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John Lamont Jenkins

Male 1814 - 1879  (64 years)


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  • Name John Lamont Jenkins 
    Born 30 Jul 1814  Dunoon and Kilmun, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 4 Sep 1814  Dunoon and Kilmun, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration Jul 1852  Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Sir Robert Sale 
    Alias Jenkins 
    Died Mar 1879  Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: spinal injury 
    • Son of James JENKINS and Lily TURNER. Born in Argyleshire, Scotland and died in Bright, Victoria, Australia. Name not recorded on gravestone.
    Buried 22 Mar 1879  Bright, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 4 siblings 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Jenkins   (Great Grandfather) 
    Janet Lamont,   b. Abt 1717, Inverchaolain, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Sep 1805, Inverchaolain, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)  (Great Grandmother) 
    Notes 
    • Archibald employed as 4th Constable on "Sir Robert Sale" during voyage - paid 2 pounds for 3 mths wages
      John Jenkins employed as 2nd Constable during voyage - also paid 2 pounds
      Archibald & John both went to work for Mr Edols, butcher of Geelong


      On March 1 1872 John Lamont Jenkins is proposed as member of the Committee of the Porepunkah, Victoria, Australia Common School. On 8 April 1872 he is appointed as member of the local School Committe of Porepunkah.
    Person ID I6344  Clark
    Last Modified 20 Nov 2012 

    Father James Jenkins,   b. Abt 1784,   d. Abt 1851, Dunoon and Kilmun, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Lillias Turner,   b. 16 Mar 1788, Dunoon and Kilmun, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1861 and 1871  (Age 72 years)
    Other partners Duncan Campbell  m. 2 Mar 1809  
    Family ID F1758  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Wife 1 Mary Campbell 
    Married 3 Aug 1836  Stralachlan, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Piece: SCT1841/526 Place: Lochgilphead -Argyllshire Enumeration District: 1
      Civil Parish: Lochgilphead Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island:
      Folio: 8 Page: 14
      Address: Ardrishaig
      JINKINS John M 25 Grocer Argyllshire
      JINKINS Mary F 25 Argyllshire
      JINKINS Isabella F 4 Argyllshire
      JINKINS John M 9m Argyllshire
      JINKINS Lillias F 15 Argyllshire
      CHAPMAN Thomas M 30 Mason Journeyman Outside Census County (1841)
      BARBER William M 25 Mason Journeyman Outside Census County (1841)
      MCGREGOR John M 25 Mason Journeyman Outside Census County (1841)
      NORTON Thomas M 20 Mason Journeyman Outside Census County (1841)
      MCLEAN John M 25 Sailor Argyllshire

    Children 
    +1. Isabel Jenkins,   b. 19 Jan 1837, North Knapdale, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1870, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years)
    James Nicholson Robinson  m. 1853
     2. John Jenkins,   b. Abt 1841, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1851, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 9 years)
     3. James Jenkins,   b. Abt 1843, North Knapdale, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jun 1872, Bright, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years)
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2012 
    Family ID F1987  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Wife 2 Helen Sutherland,   b. Abt 1825, Sutherland, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1910, Bright, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 1 Dec 1848  New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Emigrated to Victoria Australia on the Sir Robert Sale in July 1852

      1851 census Scotland
      Piece: SCT1851/644 Place: Glasgow -Lanarkshire Enumeration District: 48
      Civil Parish: Glasgow Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: St George's
      Folio: 540 Page: 7 Schedule: 33
      Address: 14 Mcalpine Street
      JENKINS John Head M M 36 Steamboat Porter Argyllshire - Benmore
      JENKINS Helen Wife M F 26 Sutherland - -
      JENKINS Isabella Dau U F 14 Scholar Argyllshire - Knapdale
      JENKINS James Son - M 9 Scholar Argyllshire - Knapdale
      JENKINS George Son - M 1 Bute - Arran(Originally: Argyllshire - Arran)
      SUTHERLAND Margaret Visitr U F 22 Sutherland - Brora
    Children 
     1. George Jenkins,   b. Abt 1850, Isle of Arran, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jun 1852, At Sea Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 2 years)
     2. Lillias Jenkins,   b. 26 Sep 1851, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Angus McPherson Jenkins,   b. 8 Jul 1855, Ballan, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Dec 1877, Bright, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 22 years)
    +4. Catherine Jenkins,   b. Abt 1858, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1939, Bright, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    Philip Barlow  m. 1877
    Last Modified 20 Nov 2012 
    Family ID F1988  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart