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Elizabeth Jenkins

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• • Grandmother of Penn Jillette — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 7 
  • Father:
  • Mother:
  • Cora Ellen Jenkins   
  • Birth Date:
  • 5 Feb 1885 
  • Birth Location:
  • Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 4 May 1947 
  • Death Location:
  • Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
  • 6 May 1947 
  • Burial Location:
  • Green River Cemetery, Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Robert Henry Parks
  • Marriage Date:
  • 27 Nov 1906 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Miller's Falls, Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Valda Ruth Parks (Ahnentafel No:3 )

  • Notes: 

  • Elizabeth Jenkins's given name is also seen as Lizzie.

    She was the illegitimate daughter of Cora Jenkins and an unknown father.

    Elizabeth's gravestone gives an incorrect birth year of 1886.

    Elizabeth's birth can be found in Cummington records as both 02 FEB and 05 FEB 1885. Her obituary has it as 05 FEB 1885.

• Sources for Elizabeth Jenkins

  • ¹ Federal Census, MA, Hampshire County, 1900, Cummington, E.D. 618, Sheet 3A, Image 5 of 16.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 11/11/2023).
  • ³ Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925, Birth record for daughter Valda Ruth Parks.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts, U.S., Birth Records, 1840-1915, Birth record for Lizzie Jenkins, gives birth date as 05 FEB 1885, recorded 05 MAR 1885.
  • ⁵ Massachusetts, U.S., Death Index, 1901-1980, Death record for Elizabeth Parks.
  • ⁶ Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915, Marriage record for Robert H Parks and Elizabeth Jenkins.
  • ⁷ Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Birth record for Lizzie Jenkins, gives birth date as 02 FEB 1885, recorded 05 MAR 1885.
  • ⁸ New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947, Marriage record for Herbert S Gillette and daughter Valda R Parks.
  • ⁹ The Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Massachusetts), 11 JUN 1908, p. 3, "East Windsor - Birthday Party Celebration".
  • ¹⁰ The Recorder (Greenfield, Massachusetts), 19 FEB 1964, p. 4, Obituary for spouse Robert H Parks.
  • ¹¹ The Recorder (Greenfield, Massachusetts), 05 MAY 1947, p. 5, Obituary for Elizabeth J Parks, gives incorrect birth year.
  • ¹² The Recorder (Greenfield, Massachusetts), 03 JAN 2000, p. 10, Obituary for daughter Valda Ruth (Parks) Jillette.

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