Frank Jenkins (ice hockey)

Frank Maurice Stinson Jenkins (July 6, 1859 – December 5, 1930) was an early amateur ice hockey player.

Their daughter Dorothy Jenkins McCurry was a noted vocal soloist and teacher in Ottawa.

The Ottawa Hockey Club was formed, and Frank Jenkins was its first captain.

In 1886, the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (AHAC) league was formed with Ottawa one of the founding members.

The club would not play in the AHAC again until 1891, and was dormant in 1888, restarting in 1889 after the opening of the Rideau Skating Rink.

[6] The Society, a group of 175 amateurs, gave its first performance, with Jenkins conducting of Messiah on December 29, 1896, in the Grand Opera House.

Jenkins, at right in the middle row, with the 1883–84 Ottawa Hockey Club .