Smith Evans^[1]

1843 - 1919  (76 years)

• Name	Smith Evans
  Born	8 Feb 1843	Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-81696
  Died	6 Mar 1919	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I81696	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	James Evans,   b. 23 Nov 1810, Croxden, Staffordshire, England ,   d. 9 Aug 1891, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Sarah DeVille,   b. 1814, Woolverton, , Somerset, England ,   d. 21 May 1903, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F285432	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Hammersley,   b. 10 Apr 1848, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Aug 1927, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Children	1. Robert Hammersley Evans,   b. 23 Nov 1870, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Feb 1922, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 51 years)   2. Albert Evans,   b. 1878, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Isabell Evans,   b. 19 Oct 1886,   d. 1976  (Age 89 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F21293	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  EVANS, SMITH On Thursday morning, March 6th 1919, at his home on concession 4, Township of Puslinch, aged 76 years, 26 days. Fifty years ago last January, he was united in marriage to Sarah Hammersley who, with three sons and three daughters, survives him: Robert H., at home; Mrs. Oswald Sorby of Guelph; Mrs. James Buchanan of Eramosa; Albert of Beaverton; William S. of Guelph; Isabel, at home. Two sisters also survive, Mrs. McLean of Toronto; and Mrs. Broughton of Bright. The funeral services were held from his residence on Saturday, March 8th, conducted by Rev. Green of Memorial Methodist Church, at which church Mr. Evans had been a regular attendant throughout his entire life. Interment was made in Hespeler Cemetery. Mr. Evans was one of the oldest pioneers in his locality, having been bornspending his entire life at his residence. His father, the late . . . . Evans came to this country years of age and settled on this same farm. The old homestead has, since that time, been handed down from generation to generation, now being owned by his eldest son, Robert. Mr. Evans was a most successful farmer and breeder of thoroughbred Oxford Down sheep, in which stock he took a very great interest, fitting them for competition at the larger provincial exhibitions in Ontario, always being very successful at winning prizes. -Information from the death certificate: Born in Puslinch, son of James Evans and Sarah Tovell. Informant - Isabel A. Evans of R. R. #6, Guelph. 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

  [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Honnah M Stunns Born: On Age: 25 Father: Gottlieb Stunns Mother: Mary Cober Born: abt 1878 Spouse: Albert Evans Age: 24 born: On Father: Smith Evans Mother: Sarah Hammersley married 17 Oct 1903 married: Wellington [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/213125754/smith-evans.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 8 Feb 1843 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 6 Mar 1919 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth