John Frederick Evans

Brief Life History of John Frederick

When John Frederick Evans was born on 25 August 1882, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, John Edward Evans, was 23 and his mother, Mary Ann Andrew, was 23. He married Jane Elizabeth Pickering on 12 November 1908, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920 and World in 1940. He died on 5 March 1972, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Frederick Evans
1882–1972
Jane Elizabeth Pickering
1886–1969
Marriage: 12 November 1908
Dorothy Pickering Evans
1910–1992
Marjorie Agnes Evans
1919–2012
John Frederick Evans Jr.
1926–2014

Sources (43)

  • John F Evans, "United States 1950 Census"
  • John F Evans, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • John Frederick Evans, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1884 · There is now a Capital Building

The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.

1894 · The Genealogical Society of Utah is formed.

The Genealogical Society of Utah is formed. - A precursor society to FamilySearch, the GSU was organized on November 13,1894, in the Church Historian's Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

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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John Frederick Evans, Sr.

John Frederick Evans was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, 25 August 1882, the son of John Edward Evans and Mary Andrew. He was named after his two grandfathers, John Evans and Frederick Andrew. His mot …

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