John Alldridge Evans

Brief Life History of John Alldridge

When John Alldridge Evans was born on 23 March 1919, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Alldridge Neslen Evans, was 22 and his mother, Thelma Ellen Robbins, was 22. He married Helen Esther Manning on 18 August 1942, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920 and Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 1 April 1950, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 31, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Alldridge Evans
1919–1950
Helen Esther Manning
1915–2006
Marriage: 18 August 1942
Alldridge Manning Evans
1948–2018

Sources (31)

  • J Alldridge Evans in household of Alldridge N Evans, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • John Alldridge Evans, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"
  • John Alldridge Evans, "United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023"

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1920

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

1923 · President Harding visits Utah to get to know the people.

President Warren G. Harding's visited Utah as part of a broader tour of the western United States designed to bring him closer to the people and their conditions. After Speaking at Liberty Park, the president went to the Hotel Utah where he met with President Heber J. Grant and talked to him about the history of the church.

1928 · The Tower Theater

The Tower Theatre is a historic film theater operated by the Salt Lake Film Society. The theater presents independent films and is a venue for the Sundance Film Festival. It also presents classic films on occasional weekends and hosts a movie-rental library for those that want to expand their cinematic knowledge.

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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