Reese John Evans
(1863-1937)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Gwenllian Jenkins

Reese John Evans 1 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 25 Nov 1863, Merthyr, CMN, Wales, UK 2 3 5
  • Marriage (1): Gwenllian Jenkins
  • Died: 8 Nov 1937, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, PA at age 73 2 5
  • Buried: 11 Nov 1937, Hanover Green, Luzerne, PA, USA 2 5

   FamilySearch ID: LR5T-7GQ.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1910 in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, PA. 3 The 1910 census recorded renting a home at 28 Spruce Street: Reese Evans, coal miner, 47, living with wife Gwen, 38; son Gomer, silk mil, 17; daughter Olwen, 12; and daughter Bessie, 10. The children were born in Pennsylvania and their parents in Wales. Reese and Gwen were married for 13 years, and she had birthed 5 children, 3 alive in 1910.

2. Residence: 65 Seneca St., Pittsburgh, PA on 23 Jan 1918 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. 1

3. Cause of Death: chronic myocarditis, bronchial asthma, 8 Nov 1937, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, PA. 5

4. Occupation: retired miner on 8 Nov 1937 in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, PA. 5

5. Residence: 183 Bradford St., Wilkes-Barre, PA on 8 Nov 1937 in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, PA. 5


Reese married Gwenllian Jenkins. (Gwenllian Jenkins was born on 29 Sep 1869 in Aberdare, GLA, Wales, UK,3 6 died on 13 Feb 1951 in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, PA 6 and was buried on 16 Feb 1951 in Hanover Green, Luzerne, PA, USA 6.)

Sources

1 Ancestry.com, U.S., Navy Casualites Books, 1776-1941, Gomer Jenkins Evans, d. 23 Jan 1918.

2 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=177798593.

3 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG8K-7FQ Reese Evans, Wilkes Barre Ward 14, Luzerne, Pennsylvania.

4 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 92023, Olwen M. Sowden, father Reese J. Evans, mother Gwendolyn Jenkins.

5 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 107465. Reeese John Evans. Father John R. Evans. Mother Elizabeth Jones. Spouse Gwen Evans.

6 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 14075. Gwenllian Evans. Father David Jenkins. Mother Mary Jones.


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