John Jenkins

   Another name for John was John Jenkins.

  General Notes:

Can't find birth registration Unmarried John learnt his trade of tinsmith in Eldorado from Mr Ellis. In 1879 John was in Benalla working. This was the year that he married Ann Gentle, the 19 year old of Thomas Gentle and Emily Ingrey. John did not smoke, drink or gamble.
John contracted a mild bout of typhoid fever in spring 1903. This left him in a weakened state and one night he lay down on the bank of the river to cool off and caught a chill. Pleurisy followed from which he never recovered. He died aged 50.[ahk.ged]

Parents James Lambert Jenkins and Hannah Sinclair[ Phoenix family tree.ged]

  Noted events in his life were:

• Alt. Birth: Sandridge, Victoria, Australia, 8 Feb 1855.

• Occupation: Tinsmith and plumber.

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John married Ann Gentle, daughter of Thomas Gentle and Emily Ingrey, on 3 Sep 1879 in Bride's Parent's Home, Tangambalanga, Victoria Australia. (Ann Gentle was born on 4 Aug 1860 in Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria Australia and died on 3 Feb 1951 in Albury, NSW Australia.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Alt. Marriage: Tangambalanga, Victoria, Australia, 1879.

• Alt. Marriage: Bride's parent's home, Tangambalanga, Victoria, Australia, Au, 3 Sep 1879.

  Marriage Notes:

Ann and John started their married life in Benalla where they had a shop in Nunn Street and they lived in a house two doors away. When James and Hannah, John's parents came to live in the house, John and Ann moved to a rented house in Arundle Street, near the Broken River, which was owned by the Ackerleys. John's father James and brother Jim were helping in the shop and Mary was doing the books. This did not work very well and John and Ann left to live in Bacchus Marsh. They returned after 3 or 4 years in 1890-91. John had the contract to lay the pipes when the town of Benalla changed from tank water to reticulated river water supply. When John became ill in 1903 Ann could not cope with the children, the shop and John, so John went to James and Hannah to be looked after.Ann and John started their married life in Benalla where they had a shop in Nunn Street and they lived in a house two doors away. When James and Hannah, John's parents came to live in the house, John and Ann moved to a rented house in Arundle Street, near the Broken River, which was owned by the Ackerleys. John's father James and brother Jim were helping in the shop and Mary was doing the books. This did not work very well and John and Ann left to live in Bacchus Marsh. They returned after 3 or 4 years in 1890-91. John had the contract to lay the pipes when the town of Benalla changed from tank water to reticulated river water supply. When John became ill in 1903 Ann could not cope with the children, the shop and John, so John went to James and Hannah to be looked after.[goss1.FTW]

Ann and John started their married life in Benalla where they had a shop in Nunn Street and they lived in a house two doors away. When James and Hannah, John's parents came to live in the house, John and Ann moved to a rented house in Arundle Street, near the Broken River, which was owned by the Ackerleys. John's father James and brother Jim were helping in the shop and Mary was doing the books. This did not work very well and John and Ann left to live in Bacchus Marsh. They returned after 3 or 4 years in 1890-91. John had the contract to lay the pipes when the town of Benalla changed from tank water to reticulated river water supply. When John became ill in 1903 Ann could not cope with the children, the shop and John, so John went to James and Hannah to be looked after.Ann and John started their married life in Benalla where they had a shop in Nunn Street and they lived in a house two doors away. When James and Hannah, John's parents came to live in the house, John and Ann moved to a rented house in Arundle Street, near the Broken River, which was owned by the Ackerleys. John's father James and brother Jim were helping in the shop and Mary was doing the books. This did not work very well and John and Ann left to live in Bacchus Marsh. They returned after 3 or 4 years in 1890-91. John had the contract to lay the pipes when the town of Benalla changed from tank water to reticulated river water supply. When John became ill in 1903 Ann could not cope with the children, the shop and John, so John went to James and Hannah to be looked after.