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Jane Childs (Coffin)

Also Known As: "Jennie Mae"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Death: October 21, 1936 (61)
Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Place of Burial: Norfolk, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Charles Albert Coffin and Caroline Louise Coffin
Wife of Starling Winston Childs, Sr.
Mother of Edward Coffin Childs; Richard Storrs Childs; Starling Winston Childs, jr. and Barbara Childs Lawrence
Sister of Edward Russell Coffin and Alice S Coffin

Managed by: Jill Chesler
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About Jane Childs

"Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N47F-QZ6 : 24 May 2018), Starling Winston Childs and Jenney Mary Coffin, 23 Sep 1903; citing Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,057,587.

daughter of Charles Albert Coffin Born 31 Dec 1844 in Somerset, MA Died 14 Jul 1926 in Somerset Co ME and Caroline Louise Russell Birth abt 1847 in Massachusetts Death unknown Jane May Coffin married Starling Winston Childs 1870 – 1946 Children 1. Starling Winston Childs Jr. 1905 – 1951 2. Edward Coffin Childs 1906 – 1996 3. Richard Storrs Childs 1909 – 1988 4. Barbara Russell Childs 1912 – 1998

Jane May Coffin's father Edward Albert Coffin was the first Chief Executive Officer of General Electric. At the time of his death in 1926, he was one of the wealthiest men in the world.

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Jane Childs's Timeline

1875
March 1, 1875
Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
1904
July 4, 1904
Massachusetts, United States
1905
October 26, 1905
Pennsylvania, United States, Pennsylvania, United States
1909
July 25, 1909
Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts, United States
1912
June 12, 1912
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1936
October 21, 1936
Age 61
Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
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Norfolk, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States