♀ 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.

1814


Jun 24
1814 • In England, the last hanging under the Black Act is carried out, of William Potter for cutting down an orchard (although the judge petitions for reprieve).

1836


May 25
Age: 21y

marriage


Jeremiah Franklin Jenkins
Kentucky, USA ⇓
A David Cravens signed their marriage contract.
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1836 • The settlement of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, is elevated to the royal status of villa by the government of Spain.

1838


Aug 1
Age: 24y
1838 Friedrich Bessel makes the first accurate measurement of distance to a star.

1840


Age: 25y

1840


Mar 5
Age: 25y

1841


Nov 28
Age: 27y
1841 Fordham University is founded in The Bronx by the Society of Jesus. Its name at its founding is St. John's College.

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

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

1854


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

1856


Mar 24
Age: 41y

1860


Aug 9
Age: 46y

1870


Age: 55y
1870 • It is revealed that the famed Cardiff Giant is just carved gypsum and not the petrified remains of a human.

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 British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans purchases the land on Crete on which the ruins of the palace of Knossos stand. He begins to unearth some of the palace three days later.

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