The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: John
Surname: Evans

Gender: Male

Birth date: 4 May 1879

Birth place: Pontypridd, Glamorganshire, Wales

Death date: 9 June 1943

Death place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Burial date: 12 June 1943

Burial place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

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Mary Pearl Willden (1885-1975)

Married 27 May 1906 in Mancos, Montezuma, Colorado, United States

Left Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 27 August 1892 aboard the ship Wyoming.
Arrived in New York, Kings, New York, United States on 06 September 1892.

John Evans was born 4 May 1879 in Hopkinville, Wales. He was a convert from Wales, and came over with his parents. He married Mary Pearl Willden on 27 May 1906. She was born 3 January 1885 in Mancos, Colorado, and died 2 March 1976 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He and Pearl had five children: Paul, Klea, Wanda, Vera, and IDonna. Pearl and John settled a dry wheat farm in Red Mesa, Colorado. Paul died shortly after he was born, but the others lived long lives. IDonna is still alive [2005] and just had her 86th birthday.