Descendants of Richard & Christian JOHNSTON

Third Generation

Family of Christiana JOHNSTON (2) & Ezekial EVANS

7. William EVANS (Christiana JOHNSTON2, Richard1). Born in 1831 in Stranahone Townland, Magheraculmoney, Fermanagh, Ireland. Christened on 5 Jun 1831 in St Marys Church, Ardess, Magheraculmoney Parish, Fermanagh, Ireland. William died in Tay Township, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, on 27 Aug 1895; he was 64.

- 1861 County Marriage Registers of Ontario, Archives of Ontario, Vol 14, Durham County, page 30
1861 Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928
Name: William Evans
Age: 25
Birth Date: abt 1836
Birth Place: Ireland
Marriage Date: 22 Aug 1861
Marriage County or District: Northumberland and Durham
Father: E Evans
Mother: Christina Evans
Spouse: Elisabeth Atkinson
Spouse's Age: 17
Spouse Birth Date: abt 1844
Spouse Birth Place: Cartwright Township
Spouse Residence: Cartwright Township
Spouse Father: Henry Atkinson
Spouse Mother: Ann Atkinson
Residence: Cartwright Township [no image]

- 1831 Baptismal records, 1830-1849, St Mary’s church, Ardess, Fermanagh, Ireland
http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/fermanagh/churches/ardess-bap-03.htm
Baptised 5 Jun 1831, William, Ezekiel Evans, Cristian, resStranahone, bapt by: Richard L Clifford

1891 Census of Canada [as of 24 Apr 1891]
Name: William Evans
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 57
Birth Year: abt 1834
Birthplace: Ireland
Relation to Head-of-house: Head
Religion: Free Church
French Canadian: No
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Evans
Father's Birth Place: Ireland
Mother's Birth Place: Ireland
Province: Ontario
District Number: 116
District: Simcoe East
Subdistrict: Tay
Household Members:
Name Age - all Presbyterian
William Evans 57 - M, 57, M, head, Ireland x3, farmer
Elizabeth Evans 46 - F, 46, M, Wife, Ont, Ireland x2
Robert Evans 25 - M, 25, son, Ont, Ireland, Ont, fisherman worker,
Samuel Evans 23 - M, 23, son, Ont, Ireland, Ont, laborer worker
William Evans 21 - M, 21, son, Ont, Ireland, Ont, farmer
Joseph Evans 19 - M, 19, son, Ont, Ireland, Ont, farmer
j Frank Evans 18 - M, 18, son, Ont, Ireland, Ont, farmer
Maggie Evans 16 - F, 16, dau, Ont, Ireland, Ont, farmer
Sarah J Evans 14 - F, 14, dau, Ont, Ireland, Ont, farmer
Christiana Evans 13 - F, 13, Dau, Ont, Ireland, Ont
Johnston Evans 11 - M, 11, son, Ont, Ireland, Ont
Thomas Evans 9 - M, 9, son, Ont, Ireland, Ont
Frederick Evans 8 - M, 8, son Ont, Ireland, Ont
Andrew Evans 5 - M, 5, son, Ont, Ireland, Ont
Carles E Evans 3 - M, 3, son, Ont, Ireland, Ont
Ernest Evans 3 - M, 3, son, Ont, Ireland, Ont
Irwin Evans 11/12 - M, 11/12, son, Ont, Ireland, Ont
Year: 1891; Census Place: Tay, Simcoe East, Ontario; Roll: T-6368; Family No: 35

- 1895 Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947
Name: William Evans - farmer, Presbyterian
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1831
Birth Place: Ireland
Age at Death: 64
Death Date: 27 Aug 1895
Death Place: Simcoe, Ontario, Canada - Division of Tay
COD: General beak up, 5 months
Physician: Dr McGee & Dr Raikes?
Informant: Mrs Wm Evans, Tay
Registered 5th Sep 1895
No. 016291
Archives of Ontario; Series: MS935; Reel: 77 image 0133

RESEARCH NOTES
Is this the right person?
- 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia
Name: William Evans
Gender: Male
Age: 20
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1832
Birthplace: Ireland
Province: Canada West (Ontario)
District: Durham County
District Number: 6
Sub-District: Cartwright
Sub-District Number: 39
Household Members:
Name Age
William Evans 20
Year: 1851; Census Place: Cartwright, Durham County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11718; Page: 59; Line: 17
Likely part of this household: lines 7-18, line 7=plank house, lines 14-18 not members of the family
Robert Spinks, Carpeter, Canada, CofE, 30, M, mar
Elizabeth Spinks, Canada, CofE, 30, F, mar
Marthew Jane Spinks, Canada, CofE, 7, F
Albert A Spinks, Canada, CofE, 6, M
George Henry Spinks, Canada, CofE, 3, M
Francis W Spinks, Canada, CofE, 1, M
Robert Spinks Canada, CofE, 1, M
Elizabeth Lipset?, Ireland, CofE, 22, F
William H Grovly?, Canada, CofE, 10, M
David Johnston, Ireland, CofE, 19, M
William Evans, Ireland, CofE, 20, M
June Nyland?, Canada, CofE, Whitby, 17, F - out of limits, perhaps a different houseold?
Lines 19-25 lists the Kilpatric family with 2 Johnstons living there in a “log shant”y:
24 Elizabeth Johnston, Ireland, CofE, 18, F, single, not in family
25 John Johnston, Ireland, CofE, 28, M, Wr, in his own “log shanty”
Lines 2-6, the previous household , living in a log house...
William Diver, Farmer, Ireland, Methodist Wesly’n, 25, M, mar
Mary Ann Dever, Canada, Methodist Wesly’n, 23, F, mar
John Dever, Canada, Methodist Wesly’n, 3, M
Francis Dever, Canada, Methodist Wesly’n, 1, M
Abraham Dinsmer?, Ireland, Methodist Wesly’n, 15, M
Line 1 this page, see also previous page, lines 48-50), log shanty
1 Isabella Johnston, Canada, EC, 3, F
48 William JOhnston, farmer, Ireland, EC, 30, M, mar
49 Mary Johnston, Ireland EC, 26, F, mar
Ann Jane Johnston, Ireland, EC, 6

On 22 Aug 1861 when William was 30, he married Elizabeth ATKINSON in Cartwright Township, Durham, Ontario, Canada. Born on 29 Nov 1844 in Cartwright Township, Durham, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth died in Tay Township, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, on 26 Apr 1924; she was 79. Buried on 27 Apr 1924 in Victoria Harbor.

