Cemetery records state she was born in Harmon Farm,NE.
Blanche Evelyn Jenkins was born in 1893 to George Henry and Pauline Marie Lapcheska Jenkins in Thayer County, Nebraska, Belle Prairie Township, on the Harmony Place Farm. This farm was owned by her grandparents James and Avaline Bridgewood Jenkins. James' parents and grandparents were born in England and came to America. They settled in Elmira, New York where James and Avaline were born and married and later took the Whitefield Crawford Homestead in Nebraska.
Blanche came to Sheridan from Lincoln, Nebraska, where she had attended Nebraska Business College and did office work for several years. She came to Sheridan in 1920 and still lives on Emerson Street where her husband, Carl K. Peters, built their home. He was a fine carpenter and furniture maker. He helped build many of the fine homes in Sheridan. He worked for the Pearson Construction Company, John Lunch, Frank Wellwood, Sim Goddard, Fred Noland, Bert Small and others. He was president of the Carpenters Union at one time. He was a veteran of World War I and spent two years in Germany and France. He died in 1940 at the age of 46.
They have two children: Paul, who is a builder and collector in Bellevue, Washington and Carliene Kathryn Peters Georgen who works for Doctor Groshart.
Blanche has lived in her home in Sheridan for 63 years and enjoys life. She is a lover of the outdoors and has a yard full of flowers, trees and birds (when he can keep the neighbor's cat out) and she has a fine garden every year. She has been an avid collector all her life and has collections from before her great-grandmother's time. She is especially interested in fine china dishes but has a fine collection of all kinds of items.
When Blanche was about five, she cut her third toe off on a piece of glass. Toe was just hanging by a piece of skin. Her Mama sterilized it with carbolic acid water, stuck the "toe" back on with Court Plaster and sewed it with silk thread, Blanche was given order - "Don't jump when I stick you with the needle." Blanche knew her mother wouldn't hurt her if she could help it. At 90, Blanche still has "the toe."
When Blanche was twelve years old she worked three months, all summer vacation, doing housework and cooking in a 12 room house and received one school dress as payment. Her employer was a school teacher. Another job paid her $1.00 at the end of every two weeks. She also got her room and meals at each job so she stayed all vacation because she thought she was helping her folks by not being home.
(Excerpts from a story written by Blanche Peters as published in the Sheridan County Heritage Book published in 1983 with permission from the Sheridan County Extension Homemakers Council.)
Blanche Evelyn Jenkins was born in 1893 to George Henry and Pauline Marie Lapcheska Jenkins in Thayer County, Nebraska, Belle Prairie Township, on the Harmony Place Farm. This farm was owned by her grandparents James and Avaline Bridgewood Jenkins. James' parents and grandparents were born in England and came to America. They settled in Elmira, New York where James and Avaline were born and married and later took the Whitefield Crawford Homestead in Nebraska.
Blanche came to Sheridan from Lincoln, Nebraska, where she had attended Nebraska Business College and did office work for several years. She came to Sheridan in 1920 and still lives on Emerson Street where her husband, Carl K. Peters, built their home. He was a fine carpenter and furniture maker. He helped build many of the fine homes in Sheridan. He worked for the Pearson Construction Company, John Lunch, Frank Wellwood, Sim Goddard, Fred Noland, Bert Small and others. He was president of the Carpenters Union at one time. He was a veteran of World War I and spent two years in Germany and France. He died in 1940 at the age of 46.
They have two children: Paul, who is a builder and collector in Bellevue, Washington and Carliene Kathryn Peters Georgen who works for Doctor Groshart.
Blanche has lived in her home in Sheridan for 63 years and enjoys life. She is a lover of the outdoors and has a yard full of flowers, trees and birds (when he can keep the neighbor's cat out) and she has a fine garden every year. She has been an avid collector all her life and has collections from before her great-grandmother's time. She is especially interested in fine china dishes but has a fine collection of all kinds of items.
When Blanche was about five, she cut her third toe off on a piece of glass. Toe was just hanging by a piece of skin. Her Mama sterilized it with carbolic acid water, stuck the "toe" back on with Court Plaster and sewed it with silk thread, Blanche was given order - "Don't jump when I stick you with the needle." Blanche knew her mother wouldn't hurt her if she could help it. At 90, Blanche still has "the toe."
When Blanche was twelve years old she worked three months, all summer vacation, doing housework and cooking in a 12 room house and received one school dress as payment. Her employer was a school teacher. Another job paid her $1.00 at the end of every two weeks. She also got her room and meals at each job so she stayed all vacation because she thought she was helping her folks by not being home.
(Excerpts from a story written by Blanche Peters as published in the Sheridan County Heritage Book published in 1983 with permission from the Sheridan County Extension Homemakers Council.)
