Fellow Jenkins Family Members, I am looking for information on a Jenkins family who left the south part of Wales between 1863-1870 to come to America. SOLOMON JENKINS (my great great grandfather) became a naturalized citizen in Mahoning County Ohio in October 1974. His son, WILLIAM JENKINS, was my great grandfather. William was one of supposedly 12 children and was born in Wales on December 7, 1856. They were both coal miners. William left Ohio and traveled to Illinois (Braidwood, IL) where he married Alice Reed. They had two children, Nell and Henry. Henry was born in 1885 after they had moved to Louisiana. Alice died and William remarried in 1892. He married Sarah Rees. He and Sarah had 6 children. If any of these names sound familiar, please contact me. I have run against a brick wall in my research and need a little help. Trudy Jenkins Patterson Elton, Louisiana tpatters@pelican.state.lib.la.us