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WhiteTara

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1. Here's a hilarious side note

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 11:57 AM

Mar 21

Last edited Fri Mar 21, 2025, 02:42 PM - Edit history (1)

My grandmother changed the spelling of her name from Jenkins to Jinkens after this affair. lol

My grandmother's family settled in Amarillo (before it had a name) in the Tascosa area. Her family continued on during the Sooners and lived in a Conastog wagon with a dug out. She told me about the lush fields and vernal pools and wild flowers everywhere.

She didn't want to be identified by those members of the family. I can't find another Jinkins in the family tree, the rest seem to just be Jenkins.

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