The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: Taliesin Thomas
Surname: Evans

Gender: Male

Birth date: 23 April 1871

Birth place:
English Spelling: Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, Wales
Welsh Spelling: Merthyr Tudful, Glamorganshire, Wales

Death date: 4 November 1944

Death place: Dragerton, Carbon, Utah, United States

Burial date: 8 November 1944

Burial place: Dragerton, Carbon, Utah, United States

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Emily Jane Whimpey (1875-1969)

Married 16 January 1895 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Left Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 11 August 1888 aboard the ship Wisconsin.
Arrived in New York, Kings, New York, United States on 23 August 1888.

Evans, Taliesin Thomas - Journal

Brief biography of Taliesin Thomas Evans:
Taliesin Thomas Evans was born April 23, 1871 at Abercanaid, Glamorganshire, Wales, the son of Isaac Evans and Catherine Thomas. As a convert he was baptized March 3, 1883, by David T. Evans, his brother, and emigrated to Utah in 1888, crossing the Atlantic in the ship "Wisconsin." He was called as a missionary to his native land of Wales and was ordained a Seventy by Brother George Reynolds and at the same time was set apart for his mission on June 26, 1891. His Missionary Certificate was signed by Wilford Woodruff, George Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith of the First Presidency. His two years mission ended on June 3, 1893 with a permission of release signed by Alfred Solomon, President of the European Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 42 Islington, Liverpool, England. Taliesin became a citizen of the United States on 28 September 1894 and the certificate stated that he was a resident of Scofield, Carbon County at that time. In January, 1895, he married Emily Jane Whimpey, who bore him nine children, namely, Oscar W., Taliesin W., Vivian Alice, Isaac W., Susannah Maud, Ivor W., Emily Jane, Lucile and Pershing W. At Pleasant Valley he acted as Sunday School superintendent and Ward chorister. Later he moved to Sunnyside, Carbon County, Utah, where he was chosen as Bishop of the Sunnyside Ward, being ordained to that position by Apostle Rudger Clawson on September 24, 1916. He acted as school trustee in Winter Quarters for four years, served on the board of the Carbon County high school, and was a member of the committee which selected the site for the high school building at Price, Utah. He later settled in Castle Dale where he lived during the time his children where young adults. Near the end of his life he moved to be with his daughter, Vivian, who was living in Dragerton. There he died on 4 Nov 1944 and was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery on 7 Nov 1944.