Not to be confused with Lieutenant E.R.G.R. "Teddy" Evans, Scott's second-in-command on the Terra Nova expedition.
Edgar Evans was born on 7 March 1876 in Rossilli, Glamorgan, Wales. Edgar's birth was registered in the Apr-May-Jun quarter of 1876 in the Gower district.[1] His parents were Charles Evans and Sarah (Beynon) Evans. His father was away at sea during most of Edgar's childhood, and appears on the 1891 census, when Edgar was 15 and just about to enlist in the Royal Navy.
Name | Relation | Status | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
Sarah Evans | Head | Married | F | 41 | Mariners Wife | Rhossilly, Glamorganshire, Wales |
Arthur Evans | Son | Single | M | 7 | Scholar | Rhossilly, Glamorganshire, Wales |
Edgar Evans | Son | Single | M | 5 | Scholar | Rhossilly, Glamorganshire, Wales |
George Evans | Son | Single | M | 3 | Rhossilly, Glamorganshire, Wales | |
Eliza Jane Evans | Daughter | Single | F | 1 | Rhossilly, Glamorganshire, Wales |
Name | Relation | Status | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
Charles Evans | Head | Married | M | 52 | Mariner | Glamorganshire, England |
Sarah Evans | Wife | Married | F | 53 | Glamorganshire, England | |
Arthur Evans | Son | Single | M | 17 | Postman | Glamorganshire, England |
Edgar Evans | Son | M | 15 | Glamorganshire, England |
Edgar enlisted in the Royal Navy in 1891, aged 16. In 1899 he served on board HMS Majestic alongside Robert Falcon Scott.
Scott's first Antarctic expedition (called Discovery after the three-masted wooden ship used) lasted from 1901 to 1904. Edgar Evans joined this expedition, and also went to Victoria Land (near the Ross Ice Shelf) in 1903. Upon their return to England, Evans married Lois Beynon (possibly his cousin?) in 1904.
Edgar's marriage to Lois Beynon was registered in the Oct-Nov-Dec quarter of 1904 in the Gower district.[4]
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Categories: Rhosili, Glamorgan | Terra Nova (1884) | Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica