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Savage Corry Evans (1878 - 1968)

Savage Corry (Toss) "Stanley" Evans
Born in Oamaru, Otago, New Zealandmap
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Died at age 90 in Surrey, Englandmap
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Biography

Savage Corry (known as Toss or Stanley) was born on 5 January 1878[1] at Ōamaru, Otago, New Zealand, and his birth was registered in the first quarter of 1878 at Ōamaru[2]. He was the fifth son of Eyre Evans and Charlotte Lees.

He married Jane Ann Healey on 26 December 1902[3]. They had four children.

  1. Nina Corry (1903[4] - 1981[5])
  2. Kathleen Ann (1906[6] - 2000)
  3. Elizabeth Sylvia ( 1907[7] - 1992)
  4. Trevor George Corry (1910[8] - 1999)

In 1914 he was a baker living at High Street, Waimate with his wife Jane, both being listed on the Waitaki Supplementary Electoral Roll[9].

When he was listed on the World War I Army Nominal Roll Volume 1 for 15 August 1914 to 31 December 1915[10], he was still living at Waimate, Canterbury, and his wife was his next of kin. He became a trooper in the Sixth Reinforcements of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles (Service number WWI 7/1226)[11]. He embarked on the Tofua.

He enlisted again on 25 November 1919[12]. So, in 1919 he was a soldier living at Trentham Military Camp, Upper Hutt and listed on the Hutt General Electoral Roll[13].

He divorced his wife Jane in 1920[14]. The case was heard before His Honour Sir John Salmond in the Wellington Supreme Court on 20 May[15]. The evidence was that his wife had declined to live with him after he returned from the War in 1918. She had bought a house and furniture from money she had received from him. The grounds for a divorce was desertion. The case was adjourned and heard the following week in camera on 27 May[16]. The judgement was delivered on 7 June by the Judge[17], and a decree nisi was granted, to be made absolute in three months. The custody of the children was granted to him.

After he left the Army, he settled in Upper Hutt and became a confectioner, being listed on the 1922 Otaki General Electoral Roll[18]. His uncle George Maurice, also a confectioner, was on that Roll living at Main Street, Upper Hutt. He had moved to Wellington in 1925 and was a caterer living at 122 Alexander Street, Miramar, being listed on the Wellington Suburbs General Electoral Roll[19]. Uncle George was still living with him, now retired.

In 1927 he married for the second time on 11 October to Alicia Madeleine Isabel Moore[20].

By 1928 he had moved to 122 Lang Street, Wellington East and was listed on the Wellington East General Electoral Roll[21]. His uncle George was still living with him. His wife Madeleine Isabel was listed on the Supplementary Electoral Roll.

He emigrated to England from Wellington on the Ruahine, arriving on 31 May 1932 at London[22]. His wife sailed to England later, leaving on 18 February 1933 on the Kemuera for London[23], sailing in tourist class[24]. But at some stage she went to New South Wales, Australia.

In 1939 he was living at Linden Hall, Lonsdale Road, Berwick Carnforth, Lancashire with his daughters, Kathleen and Sylvia[25]. This was the residence of his married daughter Nina Corry Briggs[26]. He was living on private means. Frank Williams, a schoolmaster, and his family were also living there.

His wife Alicia died in New South Wales on 20 April 1957[27]. A few months later in the third quarter of 1957 he married for the third time to Lilian Amelia Fair[28].

Toss (Stanley) died on 1 May 1968, and his death was registered in the second quarter of 1968 at Surrey[29].

Research Notes

The date of death is taken from online trees and the Geneanet Community Trees Index. He may have been buried in the Evans mausoleum in Kilmallock Cemetery, County Limerick, Ireland.

Note that The Peerage[30] has wrong information about the mother of his children who is, of course, his first wife, not his third wife.

