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About Eleanor Roelker
From: http://www.rihs.org/mssinv/Mss127.HTM (Additional lineage is attached in Eleanor Roelker's documents)
Historical note:
Thomas Bowen Jenckes (1786-1819) was born in Newport, New Hampshire, the son of Jeremiah and Lucy (Whipple) Jenckes. He moved to Providence, R.I. as a young man and operated a store on Canal Street. He became a cotton manufacturer in Manville Village, Cumberland, R.I. circa 1815. In 1817, he married Abigail W. Allen (1794-1863) of Cumberland, and they had one child: Thomas A. Jenckes (1818-1875). Thomas B. Jenckes died on August 19, 1819. Abigail lived as a widow for over forty-four years.
Thomas Allen Jenckes (1818-1875) graduated from Brown University in 1838 and studied law. In 1840 he was admitted to the bar and became partner with Edward H. Hazard. Mr. Jenckes also enjoyed a successful political career, serving many years in the Rhode Island General Assembly. He served as in the United States House of Representatives from 1863 to 1871. After his service in Congress, he again practiced law in Rhode Island and New York, specializing in patent litigations. In 1842 he married Mary Jane Fuller (1822-1872) of Attleboro, Mass. He died in Cumberland November 4, 1875. Thomas A. and Mary Jane Jenckes had the following children:
1) Mary E. (1844-1921), married William W. Goddard
2) Jeannie R. (1844-1907), m. John R. Bartlett
3) Ida C. (1846-1863)
4) Agnes (1852-1852)
5) Eleanor (1854- ), m. William G. Roelker
6) Florence M. (1849-1930), m. Joseph Bridgham
7) Thomas A. II (1856-1928)
Thomas A. Jenckes II graduated from Brown University in 1877. He was a partner in the legal firm of Wilson & Jenckes from 1884 to 1907, and then went into practice on his own account. He was active in the state Republican party, and served a term in the General Assembly. In 1890 he married Henrietta Brownell (1861-1917), daughter of Stephen and Henrietta. They had two children: Thomas A. Jenckes III (1891-1949) and Stephen H. Jenckes (1896-1956).
Thomas A. Jenckes III married Marjorie H. Blanchard (1902-1982) in 1931. They had two children: Marjorie A. (Jenckes) Everett (1934- ) and Thomas A. Jenckes IV (1939- ).
Bibliography:
Browne, William B. Genealogy of the Jenks Family, 205, 338, 460-462.
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Eleanor Roelker's Timeline
| 1854 |
April 20, 1854
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Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States
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| 1886 |
April 9, 1886
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Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States
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| 1890 |
July 3, 1890
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Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, United States
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| 1893 |
July 25, 1893
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Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States
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| 1907 |
September 1907
Age 53
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