Brief Life History of Walter
When Walter Evans was born on 9 December 1925, in Nantahala Township, Macon, North Carolina, United States, his father, Cline T. Evans, was 32 and his mother, Lora Rowland, was 32.
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Family Time Line
Sources (5)
- Walter Evans, "United States 1950 Census"
- Walter Evans, "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000"
- Walter Evans, "North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000"
Parents and Siblings
Siblings (7)
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World Events (7)
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
1956 · The Federal Aid Highway Act
With the construction of 41,000 miles of the Interstate Highway System, the Federal Aid Highway Act made way for the largest public works project in American history at that time. One of the purposes was to provide military access to places in case of an attack.
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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