Wilhelmina Victoria Ann (Dinsmore) Jennings (1863 - 1948)

Born 13 Apr 1863 in Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Franklin Sylvester Jennings — married 8 Aug 1889 in Wiarton, Bruce, Ontario, Canada

Died 8 Mar 1948 at age 84 in Tarentorus Township, Algoma, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Wilhelmina was born 13 Apr 1863 in Ontario, Canada. ^{[1] [2]} Wilhelmina lived in Wiarton with her father and stepmother at the time of the 1881 census. ^[3]

Franklin S. Jennings and Wilhelmina Victoria Ann Dinsmore were married Thursday evening, 8 Aug 1889 in Wilhelmina's father's house in Wiarton. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Married: Jennings-Dinsmore At the home of Mr. D. Dinsmore on Thursday evening last his daughter Wilhelmina married Mr. Frank Jennings now of Gore Bay. ^[7]

They lived in Gore Bay on Manitoulin Island where Franklin died in 1900. Wilhelmina was postmaster from November 1900 to 1934. ^{[8] [9] [10] [11]} In 1947 she lived in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. ^[12]

Wilhelmina had been living in Tarentorus Township (address, RR#2, Sault Ste. Marie) for 2 years when she died 8 Mar 1848. She was buried 10 Mar 1948 in Greenwood Cemetery, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. ^[13]

Resarch Notes

Alternate information states that she was buried in Bayview Cemetery, Wiarton, Bruce, Ontario, Canada. ^[14] That is true of her husband, Franklin. but sources of the burials information were not given in the list of Dinsmore burials.

Sources

1. ↑ 1901 Census of Canada, Ontario, Algoma, Gore Bay, schedule 1 population, district 44, subdistrict K-3, p. 7, household 65; Statistics Canada RG31, digital image, Automated Genealogy (http://automatedgenealogy.com) citing Library and Archives Canada microfilm T-6459
2. ↑ 1871 Census of Canada, Ontario, Bruce, Wiarton, David Dinsmore household, schedule 1 population, district 28, subdistrict F-2, p. 5, household 17; Library and Archives Canada RG31, microfilm C-9938.
3. ↑ 1881 Census of Canada, Ontario, Huron, Wiarton, district 177, subdistrict l, p. 26-27, household 121; Library and Archives Canada, RG31, microfilm C-13276.
4. ↑ Ontario Marriage Registration, Jennings - Dinsmore
5. ↑ Bruce & Grey Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, Trinity Anglican Church, Wiarton, Ontario (Bruce & Grey Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society; Owen Sound, Ontario; n.d.), Marriages 1879-1910, no. 24 Frank Jennings - Wilhelmina Dinsmore.
6. ↑ Bruce & Grey Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society, editor, Index to Births, Marriages and Deaths in Wiarton papers (Owen Sound, Ontario: Bruce & Grey Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society, n.d.), 30.
7. ↑ Bruce & Grey Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society, editor, Index to Births, Marriages and Deaths in Wiarton papers (Owen Sound, Ontario: Bruce & Grey Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society, n.d.), 30.
8. ↑ 1901 census of Canada, Ontario, Algoma, Gore Bay, schedule 1 population, district 44, subdistrict K-3, p. 7, household 65; Statistics Canada RG31, digital image, Automated Genealogy (http://automatedgenealogy.com) citing Library and Archives Canada microfilm T-6459
9. ↑ W. John McQuarrie, The Early Years of Gore Bay, page 65
10. ↑ Voters list 1918 for Gore Bay, p. 83. This list was for a provincial election.
11. ↑ 1921 Census of Canada, Ontario, district 65, sub-district 77, Gore Bay, p. 8, dwelling 93, family 99, Wilhelmina Jennings; RG 31; digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 2 Jul 2020); citing Library and Archives Canada RG31, folder 39.
12. ↑ "Michigan, Passenger and Crew Lists," online images, Ancestry (accessed 23 Dec 2019), manifest, Canadian National Rys., 21 Nov 1947, Mary Emma Dinsmore.
13. ↑ Ontario Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1938, registration 013660, Wilhelmina Victoria Jennings; digital image, Ancestry.ca, "Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas," (http://home.ancestry.ca/: 27 Jun 2020).
14. ↑ Gwen Dinsmore, Dinsmore Burials, Bayview Cemetery, Wiarton, Ontario