Origin of Surname
Evans is a patronymic form of the Welsh male baptismal name Ifan or Evan, derived from "Iohannes" through the colloquial "Iovannes", Latin forms of John.
Early records
The first Evans baptisms recorded in Jersey were the children of David and Elizabeth Hubber in St Helier in 1749 and 1752. Thomas Evans of Devon married Elizabeth Le Gros in 1777 at St Saviour.
Variants
- Evans
Family records
Family trees
Church records
- Evans baptisms in Jersey
- Evans marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Evans marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Evans burials in Jersey
Great War service
Notes on our list, abbreviations used etc
- Christopher Evans (1885-1915) (St H) son of Christopher and Sophia Shew, Private, Worcestershire Regiment, killed in action
- Thomas Francis Evans (1882-1917) (St S) son of P Evans and Mary, Lance-Cpl Royal Marines, killed in action
- Charles Edgar Evans (St H) husband of Evelyn Mary, Private, Somerset Light Infantry
- Frederick James Evans (1881- ) (St H) son of James Frederick and Emma Susanne Collins, Stoker Petty Officer RN, HMS Victory X
- John James Evans (St H) Lieutenant, RAMC
- Samuel Evans (1888- ) (St H) son of Samuel and Hannah, Able Seaman RN, HMS Ajax
- Thomas Evans (1852- ) son of William and Jane, Mercantile Marine
Occupation records
Family wills
These wills created by members of the Evans family are now held by Jersey Archive. By visiting the archive site and using the names, dates and reference numbers shown here, it is possible to view a copy of each will. You will have to subscribe to the Archive's online service to do this. To find out more about this collection, which covers the period from 1663 to 1980, and how to search for your family's wills there, visit our Jersey wills page
- Alice Evans, Wigan, Lancaster, widow - 17 August 1927, D/Y/A/87
- Catherine Evans, 10 Hue Street, St Helier - 19 September 1947, D/Y/A/118
- Charles Evans, High Trees, Route de Noirmont, St Brelade - 12 June 1943, D/Y/A/111
- David Evans, 12 Pomona Road, St Helier - 6 February 1926, D/Y/A/86
- George Evans, bequeaths to his wife Emma; all the rents due to him from two houses at Knightsbridge, London one being the public house The Marquis of Granby, and all his property in Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk 26 August 1822 - D/Y/A/19
- Rebecca Evans, St Helier, widow of James Tierney - 21 October 1912, D/Y/A/71
- Stanley Evans, 7 St Clements Gardens, St Clement - 10 March 1939, D/Y/A/104
Burial records
Family album
Albert Parker Evans and his wife Annie Elvina, nee Traisnel, with their children Herbert Cyril and Constance. Albert moved to the island from Swindon and married Annie Elvina Traisnel in St Luke's Church in 1916
Constance Marjorie Evens and her brother Cyril
Blanche Martha Elizabeth Evans (1890-1973) the daughter of Thomas and Blanche Elizabeth, nee Baudet
Ethel May Evans, Blanche's illegitimate daughter with her husband John William Smith
Ethel May Evans(1906-1992)
Ethel May Evans
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Family businesses
Family gravestones
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St Lawrence
St Lawrence
St Lawrence
St Lawrence
Evans - St Ouen parish cemetery
Evans - St John’s Church cemetery
Tips
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New records
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