Brief Life History of Joseph H.
When Joseph H. Evans was born on 7 April 1847, in Nodaway, Missouri, United States, his father, David Evans, was 42 and his mother, Barbara Ann Ewell, was 25. He married Sarah Jane Casto on 21 April 1873, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860 and Gooseberry, Sevier, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 30 June 1899, in Emery, Utah, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Emery Cemetery, Emery, Emery, Utah, United States.
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- Josh Evans in household of Davd Evans, "United States Census, 1860"
- Utah, Select County Marriages, 1887-1937
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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Joseph H. Evans - history
Joseph H. Evans, son of David Evans and Barbara Ann Ewell Evans, was born April 7, 1847 in Nodaway County, Missouri. The home in which he was born was a log cabin without windows, doors and dirt floor …
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