♀ 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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1836 Antonio García Gutiérrez's play El Trovador is performed for the first time in Madrid, Spain.

1838


Aug 1
Age: 24y

1840


Age: 25y
1840 Fortsas hoax: A number of book collectors gather in Binche, Belgium, to attend a non-existent book auction of the late "Count of Fortsas".

1840


Mar 5
Age: 25y

1841


Nov 28
Age: 27y
1841 • The Governor Fenner, carrying emigrants to the United States, sinks off Holyhead (Wales) with the loss of 123 lives.

1843


Sep 10
Age: 29y

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
1848 John Henry Newman founds the first Oratory in the English-speaking world when he establishes the Birmingham Oratory at 'Maryvale', Old Oscott, England.

1850


Age: 35y

1852


Jan 1
Age: 37y

1854


Apr 10
Age: 39y
1854 • The great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead is ignited by a spectacular explosion.

1856


Mar 24
Age: 41y
1856 • Legal protection of widow remarriage is extended in India.

1860


Aug 9
Age: 46y
1860 • Austria, Britain, France, Prussia and the Ottoman Empire form a commission to investigate the causes of the massacres of Maronite Christians, committed by Druzes in Lebanon earlier in the year.

1861


Age: 46y
1861 • The Spanish, French and British governments sign a tripartite agreement to intervene in Mexico, in the hope of recovering unpaid debts.[http://history.state.gov/milestones/1861-1865/FrenchIntervention US Department of State - Office of the Historian: Milestones: 1861-1865]. Accessed 11 March 2013

1900


Age: 85y
1900 Second Boer War: British troops are defeated by the Boers at Ladysmith.

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 arrival of a Russian naval fleet in Korea causes concern to the Imperial Japanese government.

1906


Oct 16
Age: 92y
1906 • Russian Prime Minister Pyotr Stolypin introduces agrarian reforms aimed at creating a large class of land-owning peasants.

1906

1906 • The Simplo Filler Pen company is founded, later to become the Montblanc Company.

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