Collection RC0901 - Evans family collection

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Evans family collection

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RC0901

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  • 1914-1945 (Creation)
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    Evans family

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6.5 cm of textual records
11 b&w photographs.

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([18--]-)

Biographical history

Robert and Susan Evans lived in London, England. They had two sons, Victor and Cecil and a daughter, Winifred. Not long before the start of the First World War they moved to a farm in Gaston, Oregon, and later to Portland. They maintained contact with a number of people in England, including Robert’s sister Emily, Susan’s sister Mary, and a family friend William Waterson.

Victor and Cecil Evans were brothers who fought in the First World War. Cecil (2557483) served as a gunner and Victor (2557484) was a driver.

Victor Roland Evans, 27 July 1896, and Cecil John Robert Evans, 7 April 1898, were born in London, England, to Susan and Robert Evans and later moved to Portland, Oregon. The brothers travelled together from Portland to Victoria, BC and enlisted on 1 March 1918.

Both brothers were sent to France and served with the Canadian Field Artillery.

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The collection consists mainly of correspondence between family members and close friends during the First World War, as well as some military documents and photographs.

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The collection (2015-034) was donated by Stephanie Butler in August 2015.

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