Brief Life History of Pearlie Levi
When Pearlie Levi Evans was born on 15 May 1896, in Sparta, Alleghany, North Carolina, United States, his father, Berry Smith Evans, was 28 and his mother, Mary Emmadella Gentry, was 23. He married Bertha Lela Lowe on 25 May 1921, in Alleghany, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Alleghany, North Carolina, United States in 1935 and Glade Creek Township, Alleghany, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years. In 1920, at the age of 24, his occupation is listed as fireman. He died on 30 March 1992, in Sparta, Alleghany, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Ennice, Alleghany, North Carolina, United States.
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- Pearly Evans, "United States 1950 Census"
- P. L. Evans, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Perlie Evans, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage
In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
Welsh: derivative of Evan , from Efan, Ifan, medieval forms of Ieuan (from Latin Johannes, the source of English John), dating from c. 1500, with the post-medieval patronymic suffix -s. Welsh Sion was a separate borrowing of English John, and Evan (Ieuan) and Sion developed as independent names.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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