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John Fielden JENKINS

John Fielden JENKINS

Male 1888 - 1958  (69 years)

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  • Name John Fielden JENKINS 
    Born 22 Mar 1888  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date incorrectly given in the 1900 Census as March 1887. Date on headstone is 1888.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1910  [3] 
    teamster 
    Occupation 1917  [4] 
    oil field worker for South Penn Oil Co. 
    Residence 1917  El Dorado, Butler Co, KS Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • But his draft registration was filed in Kanawha County, WV.
    Occupation 1920  [5] 
    tool dresser for oil company 
    Census 1920, 1930  El Dorado, Butler Co, KS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1930  [6] 
    carpenter (house) 
    Residence 1939  El Dorado, Butler Co, KS Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Census 1940  El Dorado, Butler Co, KS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1940  [8] 
    tool dress (oil work) 
    Died 1958  [2] 
    Buried Sunset Lawns Cemetery, El Dorado, Butler Co, KS Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Person ID I95595  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 18 Dec 2020 

    Father John Alexander "Alex" JENKINS,   b. CA 1859, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1939, Sunnyside (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Mother Arena "Rena" COSTILOW,   b. CA 1865, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1928  (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Family ID F12048  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Veva Ethel WOODRUM,   b. 17 Jun 1895, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1974  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 20 Oct 1915  Lawrence Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Butler Co, Kansas (City of El Dorado), enumerated on Jan 3 1920:
      John F. Jenkins, 29, b. WVa, married, tool dresser for oil company; son Forest, 2y 6m, b. WVa. No other household members.
      NOTE: Whereabouts for this census of John Jenkins' wife Veva is not known.

      1930 Census, Butler Co, Kansas (El Dorado Township), enumerated on Apr 12 1930:
      John F. Jenkins, 40, carpenter (house); wife Veva, 34; son Forrest, 12; dau Vera, 9; son Edgar, 1y 11m. All born in West Virginia except Edgar, born in Kansas.

      1940 Census, Butler Co, Kansas (City of El Dorado), enumerated on Apr 16 1940 at 115 Poplar:
      John Jenkins, 53, b. WVa, tool dresser in oil work; wife Veva, 44, b. WVa; son Edgar, 12, b. Kansas; son-in-law Glenn Elwood, 24, b. Kansas, candy factory worker, resided 1935 in Junction City Kansas; dau Vera Elwood, 22, b. WVa, fountain girl.
    Children 
     1. Forrest Edward JENKINS,   b. 24 Jul 1917, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jul 1997  (Age 79 years)
     2. Lavera Darlene "Vera" JENKINS,   b. 27 Jun 1920, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 2002  (Age 81 years)
     3. Edgar Leo "Ed" JENKINS,   b. 2 Apr 1928, El Dorado, Butler Co, KS Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jun 1991, Mountain Home, Elmore Co, ID Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
    Family ID F56929  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S2032] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    4. [S1875] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

    5. [S1734] 1920 Census.

    6. [S1898] 1930 Census.

    7. [S643] Obituary of father.

    8. [S127] 1940 Census.

    9. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    10. [S157] Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).