ARCHIVE: Charles Evans (emigrated to Canada from Handsworth)

[gardener]

On this thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=17335 we had William Thornton born Lingen

1881
Almeley, Herefordshire
Wm. Thornton 23 b Lingen Herefordshire
Phoebe Thornton 22 Birmingham (age probably says 33)
Mary Jane Thornton 3 Handsworth

on here viewtopic.php?f=29&t=17344&p=180307#p180307 is his first marriage

Name: William Thornton
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1850
Marriage Date: 19 Jul 1874
Marriage Age: 24
Marriage Place: Handsworth, St James, England
Spouse: Phebe Willetts
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Marriage Age: 25
Spouse's Father: Thomas Willetts
Reference Number: DRO 90/18
Archive Roll: 563

Witness to both first and second marriage is Charles Evans

I wonder if this is him?

1881
Handsworth
William Evans 51
Eliza Evans 54
George Evans 27 born Lingen Herefordshire
Charles Evans 24
Sarah Duffield 21
Albert Evans 17
Arthur Evans 12

1891
Handsworth
Charles Evans 34
Sarah Evans 34
William Evans 5
Arthur Evans 2
Thomas Lowe 41

here is the marriage
Name: Charles Evans
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1857
Marriage Date: 30 Mar 1885
Marriage Age: 28
Marriage Place: Handsworth, St James, England
Spouse: Sarah Lowe
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Marriage Age: 28
Father: William Evans
Spouse's Father: Henry Lowe
Reference Number: DRO 90/19
Archive Roll: 563

But what is interesting (to me) is that poor William Evans turns up in 1901

Name: Wm Henry Evans
Age: 15
Estimated birth year: abt 1886
Relation to Head: Inmate
ED, institution, or vessel: The Childrens Emigration Homes
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 2816
Folio: 178

The said "Home" was "a home for the training and emigration of children from vicious and paupering surroundings".
I have not come across that before.

New Hampshire marriage records has him
Name: William Henry Evans
Marriage Date: 3 Dec 1919
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Place: Somersworth, New Hampshire
Birth Date: abt 1885
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Charles Evans
Mother's name: Sarah Lowe
Spouse Name: Mary Kirkwood
Spouse Age: 21
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Father's Name: Thomas Kirkwood
Spouse Mother's Name: Margaret Donahue
FHL Film Number: 2057954

and his brother must have gone to Canada too

Name: Arthur Evans
Arrival Date: 14 May 1921
Port of Arrival: Vanceboro, Maine, USA
Arrival Contact: Brother Wm
Age: 34
Birth Date: abt 1887
Birth Place: Birmingham
Birth Country: England
Gender: Male
Race/Nationality: English
Record has photo?: No
Record Type: Cards

(Just thought I would add this here in case anyone should be looking for him. No need to add to BCC unless you want. I think it is right, but there are a lot of Evans-es)

[mallosa]

Phew! Well done Gardener...

I have added to BCC - http://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/fa ... ans-Family

Found this, could it be our Sarah (wife of Charles)

1901: Chelsea Workhouse
Sarah Evans
Age: 45
Estimated birth year: abt 1856
Relation to Head: Inmate - Married - formally a Charwoman
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Staffordshire, England
Civil Parish: Chelsea
Ecclesiastical parish: St Luke Chelsea
County/Island: London
Piece: 76
Folio: 11
Page Number: 16
Household schedule number: 1

[mallosa]

I wonder what happened to Charles