Biography:

Dr. James Richard Jenkin was born in London, Ontario on the 28th of January, 1926. Dr. Jenkin’s parents were James Gilmore Jenkin and the former Grace Pearl Johnston. Dr. Jenkin was educated at King Edward Public School and Walkerville Collegiate in Windsor, Ontario.

Dr. Jenkin graduated M.D. from the University of Western Ontario in 1951. He was a member of the Alpha Kappa Kappa Medical Fraternity. Dr. Jenkin interned at St Joseph’s Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario. For a short time he practiced in Burlington, but moved to Chatham in 1953.

Dr. Jenkin married Sally Louise Kerr in Chatham on the 17th of June, 1950.  Mrs. Jenkin was born in Chatham on the 3rd of January, 1926 the eldest of 2 children born to John Beverly Kerr and the former Gertrude Thelma Coneybeare.   Her father operated a hotel in Chatham and she had a brother named William Coneybeare.  Mrs. Jenkin graduated from the University of Western Ontario in psychology in 1950.

Dr. and Mrs. Jenkin had 4 children; Dr. Jeffrey Kerr Jenkin, Judith Ann (Jenkin) Langford, James Beverly Jenkin and Rosalyn Jenkin.  In 1972, the Jenkin family resided at 26 Briar Hill Road in Chatham.

In his spare time, Dr. Jenkin enjoyed hunting, camping, golf, skiing, photography and fishing.

By 1987, Dr. Jenkin had moved to Dallas, Texas.  Eventually he moved to Rowlett, Texas for a few years and in September of 1994 he moved to Howell, Michigan.

Dr. Jenkin died at his residence in Howell, Michigan on the 26th of January, 1996. Mrs. Jenkin died on the 5th of February, 2005, in Erie Beach (Chatham-Kent), Ontario.

*Dr. Jenkin’s father served with Canadian Armed Services during WWI.  Mrs. Jenkin’s father served as a flight lieutenant with the Royal Naval Service during WWI and he appears on the Gathering Our Heroes website.