Abel Evans

Brief Life History of Abel

When Abel Evans was born on 24 June 1812, in Henllan Amgoed, Carmarthenshire, Wales, his father, Samuel Evans, was 22 and his mother, Ann Hughes, was 22. He married Mary Jones on 5 May 1850, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Glyncorrwg, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom in 1841 and Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860. He died on 30 November 1866, in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, at the age of 54, and was buried in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

Abel Evans
1812–1866
Mary Jones
1827–1894
Marriage: 5 May 1850
Elizabeth Ann Evans
1851–1851
Abel John Evans
1852–1939
William Samuel Evans
1855–1935
Evan Jones Evans
1857–1857
Mary Jones Evans
1858–1932
Sarah Jones Evans
1860–1952
Catherine Jones Evans
1862–1940
Hyrum Jones Evans
1864–1951

Sources (86)

  • Abel Evans in household of Samuel Evans, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Abel Evan, "Wales Births and Baptisms, 1541-1907"
  • Abel Evans, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

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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