William Tyler Jenkins (1930 - 2012)

Born 22 Dec 1930 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 29 Mar 2012 at age 81 in Paoli, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Bill Jenkins is Notable.

Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins was a dominant drag racing star in the Super Stock and Pro Stock categories in the mid- to late 1970s. He drove a white Chevrolet Camaro called "Grumpy's Toy."

He cultivated the "Grumpy" persona with a cigar in one corner of his mouth, which was probably why he also had the nickname "Jiggs," after the stogie-smoking character in the comic strip "Bringing Up Father" (Bill's great-uncle Horace Evans Jenkins was a cigar maker).

In 1940 he was living with his parents in Philadelphia.

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Clayton Jenkins Head Male 41 Pennsylvania

Martha T Jenkins Wife Female 39 West Virginia

William T Jenkins Son Male 9 Pennsylvania

Elizabeth Jenkins Daughter Female 4 Pennsylvania

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His father, a prominent architect, was murdered in 1951 while Bill was a 19-year-old mechanical engineering student at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.

He began racing in the 1950s. His skills in tuning engines were in high demand on the Junior Stock circuit on the East Coast.^[2]

He was a member of the National, American and International Hot Rod Associations and was inducted into the National and International Motor Sports Hall of Fame.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQXS-5JS : 8 December 2019), William T Jenkins in household of Clayton Jenkins, Ward 22, Philadelphia, Philadelphia City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 51-563, sheet 2B, line 62, family , Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3704.
2. ↑ http://www.superchevy.com/features/1602-how-bill-jenkins-1967-big-block-made-him-smile

• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KRR5-2H5 : 6 December 2019), W Jenkins, 2008.

• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK7T-JBDL : accessed 23 May 2020), Bill Jenkins, Bend, Oregon, United States, 09 Apr 2012; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Bulletin, The, born-digital text.

• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPP-Z6HL : accessed 22 May 2020), Mr William Tyler Or Bill Jenkins, Pennsylvania, United States, 08 Apr 2012; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, born-digital text.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMD4-WZS : 19 May 2014), William T Jenkins, 29 Mar 2012; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/262701287/william_tyler-jenkins: accessed May 1, 2024), memorial page for William Tyler “Grumpy” Jenkins (22 Dec 1930–29 Mar 2012), Find A Grave: Memorial #262701287, citing Northwood Cemetery, Downingtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by R Houseman (contributor 49926204).