Brief Life History of William Homer Avery
When William Homer Avery Evans was born on 31 May 1888, in Little Richmond, Surry, North Carolina, United States, his father, George Thomas Evans, was 29 and his mother, Susan Josephine Setliff, was 30. He married Sarah Ellen Danley about 1903, in Mount Airy, Surry, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Banister, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States for about 10 years. He died on 15 May 1979, in Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Highland Burial Park, Danville, Virginia, United States.
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- William H Evan, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: William Homer Avery Evans - Government record: Social Security record: birth: 31 May 1888; Little Richmond, Surry, North Carolina, United States
- W A Evans, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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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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