Gwendolen Gwyneth Jenkins

Gwendolen married Bastiaan Scherpenzeel [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rex married Ursula Müllecker Ursula (daughter of Hans Günter Müllecker and Irma Keller) was born on 4 Aug 1950 in Mannheim, Württemberg-Baden, Germany; died on 17 Dec 2021 in Emden, Niedersachsen, Germany; was buried in Friedhof Tholenswehr, Emden, Niedersachsen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: Benny was the third illegimate child of Charlotte Marie Jenkins. Benny was never told who his father was and he died not knowing his father's identity. James, Benny's older brother, and his sister Betty, were also born out of wedlock and all three children had different fathers.

BIRTH: Glenna Roberta Jenkins Green, Charlotte's sister, is fairly certain that Benny's father was a man called John Showalter from Cincinatti Ohio. In 1927 John Showalter came for a visit to Bakewell, Tennessee with his friend, John Jenkins, one of Charlotte's brothers. According to Glenna, John was quite taken with Charlotte and even asked her to marry him.

BIRTH: Glenna also reported that John Showalter returned to Bakewell in the late 60s or early 70s and enquired about Charlotte because he obviously wanted to see her again. Glenna didn't give him any information concerning Charlotte's whereabouts (she was living in Glendale, California at the time) because she didn't want to cause Charlotte, Benny or his family any problems.

Benny married Violet Belle Whalen on 25 Dec 1947 in Rossville, Walker County, Georgia. Violet (daughter of William Harrison Whalen and Martha Alice Manning) was born on 4 Sep 1927 in East Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 28 Feb 2017 in Boise, Ada County, Idaho; was buried in Hensley Cemetery, Hixson, Hamilton County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: Violet was born on Glass Street in East Chattanooga, Tennessee. The attending physician was Dr Byrd. Her mother named her 'Violet' after her best friend.

NAME: Aunt Effie May Manning named her 'Toots'.

PHOBIA: Violet's fear of water stems from the stories she heard about her sister Thelma's drowning. This was reinforced by her mother's refusal to let her go near water or learn to swim.

PHOBIA: Violet has a fear of birds, in particular, the flapping of their wings. This fear originates from an incident in which Violet as a young girl was walking from the outhouse back to her mother's house on Porter Street and

EVENT: Violet was nine years old when she saw her uncle Caywood for the first and only time. Violet, her mother, her brother Gene, Caywood's son Richard and Richard's wife Alice (the couple lived in Florida) went to see Caywood in a prison hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. Her memory of the meeting is that Caywood was the tallest man she had ever seen.

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Blood type B positive
Original-Blutgruppenbefund B
irreguläre Blutgruppen AK negativ
Rhesusfaktor positiv
Rhesusformel CcD.ee
Blutgruppenfaktor Kell negativ
Endbefund vom 18.10.1995

Hans married Irma Keller on 30 Oct 1947 in Feudenheim, Mannheim. Irma (daughter of Heinrich Keller and Frieda Stoffel) was born on 20 Sep 1927 in Oberschlettenbach, Pfalz, Bayern; died on 20 Sep 2017 in Emden, Niedersachsen, Germany; was buried on 17 Oct 2017 in Friedhof Tholenswehr, Emden, Niedersachsen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: 6 May 1940, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio; café proprietor
• Physical Description: 16 Feb 1942, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio; Height: 5-8 Weight: 190 Complexion: Dark Eye Color: Brown Hair Color: Brown
• Occupation: 16 Feb 1942, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio; owner of Rainbow Cafe (Rainbow Tavern)

John married Charlotte Marie Jenkins. Charlotte (daughter of Dr. Samuel Washington Jenkins and Sarah Ann Good) was born on 6 Apr 1905 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 1 Dec 1992 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: Tombstone in Hensley Cemetary (Internet) records 21 Nov 1928 as date of death, but William's death certificate clearly states 20 Oct 1928 as the date of his death. It further states that his burial date was 22 Oct 1928. The year of birth on tombstone in Hensley Cemetary is false. On his death certificate, William's age on 20 Oct 1928 is given as 46. This corresponds to the year of birth recorded in the 1900 Federal Census.