- 1901 Census of Canada
Name: Elizabeth Evans
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widowed
Age: 56
Birth Day & Month: 29 Nov
Birth Year: 1844
Birthplace: Ontario
Relation to Head of House: Mother
Racial or Tribal Origin: Irish
Nationality: Canadian
Religion: Methodist
Province: Ontario
District: Simcoe (east/est)
District Number: 113
Sub-District: Tay
Sub-District Number: M-2
Household Members:
Name Age - all Irish, Canadian, Meth - lines 12-22)
Wm Evans 31 - M, W, head, S, Sept 27 1869, 31, O R, farm Laborer, 12mo, $250
Elizabeth Evans 56 - F, W, mother, M, Nov 29 1834?, 56, O R
Samuel Evans 33 - M, W, bro, S, Dec 1 1867, 33, O R, lab, 12mo 300
Christie Evans 23 - F, W, sister, S, Mar 24 1878, 23, O R,
Johnston Evans 21 - M, W, bro, S, Mar 24? 1880, 21, O R, farm laborer, 8mo $130
Thos Evans 19 - M, W, bro, S, J? 23, 1881, 19, Farm laborer, 6mo $100
Fred Evans 18 - M, W, bro, S Apr 8, 1883, 18, Farm laborer, 12mo $180
Andrew Evans 16 - M, W, bro, S, May 25, 1884, 16, O R,
Charley Evans 14 - M, W, bro, S, Jan/Jun 7, 1886, 14, O R
Ben Evans 14 - M, W, bro, S, June 7, 1886, 14, O R
Quin [Irwin] Evans 10 - M, W, bro, S, May 28, 1892? 10, O R
Year: 1901; Census Place: Tay, Simcoe (east/est), Ontario; Page: 10; Family No: 85

- 1911 Census of Canada
Name: Elizabeth Ann Evans
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Age: 66
Birth Date: Nov 1844
Birth Place: Ontario
Relation to Head of House: Head
Race or Tribe: Irish
Province: Ontario
District: Simcoe East
District Number: 119
Sub-District: 21 - Tay
Sub-District Number: 21
Household Members:
Name Age
Elizabeth Ann Evans 66
Samuel Evans 43
Christina Evans 33
Johnston Evans 31
Andrew Evans 25
Charles Evans 23
Marie Evans 20
Mary Storick 15
Albert Robinson 33
Year: 1911; Census Place: 21 - Tay, Simcoe East, Ontario; Page: 14; Family No: 121

- 1921 Census of Canada
Name: Ann E Evans
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widowed
Age: 77
Birth Year: abt 1844
Birth Place: Ontario
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father Birth Place: Ontario
Mother Birth Place: Ontario
Racial or Tribal Origin: Irish
Province or Territory: Ontario
District: Simcoe East
District Number: 126
Sub-District: Tay (Township)
Sub-District Number: 17
City, Town or Village: Tay
Street or Township: 5th Concess
Municipality: Tay
Household Members:
Name Age
Ann E Evans 77
Sam Evans 53
Fred Evans 36
Audy Evans 35
Nellie Evans 31
Jim Fosser 19
Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 86; Census Place: Tay (Township), Simcoe East, Ontario; Page Number: 3

- 1924 Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947
Name: Elizabeth Ann Evans - housewife, widow, Irish
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1845 - 29 Nov 18?4
Birth Place: Cartwright
Age at Death: 79yr 5mo 27dys
Death Date: 26 Apr 1924
Death Place: Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
Father: Atkinson Thos H, County Cavan, Ireland
Mother: Wilson, Anne Jane, Ireland
Informant Samuel Evans, Midland RR No I, son
Burial: Victoria Harbor, Apr 27?, 1924
COD: arteriosclerosis 5yrs, myocarditis 3mo.
No. 029072

8. Francis EVANS (Christiana JOHNSTON2, Richard1). Born in 1832. Francis died in 1922; he was 90.

- 1858: tax assessment for Lot 8 in Concession 12 of Wallace Township Ontario was assed to Francis Evans. This is the same lot which James Elden Johnston had applied for permission to occupy in 1856. In the 1857 tax assessment there was no owner's name given as it was assessed to a non-resident (James Elden had relocated to Maryborough township about then)

9. Jane EVANS (Christiana JOHNSTON2, Richard1). Born in 1834. Jane died in 1891; she was 57.

10. Robert EVANS (Christiana JOHNSTON2, Richard1). Born in 1835.

11. Sarah EVANS (Christiana JOHNSTON2, Richard1). Born in 1838. Sarah died in 1929; she was 91.

12. Elizabeth EVANS (Christiana JOHNSTON2, Richard1). Born in 1840. Elizabeth died in 1916; she was 76.

13. Margaret EVANS (Christiana JOHNSTON2, Richard1). Born in 1844.

14. Rosanna EVANS (Christiana JOHNSTON2, Richard1). Born in 1846. Rosanna died in 1930; she was 84.

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