Surname Search: "Evans"

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The goal of these surname search blog posts is to help you connect with other researchers interested in these surnames, and to find more information about your ancestors. Use the resources below as a stepping point to find credible sources, and remember: not every “Jane Doe” is your “Jane Doe”! If you have information related to the Evans surname, or would like to reach out to fellow Evans genealogy researchers, leave a comment. Please do not share any information about those still living to respect privacy.

Evans

Related surnames or alternate spellings: Evins

Notable ancestors include:

• Bill Evans - jazz musician

• Charles E. “Chick” Evans, Jr. - amateur golfer

• Edith Corse Evans - Titanic victim

• Frank Oliver Evans - Titanic survivor

• Ian Ernest Gilmore “Gil” Evans - Canadian jazz musician

• John Evans - qualifying ancestor, First Families of Maryland

• Josh Ryan Evans - TV actor

• Mal Evans - roadie for the Beatles

• Michael “Mike” Jonas Evans - TV actor

• Oliver Evans - inventor, created first continuous production line

• Robert Evans - A2503 qualifying ancestor, Jamestowne Society

• Thomas Rees Evans - qualifying ancestor, First Families of Pennsylvania

• Walker Evans - photographer

Genealogy websites

• “Evans Family History” (Rootsweb)

• “Evans Family WebPage” web.pdx.edu

• “Evans” 1st Generation Genealogy

• “Evans” Janis’ Genealogy (Rootsweb)

• “The Evans family from The Wirral and Cheshire” Juliet’s Genealogy

• “The Evans family of Gwynedd, Pennsylvania” friendsjournal.org

• “The Evans Family” The Lost Creek Settlement of Vigo County, Indiana

• “The Evans Family” The Seibel Family Stories

Message boards & mailing lists

• “[community research] John Evans (c. 1886 - 1947)” thread on reddit

• “Evans Family of Arklow” on County Wicklow Heritage

• “Evans” posts on Ancestry.com Message Boards

• “Evans” posts on Genealogy.com GenForum Message Boards

• “Henry Evans” thread on british-genealogy.com forum

• “Samuel Lavington Evans Sr” thread on reddit

• “Searching for information on Mary Jane Evans as of 1915 we have her address in Cardiff Wales…” thread on reddit

• “The Evans family” thread on Forest of Dean FHT Forum

Social media groups & societies

• “Evans Family History” Facebook page

• “Evans Family History - from Wales to Michigan” Facebook page

Photographs:

• “A.L. Evans, 1903” Library of Congress

• “Alice Evans, Mrs. W.W. Evans, Ruth Evans, and Edith Evans, 1911” Minnesota Historical Society

• “Alice Evans” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Amateur golfer Charles E. “Chick” Evans, 1920” Library of Congress

• “Anne Evans on Mount Evans, 1932” University of Denver

• “Bernice Evans, 1891” Library of Congress

• “C.F. Evans, 1935” Library of Congress

• “C.R. Evans Family, 1954” Fort Collins History Connection

• “Clifford Evans family, various groups” Media Historic Archives Commission

• “Clinton Evans” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Commander Edward Evans, 1914” Library of Congress

• “Cora Evans” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “E.S. Evans, 1901” Library of Congress

• “Elizabeth Glendower Evans” Library of Congress

• “Evan Evans, East Saugus” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Evans family children, 1899” Sonoma County Library

• “Evans family portrait” Ball State University

• “Evans family reunion” Winding Rivers Library

• “Evans Family: Gladys, Laura, Martin, Estella, Wilford, Floyd” The University of Utah

• “Evans Family: Mr and Mrs Evans with children Martin Evans and Stella Evans” The University of Utah

• “Evans, 1894” Library of Congress

• “Evans” surname on Dead Fred

• “Helen Evans, 1905” Library of Congress

• “John Evans, age 78, 1936” Library of Congress

• “L.L. Evans, 1903” Library of Congress

• “Lizzie Evans, 1884” Library of Congress

• “Lizzie Evans” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Louise Evans, 1937” Library of Congress

• “Luther Evans, 1902” Library of Congress

• “M.E. Evans, 1903” Library of Congress

• “Mary Evans [boy], 1891" Library of Congress

• “Millie Evans, age 87, 1936” Library of Congress

• “Miriam Evans, 1894” Library of Congress

• “Miss Gloria B. Evans” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Miss Nina Evans, 1891” Library of Congress

• “Robb Evans” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Roland Evans family, 1901” Media Historic Archives Commission

• “Sallie Evans, 1894” Library of Congress

• “T.D. Evans, 1903” Library of Congress

• “Thomas Evans, 1894” Library of Congress

• “William L. Evans” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Willis Evans, 1905” Library of Congress

Website clippings, news articles, blog posts (no paywalls)

• “Evans Family, Atchison KS” 20 June 2021. Uncovering Roots.

