Origin:
Welsh
Spelling
variations include: Evans, Evan, Evance, Evands, Evanson, Evason, Evens and many
more.
First
found in Herefordshire where they were recorded as a family of great antiquity
seated at Eyton with manor and estates in that shire.
Some
of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Stephen Evan
who settled in Philadelphia in 1683 with his wife and two children and others.
Coat
of Arms: Blue
with a gold lion.
Crest: A stag.
Motto: Libertas
Motto Translated: Description not available
This
information above was obtained from the Swyrich
website, for now we will be dealing with the ancestors and descendents of:
Albert
Cunningham Evans
d.1934
in New Brunswick, Canada
And
m.1907
in New Brunswick, Canada
Elizabeth
Gertrude Macfarland
1884-1934
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