Martha Evans

Brief Life History of Martha

When Martha Evans was born on 20 October 1842, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, David Evans, was 37 and her mother, Barbara Ann Ewell, was 21. She married William Henry Winn on 21 October 1859, in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1850. She died on 15 November 1926, in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Lehi City Cemetery, Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Henry Winn
1833–1884
Martha Evans
1842–1926
Marriage: 21 October 1859
William Henry Winn Jr
1860–1898
Martha Ann Winn
1862–1923
George Winn
1863–1864
David Winn
1865–1934
Sarah Ellen Winn
1866–1882
John Thomas Winn
1869–1945
Christiana Winn
1871–1955
Barbara May Winn
1872–1874
Susie Winn
1874–1963
Adelaide Winn
1876–1955
Jesse Winn
1877–1954
Almeda Winn
1879–1940
Mary Agusta Winn
1881–1881
Rose Evelyn Winn
1884–1943

Sources (58)

  • Martha Winn in household of Wm H Winn, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Martha Evans, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
  • Martha Evans Winn, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1845 · Oh My Father

"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

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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MARTHA EVANS WINN 1842 – 1926

Martha Evans, Born 20 October 1842, was the eldest of fifteen children born to David Evans and Barbara Ann Ewell. She was a strong healthy child and was able to withstand all the hardshi …

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