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 1861 - 1929 (67 years)
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| Name |
William James EVANS |
| Born |
15 Sep 1861 |
Lewannick, Cornwall, England  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
31 Jul 1929 |
Plymouth, Devon, England |
| Person ID |
I318 |
Young Kent Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
12 Sep 2021 |
| Father |
Richard EVANS, b. 1817, d. 19 Sep 1901, Whitchurch, Cornwall, England (Age 84 years) |
| Married |
8 May 1851 |
North Hill, Cornwall, England [2] |
| Family ID |
F139 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Jane Veale DAWE, b. 26 Sep 1863, Stoke Climsland, Cornwall, England , d. 31 Jul 1919, Plymouth, Devon, England (Age 55 years) |
| Married |
11 Oct 1884 |
Tavistock, Devon, England [3] |
| Children |
| | 1. William Ewert EVANS, b. 13 Sep 1887, Plymouth, Devon, England , d. 6 Aug 1965, Canterbury, Kent, England (Age 77 years) |
| | 2. Female ✝ EVANS, b. 1888, d. 1888 (Age 0 years) |
| | 3. Richard EVANS, b. 29 Nov 1889, Plymouth, Devon, England , d. Dec 1976, Nottinghamshire, England (Age 87 years) |
| | 4. Susanna Bond ✝ EVANS, b. Sep 1893, Plymouth, Devon, England , d. 1894, Devon, England (Age ~ 0 years) |
| | 5. Beatrice Ethel EVANS, b. 10 Aug 1895, Plymouth, Devon, England , d. Mar 1985, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England (Age 89 years) |
| | 6. Thomas Henry EVANS, b. 16 Oct 1897, Plymouth, Devon, England , d. 10 Apr 1970, Plymouth, Devon, England (Age 72 years) |
| | 7. Mabel Eleanor EVANS, b. 21 Jun 1900, Plymouth, Devon, England , d. 3 Aug 1967, Torquay, Devon, England (Age 67 years) |
| | 8. Francis Reginald Ernest EVANS, b. 31 May 1908, Plymouth, Devon, England , d. 23 Mar 1986, West Pagham, Sussex, England (Age 77 years) |
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| Last Modified |
20 Mar 2022 |
| Family ID |
F141 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Reprint of a news article appearing in a local paper in Devon:
"Also seeking information about ancestors is Mrs. Joyce Taylor of 127 Moor Road, Papplewick, Nottingham. Her grandfather William James Evans was born at Lewannick, Cornwall in 1861, son of Richard and Mary Evans.
The family or at leas their four children moved to the Blackdown/Brentor/Tavistock area.
William was a lino type set operator/compositor.
He married Jane Veal Dawe in 1884 and they lived at Whitchurch Down.
Mrs. Taylor recalls that when she was a child he worked nights for a Plymouth newspaper.
His eldest son, born in 1887, followed the same trade on a Bristol newspaper.
He married a Bristol girl in a ceremony at Plymouth. His second son was born in Plymouth in 1889.
She would like to hear from anyone who could give information about his apprenticeship in particular."
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| Sources |
- [S7] Certified copy of an entry of Birth, (England, Kew: General Register Office), Lewannick, Altarnum, Launceston, Cornwall, England, 15 Sep 1861.
No. 77, 15 September 1861 at Lewannick Church Town, William James Evans, a boy, father Richard Evans, mother Mary Evans formerly Hill, father a cordwainer master, informant was Richard Evans, father of Lewannick, Church Town, registered 19 September 1861.
- [S122] Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage, (England, Kew: General Register Office), North Hill, Cornwall, England, 8 May 1851.
1851 Marriage solemnized at the parish church in the parish of North Hill in the District of Launceston, in the County of Cornwall, No. 93
May 8, 1851 between Richard Evans (signed his name) of full age, widower, cordwainer, residence at Lewannick Village, father Richard Evans, cordwainer AND Mary Hill (signed by her mark), of full age, spinster, servant, residence at Trehatha Hall, father Tristram Hill, husbandman, according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England. Witnesses were William Bonneford and John Dawe.
- [S122] Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage, (England, Kew: General Register Office), Tavistock, Devon, England, 11 Oct 1884.
No. 99, 1884 marriage solemnized at the register office, District of Tavistock, in the County of Devon on the 11th October 1884 between William James Evans, 23 years, bachelor, compositor, residence at Whitchurch, Devon, father Richard Evans, boot and shoemaker AND Jane Veal DAWE, 21 years, spinster, domestic servant, residence at Whitchurch, Devon, father William Dawe, Hind[?], witnesses Mary Hannah Evans and Richard Evans.
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