Llewellen Charles Jenkins was 83 when he died 20 March 1974, just a day after undergoing surgery at Akron Hospital, Summit County, OH.
Llewellen was one of six children born to Edmund and Margaret Jenkins Jenkins and the first born in America: Brothers Thomas E., Osborne and William H. were all born in Wales and made the voyage from Liverpool to Philadelphia with their mother and grandmother; Llewellen, his sister Mabel and youngest brother, Arthur, were born in New Philadelphia, where the family settled in the late 1880s/early 1890s.
He married Elizabeth A. Wassem on 26 September 1914. She was expecting the first of their two daughters, Jeannette, when Llewellen filed his World War I draft registration in June 1917. (The local board described him as being of medium height and medium weight, with brown eyes and dark brown hair, and noted he was working at American Sheet & Tin Plate Co. at the time.) Annabel was born three years later, in 1920.
In March 1941 he was working at the Hardesty Co. in Mooresville when he was "buried with dirt and bricks" after a ditch they were digging collapsed around him, the Daily Times (New Philadelphia) reported. Crews worked about an hour to free him, the paper noted. Llewellen escaped with bruises.
Just four years later, in 1945, Elizabeth, 55, died "after a lingering illness with complications."
Llewellen married a second time, in 1947, to Helen Eckert Flory, a widow.
Helen, 63, died 14 May 1955 at Union Hospital. She'd been in ill health more than six years. She's buried in East Avenue Cemetery with her first husband, Marion.
His third wife, Laura Ranft Longsworth, died 30 October 1992 and is buried with her first husband, Otho, in East Avenue Cemetery.
Llewellen is buried with Elizabeth.
According to his obituary, he'd retired in 1956 from Hardesty Co., was a member of the First Christian Church and also was preceded in death by his four brothers and only sister.
Surviving, in addition to Laura, were his daughters, Jeannette and Annabel (Stanley) Long; his stepdaughter, Mrs. Mary Schwitzgebel and stepson, Glenn E. Longsworth; two grandchildren, four step-grandchildren, four step-great-grandchildren.
(Note: Helen's three children were not mentioned in Llewellen's obituary.)
Llewellen was one of six children born to Edmund and Margaret Jenkins Jenkins and the first born in America: Brothers Thomas E., Osborne and William H. were all born in Wales and made the voyage from Liverpool to Philadelphia with their mother and grandmother; Llewellen, his sister Mabel and youngest brother, Arthur, were born in New Philadelphia, where the family settled in the late 1880s/early 1890s.
He married Elizabeth A. Wassem on 26 September 1914. She was expecting the first of their two daughters, Jeannette, when Llewellen filed his World War I draft registration in June 1917. (The local board described him as being of medium height and medium weight, with brown eyes and dark brown hair, and noted he was working at American Sheet & Tin Plate Co. at the time.) Annabel was born three years later, in 1920.
In March 1941 he was working at the Hardesty Co. in Mooresville when he was "buried with dirt and bricks" after a ditch they were digging collapsed around him, the Daily Times (New Philadelphia) reported. Crews worked about an hour to free him, the paper noted. Llewellen escaped with bruises.
Just four years later, in 1945, Elizabeth, 55, died "after a lingering illness with complications."
Llewellen married a second time, in 1947, to Helen Eckert Flory, a widow.
Helen, 63, died 14 May 1955 at Union Hospital. She'd been in ill health more than six years. She's buried in East Avenue Cemetery with her first husband, Marion.
His third wife, Laura Ranft Longsworth, died 30 October 1992 and is buried with her first husband, Otho, in East Avenue Cemetery.
Llewellen is buried with Elizabeth.
According to his obituary, he'd retired in 1956 from Hardesty Co., was a member of the First Christian Church and also was preceded in death by his four brothers and only sister.
Surviving, in addition to Laura, were his daughters, Jeannette and Annabel (Stanley) Long; his stepdaughter, Mrs. Mary Schwitzgebel and stepson, Glenn E. Longsworth; two grandchildren, four step-grandchildren, four step-great-grandchildren.
(Note: Helen's three children were not mentioned in Llewellen's obituary.)
