The
Evans
Genealogy
Harbour
The surname "Evans" signifies "son of Evan." "Evan" is an ancient Welsh baptismal name, the equivalent of "John," and is the Welsh form of the Scottish "Ewan," which is of Celtic origin.
Researching the Evans family can be very difficult, especially if as in my branch everyone seems to be named John or James. If you are researching the Evans, check out my family. We may be cousins.
Ira Lee Evans - My Grandfather's
Family Page
John William Evans - My Gr
Grandfather's Family Page
John William Evans in the Census
Records
Joseph Burton Sumner -My Gr Gr Grandfather's
Family Page
We do not know who John William Evans' parents were or where they came from, however family tradition is they came from around the Galveston area of Texas and they arrived in Texas by ship at the Galveston harbor. While this seems a strange migration pattern, during the depression a lawyer came to Mississippi from Texas and had all of John William's children sign a paper giving up any claim to land in the Galveston area for $50. What claim did they have to this land? Where exactly was this land? None of John William's grandchildren know the details. If you have heard this story or know more details, please contact me.
Samuel Robinson Evans wrote a narrative concerning his grandfather, Ezekiel Evans and his father, James Evans and their experiences in the Revolutionary War. While I can not yet claim them as my ancestors, this narrative is historically interesting. You may recognise some predominate Evans traits in this narrative. It is long but still incomplete. If you have seen the missing pages, please let me know so we can share them with everyone. Thank you, Mary Kimball for sharing this with all of us.
Samuel
Robinson Evans Narrative
Samuel
Robinson Evans - Family Page
FOUND - 8 reels of movie film taken in the 1920s through
1950s. These films feature J.P. Evans and his two children, Phillip
Evans bn about 1946/47 and a daughter. Also shown/mentioned are C.R.
Evans, who appears to have worked for the Overseas Division of General Motors
and a J.S. Porter. These films include footage of college graduations,
a class reunion of Smith College, a family reunion, trips including
a sailing trip to Bermuda, Phillip's Grandparents, and a speech by Franklin
Roosevelt before he became President. The footage of Franklin Roosevelt
was taken from just a few feet away from him. This has to have a great
value to the J.P. Evans family and we would like to put the films back into
their hands. The family appears to have lived in CT, then in MO, and
then in Hagerstown, PA. However the films were found in Tucson, AZ,
so perhaps J.P. Evans retired and died in AZ. If you belong to this
family or know of this family, please contact
Gene Essman.
Do you have a question concerning your Evans family?
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Related (to me) Surnames
The McCarley Genealogy
Station
Evans Researchers
Rose Danner
Annette Evans
Den Evans
Lela Evans
Mary Kimball
Genealogy Links
Confederate Pension
Records for Texas
Cyndi's list of Genealogy
sites on the internet - This has over 19, 250 links to genealogy
sites.
Deciphering old handwriting
- while this is not directly related to genealogy, if you are trying to read
old census records or an old manuscript like the one written by Samuel Evans,
it may help you.
Our
Ancestor's Nicknames
Colonial
Diseases & Cures
Old Time Jobs
Document & Photo
Preservation
Mississippi Civil
War Records
Mississippi Vital
Records
Tallahatchie Co.
MsGenWeb
Shipbuilding Links (one of my many hobbies)
Ships in Bottles Home Page
(Russia)
The Information Seaway
Another Hobby - Shooting Sports
Single Action Shooting Society
Certified Action Training
Bullseye Range and Guns
| Learn about the USS Evans, a destroyer |
Building my Website
This page was updated on August 29, 2003