DEATH: According to his death certificate, he died from a fall off the Medical Arts Building in Chattanooga, Tennessee - which was under construction at the time - suffering a "bruise thru chest & internal hemmorage with contributory shock." The Medical Arts Building is in McCallie Ave directly across from the University of Chattanooga. In 1981 it was bought by and incorporated into the First Presbyterian Church of Chattanooga.

BIOGRAPHY: Violet Whalen reports that her father was a carpenter, but also painted. When she was born, the family lived near Billy Goat Hill in East Chattanooga. William used to make homebrew beer. His family was from Harriman, Tennessee. William used to hire a black lady called Aunt Kelly to help Martha Alice Manning with the children after childbirth. Eugene Whalen wouldn't eat her biscuits because he was afraid that the black from her hands would come off on the biscuits.

DEATH: Obituary in the Chattanooga Times 22 Oct 1928

Died:
According to his death certificate, William Harrison Whalen fell off the Medical Arts Building while it was under construction.

According to a March 31, 1929 Chattanooga Times article, the Medical Arts building was a skyscraper built in the art deco style and especially for the healthcare community and its patients. Architect Reuben H. Hunt had met with many of the doctors to determine the design of the building.

The Medical Arts building featured a design of practicality and elegance. The telephone system routed calls directly to the doctor?s office. Physicians checked in and out with an operator so that they could always be reached. By being a high-rise, the building didn?t have long corridors found in single-level buildings. Materials used in construction included alabaster, brass, marble, steel, and walnut.

The building was patterned after one in Baltimore, Maryland, and was designed to be fire-proof.

Construction began in July, 1928 and was completed on April 1, 1929. Total cost was $500,000. The Medical Arts building was easily visible as one entered Chattanooga from Missionary Ridge, and joined the city?s list of skyscrapers.

William married Martha Alice Manning on 15 Nov 1913 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee. Martha (daughter of James Grant Manning and Sara Elizabeth Petty) was born on 27 Jan 1891 in Melville, Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 30 Aug 1988 in Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried in Hensley Cemetery, Hixson, Hamilton County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Violet Belle Whalen's birth certificate shows her mother's birthplace as Soddy, Tennessee.

Year of birth on tombstone in Hensley Cemetary is false.

Violet Whalen reports that her mother was born somewhere out in the Ridges, maybe Hixson.

DEATH: Obituary in the Chattanooga Times 31 Aug 1988

Other Events:

• Emigration: 2 Jun 1889, Bremen, Deutschland; aboard the Saale
• Immigration: 15 Jun 1889, New York City, New York; aboard the Saale

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New York Passenger Lists, 1851-1891
Name: Heinr Millocker Arrival Date: 15 Jun 1889 Estimated Birth Year: 1885 Age: 4 Gender: Male Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany and Southampton, England Destination: United States of America Place of Origin: Germany Ship Name: Saale Port of Arrival: New York Line: 3 Microfilm Roll: 534 List Number: 783

Friedenskrieger des Hinterlandes. Der Schicksalsroman eines Anarchisten im Weltkriege. Von Pierre Ramus. Erstes bis fünftes Tausend. Mannheim: Verlagsbücherei: "Erkenntnis und Befreiung im Sinne Leo Tolstois", 1924, IV, 400 S. © by Heinrich Müllecker, Mannheim.

