Joseph Ephraim Evans

Brief Life History of Joseph Ephraim

When Joseph Ephraim Evans was born on 20 January 1883, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, his father, Thomas Benjamin Evans, was 23 and his mother, Ruth Blair, was 21. He married Norma Sears on 2 June 1914, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to World in 1939 and lived in Utah, United States in 1940 and Weber, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 15 June 1954, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Ephraim Evans
1883–1954
Norma Sears
1891–1973
Marriage: 2 June 1914
Elaine Evans
1915–2012
Hugh Sears Evans
1917–1918
Shirley Jean Evans
1919–1994
Sears Joseph Evans
1921–1984
Francine Evans
1923–2019
Joanne Evans
1924–2003

Sources (63)

  • Joseph Evans, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Joseph Ephraim Evans - School record: birth-name: joseph ephraim evans
  • Joseph E Evans, "Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1939"

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

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.

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western 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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