When Evan Bevans was born in October 1837, in Pike, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Sidney Bevans, was 29 and his mother, Sarah Eveline Van Etten, was 25. He married Sarah Lanterman on 28 December 1866, in Sandyston Township, Sussex, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Sandyston Township, Sussex, New Jersey, United States in 1900 and Sussex, New Jersey, United States for about 15 years. He died on 11 January 1923, at the age of 85, and was buried in Hainesville, Sandyston Township, Sussex, New Jersey, United States.
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Welsh (Pembrokeshire): variant of Bevan , with the addition of the regular English patronymic suffix -s.
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