William Evans born 1846 St Fagans, Cardiff

[barratay]

Hi.

Can anyone help with finding William Evans and family after 1881 ?

William Evans, son of Job and Parthenia Evans, was baptised on 11 April 1846 at St Fagans near Cardiff.

In the 1881 Census he is in Cardiff ...
Dwelling 9 Edward Terrace Census Place Cardiff St John, Glamorgan, Wales
Family History Library Film 1342269 Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 5277 / 180 Page Number 57

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability
William EVANS Head M Male 35 St. Fagans, Glamorgan, Wales Relieving Officer
Mary EVANS Wife M Female 33 Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales
Annie EVANS Daur Female 7 Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales Scholar
Ada EVANS Daur Female 6 Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales Scholar
Harry EVANS Son Male 3 Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales Scholar
Willie EVANS Son Male 2 Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales
Mary Ethel EVANS Daur Female 1 Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales

Any clues will be greatly appreciated.

Best wishes from Wayne Brown in Gisborne, Vic

[Sue Mackay]

1891 RG12; Piece: 4391; Folio 134; Page 27

2 Pasturton Gardens, Cardiff

William EVANS 45 Relieving Officer b. St.Fagans
Mary wife 44 b Pontypridd
Annie 17
Ada 16
Harry 13
Willie 12
Mary E 11
Ivor 9
Gwilym 7
Bertie 3mo
Children all born Cardiff
One live in servant (Matilda Hutchings 28 b Ely)

[Sue Mackay]

Have so far failed to find William and Mary in 1901. Was hoping to find Ivor and Gwilym at home, which would have made searching for Evans a bit less like the proverbial needle in the haystack (homed in on the 1891 via Ada!)

The trouble is that all the children could be living independently by 1901 except perhaps for Bertie, and he could be a Robert,Albert,Herbert.....

I haven't found a William Evans born in St.Fagans, but I did find a death for a William Evans June qtr 1897 in Cardiff vol 11a page 225 - aged 50
Of course with such a common name there is no guarantee this is him.

[barratay]

Hello Sue,

That's marvellous news. Thank you very much. Yes, I guess there are SO MANY Evans at Cardiff it's a difficult name to check.

Do you have any clues as to who William Evans married ?

He married about 1873 to a Mary someone born about 1848 at Pontyprid.

I'd love to know where they were in 1901 but I guess there are just too many Evans.

Best Wishes form Wayne Brown

[brianb]

Hi

My g grandfather William Davies Evans was born in Edwards Street (not the terrace this time), Llandaff in 1865, have tried to see if any link between the two families but there isnt any, as mentioned below, Wales is full of William Evan's.

Have also tried to locate the rest of the family in 1901, but as Sue said, stilll a needle and haystack job I am afraid.

Good luck in your searching

Brian

[Sue Mackay]

Job EVANS to Parthenia HARDING?
Piece of cake - marriage registered Cardiff September qtr 1843 26/445

William EVANS to Mary?
Assuming Annie to be the eldest child I put in a search for William EVANS marriages in Glamorgan for two years either side of 1872. It came up with 129. Specifying the district as Pontypridd reduced it to 20. I did try going through to see if any of the brides on the same page were Mary's (and of course there are two sets of people to each page so no guarantee that any Mary would be the bride of William) but the first one I came to was a Mary EVANS so I gave up!!

Your best bet may be to join the Glamorgan FHS (you can do it on line via Parish Chest) and put a query for free in their quarterly journal. Someone local may well recognise the family, particularly with a Job and Parthenia further back.

[barratay]

Thank you both.. that's a great help. Wayne