When William Thomas Evans was born on 17 December 1862, in Ystalyfera, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, William Evans, was 21 and his mother, Elizabeth Benjamin, was 22. He married Henrietta Hancock on 22 June 1885, in Lydney, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Mynyddislwyn, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1891. He died on 23 October 1912, in Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, at the age of 49.
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The Great Reform Act of 1867 gave males the right to vote. This also helped to form the Welsh Liberal Party. It was the second of three reforms that would take place.
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In 1890, President McKinley and Congress passed the McKinley Tariff, which have had direct effect on Southern Wales. All foreign exports were taxed, including tinplates from the iron and copper mines in Wales.
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.
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