Brief Life History of John William
When John William Evans was born on 15 August 1875, in Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States, his father, Hyrum Evans, was 24 and his mother, Annie Elizabeth King, was 22. He married Phoebe Longstroth on 7 June 1899, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to Canada in 1903 and lived in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Northwest Territories, Canada in 1911 and Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada for about 5 years. He died on 21 April 1945, in Raymond, County of Warner No. 5, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 69, and was buried in Raymond, County of Warner No. 5, Alberta, Canada.
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- John William Evans, "Canada Census, 1931"
- Legacy NFS Source: John William Evans - Published information: birth-name: John Williams Evans
- J W Evans, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
1896 · Utah Becomes a State
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
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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