The Ancestors of My GrandchildrenBill Jenkins1 
M, #11968, * 27 Jul 1869, + a 1930
| Father | William Jenkins2 * 14 Oct 1832, + 1 Apr 1907 |
| Mother | Lucinda Agnew2 * 8 Oct 1846, + 28 Apr 1905 |
Bill Jenkins (1869 - a. 1930)
Bill Jenkins was born on 27 Jul 1869 in Winamac, Indiana.2 He married Vina Johnson on 27 Sep 1894.1 He died a 1930 in Chicago, Illinois.1
Other information:
Bill Jenkins was a newspaperman. Like his older brother Asa he worked for the Chattanooga Times, and the Philadelphia Public Ledger. In 1908 he went to Chicago to work for the Chicago Journal. Later, in 1920 he ran a deli on Laflin Street in Chicago. In the 1920 census he is enumerated as a printer.1,3
Bill Jenkins and Vina Johnson had no children.1
He is listed in the following census:
1870 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of William Jenkins, (#172), Monroe Township, Pulaski County, Indiana.4
1880 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of William Jenkins, ED 154, Monroe Township, Pulaski County, Indiana.5,6
1900 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of William B. Jenkins, 251 Michigan Ave, Hammond (5th Ward), Lake County, Indiana. Household consists of William B. and his wife Vina.7
1910 Fed. census (15 Apr): Household of William B. Jenkins, 6704 Laflin Street, Chicago City (Ward 31), Cook County, Illinois. Household consists of William B. and his wife Vina.8
1920 Fed. census (1 Jan): Household of William B. Jenkins, 6558 Laflin Street, Chicago City (Ward 31), Cook County, Illinois. Household consists of William B. and his wife Vina.3
1930 Fed. census (1 Apr): Household of William B. Jenkins, 7120 Nabosh Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Household consists of William B. and his wife Vina.9
Name variants: William Benjamin Jenkins Jr (full name.)2 William B. (in the census.)
Other information:
Bill Jenkins was a newspaperman. Like his older brother Asa he worked for the Chattanooga Times, and the Philadelphia Public Ledger. In 1908 he went to Chicago to work for the Chicago Journal. Later, in 1920 he ran a deli on Laflin Street in Chicago. In the 1920 census he is enumerated as a printer.1,3
Bill Jenkins and Vina Johnson had no children.1
He is listed in the following census:
1870 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of William Jenkins, (#172), Monroe Township, Pulaski County, Indiana.4
1880 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of William Jenkins, ED 154, Monroe Township, Pulaski County, Indiana.5,6
1900 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of William B. Jenkins, 251 Michigan Ave, Hammond (5th Ward), Lake County, Indiana. Household consists of William B. and his wife Vina.7
1910 Fed. census (15 Apr): Household of William B. Jenkins, 6704 Laflin Street, Chicago City (Ward 31), Cook County, Illinois. Household consists of William B. and his wife Vina.8
1920 Fed. census (1 Jan): Household of William B. Jenkins, 6558 Laflin Street, Chicago City (Ward 31), Cook County, Illinois. Household consists of William B. and his wife Vina.3
1930 Fed. census (1 Apr): Household of William B. Jenkins, 7120 Nabosh Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Household consists of William B. and his wife Vina.9
Name variants: William Benjamin Jenkins Jr (full name.)2 William B. (in the census.)
Citations
- [S137] Rick Jenkins, Jenkins, pg. 105.
- [S137] Rick Jenkins, Jenkins, pg. 84.
- [S108] Fed. Census: 1920. Illinois, Cook County, Chicago City, Ward 31, sheet 3A, line 22-23 (NARA: T625, Roll 349, Page 155). Household of William Jenkins.
- [S108] Fed. Census: 1870. Indiana. Pulaski County. Monroe Township. page 20, line 18-23 (NARA: M593, Roll 352, Page 487) Household of William Jenkins.
- [S108] Fed. Census: 1880. Indiana. Pulaski County. Monroe Township. ED 154, page 2B, line 31-38 (NARA: T9, Roll 305, Page 265B) Household of William B. Jenkins.
- [S137] Rick Jenkins, Jenkins, pg. 85.
- [S108] Fed. Census: 1900. Indiana, Lake County, Hammond City, Ward 5, sheet 22B, line 88-89 (NARA: T623, Roll 383, Page 195). Household of William Jenkins.
- [S108] Fed. Census: 1910. Illinois, Cook County, Chicago City, Ward 31, sheet 21A, line 1-2 (NARA: T624, Roll 278, Page 84). Household of William Jenkins.
- [S108] Fed. Census: 1930. Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 8th Ward, ED 16-336, sheet 18A, line 12-13 (NARA: T626, Roll 427, Page 189). Household of William B. Jenkins.