Cemetery records state she was born in Harmon Farm,NE.
Blanche Evelyn Jenkins was born in 1893 to George Henry and Pauline Marie Lapcheska Jenkins in Thayer County, Nebraska, Belle Prairie Township, on the Harmony Place Farm. This farm was owned by her grandparents James and Avaline Bridgewood Jenkins. James' parents and grandparents were born in England and came to America. They settled in Elmira, New York where James and Avaline were born and married and later took the Whitefield Crawford Homestead in Nebraska.
Blanche came to Sheridan from Lincoln, Nebraska, where she had attended Nebraska Business College and did office work for several years. She came to Sheridan in 1920 and still lives on Emerson Street where her husband, Carl K. Peters, built their home. He was a fine carpenter and furniture maker. He helped build many of the fine homes in Sheridan. He worked for the Pearson Construction Company, John Lunch, Frank Wellwood, Sim Goddard, Fred Noland, Bert Small and others. He was president of the Carpenters Union at one time. He was a veteran of World War I and spent two years in Germany and France. He died in 1940 at the age of 46.
They have two children: Paul, who is a builder and collector in Bellevue, Washington and Carliene Kathryn Peters Georgen who works for Doctor Groshart.
Blanche has lived in her home in Sheridan for 63 years and enjoys life. She is a lover of the outdoors and has a yard full of flowers, trees and birds (when he can keep the neighbor's cat out) and she has a fine garden every year. She has been an avid collector all her life and has collections from before her great-grandmother's time. She is especially interested in fine china dishes but has a fine collection of all kinds of items.
When Blanche was about five, she cut her third toe off on a piece of glass. Toe was just hanging by a piece of skin. Her Mama sterilized it with carbolic acid water, stuck the "toe" back on with Court Plaster and sewed it with silk thread, Blanche was given order - "Don't jump when I stick you with the needle." Blanche knew her mother wouldn't hurt her if she could help it. At 90, Blanche still has "the toe."
When Blanche was twelve years old she worked three months, all summer vacation, doing housework and cooking in a 12 room house and received one school dress as payment. Her employer was a school teacher. Another job paid her $1.00 at the end of every two weeks. She also got her room and meals at each job so she stayed all vacation because she thought she was helping her folks by not being home.
(Excerpts from a story written by Blanche Peters as published in the Sheridan County Heritage Book published in 1983 with permission from the Sheridan County Extension Homemakers Council.)
Blanche Evelyn Jenkins was born in 1893 to George Henry and Pauline Marie Lapcheska Jenkins in Thayer County, Nebraska, Belle Prairie Township, on the Harmony Place Farm. This farm was owned by her grandparents James and Avaline Bridgewood Jenkins. James' parents and grandparents were born in England and came to America. They settled in Elmira, New York where James and Avaline were born and married and later took the Whitefield Crawford Homestead in Nebraska.
Blanche came to Sheridan from Lincoln, Nebraska, where she had attended Nebraska Business College and did office work for several years. She came to Sheridan in 1920 and still lives on Emerson Street where her husband, Carl K. Peters, built their home. He was a fine carpenter and furniture maker. He helped build many of the fine homes in Sheridan. He worked for the Pearson Construction Company, John Lunch, Frank Wellwood, Sim Goddard, Fred Noland, Bert Small and others. He was president of the Carpenters Union at one time. He was a veteran of World War I and spent two years in Germany and France. He died in 1940 at the age of 46.
They have two children: Paul, who is a builder and collector in Bellevue, Washington and Carliene Kathryn Peters Georgen who works for Doctor Groshart.
Blanche has lived in her home in Sheridan for 63 years and enjoys life. She is a lover of the outdoors and has a yard full of flowers, trees and birds (when he can keep the neighbor's cat out) and she has a fine garden every year. She has been an avid collector all her life and has collections from before her great-grandmother's time. She is especially interested in fine china dishes but has a fine collection of all kinds of items.
When Blanche was about five, she cut her third toe off on a piece of glass. Toe was just hanging by a piece of skin. Her Mama sterilized it with carbolic acid water, stuck the "toe" back on with Court Plaster and sewed it with silk thread, Blanche was given order - "Don't jump when I stick you with the needle." Blanche knew her mother wouldn't hurt her if she could help it. At 90, Blanche still has "the toe."
When Blanche was twelve years old she worked three months, all summer vacation, doing housework and cooking in a 12 room house and received one school dress as payment. Her employer was a school teacher. Another job paid her $1.00 at the end of every two weeks. She also got her room and meals at each job so she stayed all vacation because she thought she was helping her folks by not being home.
(Excerpts from a story written by Blanche Peters as published in the Sheridan County Heritage Book published in 1983 with permission from the Sheridan County Extension Homemakers Council.)
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