♀ 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 Dade County, Florida, is formed.

1838


Aug 1
Age: 24y
1838 • The Boers win a decisive victory over the Zulus in the Battle of Blood River.

1840


Age: 25y
1840 Britain issues the Penny Black, the world's first postage stamp.

1840


Mar 5
Age: 25y
1840 • The Treaty of Waitangi, granting British sovereignty in New Zealand, is signed.

1841


Nov 28
Age: 27y

1843


Sep 10
Age: 29y
1843 The Friend, a Quaker weekly, is first published in London.

1845


Nov 26
Age: 31y
1845 • The Republic of Yucatán separates for a second time from Mexico.

1848


Feb 20
Age: 33y
1848 • The Independent Republic of Yucatán joins Mexico in exchange for Mexican help in suppressing a revolt by the indigenous Maya population.

1850


Age: 35y
1850 • Delegate Edward Ralph May delivers speech on behalf of African American suffrage to the Indiana Constitutional Convention.

1852


Jan 1
Age: 37y
1852 • The United Kingdom recognized the independence of the Transvaal.

1854


Apr 10
Age: 39y
1854 Britain sends Russia an ultimatum to withdraw from two Romanian provinces it had conquered, Moldavia and Wallachia.

1861


Age: 46y
1861 • A tenement collapses in the Old Town of Edinburgh and buries 50; rescuers find 15 of them alive.

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 U.S. Secretary of State John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote American trade with China.

1906

1906 • The Grand Duchy of Finland becomes the first nation to include the right of women to stand as candidates when it adopts universal suffrage.

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