Heinrich married Emilie Kringel on 18 Dec 1917 in Landau, Pfalz, Bayern, and was divorced. Emilie (daughter of Karl Gotthelf Reinhold Kringel and Maria Klein) was born on 5 Jan 1897 in Braunschweig, Germany; died on 2 Oct 1966 in Mannheim, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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in 1963 lived in Badener Str. 85, Mannheim-Seckenheim

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BIOGRAPHY: Heinrich hat sich mit seiner Schwester Lina irgendwann vor 1937 zerstritten, weil Lina die jüngste Schwester, Irmgard, geschlagen hat. Irmgard hat sich öfters heimlich mit ihrem Freund aus einem katholischen Dorf getroffen. Irgendwann ist Lina ihr gefolgt und die beiden erwischt. Irmgard ist zu Heinrich ins Haus geflüchtet. Lina ist gekommen und hat in die Fenster rein geguckt, um zu sehen, ob Irmgard darin war. (erzählt von Irma Müllecker geb. Keller, 2005-10-25)

DEATH: Südpfälzische Rundschau, Mittwoch, 25. November 1970

DEATH: Grauenhafter Verkehrsunfall auf der Bundesstraße 272

DEATH: Pkw-Fahrer von Sattelschlepper buchstäblich zermalmt

DEATH: Auf grauenhafte Weise kam gestern der 63 Jahre alte Schuhhändler Heinrich Keller aus Darstein bei einem Verkehrsunfall auf der Bundesstraße 272 in der Nähe von Hochstadt ums Leben: Mit seinem nagelneuen Ford-Kombi (bisher zurückgelegte Kilometer: 380) war Keller auf freier Strecke mit voller Geschwindigkeit auf einen entgegenkommenden, mit Zement beladenen Spezial-Sattelschlepper gerast und buchstäblich zermalmt worden.

DEATH: Der Fahrer des Transporters einer Heidelberger Firma mit einer Niederlassung in Edenkoben hatte unmittelbar zuvor versucht, einen vor ihm in Richtung Landau rollenden Lkw zu überholen, sich bei diesem Manöver verschätzt und besaß keine Möglichkeit mehr, dem frontal aufprallenden Wagen Kellers, der an dem Unfall völlig schuldlos war, auszuweichen. Er schob den zerfetzten Pkw noch fast 100 m weit vor sich her und dann in einen Acker. Der Chef des Gendarmerie-Kommandos Edenkoben, Paul Rong: "So etwas habe ich noch nicht gesehen."

DEATH: Artikel aus unbekannter Zeitung

DEATH: Pkw zerfetzt, Fahrer tot

DEATH: Frontal mit überholenden Sattelzug bei Hochstadt kollidiert

DEATH: Nur noch Fetzen und zerborstenes Blech blieben von einem nagelneuen Ford Taunus Turnier 20 M, der gestern, 10.45 Uhr, auf der Bundesstraße 272 östlich von Hochstadt von einem entgegenkommenden Zement-Spezial-Sattelschlepper frontal erfaßt worden war. Der 63 Jahre alte Fahrer, der verheiratete Schuhhändler Heinrich Keller aus Darstein, starb unmittelbar nach dem Zusammenstoß an einer Schädelzertrümmerung. Das Kombi-Fahrzeug wurde noch 40 Meter von dem Sattelzug mitgeschleift, wobei Keller herausgeschleudert wurde, doch muß er zu diesem Zeitpunkt schon nicht mehr gelebt haben. Keller hatte seinen Taunus in Richtung Weingarten gesteuert, als er dem entgegenkommenden Spezialtransporter, der gerade einen Lastkraftwagen überholen wollte, kollidierte. Im Ackergelände. weit neben der an dieser Stelle geraden und übersichtlichen B 272, kamen beide Unfallfahrzeuge zum Stehen. Der Sachschaden: 15 000 Mark. Unsere Bilder vermitteln einen Eindruck von der Wucht des Zusammenpralls.
Foto: Häfner

Heinrich married Frieda Stoffel on 30 Mar 1929 in Darstein, Pfalz, Bayern. Frieda (daughter of Friedrich Stoffel and Lina Keller) was born on 3 Jul 1904 in Oberschlettenbach, Pfalz, Bayern; died on 21 Apr 1978 in Landau, Rheinland-Pfalz; was buried in Darstein, Rheinland-Pfalz. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Twin sister of Luise Stoffel (RIN 121)