Brief Life History of Robert
Robert Evans was born on 18 July 1817, in Eglwys Fach, Denbighshire, Wales as the son of Evan and Ann. He married Sarah Harrison on 27 February 1858, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son.
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- Robert Evan, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
- Robert Evan, “A igreja de Jesus Cristo dos santos dos últimos dias, registro de membros (Mundial), 1836-1970”
- Robert Evan in entry for Sarah Harrison, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
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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