Lyda Belle Evans

Brief Life History of Lyda Belle

When Lyda Belle Evans was born on 1 November 1887, in De Kalb, Buchanan, Missouri, United States, her father, Samuel B. Evans, was 27 and her mother, Martha Frakes, was 25. She married Ivan Clay Tetherow on 21 October 1918, in Buchanan, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Bloomington Township, Buchanan, Missouri, United States in 1900. She died on 21 July 1958, in Saint Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in St Joseph Memorial Park, Saint Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ivan Clay Tetherow
1883–1957
Lyda Belle Evans
1887–1958
Marriage: 21 October 1918
Martha Catherine Tetherow
1929–2011

Sources (10)

  • Lyda Tetherow in household of Ivan C Tetherow, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Lyda Belle Evans Tetherow, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Lydia B Evens, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"

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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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