Hubert R. Evans

1892 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Hubert R. Evans
  Born	9 May 1892	, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Military	WW1
  Residence	1911	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Methodist
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-65613P
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I65613	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	William Evans,   b. 31 Jan 1861, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Frances A.,   b. 18 Mar 1866, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F17149	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Hubert Evans was a writer and poet as well as a newspaper reporter and salmon hatchery superintendent. He was born in Galt, Ontario and served in World War I before moving to British Columbia. He married Ann (Anna) Emily Winter in 1920 and, in 1926, decided to take up freelance writing as a full time occupation. From the 1930s through the 1950s, Evans published many adventure and wilderness stories for young readers. He expanded his readership in 1954 with the publication of Mist on the River. Canadian audiences were also able to listen to his radio plays and adaptations of his stories which were broadcast by the CBC. He was the recipient of an honourary degree from Simon Fraser University in 1984. List of Books written by Hubert Evans: 1926 Forest Friends (short stories) ,1927 The New Front Line (novel), 1928 Derry, Airedale of the Frontier (children), 1929 Derry's Partner (children), 1930 Derry of Totem Creek (children), 1930 The Silent Call (short stories), 1949 North to the Unknown River (biography), 1954 Mist on the River (novel), 1956 Mountain Dog (children), 1974 Bits and Pieces (poetry), 1976 Whittlings (poetry), 1979 O Time in Your Flight (novel), 1981 Son of the Salmon People (children), 1981 Endings (poetry), 1982 Mostly Coast People: The Collected Poetry of Hubert Evans (poetry

  
  

• Sources

  [S259] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1901, Galt (Town/Ville) C-9 Page 12. [S572] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1911, Div. 18 Page 27.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 May 1892 - , Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth