George A. Janvrin of Exeter, N.H. Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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Source:  History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
          by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915

Page 1303

     GEORGE A. JANVRIN, a farmer and dairyman, owning 65 acres of
land in Exeter, N.H., was born in this town Oct. 22, 1847, son of George
W. and Hannah E. (Greenleaf) Janvrin. The father, a native of Exeter,
was engaged in the meat business here. He was twice married: first to Han-
nah E. Greenleaf of Effingham, and secondly to her sister, Eunice J. Of his
first union two children were born--George A., subject of this sketch, and
Frank, who is now dead. The children of the second marriage were: Ida E.;
Dora J., wife of Alonzo Waldrick; Fred E.; Harry E.; Hattie M. (wife of
Stewart Melleck), and Joseph A.
     George A. Janvrin was educated in the common schools of Exeter. He
learned the butcher's trade under his father and followed it until about 1904,
for six or seven years having a shop in Exeter, and also spent some fifteen
years in Wisconsin, engaged in the butcher business. Since 1904 he has
been farming. Mr. Janvrin was married, January 11, 1870, to Miss Emma
E. Sinclair, a native of Exeter and daughter of John J. and Minerva Sinclair.
Her father, who was from Stratham, N. H., was a carpenter. Her mother
was from East Dixfield, Me. Their children were: John A.; Emma E.; and
Ida M. The last mentioned, who is now deceased, was the wife of Dana
B. Cram.
     Mr. and Mrs. Janvrin's children are: Mary W., wife of C. Edward Haley,
whose children are Charles Janvrin, Harold Edward, Mary Ellen and Richard
Sinclair; and Grace E., who married Forest F. Brown and died in 1904,
being buried at Hampton Falls. She had a son, George I. Mr. Janvrin is
independent in politics. He belongs to the Modern Woodmen and he and
his wife attend the Baptist church.