On 5th April 1849 [her father] Leonard Jerome "King of Wall Street" Financier [aged 31] and [her mother] Clarissa Hall [aged 24] were married at Palmyra.
On 9th January 1854 Jenny Jerome was born to [her father] Leonard Jerome "King of Wall Street" Financier [aged 36] and [her mother] Clarissa Hall [aged 29] at Cobble Hill Brooklyn, New York.
On 15th April 1874 Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill [aged 25] and Jenny Jerome [aged 20] were married at British Embassy, Paris. Regarded by some as the original Dollar Princess although there are much earlier examples. He the son of John Winston Spencer-Churchill 7th Duke of Marlborough [aged 51] and Frances Anne Emily Vane Duchess of Marlborough [aged 52].
On 11th June 1874 James Henry Robert Innes-Kerr 7th Duke Roxburghe [aged 34] and [her sister-in-law] Anne Emily Spencer-Churchill Duchess Roxburghe [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Duchess Roxburghe. She the daughter of [her father-in-law] John Winston Spencer-Churchill 7th Duke of Marlborough [aged 52] and [her mother-in-law] Frances Anne Emily Vane Duchess of Marlborough [aged 52]. He the son of James Innes-Kerr 6th Duke Roxburghe [aged 57].
On 30th November 1874 [her son] Winston Churchill was born to [her husband] Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill [aged 25] and Jenny Jerome [aged 20]. He married 12th September 1908 Clementine Hozier and had issue.
On 4th February 1880 [her son] John Strange "Jack" Spencer-Churchill was born to [her husband] Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill [aged 30] and Jenny Jerome [aged 26] at Phoenix Park, Dublin. He married 8th August 1908 his fifth cousin once removed Gwendoline Theresa Mary "Goonie" Bertie, daughter of Montagu Arthur Bertie 7th Earl of Abingdon and Gwendoline Mary Dormer, and had issue.
Life's Ebb And Flow Chapter IV. [Around 1881]. Of another group were Henry [aged 28] and Violet Manners [aged 24], the late Duke of Rutland and the present Dowager Duchess, Lord Rowton [aged 42], the witty Henry Calcraft, Mr. and Mrs. Henry White (later Ambassadors of the United States in Paris, both now dead), beautiful Gladys deGrey (the late Marchioness of Ripon), Sir Robert Collier (the painter, father of the Hon. John Collier), Lady Randolph Churchill [aged 26] (who was first at Easton in 1885, and figured in all our gatherings afterwards), Admiral Sir Hedworth Lambton, and Henry Chaplin [aged 40] ("the Squire," the late Lord Chaplin), and Lord and Lady Carmarthen (afterwards the late Duke and Duchess of Leeds). Sir William Gordon Cumming, the smartest of men about town and more sinned against than sinning, was a constant friend, but he cut us all off in his retirement, and I often had sad thoughts of him, and always kept a warm comer in my heart for him. Mr. and Mrs. Hwfa Williams, who founded Sandown Park racing, were welcome everywhere. Maurice and Beatrice Ephrussi were dear Paris racing friends. Prince Charles Kinsky rode his own winner of the Grand National, "Zoedone," and was a sharer of my horsey adventures!
On 4th June 1883 Richard George Penn Curzon 4th Earl Howe [aged 22] and [her sister-in-law] Georgiana Elizabeth Spencer-Churchill Countess Howe [aged 23] were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She the daughter of [her father-in-law] John Winston Spencer-Churchill 7th Duke of Marlborough [aged 61] and [her mother-in-law] Frances Anne Emily Vane Duchess of Marlborough [aged 61]. He the son of Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 3rd Earl Howe [aged 61] and Isabella Maria Katherine Anson Countess Howe [aged 51]. They were sixth cousins.
On 5th July 1883 [her father-in-law] John Winston Spencer-Churchill 7th Duke of Marlborough [aged 61] died. His son [her brother-in-law] George [aged 39] succeeded 8th Duke Marlborough, 8th Marquess of Blandford, 8th Earl of Marlborough, 8th Baron Churchill of Sandridge in Hertfordshire, 10th Earl of Sunderland, 12th Baron Spencer Wormleighton. Albertha Frances Anne Hamilton Duchess of Marlborough [aged 36] by marriage Duchess Marlborough.
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On 3rd March 1891 [her father] Leonard Jerome "King of Wall Street" Financier [aged 73] died in Brighton. His wife [her mother] Clarissa Hall [aged 66] and daughters [her sister] Clarita "Clara" Jerome [aged 40], Jenny Jerome [aged 37] and Leonie Blanche Jerome Lady Leslie [aged 32] were present.
On 9th November 1892 [her brother-in-law] George Charles Spencer-Churchill 8th Duke of Marlborough [aged 48] died. His son Charles [aged 20] succeeded 9th Duke Marlborough, 9th Marquess of Blandford, 9th Earl of Marlborough, 9th Baron Churchill of Sandridge in Hertfordshire, 11th Earl of Sunderland, 13th Baron Spencer Wormleighton.
