Walter Thanet Jenkin (1854 - 1916)

Born 13 Sep 1854 in At Sea

Ancestors

Husband of Julia (Coxall) Jenkin — married 1877 in Daylesford, Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 12 Jul 1916 at age 61 in Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia

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Biography

Walter Jenkin lived in Elizabeth Street Charters Towers Queensland with his wife (several newspapers socials The Northern Miner 1900's)... ^[1] Walter Thanet was born at sea 13 September 1854 aboard the barque "Isle of Thanet". Departed from Plymouth, Devon 27 July 1854, arriving Port Adelaide, South Australia 24 October 1854. Walter's birth date would have the ship somewhere out in the Southern Ocean. Ship record has 2 births and 2 deaths during the voyage. Barque of 515 tons captained by Captain William Allen, passage was of 90 days and 233 immigrants were landed. Walter's father, at the time of marriage, had been a manager of the Port Laurie Mines, Piriac, Brittany, France.

Walter Thanet Jenkin was 22 years of age when he married Julia Coxall who was 19 years, at Daylesford in Victoria, on 1st January 1877. When married Julie worked as a dressmaker at Daylesford and Walter was a miner, working and residing at Adelong in NSW.

Sources

• Marriage: BDM VIC REF# 323/1877
• Death; BDM QLD REF# 1916/C3589 Walter Thanet Jenkin (f) Matthew Daniel Jenkin (m) Agnes (Wellington) Jenkin.

Footnotes

1. ↑ Entered by Holly Flower, Jun 27, 2013

• Queensland births, deaths & marriages.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 October 2020), memorial page for Walter Thanet Jenkin (unknown–11 Jul 1916), Find a Grave Memorial no. 184520646, citing Charters Towers Monumental & Lawn Cemetery, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia ; Maintained by Richie Wright (contributor 48346415) .

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