Hannah Evans

Brief Life History of Hannah

When Hannah Evans was born on 18 August 1819, in Llanedy, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, William Evans, was 35 and her mother, Tabitha Reese, was 30. She married Thomas Bowen in 1834, in Llanedy, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1856 and lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 27 June 1887, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Bowen
1815–1838
Hannah Evans
1819–1887
Marriage: 1834
Ann Bowen
1835–1888
Michael Bowen
1838–1838

Sources (24)

  • Hannah Evans in household of Catharine Rees, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Hannah Evans Giles, "Find A Grave Index" (1887)
  • Hannah Evans in entry for Henry E Giles, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

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World Events (8)

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1831 · Merthyr Uprising 

Sparked by a depression that was going through Wales the previous three years, the Merthyr uprisings were carried out by workers that were in debt. In the process, twenty-four people were killed and twenty-six were arrested. Troops were brought in to stop the protestors.

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

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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Thomas Davis Giles -"The Blind Harpist"

Thomas Davis Giles was converted to "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" in 1844 in southern Wales through the efforts of his friend, Elder Abel Evans, a local Welsh missionary and recent …

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