William Frederick Evans^[1]

1816 - 1896  (79 years)

• Name	William Frederick Evans
  Born	28 Apr 1816	Croxden, , Staffordshire, England   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1861	Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	farmer
  Residence	1861	Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-462309
  Died	21 Jan 1896	Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	Howitt Memorial Cemetery (formerly Kirkland Cemetery), Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario   [2]
  Person ID	I462309	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Family	Mary Kidd,   b. 10 Jul 1822, Seamer Near Scarborough, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 10 Jan 1896, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Married	22 Dec 1831	Home District, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. William Fenton Evans,   b. 4 Dec 1846, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Jan 1924, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)   2. Alfred Evans,   b. 26 May 1851, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Jul 1936, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)   3. Thomas Parker Evans,   b. 2 Aug 1855, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Dec 1945, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F288466	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  EVANS, WILLIAM At his home in Puslinch, on Wednesday, on the evening of the 21st 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 23rd 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. A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

  
  

• Sources

  [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012707-96. William Fenton Evans, 49, b. Puslinch Twp, res. Waterloo Twp, Widower, occ. Farmer, son of William Evans and Mary Kidd, married Hannah Ann Salt, 45, b. Puslinch Twp, res. same, daughter of James Salt and Ann Evans, Witn Carrie Millar, Mrs. Agnes Jackson, Both Galt, married 2 December 1896, Galt [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/213128636/william-evans. [S862] Census - ON, Wellington, Puslinch - 1861, Div 3, pg 57.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 28 Apr 1816 - Croxden, , Staffordshire, England Occupation - farmer - 1861 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - 1861 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 21 Jan 1896 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Howitt Memorial Cemetery (formerly Kirkland Cemetery), Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth