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Margaret Elizabeth Jenkins 1904–1989 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 Jan 1904

Birth Location: Cocke County, Tennessee

Death Date: 29 Jan 1989

Death Location: Belmont, Gaston County, North Carolina, United States of America

Father: Joel Gilliland

Mother: Martha Forrester

Spouse(s): Otis Jenkins

Children(s):

The story of Margaret Elizabeth Jenkins began in 1904 in Cocke County, Tennessee. Margaret Elizabeth Jenkins married Otis Allen Jenkins, and had children including Elizabeth Lola Jenkins. Margaret Elizabeth Jenkins passed away in 1989 in Belmont, Gaston County, North Carolina, United States of America.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret Elizabeth Jenkins began in 1904 in Cocke County, Tennessee.
  • Margaret Elizabeth Jenkins married Otis Allen Jenkins, and had children including Elizabeth Lola Jenkins.
  • Margaret Elizabeth Jenkins passed away in 1989 in Belmont, Gaston County, North Carolina, United States of America.

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Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Margaret Jenkins's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Jenkins
1904–1989
Birth Place: Cocke County, Tennessee
Parents
Joel Lewis Gilliland
1871–1955
Martha (Jane) Forrester
1874–1966
Cosby, Cocke County, Tennessee, USA
Grandparents
Landrum (Clay) Forrester
1856–1938
Cocke, USA
Elizabeth Gilliland
1851–1894
Cocke, Tennessee, USA
Great-Grandparents
Amos Forester
1816–1885
Matilda Long
1817–1898
John Gilliland
1808–1880
Elizabeth O'Dell
1813–1880
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Isaac Forrester
1789–1860
Mary Forrester
1789–1867

Margaret Jenkins's Timeline

2 Records

1904
13 Jan 1904
Birth of Margaret Elizabeth Jenkins in Cocke County, Tennessee
Cocke County, Tennessee
1989
29 Jan 1989
Age 85
Death of Margaret Elizabeth Jenkins in Gaston, North Carolina
Gaston, North Carolina

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 Jan 1904
    Event Place: Cocke County, Tennessee
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] North Carolina, U.S., Death Indexes, 1908-2004

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Gaston, North Carolina
    Record Source: North Carolina, U.S., Death Indexes, 1908-2004

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 Jan 1989
    Event Place: Gaston, North Carolina
    Record Source: North Carolina, U.S., Death Indexes, 1908-2004

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Belmont, Gaston County, North Carolina, United States of America

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