Brief Life History of Evan
When Evan Jones was born about 1860, in Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, John Jones, was 40 and his mother, Charlotte Bowen, was 43.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Evan Jones in household of Charlotte Jones, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Legacy NFS Source: Evan Jones - Government record: birth-name: Evan Jones
Parents and Siblings
1821–1902 Male
1818– Female
Siblings (12)
1839– Female
1842–1924 Female
1843–1924 Female
1844– Female
1846– Female
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World Events (8)
1867 · Great Reform Act of 1867
Age 7
1884
Age 24
1900 · Strike at Penrhyn Slate Quarry
Age 40
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. It began to be adopted as a non-hereditary surname in some parts of Wales from the 16th century onward, but did not become a widespread hereditary surname there until the 18th and 19th centuries. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. It is (including in the sense 2 below) the fifth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.
English: habitational or occupational name for someone who lived or worked ‘at John's (house)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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