James Thomas JENKIN

Birth:
May 1850
Wales, England
Death:
13 May 1923
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, Usa
Marriage:
14 Apr 1877
Grass Valley, Califorina, Usa
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
                   According to the 1900 census James Thomas Jenkin came to the United States in 1860 or 1869.  Probably 1869 if he came alone, he would have been 19 years old.

According to the 1920 census James Thomas Jenkin came to the United States in 1872 and became a naturalized citizen in 1892.
Mary Ann ROWE
Birth:
27 Feb 1853
London, England
Death:
9 Jan 1943
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, Usa
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
                   On July 1, 2005 I spoke by phone to Aunt Frances Larson and she gave me what information she had about her grandmother and grandfather, Mary Ann Rowe and James Thomas Jenkin.
Aunt Frances Larson says that her grandmother Mary Ann Rowe came to the United States from London, England.  (According to the 1920 census record she immigrated in 1875 and became a naturalized citizen in 1892.)  But Aunt Frances also remembers hearing that she came from Silver Wells, Agnes Shire, England.  She was engaged to a man in England but came to visit someone in the gold mining area of California.  Aunt Francis wasn't sure who she came to visit, while she was here she broke her engagement and married James Thomas Jenkin who was from Wales, he was working as a miner in the mines in or around Nevada City, California. He came to the United States in 1869.  He mined the gold that was used to make her wedding ring.  Aunt Frances was in possession of the ring but since she was no longer living in her home she felt that it was now in the possession of her daughter-in-law Diane Larson.  Mary Ann Rowe was one of 12 children,there were only 3 surviving children, Mary Ann and two boys.  I remember being told that she came to California to visit her brother who was a miner.  Aunt Francis says that she knows one brother remained in England she doesn't know about the other brother.  James Thomas Jenkin developed some kind of miners disease and they left Nevada City and went to Los Angeles, California.  Mary Ann worked as a practical nurse and seamstress.  Aunt Frances believes that she was the sole provider of the family because of James Thomas illness.  Ethel Winifred went to teachers college after they moved to Southern California and was teaching in Pine Flat when she married Marshall Foster DeMasters.

Mary Ann and James Thomas had four children:  Elizabeth(Bessie), James Thomas (Jim), Ethel Winifred born in 1881 and Irene.  Elizabeth married Lester Stevens, they moved to Redding, California and had four children.  Lester Stevens abandoned his family and Grandpa Marshall Foster DeMasters went to Redding to rescue her and her children and bring them to Southern California.She later married ? Bland.  James married Maggie ? and they had 3 children.  Later in life he married May?.  He was a councilman for the City of Pasadena and worked for the Pasadena Star News.  He sometimes spelled Jenkin with an s.  Ethel married Marshall Foster and they lived east of Reedley.  They had 6 children, one, a daughter died at birth.  Irene married ? Privette and they lived in Los Angeles.  They had one daughter.  Aunt Francis believes that all four of James Thomas and Mary Ann's children were born in Nevada City, California.
Elizabeth's daughter Emily married into the Putnam family that founded Porterville.

Mary Ann's father is listed on Family Search as John Rowe but there is no documentation to back it up so I am not adding his name to my PAF program at this time.
Children
Marriage
1
Elizabeth Adeline JENKIN
Birth:
11 Feb 1878
Nevada City, California, Usa
Death:
Mr. BLAND 
Marr:
Abt 1910
of California, Usa 
Notes:
                   In researching Elizabeth Adeline Jenkin (Bessie) and her family I have not been able to determine her second husbands first name.  Aunt Frances says that she married a Mr. Bland who was the father of her oldest daughter Lemoyne Irene Stevens husband, William Bland.

I found the Lester Stevens family on the 1910 census living in San Luis Obispo, California.

Her oldest son Volney Dillard Stevens listed her on his draft registration card as his nearest relative.  She was living in Pasadena at that time, 1918.  The draft registration card was for WWI.
I found Bessie E. Stevens and two children on the 1920 census living in Anderson,Shasta,California.  She is listed as a widow.  (Not divorced as I would have expected since Aunt Frances says that her husband abandoned her and her children in Redding, California.  Aunt Frances says her father, Marshall Foster DeMasters, went to Redding and brought Bessie and her children back to Conejo, California.)  I think I found Lester Stevens on a census record living somewhere in California.

I found an Elizabeth A. Bland living in Shasta County, California on the 1930 census as a roomer.  She is listed as divorced.  I don't know if this is Aunt Bessie, I don't have any way to know for sure.

I have not been able to find a Bessie and __?___ Bland on any census records.

I don't know when Aunt Bessie died, I have not been able to locate her death record under any of her last names.

I will be glad when they release the 1940 census so that I can continue to look for her.
2
James Thomas JENKIN
Birth:
Jul 1880
Nevada City, California, Usa
Death:
Pasadena, LosAngeles, California, Usa
Mrs. Anna M. JENKIN 
Marr:
Abt 1925
California, Usa 
Notes:
                   Worked as a pressman for the Pasadena Daily paper.  He also served as a city councilman for the City of Pasadena.  His daughter Dorothy worked at the same paper as a bookkeeper.
He sometimes spelled Jenkin with an s
3
Ethel Winifred JENKIN
Birth:
16 Sep 1882
Nevada City, California, Usa
Death:
29 May 1949
Orange, Orange, California, Usa
Marshall Foster DEMASTERS 
Marr:
1 May 1907
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Cali 
4
Celia Irene JENKIN
Birth:
26 Oct 1885
Nevada City, California, Usa
Death:
27 Feb 1954
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, Usa
Walter Harvey PRIVETTE 
Marr:
Abt 1906
of California, Usa 
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James Thomas Jenkin - Mary Ann Rowe

James Thomas Jenkin was born at Wales, England May 1850.

He married Mary Ann Rowe 14 Apr 1877 at Grass Valley, Califorina, Usa . Mary Ann Rowe was born at London, England 27 Feb 1853 .

They were the parents of 4 children:
Elizabeth Adeline Jenkin born 11 Feb 1878.
James Thomas Jenkin born Jul 1880.
Ethel Winifred Jenkin born 16 Sep 1882.
Celia Irene Jenkin born 26 Oct 1885.

James Thomas Jenkin died 13 May 1923 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, Usa .

Mary Ann Rowe died 9 Jan 1943 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, Usa .