Sources

  1. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online (Digital Database), Department of Internal Affairs Birth Registration. Accessed 6 Sep 2022
    1878/13821 Evans, Savage Mother=Charlotte Father=Eyre Frederick Fitzgeorge DOB=05/01/1878
  2. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840–1950. Microfiche. Accessed 6 Sep 2022
    Name: Savage Evans; Birth Date: 1878 Jan-Feb-Mar; Registration Place: Ōamaru, New Zealand; Folio Number: 708.
  3. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online (Digital Database), Department of Internal Affairs Marriage Registration. Accessed 6 Sep 2022
    1902/6265 Bride=Jane Ann Healey Groom=Savage Evans DOM=26/12/1902
  4. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online (Digital Database), Department of Internal Affairs Birth Registration. Accessed 6 Sep 2022
    1903/9319 Evans, Nina Corry Mother=Jane Ann Father=Savage DOB=30/10/1903
  5. ↑ England & Wales Death Index FreeBMD Entry Information: Death Accessed 8 Sep 2022
    Workman, Nina Corry (Date of birth: 31 Oct 1903).
    GRO Reference: 1981 Jan-Feb-Mar in Dover Volume 16 Page 1236.
  6. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online (Digital Database), Department of Internal Affairs Birth Registration. Accessed 6 Sep 2022
    1906/3491 Evans, Kathleen Ann Mother=Jane Ann Father=Savage Corry DOB=16/07/1906
  7. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online (Digital Database), Department of Internal Affairs Birth Registration. Accessed 6 Sep 2022
    1907/23969 Evans, Elizabeth Sylvia Mother=Jane Ann Father=Savage Corry DOB=01/10/1907
  8. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online (Digital Database), Department of Internal Affairs Birth Registration. Accessed 6 Sep 2022
    1910/18198 Evans, Trevor George Corry Mother=Jane Ann Father=Savage Corry DOB=06/02/1910
  9. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–1981. Auckland, New Zealand: BAB microfilming. Microfiche publication, 4032 fiche. District: Waitaki. Year: 1914. Accessed 6 Sep 2022
    Name: Savage Corry Evans; Electoral Year: 1914; Residence Place: New Zealand; District: Waitaki; Region or Province: Otago.
  10. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Zealand, World War I Army Nominal Rolls, 1914-1918 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data:New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1914-1918 War. Microfiche 1-18. BAB Microfilming, Auckland, New Zealand. Nominal Rolls: Vol. 1: 15 Aug 1914 - 31 Dec 1915. Accessed 6 Sep 2022
    Name: Savage Corry Evans; Regimental Number: 7/1226; Last Residence: Waimate; Relative Name: Mrs J A Evans; Relative Relationship: Wife; Embarkation: 1914-1915
  11. ↑ Auckland War Memorial Museum He Toa Taumata Rau Online Cenotaph: Savage Corry Evans Accessed 6 Sep 2022
  12. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Zealand, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017. Original data: New Zealand World War I Service Dossiers, 1914-1920. Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington, New Zealand. Series Number: 7291. Accessed 6 Sep 2022
    Name: Savage Corry Evans; Gender: Male; Birth Date: 5 Jan 1878; Birth Place: Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand; Enlistment Date: 25 Nov 1919; Next of Kin: Mrs J A Evans; Next of Kin Relationship: Wife; Spouse: J A Evans; Service Number: New Zealand Army Service Corps, No.338 [WWI 7/1226.
  13. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–1981. Auckland, New Zealand: BAB microfilming. Microfiche publication, 4032 fiche. District: Hutt. Year: 1919. Accessed 6 Sep 2022
    Name: Savage Corry Evans; Electoral Year: 1919; Residence Place: New Zealand; District: Hutt; Region or Province: Wellington.
  14. ↑ Archives New Zealand Collections Search: Divorce Accessed 6 Sep 2022
    Evans, Savage Corry v Evans, Jane Anne; Code: R26117120; Years: 1919 - 1921; Access status expiry: 2021; Box number: 1180; Record number: 1831; Location: Wellington repository
  15. ↑ Papers Past: DIVORCE SUITS. Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 119, 20 May 1920, Page 8 Accessed 6 Sep 2022
  16. ↑ Papers Past: UNHAPPY MARRIAGES. Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 125, 27 May 1920, Page 8 Accessed 6 Sep 2022
  17. ↑ Papers Past: MARITAL RELATIONS. New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10609, 7 June 1920, Page 5 Accessed 6 Sep 2022
