♀ 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 Samuel Colt receives a United States patent for the Colt revolver, the first revolving barrel multishot firearm.

1838


Aug 1
Age: 24y
1838 • Lord Durham and his entourage arrive in Upper Canada to investigate the cause of the 1837 rebellion in that province. This leads to Durham submitting the Durham Report to Britain.

1840


Age: 25y
1840 British colonists reach New Zealand, officially founding Wellington.

1841


Nov 28
Age: 27y

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

1848


Feb 20
Age: 33y
1848 Slavery is abolished in Réunion. This day is celebrated every year since 1981.

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 • President Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed a new constitution for the French Second Republic.

1854


Apr 10
Age: 39y
1854 Said Pasha succeeds his nephew Abbas as the Pasha of Egypt.

1856


Mar 24
Age: 41y
1856 • The nawab of Oudh (Wajid Ali Shah) is exiled to Metiabruz and the state is annexed by the British East India Company.

1861


Age: 46y
1861 • Italian unification: The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed by the new Parliament, with Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont-Sardinia becoming its king.

1900


Age: 85y
1900 • The arrival of a Russian naval fleet in Korea causes concern to the Imperial Japanese government.

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 first zeppelin flight is carried out over Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.

1906


Oct 16
Age: 92y

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