Bessie Elizabeth JenkinsAge: 38 years1889–1927
- Name
- Bessie Elizabeth Jenkins
- Given names
- Bessie Elizabeth
- Surname
- Jenkins
- Married name
- Bessie Elizabeth Dicken
- Married name
- Bessie Elizabeth Bruce
 Birth | March 15, 1889 20 |
 Marriage of a parent | Marion Ray — Lauretta Jane Keelin — View this family September 19, 1894 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a mother | Lauretta Jane Keelin June 26, 1895 (Age 6 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 9 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Sarah Elizabeth Laswell December 26, 1900 (Age 11 years) |
 Marriage | Dewitt E Dicken — View this family 1906 (Age 16 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Lawrence H Dicken August 28, 1907 (Age 18 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | George William Keelin August 8, 1908 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Loren Virgil Dicken January 17, 1910 (Age 20 years) |
 Census | May 9, 1910 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Christeen C Dicken about 1914 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 26 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Vada Lorene Dicken April 25, 1918 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 27 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 28 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Census | January 16, 1920 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a husband | Dewitt E Dicken February 15, 1920 (Age 30 years) |
 Death | December 23, 1927 (Age 38 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Dickens Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John S Jenkins Death: |
| mother |
Lauretta Jane Keelin Birth: March 24, 1868 30 27 — Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States Death: June 26, 1895 |
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Marriage: October 11, 1885 — Galatia, Saline, Illinois, United States |
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11 months elder sister |
Minnie Ethel Jenkins Birth: September 2, 1886 18 Death: June 26, 1945 |
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2 years elder brother |
John S Jenkins Jr. Birth: 1888 19 Death: December 7, 1888 |
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14 months herself |
Bessie Elizabeth Jenkins Birth: March 15, 1889 20 — Galatia, Saline, Illinois, United States Death: December 23, 1927 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
| Mother’s family with Marion Ray |
| step-father |
Marion Ray Death: |
| mother |
Lauretta Jane Keelin Birth: March 24, 1868 30 27 — Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States Death: June 26, 1895 |
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Marriage: September 19, 1894 — Illinois, United States |
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| half-brother |
George Ray Death: |
| Family with Dewitt E Dicken |
| husband |
Dewitt E Dicken Birth: June 13, 1885 46 31 — Missouri, United States Death: February 15, 1920 — Nelson, Clay, Arkansas, United States |
| herself |
Bessie Elizabeth Jenkins Birth: March 15, 1889 20 — Galatia, Saline, Illinois, United States Death: December 23, 1927 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: 1906 — |
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9 years daughter |
Christeen C Dicken Birth: about 1914 28 24 — Nelson, Clay, Arkansas, United States Death: |
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-6 years son |
Lawrence H Dicken Birth: August 28, 1907 22 18 — Arkansas, United States Death: March 8, 1994 — Clarkston, Oakland, Michigan, United States |
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2 years son |
Loren Virgil Dicken Birth: January 17, 1910 24 20 — Datto, Clay, Arkansas, United States Death: October 27, 1948 — Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
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8 years daughter |
Vada Lorene Dicken Birth: April 25, 1918 32 29 — Datto, Clay, Arkansas, United States Death: February 5, 1969 — Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
| Family with James Taylor Bruce |
| husband |
James Taylor Bruce Death: |
| herself |
Bessie Elizabeth Jenkins Birth: March 15, 1889 20 — Galatia, Saline, Illinois, United States Death: December 23, 1927 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
| Dewitt E Dicken + Phoebe House |
| husband |
Dewitt E Dicken Birth: June 13, 1885 46 31 — Missouri, United States Death: February 15, 1920 — Nelson, Clay, Arkansas, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Phoebe House Birth: May 15, 1885 — Illinois, United States Death: May 31, 1947 — Rector, Clay, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: June 22, 1901 — |
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1 year step-daughter |
Odus Belle Dicken Birth: July 1, 1902 17 17 — Sikeston, New Madrid, Missouri, United States Death: June 20, 1991 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Dewitt E Dicken - Household
Nelson, Clay, Arkansas
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Dewitt E Dicken - Household
Nelson, Clay, Arkansas
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