  18. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–1981. Auckland, New Zealand: BAB microfilming. Microfiche publication, 4032 fiche. District: Otaki. Year: 1922. Accessed 6 Sep 2022
    Name: Savage Corry Evans; Electoral Year: 1922; Residence Place: Upper Hutt, New Zealand; District: Otaki; Region or Province: Wellington; Manawatu-Wanganui.
  19. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–1981. Auckland, New Zealand: BAB microfilming. Microfiche publication, 4032 fiche. District: Wellington Suburbs. Year: 1925. Accessed 6 Sep 2022
    Name: Savage Corry Evans; Electoral Year: 1925; Residence Street Address: 122 Alexander Street; Residence Place: Miramar New Zealand; District: Wellington Suburbs; Region or Province: Wellington.
  20. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online (Digital Database), Department of Internal Affairs Marriage Registration. Accessed 6 Sep 2022
    1927/10249 Bride=Alicia Madeleine Isabel Moore Groom=Savage Corry Evans DOM=11/10/1927
  21. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–1981. Auckland, New Zealand: BAB microfilming. Microfiche publication, 4032 fiche. District: Wellington East. Year: 1928. Accessed 6 Sep 2022
    Name: Savage Corrie Evans; Electoral Year: 1928; Residence Place: New Zealand; District: Wellington East; Region or Province: Wellington.
  22. ↑ Ancestry.com. UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). Series BT26, 1,472 pieces; Class: BT26; Piece: 991; Item: 37. Accessed 6 Sep 2022
    Name: Mr S C Evans; Arrival Age: 54; Birth Date: abt 1878; Port of Departure: Wellington, New Zealand; Arrival Date: 31 May 1932; Port of Arrival: London, England; Ports of Voyage: Balboa; Curacao; Ship Name: Ruahine; Shipping Line: New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd; Official Number: 124582.
  23. ↑ Papers Past: SHIPPING NEWS. Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 41, 18 February 1933, Page 4 Accessed 6 Sep 2022
  24. ↑ Papers Past: SHIPPING, MAILS AND WEATHER. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21420, 18 February 1933, Page 6 Accessed 6 Sep 2022
  25. ↑ Ancestry.com. Lancashire, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1939 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2020. Original data: Lancashire Electoral Registers. Preston, Lancashire, England: Lancashire Archives. 1939 Electoral Register. Accessed 6 Sep 2022
    Name: Savage Corry Evans; Residence Date: 1939; Residence Street Address: Linden Hall; Residence Place: Lancashire, England; Parliamentary Division: Lonsdale; Electoral District: Lonsdale Division Register of Electors.
  26. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1939 England and Wales Register [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018. Original data: Crown copyright images reproduced by courtesy of TNA, London England. 1939 Register (Series RG101), The National Archives, Kew, London, England. Reference: Rg 101/4947b. Accessed 6 Sep 2022
    Savage Corry Evans (born 5 Jan 1878), married, Private Means, at Linden Hall, Lunesdale, Lancashire, England.
  27. ↑ Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Index to Deceased Estate Files, 1859-1958 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: New South Wales Government. Stamp Duties Office. Indexes to deceased estate files. Series 13341. The State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia. Index to Deceased Estate Files, 1859-1958"; Reference: 3330. Accessed 7 Sep 2022
    Name: Alicia Madeline Isabel Evans; Residence Place: Rosebery; Death Date: 20 Apr 1957; Death Place: New South Wales, Australia; Occupation: M W; File Number: B180519.
  28. ↑ Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 5h; Page: 1349. Accessed 7 Sep 2022
    Savage C Evans marriage in Jul to Sep 1957.
  29. ↑ Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2007. Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. Volume: 5g; Page: 389. Accessed 6 Sep 2022
    Stanley C Evans death Apr-May-Jun 1968 in Surrey South Western (age 90) volume 5g page 389.
  30. ↑ The Peerage: Savage Evans Accessed 7 Sep 2022
  • Debrett, John, C. F. J. Hankinson, and Arthur G. M. Hesilrige. Debretts peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage ...: comprises information concerning persons bearing hereditary or courtesy titles, privy councillors, knights, companions of the various orders, and the collateral branches of all peers and baronets. London: Odhams Press, 1947. Page 199




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