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The Jenks Family of Coaticook (P206)
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The Jenks Family of Coaticook (P206)
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Originally from Vermont, the Jenks family established themselves at Barnston Corner, Stanstead County, in the 1840s. The author outlines the contents of the Jenks fonds in the Eastern Townships Resource Centre, Bishop's University, that focuses primarily on Archibald (a.k.a. Archie) Nathaniel Jenks (1889-1938) and secondarily on his brother, Abbott Cushing Jenks (1893-1957). Archie Jenks served in the First World War with the 13th Battalion of Royal Horse Guards, C.E.F., where he served as a medical officer, before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps in March 1917, scoring seven victories as an observer with the 20th Squadron and achieved the rank of Lieutenant. After his discharged in 1918, he went on to earn his degree in dentistry, establishing a successful practice in Montreal. Following the drowning of his son in 1931 in the Rivière-des-Prairies at the age of two, Archie Jenks suffered from mental illness, which eventually led to taking his own life on July 29th, 1938, after having shot his wife (she survived).
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Journal of Eastern Townships Studies / Revue d'études des Cantons-de-l'Est
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No. 45
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97-101
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Fall 2015
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en
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Robinson, Jody. “The Jenks Family of Coaticook (P206).” Journal of Eastern Townships Studies / Revue d’études des Cantons-de-l’Est No. 45 (Fall 2015): 97–101. http://www.etrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/JETS_45-9_Robinson.pdf.
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