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Jenks' Genealogy Family Gallery

Dr. David Allen Jenks - Amsterdam 1998

My brother on one of his European trips.

Monument to Victoria - England 1998

A stunning memorial to Queen Victoria.
Leona Mae (Cooper) Jenks - c. 1946

My grandmother (left) in front of her boarding house at 1030 Prospect Rd. in Ashtabula, Ohio.

George William Jenks, Sr. - c. 1930's

My grandfather (right) died before my father's 2nd birthday of heart failure.
George William Jenks & Millie Jenks - 1977

My parents in the only professional portrait taken, other than their wedding picture. Dad was 40 and mom was 34.

 Millie (Cleveland) Jenks - Christmas 1995

Clutching some of her Christmas gifts, mom is happy to have David and me home for the holidays.

 

The Jenks Home - c. 1930's

Leona purchased the house on Prospect in Ashtabula, Ohio, where my father (George Jr.) was raised. (Far left)

George Sr. & son - c. 1937

My grandfather, holding my father, shortly before his death.
George W. Jenks - c. 1946

Dad helping his mother carry the groceries home from the market.

My Father in Uniform - July 2, 1961

Dad (far right) in his Air Force uniform at age 24.

 

My Family - 1968

From left to right; David (some months old), Millie (mom), George (dad) and Sharon (me!) holding the largest sucker I had ever seen. Taken at grandma's house in Ashtabula on our way back home from a circus.

 Me, Grandma Jenks and David - 1970

I worshipped my Grandmother and spent every available moment with her after she moved to Akron. She taught David and me to play Bridge when we were little more than babies.
David Allen Jenks - 1972

My brother started oozing charm at a very young age!
John W. Jenks (1858/59-1945) - taken 1897

This picture was in the collection I inherited from my grandma, Leona Jenks. On the back is written, Grandpa J - age 39 years.
 This is my great-grandmother Mae Belle Cooper in front of the house my grandmother Leona was raised in, in Ashtabula, Ohio, circa early 1900's.
Governor Joseph Jenks III (1656-6/1740)

The Mystery Photographs

All of the pictures below are mysteries to me and my family. They were also part of the inherited collection (which is quite numerous!) and everyone connected with them has passed on. If anyone recognizes, or has knowledge of, any of these people, I would be forever indebted to them.

The photographer's name was J.P. Woodworth and they were located on East Main Street in Geneva, Ohio. My best guess is late 1800's. Photographed by H.T.(or J.) Holden in Geneva, Ohio. The dress looks to be mid to late 1800's.

 

This beautiful young lady is inside a folded cardboard frame with an insignia on the front that reads: Ashtabula High School 1856. In the center of the insignia is an open book over a flaming torch with the words "servamus civitatem".

 Okay, amateur sleuths, tell me what you find!

This page is lovingly dedicated to my mother, Millie; brother, David; and in memoriam of my father, George and grandma, Leona.