♀ 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 • The colony of South Australia is officially proclaimed (now celebrated in the state of South Australia as Proclamation Day).

1838


Aug 1
Age: 24y
1838 • The people of the Cherokee Nation are forcibly relocated during the Trail of Tears in the United States.

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".

1841


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

1843


Sep 10
Age: 29y
1843 Wairau Affray in the South Island of New Zealand: An armed posse of British settlers sent to arrest Māori chief Te Rauparaha clash with members of his Ngāti Toa tribe, resulting in 26 deaths

1845


Nov 26
Age: 31y
1845 • The United States Congress passes legislation overriding a presidential veto for the first time.

1848


Feb 20
Age: 33y
1848 Yucatán officially unites with Mexico.

1850


Age: 35y
1850 • The transportation of British convicts to Western Australia begins, as the transportation of British convicts to other parts of Australia is phased out, when the ship Scindian arrives in Fremantle with 75 male prisoners.

1852


Jan 1
Age: 37y

1854


Apr 10
Age: 39y
1854 • The British recognize the independence of the Orange Free State; its official independence is declared 6 days later.

1856


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

1860


Aug 9
Age: 46y

1861


Age: 46y
1861 • Russian sailors clash with a group of Japanese samurai and farmers at Tsushima island.

1900


Age: 85y
1900 • The first zeppelin flight is carried out over Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.

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 Second Boer WarBattle of Paardeberg: 20,000 British troops invade the Orange Free State.

1906

1906 • An aeroplane of Alberto Santos-Dumont takes off at Bagatelle in France and flies 60 meters (200 feet). This is the first officially recorded powered flight in Europe.

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