Agnes (Campbell) Jenkins (1844 - 1908)

Born 1844 in Carrickfergus, Larne, Ireland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of David Junkin — married 31 Dec 1858 in Joymount Presbyterian Church, Carrickfergus, Larne, Antrim, Ireland

Descendants

Died 26 Apr 1908 at about age 64 in Belfast, Ireland

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Agnes (Campbell) Jenkins was born in Ireland.

Biography

1844 : BIRTH : age from death record.

MARRIAGE : to David Junkin. David was a weaver? As was her father James likely to be "flax weaver"? This needs checking as David is supposed to be a miner, there is also another David Junkin around of the same age who was a carpenter...

Census : 1901 : At home as the head of family with lots of family! At 105 Bread St. [1]

Agnes Jenkins, 57, head of family. David Jenkins, 30, son. James Jenkins, 28, son. (who died a couple of years later and is buried in same plot as his sister Agnes's dead infant twin McAllister boys). Samuel Jenkins, 25, son. Maggie Jenkins, 20, daughter. Aggie Jenkins, 17, daughter. (This is actually her grand daughter, the daughter of her dead daughter Sarah). Charlie Jenkins, 16, son. (this is actually her grandson, the son of her dead daughter Mary). Agnes Gorman, 3, granddaughter. (daughter of dead daughter Mary and half sister of Charlie).

Agnes was 63 when she died in 1908 of "paralysis."

She is buried in the City Cemetery, Belfast.^[1]

1908 : 5 Hollywood ave.

BURIAL : Belfast City Cemetery. M1 854.

Agnes Jenkins 63., 1908. Henrieta Blundell 7m, 1899 (i think this is a baby of one of her neighbours). Jane McAllister 73, 1909 (daughter Agnes's husband John's mother Jane ((nee Templeton)). Sarah McCarly 6, 1910 (grand daughter). Martha Semple 2, 1912 (grand daughter).

Sources

Belfast Cemetery Records. Irish census. Irish Civil Records.

1. ↑ Ulster Historical Foundation (Antrim & Down.). Digital collections. RootsIreland: 2015.