Born in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Henry A. Jenks
and Mary Ann (Gilchrist) Jenks
Sister of
Harold Russell Jenks
Wife of
Charles Herbert Leggott
— married
29 Aug 1911 (to 3 Mar 1955) in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Descendants 
Mother of
Charlotte Mary (Leggott) Loudy, Margaret Florine (Leggott) Jones and Nina Elizabeth (Leggott) Ogar
Died
at age 68
in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
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| Created 7 May 2016
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Biography
- Nina Jenks was born 23 Oct 1886 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.[1]
- She married Charles Herbert Leggott on 29 Aug 1911 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA.[2]Charles was an immigrant from Canada.
- They had three daughters, Charlotte Loudy, Margaret Jones, and Nina Ogar. Their oldest daughter, Charlotte, died in childbirth and Charles and Nina raised the two grandchildren, Barbara and Donald Loudy, as their own. She died 3 Mar 1955.
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| Sears 1920 era Upright Piano |
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| Sears Sewing Machine 1920s |
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| 1946 Philco Radio-Phonographic Model 46-1209 |
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| Detroit Streetcars circa 1917 |
- Their home in Detroit on 600 Drexel Ave. was located between Jefferson Avenue and the Detroit River, which flows from Lake St. Clair to the North.
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| Jefferson Avenue |
- Nina was a descendant of: Joseph Jenckes II, "known as the founder of Pawtucket [Rhode Island]. A skilled ironworker, he had come to the New World to join his father, Joseph Jencks I, who had organized and operated the first American iron works in Saugus, Massachusetts."
Research Notes
- Jefferson Avenue (Detroit).
Jefferson Avenue Article on Wikipedia
- Joseph Jenks II (1628 - 1717.Jenks-429 on WikiTree
- Joseph Jenks Sr. (1599 - 1683).Jenks-49 on WikiTree
- Nina Mary Jenks Leggott
- BIRTH 23 Oct 1886 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
- DEATH 3 Mar 1955 (aged 68) in Wayne County, Michigan, USA
- BURIAL at Roseland Park Cemetery, Berkley, Oakland County, Michigan, USA
- Find A Grave MEMORIAL ID# 52531121
Find A Grave: Memorial #52531121
Sources
- ↑ First-hand Information as remembered by Gerald Jones
- ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925." Database with images
- Personal remembrances of Gerald Jones (Jones-43207)
- "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925." Database with images. FamilySearch. (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3KB-7VC) : 9 July 2018. Citing Secretary of State. Department of Vital Records, Lansing.
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Gerald Jones
Nina Mary Jenks and her Husband Charles Herbert Leggott lived at 600 (Formerly 212, changed by the city) Drexel, which was East of Jefferson Avenue, near the Detroit River, two to four miles from Downtown Detroit. The had a car garage in the back of the house that opened to an alley. Charles was a Canadian, naturalized American. It was a developed residential neighborhood. Their house was built about 1912. Small vendors selling dairy, fruits and vegetables, knife sharpening services and various other wares, servicing the street with pushcarts, horse carts, and later small trucks. They were within walking distance of all retail services on Jefferson Avenue, as well as access to the Streetcars running on Jefferson. They had a two story house with a basement and a coal fired furnace. Nina kept a piano in the living room. There was a formal dining room off the kitchen. The bedrooms were upstairs. They had three daughters, Charlotte, Margaret, and Nina.
posted 5 Aug 2018 by Gerald Jones
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nina by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nina:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nina by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nina:
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~25.00%
~25.00%
Karen (Jones) Owens 
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23andMe
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~25.00%
50.00%
Gerald Jones :
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Nina is the grandmother of Gerald (Confident)
1. Gerald is the son of Margaret Florine (Leggott) Jones [confident] 2. Margaret is the daughter of Nina Mary (Jenks) Leggott [confident] This makes Nina the grandmother of Gerald.
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