Franklin Jennings
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Franklin Sylvester Jennings (1861 - 1900)

Franklin Sylvester "Frank" Jennings
Born in Canada Eastmap
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Son of and
Brother of , , , and
Husband of — married 8 Aug 1889 in Wiarton, Bruce, Ontario, Canadamap
Father of
Died at age 38 in Manitoulin, Ontario, Canadamap
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Biography

Birth information needs to be confirmed. Other dates are 1860 and 1863 and places are stated to be U.S.A. and Messis Gud, Quebec.

Franklin lived with his parents and siblings in Brome, Quebec, Canada in 1871. [1] They were in North Sutton, a sub-distict of Brome, Quebec and Franklin was listed as farmer's son under occupation. [2]

Frank was a merchant (grocer) and postmaster in Gore Bay, Algoma, Ontario, Canada. [3] [4] Franklin S. Jennings and Wilhelmina Victoria Ann Dinsmore were married 8 Aug 1889 in Wilhelmina's father's house in Wiarton. [5] [6] They lived in Gore Bay. Frank died 14 Oct 1900 of Bright's disease in Manitoulin, Ontario, Canada. [7] He was buried in Bayview Cemetery, Wiarton, Ontario with his father. [8]

Research Notes

Franklin was born in Dec 1861 in the USA according to the church marriage register. His records in the 1871 and 1881 census say he was born in Quebec.

Sources

  1. ↑ 1871 census of Canada East, Brome, Farnham, Quebec, Library and Archives Canada page 1, household 2
  2. ↑ 1881 census of Canada East, North Sutton, Brome, Farnham, Quebec, Library and Archives Canada [1]
  3. ↑ W. John McQuarrie, The Early Years of Gore Bay, page 65
  4. ↑ 1891 census of Canada, Ontario, Gore Bay (Town of) , Algoma, transcription Ontario GenWeb, citing Library and Archives microfilm T-6324
  5. ↑ Ontario Marriage Registration, Jennings - Dinsmore
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Ontario, Death Register, Frank S. Jennings registration no. 004710 (1900); digital image, Ancestry.ca (http//www.ancestry.ca : accessed 7 April 2010) citing Archives of Ontario microfilm MS935, reel 95
  8. ↑ Ontario Genealogical Society Branches of Bruce and Grey, "Cemetery Listings : Bayview Cemetery" (typescript, Ontario Genealogical Society), p. 10, no. 93




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