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Evan Evans

Birthdate:
Birthplace: UK
Death: December 10, 1919 (40-49)
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (Drowning)
Immediate Family:

Son of John Evans and Margaretta Thomas
Husband of Magdalena Sophia Van Der Merwe
Father of Margaretha Hannah Evans
Brother of William Clement Evans

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About Evan Evans

Born c1874 in Llanelly Parents John Evans (c1841) & Margaret Thomas (c1846)

1881 Census- lives with grandmother Mary Jones (nee Clement/late Thomas) & stepgrandfather John Jones at 28 William Street, Llanelly

1891 Census- lives with aunt Hannah Nicholas and John Nicholas; with brother William Clement

1901 Census- no trace

1911 Census- no trace

Works as engineer on SS Pieter Faure, ferry from Cape Town to Robben Island

1915 July 20th marries Magdalena Sophia VD Merwe in Cape Town

1916 daughter Margaretha Hannah (mother & aunt names) born in Cape Town

1918 wife dies in Spanish Flu epidemic, buried in mass grave CT

1919 takes daughter to Wales to live with John Nicholas and his niece Esther

1919 10 December drowns in Cape Town harbour

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Evan Evans's Timeline

1874
1874
UK
1916
May 1, 1916
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
1919
December 10, 1919
Age 45
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa