William Henry Evans

Brief Life History of William Henry

When William Henry Evans was born on 7 June 1877, in Broseley, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Evans, was 40 and his mother, Harriet Pearce, was 32. He married Sarah Fox on 15 February 1899, in Broseley, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 19 October 1934, in Hamilton, Hamilton-Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 57, and was buried in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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Family Time Line

William Henry Evans
1877–1934
Sarah Fox
1872–1914
Marriage: 15 February 1899
Harriet Evans
1899–
Harold Evans
1901–
Elsie Evans
1905–
Ada Evans
1908–
Violet May Evans
1911–
Leonard Thomas Evans
1913–

Sources (10)

  • William Evans in household of Thomas Evans, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
  • William Henry Evans, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
  • William Henry Evans, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"

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World Events (8)

1883 · Mining Boom

In 1883, there was a mining boom in Northern Ontario when mineral deposits were found near Sudbury. Thomas Flanagan was the blacksmith for the Canadian Pacific Railway that noticed the deposits in the river.

1884

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

1904 · The Entente Cordiale

The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.

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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