• “Evans family of Granville County - descendants of Jane Gibson ‘a free Indian woman” 31 May 2015. Native American Roots.

• Hartley, Cheryl Biermann. “James Burton Evans - A murder story halfway told - 52 Ancestors 2015 #26” My Search for the Past.

• Ho, Yen. “The Evans Family” 10 Nov 2022. Wissahickon Valley Historian

• Record, Jeff. “Evan Evans with a candlestick…” 26 April 2021. Vita Brevis, American Ancestors

• Vick, James Larry. “Family history of Eli Joseph Evans” 29 Apr 2023. Joseph Vick Family of America Genealogical Society.

Artifacts

• “Evans genealogy” notes on FamilySearch

• “George Evans, Civil War Soldier’s Record” Chicopee Archives Online

• “John Evans, Civil War Soldier’s Record” Chicopee Archives Online

• “Joshua Evans Diary and Autobiography, 1731 - 1793” University North Carolina

Correspondence and letters

• “Camden Evans letters” University of Georgia

• “Charles D. Evans letter to Benjamin Cluff Jr.” BYU Library Digital Collections

• “E. J. Evans Letter, 1942” UMass Amherst

• “Eralee Evans, 1937” UMass Amherst

• “James A. Evans correspondence, Omaha, Nebraska, 1864 - 1867” Iowa University Libraries

• “Letter from E. Evans to Joseph Lyman, 1856” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Letter from Isaac Evans to Joseph Lyman, 1857” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Martha Evans correspondence” Goldmine, UNC Charlotte

• “Robley D. Evans correspondence, 1949 - 1952” American Philosophical Society Library

• “Thomas L. Evans Civil War correspondence” EWU Digital Commons

Homes & historical markers

• “Beverly, Hospital Point, Robert Evans House” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Evans House” Salem, Virginia

• “John Newton Evans Mansion”, Reno

• “The Byers-Evans House” Denver, Colorado

• “The Evans House”

• “The Evans House” Arizona

• “Thomas Evans House” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “William and Mordecai Evans House” Pennsylvania

• “Wilmot Evans House” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Wilson Bruce Evans Home” Ohio

Oral histories

• “Dorothy Evans oral history interview, 2010” University of South Carolina

• “Gwil Evans oral history interview, 2008” Oregon State University

• “Interview with Don Evans, 1985” American Archive of Public Broadcasting

• “Oral history interview with Daniel J. Evans, 2000” The Oregon Historical Society

• “Oral history interview with Eli N. Evans, 1999” Columbia University Libraries

• “Oral history interview with Martha W. Evans, 1974” Documenting the American South

Finding aids (may not contain any online content)

• “Evans Family Genealogy” West Virginia University

• “Evans Family Photographs” Stockton University, Richard E. Bjork Library

• “Raymond Floyd Evans diary” University of North Carolina

Books (Online & In Print)

• Eckhardt, Ura Link. “The Evans Family, Bk 1 -2” (Full view on FamilySearch)

• Evans, James Daniel. “History of Nathaniel Evans of Cat Fish Creek, and his descendants” 1905. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Evans, Owen D. “The Evans-Jackson genealogy; the Jones and Evans families of Portage County and Mahoning County, Ohio…” 1954 (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Evans, S.A. “Descendants of David Evans of Charleston, Massachusetts: to which is appended partial records of certain families connected with them by marriage” 1893. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Evans, Samuel, and the Harrisburg Daily Telegraph. “The Evans Family” Harrisburg, PA., 1825 (Full view on FamilySearch)

• Lathrop, Wilma. “Evans Ancestry, Fall 1986” (Full view on FamilySearch)

• Neil, Julia Evans Stone. “From generation to generation. The genealogies of Dwight Stone and Olive Evans” Columbus, Ohio. 1907. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Nivin, Septimus E. “Genealogy of Evans, Nivin and allied families, by Hon. Septimus E. Nivin” Philadelphia, International Printing Company, 1930 (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Raw, Gerrie Evans. “The ancestors-descendants of Luther Evans of Allegany County, New York, 1700-1990” (Full view on FamilySearch)

• Seaver, J. Montgomery. “Evans Family Records” Philadelphia (Full view on FamilySearch)

• Seaver, J. Montgomery. “The Evans Genealogy” American Historical-Genealogical Society. Philadelphia, 1929. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Shedlowski, Karlyn Leslie. “Evans Family” 2014. (Full view on FamilySearch)

• Sheppard, Walter Lee. “The ancestry and descendants of Thomas Stickney Evans and Sarah Ann Fifield, his wife, both of Fryeburg, Maine” Ann Arbor, Edwards brothers, inc., 1940. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania “Genealogy of the Evans Family: descendants of Robert Lewis Evans” (Full view on FamilySearch)

• White, Elwanda Drennan. “Daniel and Isabel Evans and their descendants” Illinois, 1973. (Full view on Internet Archive)

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