 20
Age: 33y

1852


Jan 1
Age: 37y
1852 • The first British public toilet for women was opened in Bedford Street, London.

1854


Apr 10
Age: 39y

1856


Mar 24
Age: 41y
1856 Seton Hall University is founded by Archdiocese of Newark Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley, a cousin of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and nephew of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton.

1870


Age: 55y
1870 • In the United States, the newly created Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast: "High winds at Chicago and Milwaukee... and along the Lakes".

1900


Age: 85y
1900 Emily Hobhouse arrives in Cape Town.

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.
1 Source ⇓
1900 Max Planck announces his discovery of the law of black body emission, marking the birth of quantum physics.

1906

1906 SOS becomes an international distress signal.

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