Leonard Rowland Evans

[perseus]

Looking for Leonard b 5 nov 1907 in Leicester , parents George Henry Evans & Margaret Harris Quail.
Have him on 1911 census in Albion St Leicester.
No further info I can find.

Any clues welcome!

[Sue Mackay]

Leonard Roland Evans (that spelling of the middle name)
Birth registered Leicester December quqrter 1907
Volume 7a page 200

With this information you can order the birth certificate here

[Sue Mackay]

Looking at the 1911 census it seems clear that the wife is a second wife, and only the last named two children are hers.

This would appear to be the family in 1901 with the first wife still alive

RG13; Piece: 2990; Folio: 179; Page: 21 (original held TNA Crown Copyright)
George H EVANS 35 Haberdasher/Shopkeeper
Amelia 35
Gertrude E dau 12
Ida A dau 11
Edith E dau 9
George son 6
All born in Leicester

[Sue Mackay]

Looks like his two wives might have been related

George Henry EVANS m Amelia QUAIL
Dec qtr 1884 Leicester
Vol 7a p 530

However, there does not immediately appear to be a marriage to Margaret Harris QUAIL. If they were sisters it might well be that such a marriage was prohibited by law. I am never totally sure about the forbidden degrees of relationships, but seem to remember that you couldn't marry your deceased wife's sister (though it did happen!)

You obviously need to buy some certificates to sort it out

Amelia QUAIL birth registered Leicester Jun qtr 1865 7a/172
Margaret Harris QUAIL, birth registered Leicester Mar qtr 1879 7a/308

[Sue Mackay]

Amelia EVANS
Death registered Leicester June qtr 1902
Vol 7a page 111

[perseus]

Hi Sue

Sorry I should have made it clear that I have the information re Leonard's birth & the two families of George Henry Evans.
The 2 wives were sisters. I couldn't find a marriage for George & Margaret on bmd, but did find a marriage in St Patrick's Church records for 26 July 1908.
I believe that George & Margaret had 4 children Lilian Rosa 1906, Leonard 1908, Norah Emma 1912, Jean Mary 1919.
Clair Beatrix M Quail was born in 1895, the daughter of Margaret Quail. I sort of assumed that she was the daughter of George, but of course Amelia was still alive then.
I haven't managed to pin down Leonard's siblings after 1911 either.

Amelia died in 1902, George in 1948 ( I think!) & Margaret in 1960.

I haven't sent for certificates of any sort. Although george was the brother of my great grandmother Harriet Elisabeth Evans who married Thomas Winterton, I really don't want to go to the expense.
It would be good though to get a 'handle' on Leonard & his siblings.

Thanks for all your searching

[Sue Mackay]

I believe that George & Margaret had 4 children Lilian Rosa 1906, Leonard 1908, Norah Emma 1912, Jean Mary 1919.

Ancestry's post 1916 death index lists a Lilian Rosa EVANS, dob 2 May 1906, whose death was registered June qtr 1978 in Wolverhampton.

[perseus]

Thanks Sue

Every now & then I revisit my 'difficult' searches and sometimes something new does pop up so I guess I'll keep a weather eye open.
Be good to know what happened to them all! Of course Evans isn't the easiest name to follow up on. there are so many of them.