Robert Evans (1882 - 1962)

Born 24 May 1882 in Somenos, North Cowichan, British Columbia, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Clara Annie (Bishop) Evans — married 12 Oct 1910 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Died 14 Feb 1962 at age 79 in Duncan, British Columbia, Canada

Biography

Robert Evans was born in British Columbia, Canada.

Robert Evans was born Somenos, North Cowichan, British Columbia, Canada on 24 May 1882 to David Evans and Margaret Nairn McLay.^[1]

Their family resided in North Cowichan.^[2][3]

Robert, a sawyer, married Clara Annie Bishop at her parents' home in Victoria, British Columbia on 12 Oct 1910.^[4][5]

They lived in the Quamichan district.^[6]

He passed away at the King's Daughters Hospital in Duncan, British Columbia 14 Feb 1962.^[7] Robert was survived by his wife and three sons, as well as two brothers and two sisters.^[8]

Cremation took place at the Royal Oak Crematorium in Saanich, British Columbia on 16 Feb 1962.^[7] A headstone for Robert is located at St. Mary's Anglican Cemetery in Duncan.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "British Columbia Birth Registrations," database with images. Entry for Robert Evans; Registration Number: 1882-09-806249, Somenos, 24 May 1882. http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/5106fa0c-d059-463e-9f3a-fa8cfec2b559 Royal British Columbia Museum: BC Archives (royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/genealogy : accessed 15 Jan 2020).
2. ↑ "Canada Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWK3-CK7 : 3 August 2016), Robert Evans, Cowichan North, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148093.
3. ↑ "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHVV-KL5 : 23 February 2021), Robert Eans in household of David Evans, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; citing p. 1, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
4. ↑ "British Columbia Marriage Registrations," database with images. Entry for Robert Evans and Clara Annie Bishop; Registration Number: 1910-09-020460, Victoria, 12 Oct 1910. http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/357d3951-24c3-41d7-bb6b-a9cf3926ca61 Royal British Columbia Museum: BC Archives (royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/genealogy : accessed 15 Jan 2020).
5. ↑ Wedding of Clara A. Bishop and Robert Evans; Victoria, BC: The Victoria Daily Times, 14 Oct 1910, p8. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77577671/evans-bishop (newspapers.com : accessed 12 May 2021).
6. ↑ "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9P-BMWR : 16 March 2018), Robert Evans, 1911; citing Census, Nanaimo Sub-Districts 1-28, British Columbia, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,660.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} "British Columbia Death Registrations," database with images. Entry for Robert Evans; Registration Number: 1962-09-002553, Victoria, 14 Feb 1962. http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/dc779266-3fd4-402b-9d0b-da999bf63d8d Royal British Columbia Museum: BC Archives (royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/genealogy : accessed 15 Jan 2020).
8. ↑ "Rites held for Duncan native son," Vancouver, BC: The Province, 17 Feb 1962, p1. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42382509/robert_evans_obituary (newspapers.com : accessed 15 Jan 2020).
9. ↑ Canadian Headstones, database with images. Entry for Robert Evans, St. Mary's Anglican Church, Duncan, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, British Columbia. psid=1540339. https://canadianheadstones.ca/search-item.html?psid=1540339 (canadianheadstones.ca : accessed 15 Jan 2020).