On 24th January 1895 [her husband] Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill [aged 45] died. He was buried at St Martin's Church, Bladon [Map].
On 2nd April 1895 [her mother] Clarissa Hall [aged 70] died. Her funeral was held at the Grosvenor Chapel, Mayfair on 5th April 1895 attended by her daughters [her sister] Clarita "Clara" Jerome [aged 44], Jenny Jerome [aged 41] and Leonie Blanche Jerome Lady Leslie [aged 36], her grandsons Winston Churchill [aged 20] and John Strange "Jack" Spencer-Churchill [aged 15] and the Dowager Frances Anne Emily Vane Duchess of Marlborough [aged 72].
On 8th August 1908 [her son] John Strange "Jack" Spencer-Churchill [aged 28] and [her daughter-in-law] Gwendoline Theresa Mary "Goonie" Bertie were married at Oxford, Oxfordshire [Map]. She the daughter of Montagu Arthur Bertie 7th Earl of Abingdon [aged 72] and Gwendoline Mary Dormer [aged 43]. They were fifth cousin once removed.
On 12th September 1908 [her son] Winston Churchill [aged 33] and [her daughter-in-law] Clementine Hozier [aged 23] were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map].
The Times. 28th January 1916. MARRIAGE OF LORD GRANBY.
The marriage of the Marquess of Granby [aged 29], only son of the Duke [aged 63] and Duchess of Rutland [aged 59], to Miss Kathleen Tennant [aged 21], youngest daughter of Mr. [aged 54] and Mrs. Frank Tennant [aged 52], of Innes House, took place yesterday at St. Margaret's [Map]. There was a very large attendance, and a number of those present brought young children with them.
The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a Venetian gown of white satin with a gold, brocade train four yards long and a short mantlet of old Venetian family lace; the sleeves were long and close-fitting, and she had a long white net veil with a wreath of orange blossoms. She carried a copy of the marriage service embroidered in seed pearl and coloured silks, worked by her mother after an old design in the British Museum.
Lady Diane Manners [aged 24], who was one of the bridesmaids, designed the bridesmaids' gowns in the medieval manner; they were of white chiffon belted in silver worn with flowing veils of blue tulle held by silver bands. Each of the bridesmaids carried a tail branch of almond blossom; the others were Miss Elizabeth Asquith [aged 18], Miss Mary Lyttelton, and Miss Violet Warrender. The Hon. Stephen Tennant [aged 9], who wore a Romeo suit with a jewelleed belt, was the page. Captain Charles Lindsay, Grenadier Guards, was best man. Canon Sheppard [aged 35], Sub-Dean of the Chapels Royal, and the Rev. F. W. Knox, the Duke of Rutland's chaplain, performed the ceremony.
SOME OF THE GOWNS. The Duke of Rutland was among the first to come to the church, and most of the guests were there early. The Prime Minister [aged 63] arrived with Mr. [aged 35] and Mrs. Bonham-Carter [aged 28], and Mr. Balfour with a party which included Mr. and Mrs. William Balfour. The Duchess on Rutland wore gold charmeuse with gold tissue in her hat and a rose pink velvet cloak bordered with fur. The Marchioness of Anglesey [aged 32], in white box-cloth, brought her little daughter, Lady Carolinie Paget [aged 2], in a little Ermine coat and hat. Mrs. Asquith [aged 51], who was with Mrs. Graham Smith [aged 56], wore a black charmeuse gown made with a ruched cape and trimmed with chinchilla; her hat was black with emerald feathers.
Mrs. Tennant wore black and white embroidered taffetas; Lady Robert Manners had a long muauve coat trimmed with skunk; and the Countess of Wemyss [aged 53] was in black and white. Lady Tree had a pervenche panne long coat made tight-fitting and a plain black sailor hat. The Countess of Drogheda [aged 29] wore black and gold, Lady D'Abernon [aged 50] grey chinchilla furs with a black coat and skirt, and Lady Arthur Paget a musquash coat bordered with skunk. Mrs. Guy Charteris [aged 28] brought her baby, and the Hon. Mrs. George Keppel [aged 45], in black and white, was accomapanied by her two daughters, and Mrs. McKenna by her two sons. Mrs. Hwfa Williams and Lady Randolph Churchill [aged 62] (who was with [her daughter-in-law] Mrs. Churchill [aged 30]) both were black velvet.
The Guests. Among those present were:
The Italian Ambassador, the Spanish Ambassador, the Duchess of Buccleuch [aged 44], and Lady Margaret Scott, etc.
A small reception was held after the ceremony at Lord [aged 56] and Lady Glenconner's [aged 45] house in Queen Anne's gate, and the bride and bridegroom subsequently left for Belvoir Castle [Map], where the honeymoon will be spent.
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On 29th June 1921 Jenny Jerome [aged 67] died. She was buried at St Martin's Church, Bladon [Map].
GrandFather: Isaac Jerome
Father: Leonard Jerome "King of Wall Street" Financier
GrandMother: Aurora Murray 
GrandFather: Amos Hall
Mother: Clarissa Hall