Alfred Evans

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-219867

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EVANS, ALFRED

At the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Chris R. Bond of the Lake Rd. in Puslinch Township, on Tuesday, July 28, 1936, in his 86^th year. The district loses a leader and lifelong resident, one of Puslinch Township's most prominent citizens. Mr. Evans was a son of William Evans and Mary Kydd, who came to Canada from England about a century ago, settling in Puslinch Township, near the Brock Road. Mr. Evans was born in Puslinch, on the farm now occupied by his brother, Thomas, near Hespeler. Some fifty-eight years ago, he married Margaret Porter, who predeceased him in the fall of 1930. He was a member of the United Church and served in active positions on the church board. He took an active interest in civic and political affairs and was interested in sports of all sorts. For the greater part of his life, he was engaged in farming on the third concession in Puslinch Township but nine years ago, retired and took up residence in Hespeler. Following the death of his wife, he lived for a time with his son, Arthur in Puslinch. Of later years, he has made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Bond. Surviving are: three daughters, Mrs. C. R. Bond; Mrs. W. A. Grier of Owen Sound; Mrs. I. W. Shirk, missionary in Africa; six sons, Arthur, Percy and Robert of Puslinch; Kenneth of Leamington; Fred of Melfort, SK; George of Davis, SK; and one brother, Thomas Evans of Puslinch Township. The funeral from the home of his daughter, Mrs. C. R. Bond of Puslinch Township, took place on Thursday at 2, attended by a large number of friends. The pastor of the United Church, Rev. J. W. Hunt officiated, assisted by Rev. J. H. Peer of the Baptist Tabernacle. Interment in Hespeler Cemetery. Pallbearers: John Taylor, C. R. Bond, Lewis Evans, William Ross, W. J. Little and Edwin Shantz.

-Information from the marriage certificate: Born c. 1852, son of William Evans and Mary Kidd.

-Information from marriage certificates: Of the children of Alfred Evans and Margaret Porter, Minnie M. (born c. 1880) married William A. Grier on May 23, 1900; Jane Edith (born c. 1883) married Rev. I. W. Sherk on Jan. 8, 1918

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Alfred — Margaret Porter. Margaret was born 11 Jul 1854, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 23 Oct 1930, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Margaret Bertha Evans was born 28 Oct 1886, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 23 Dec 1953, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. John Percival Evans was born 26 Aug 1889, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1967; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Robert Stanley Evans was born 30 Aug 1896, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 28 Jul 1967, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-462309
• Occupation: 1861, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Residence: 1861, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada

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EVANS, WILLIAM

At his home in Puslinch, on Wednesday, on the evening of the 21^st January 1896, at the ripe age of 80 years, following his wife to the grave within eleven days, another who braved the pioneer life in Puslinch. Mr. and Mrs. Evans were married for more than fifty years. Mr. Evans emigrated from Staffordshire, England in 1839, locating on lot 2, concession 4, Puslinch. About five years afterwards, he moved to lot 7 of the same concession, residing there till his death. By constant application and excellent judgment, the home became one of the finest in the township, farm after farm being added. He always took more enjoyment in developing the resources of his home, than in aspiring to positions of public trust or seeking municipal honours. He was a kind and obliging neighbour and always charitable when charity was merited. Though he had been in poor health for some time, his death was rather sudden. His funeral on the 23^rd to Kirkland Cemetery was very largely attended by people from far and near.

-Information from the death certificate: Death ensued after 7 months with la grippe. Informant - Thomas Evans.

-Information from the 1906 Atlas of Wellington County: Succeeded his father, John Evans to lot 5, concession 3, Puslinch. Married Mary Kidd. Children were William F. of Waterloo; John of Guelph; Mrs. John Taylor of Guelph; Alfred (born 1852); Annie; Thomas; and David

-Information from the death certificate of Mary Jane Taylor: Born in Puslinch on March 3, 1853, daughter of William Evans and Mary Kidd. Died in the Guelph General Hospital on April 1, 1924, aged 71 years. Informant - John Moses Taylor of 2 Hardy St. in Guelph, her husband. Burial in Kirkland Cemetery, Puslinch.

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William married Mary Kidd 22 Dec 1831, Home District, Ontario, Canada. Mary was born 10 Jul 1822, Seamer Near Scarborough, Yorkshire, England; died 10 Jan 1896, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Howitt Memorial Cemetery (formerly Kirkland Cemetery), Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary Evans
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-462310
• Residence: 1861, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada

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EVANS, MARY (Nee Kidd)

Mrs. William Evans, on Friday, January 10^th 1896, in the 74^th year of her age, after an illness of a little more than a week, another of the honoured pioneers that helped to make Puslinch Township and our country at large, what it is today. She came to this country from England with her father, the late John Kidd, in 1830 and settled on a farm on the Brock Road, where she resided for several years. In 1847, she married William Evans of the 4^th concession of Puslinch, the home she went to being her home till her death, a period of forty-nine years. Here the work of pioneer life was carried on with such intelligence and energy, that the farm was soon made one of the best in the township and as years elapsed, farm after farm was added, upon which most of the different members of the family are now situated. The family consists of five boys and two girls: Phenton, living in Waterloo Township near Hespeler; John, with his sister, Miss Ady, living on Manitoulin Island; Miss Evans, at home; Alfred and David, on farms near by; and Thomas, on the homestead. The members of the family are all highly respected and well known throughout the township and surrounding country. Mrs. Evans was a lady of that benevolent disposition, of whom it may truly be said, no one was ever sent hungry from her door. She was modest and retiring in her demeanor, a desirable neighbour, a good wife, an affectionate mother, her greatest ambition ever centring in the promotion of the best interests of her family and home. Her funeral on Sunday, notwithstanding the inclemency of the day, was one of the largest seen in the township. She was interred in the Kirkland Cemetery. The family have the sympathy of the entire community, rendered doubly great by the fact that their aged father is, at present and was at the time of the mother's death, in an apparently dying and unconscious condition.

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