Evans

(submitted by Jean Eastman and Linda Koolen)

William John Lionel Evans (1876 - 1929) and Laura Ann Matthews (1882 - 1962) drove by horse and buggy to Strathroy, Ont., where they were married by an Anglican rector, with his daughter being the witness, in 1902. Then they returned to the Evan's farm, situated at the intersection of the Egremont Road and the Arkona Road (northeast corner). 

With much hard work William and Laura brought up their family of three: Wilma, John Clarence, and Adeline Jane Catherine. They carried on a mixed farming operation. Laura then made her home nearby in a cottage on the property, tending to her vegetable and flower gardens almost until her death. 

Their daughter Wilma tough the Classics in high school. She married James Aneurin Davies (- 1994), a teacher with the Toronto Board of Education, originally from Kilmartin. 

Clarence Evans (1915 - 1970) farmed the home place. In a newspaper clipping with no date it was reported that "The barn of Mrs. W. J. Evans, Main Road at the Arkona corner, was completely destroyed by fire on Friday evening when a lantern carried by her son, Clarence, exploded."