Llewellen Charles Jenkins was 83 when he died 20 March 1974, just a day after undergoing surgery at Akron Hospital, Summit County, OH.
Llewellen was one of six children born to Edmund and Margaret Jenkins Jenkins and the first born in America: Brothers Thomas E., Osborne and William H. were all born in Wales and made the voyage from Liverpool to Philadelphia with their mother and grandmother; Llewellen, his sister Mabel and youngest brother, Arthur, were born in New Philadelphia, where the family settled in the late 1880s/early 1890s.
He married Elizabeth A. Wassem on 26 September 1914. She was expecting the first of their two daughters, Jeannette, when Llewellen filed his World War I draft registration in June 1917. (The local board described him as being of medium height and medium weight, with brown eyes and dark brown hair, and noted he was working at American Sheet & Tin Plate Co. at the time.) Annabel was born three years later, in 1920.
In March 1941 he was working at the Hardesty Co. in Mooresville when he was "buried with dirt and bricks" after a ditch they were digging collapsed around him, the Daily Times (New Philadelphia) reported. Crews worked about an hour to free him, the paper noted. Llewellen escaped with bruises.
Just four years later, in 1945, Elizabeth, 55, died "after a lingering illness with complications."
Llewellen married a second time, in 1947, to Helen Eckert Flory, a widow.
Helen, 63, died 14 May 1955 at Union Hospital. She'd been in ill health more than six years. She's buried in East Avenue Cemetery with her first husband, Marion.
His third wife, Laura Ranft Longsworth, died 30 October 1992 and is buried with her first husband, Otho, in East Avenue Cemetery.
Llewellen is buried with Elizabeth.
According to his obituary, he'd retired in 1956 from Hardesty Co., was a member of the First Christian Church and also was preceded in death by his four brothers and only sister.
Surviving, in addition to Laura, were his daughters, Jeannette and Annabel (Stanley) Long; his stepdaughter, Mrs. Mary Schwitzgebel and stepson, Glenn E. Longsworth; two grandchildren, four step-grandchildren, four step-great-grandchildren.
(Note: Helen's three children were not mentioned in Llewellen's obituary.)
Llewellen was one of six children born to Edmund and Margaret Jenkins Jenkins and the first born in America: Brothers Thomas E., Osborne and William H. were all born in Wales and made the voyage from Liverpool to Philadelphia with their mother and grandmother; Llewellen, his sister Mabel and youngest brother, Arthur, were born in New Philadelphia, where the family settled in the late 1880s/early 1890s.
He married Elizabeth A. Wassem on 26 September 1914. She was expecting the first of their two daughters, Jeannette, when Llewellen filed his World War I draft registration in June 1917. (The local board described him as being of medium height and medium weight, with brown eyes and dark brown hair, and noted he was working at American Sheet & Tin Plate Co. at the time.) Annabel was born three years later, in 1920.
In March 1941 he was working at the Hardesty Co. in Mooresville when he was "buried with dirt and bricks" after a ditch they were digging collapsed around him, the Daily Times (New Philadelphia) reported. Crews worked about an hour to free him, the paper noted. Llewellen escaped with bruises.
Just four years later, in 1945, Elizabeth, 55, died "after a lingering illness with complications."
Llewellen married a second time, in 1947, to Helen Eckert Flory, a widow.
Helen, 63, died 14 May 1955 at Union Hospital. She'd been in ill health more than six years. She's buried in East Avenue Cemetery with her first husband, Marion.
His third wife, Laura Ranft Longsworth, died 30 October 1992 and is buried with her first husband, Otho, in East Avenue Cemetery.
Llewellen is buried with Elizabeth.
According to his obituary, he'd retired in 1956 from Hardesty Co., was a member of the First Christian Church and also was preceded in death by his four brothers and only sister.
Surviving, in addition to Laura, were his daughters, Jeannette and Annabel (Stanley) Long; his stepdaughter, Mrs. Mary Schwitzgebel and stepson, Glenn E. Longsworth; two grandchildren, four step-grandchildren, four step-great-grandchildren.
(Note: Helen's three children were not mentioned in Llewellen's obituary.)
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
