A Jacobs Family History

William Jenkins

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Name William Jenkins Birth Abt 1835 Spitalfields, London, England [1]
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Gender Male Census 7 Apr 1861 Norton Folgate, London, England [1]
Age: 26y Address: 1 Green Dragon Yard - Relation to Head of House: Head
Porter
Census 2 Apr 1871 Spitalfields, London, England [2]
Age: 35y Address: 1 Crown Court - Relation to Head of House: Head
Milkman
Has a David living with them listed as a son, but aged 23 and occupation is Chair Stainer
Census 3 Apr 1881 Spitalfields, London, England [3]
Age: 48y Address: 17 Princes Street - Relation to Head of House: Head
Potter
This is a strange census entry. The address matches for the family in 1891 but the children are wrong. Here they have 4 children , Samuel, Ella, Ada and Laura. Unfortunately none of their other children are present. Is it simply a coincidence that two different William Jenkins occupied the same house 10 years apart? The wife's name is not given on this census
Census 5 Apr 1891 Spitalfields, London, England [4]
Age: 56y Address: 17 Princes Street - Relation to Head of House: Head
No occupation
Descendant Count 26 Reference Number J 0001c _UID 1A0ECDA549D94591A321C588EBA00B9BD415 Death Bef 1901 [5] - Wife is a widow in 1901 census
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Person ID I5844 Jacobs Last Modified 25 Apr 2025
Family Isabella Swaebe, b. Abt 1832, Whitechapel, London, England d. 4 May 1919, Hackney, London, England
(Age 87 years)
Marriage Between Oct 1857 and Dec 1857 Whitechapel, London, England [6]
Children 1. David Jenkins Swaebe, b. Between Jan 1858 and Mar 1858, Norton Folgate, London, England d. 14 Jul 1917, Golders Green, Middlesex, England
(Age 59 years)
2. Henry William Jenkins, b. 6 Feb 1860, Norton Folgate, London, England d. 15 Feb 1925, Whitechapel, London, England
(Age 65 years)
3. John Jenkins, b. Between Apr 1863 and Jun 1863, Spitalfields, London, England 4. Mary Jenkins, b. Abt 1868, Spitalfields, London, England 5. Alfred Jenkins, b. Between Oct 1869 and Dec 1869, Spitalfields, London, England 6. Frederick Jenkins, b. Between Oct 1871 and Dec 1871, London, England 7. Clara Jenkins, b. Between Jul 1873 and Sep 1873, Spitalfields, London, England 8. Flora Jenkins, b. Between Jan 1878 and Mar 1878, London, England Family ID F1940 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 Mar 2020
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Sources - [S2683] 1861 Census - RG 9/0264 F104 P24 - Jenkins, William, 15 Oct 2011.
- [S2688] 1871 Census - RG 10/0506 F020 P35 - Jenkins, William, 15 Oct 2011.
- [S2695] 1881 Census - RG 11/0434 F110 P19 - Jenkins, William, 16 Oct 2011.
- [S2689] 1891 Census - RG 12-0273 F098 P29 - Jenkins, William, 16 Oct 2011.
- [S2691] 1901 Census - RG 13/0297 F099 P42 - Jenkins, Isabella, 16 Oct 2011.
- [S60] BMD - Marriage Index, 15 Oct 2011, 1857 OND Whitechapel 1c 816.
Isabella is indexed as Swabe
- [S2683] 1861 Census - RG 9/0264 F104 P24 - Jenkins, William, 15 Oct 2011.