THE EVANS FAMILY
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The Evans family were early immigrants to Colorado and settled in the Highland Lake district which was also the Colorado location of the Benjamin Francis Markham family.

Effie Maud Evans married Charles Robert Markham in 1901

Descendants of William Evans

Generation No. 1

WILLIAM EVANS He married RACHEL ROBERTS.

Child of WILLIAM EVANS and RACHEL ROBERTS is:
      i.ELIHU EVANS, born 1735; died 1802.

Generation No. 2

ELIHU EVANS (WILLIAM) was born 1735, and died 1802. He married MARY PUGH. She was born 1739, and died 1818.

Child of ELIHU EVANS and MARY PUGH is:
      i.ELI EVANS, born March 16, 1764 in Uwchland Twp, Chester Co, Pennsylvania; died 1844 in Wayne Twp, Lawrence Co, Pennsylvania.

Generation No. 3

ELI EVANS (ELIHU) was born March 16, 1764 in Uwchland Twp, Chester County, PA and died 1844 in Wayne Twp, Lawrence Co, PA. He married ELIZABETH MCELHENEY, daughter of George McElhaney and Sophia North. She was born November 21, 1774 in Chester Co, PA and died 1857.

Notes for ELI EVANS:
Of Welsh and English ancestry and grandfather of Captain Thomas George Evans. Came to Beaver County, New York from Chester County, NY in 1799. He became the owner of four hundred acres of land on what is now called Patterson Heights.

Notes for ELIZABETH MCELHENEY:
Of English ancestry and grand niece of Lord North who was Prime Minister of England under George III in the late 18th century and more than a little responsible for the tax problems with the American colonies

Children of ELI EVANS and ELIZABETH MCELHENEY are:
      i. WILLANN EVANS, b. January 03, 1793 in Chester or Beaver Co, PA; died 1853 in Beaver Co. PA. m. SAROURS RENO.
      ii. ELIHU EVANS, b. September 06, 1794; m. ELIZA STONE.
      iii. MARY ANN EVANS, born 1795.
      iv. SOPHIA EVANS, b. March 13, 1796 in Chester or Beaver Co. PA; died April 1860 in Rochester Borough, Beaver Co. PA. m. WILLIAM RENO.
      v.NORTH EVANS, b. May 28, 1798, Newcastle/Lawrence/PA. died 1868. He married MARY ANN BLACK
      vi. JONATHAN EVANS, b. August 02, 1800; died 1875.
      vii. GEORGE THOMAS EVANS, b. July 01, 1802; died 1894.
      viii. EVAN P. EVANS, b. August 03, 1804.

Notes for EVAN EVANS:
Never married and died in Colorado.

      ix. AMOS EVANS, born Bet. 1805 - 1810, died young.
      x. ELI D. EVANS, JR., b. May 01, 1811; m. MATILDA ROSS.
      xi. ANNA EVANS, b. March 02, 1814.
      xii. CHARLES EVANS, b. September 05, 1816.

Notes for CHARLES EVANS:
Went west and was never heard from.

Generation No. 4

NORTH EVANS (ELI) was born May 28, 1798 in Newcastle/Lawrence/PA. He married MARY ANN (ELIZA) BLACK, daughter of EDWARD BLACK DOUGHTERY, ESQ.. She was born in Newcastle/Lawrence/PA.

Notes for NORTH EVANS:
Named so because of the family name, "North". They had a large family, all of whom moved to Colorado.

Child of NORTH EVANS and MARY BLACK is:
      i.HIRAM EVANS, b. March 02, 1829, Beaver County/Penn; d. December 18, 1907, New Windsor/Weld/CO.

JONATHAN EVANS (ELI) was born August 02, 1800. He married CHRISTIANA RALSTON.

Notes for JONATHAN EVANS:
A miller and owned a flour mill on the Connoquenessing near the present location of Ellwood.

Children of JONATHAN EVANS and CHRISTIANA RALSTON are:
      i. JOHN EVANS.
      ii. ELI EVANS.
      iii. ELIZABETH EVANS, m. DAVID WARNOCK, ESQ.
      iv. ISABELLA EVANS, m. JOHN VANGORDER.

Notes for JOHN VANGORDER:
Owner of Vangorder's Mill on Slipper Rock

      v. HENRIETTA EVANS, m. JOHN BUTLER.

GEORGE THOMAS EVANS (ELI) was born July 01, 1802. He married LETITIA DARRAGH SCOTT, daughter of DARRAGH.

Notes for GEORGE THOMAS EVANS:
Employed on the river when quite young and became a pilot and captain. he removed to Rochester in 1849.

Children of GEORGE EVANS and LETITIA SCOTT are:
      i. JOHN SCOT EVANS.
      ii. THOMAS GEORGE EVANS, b. March 25, 1836, Sharon(Bridgewater)/PA.

Notes for THOMAS GEORGE EVANS:
Educated in the public schools and chose the profession of his father, going on the river at about 20 years of age. The "Coal City", L.N. Bunton", "Eagle" and the "John Walton" are among the boats on which he served as pilot. He was employed by Joseph Alton and CO. for twenty-six years.

      iii. ELIZABETH EVANS.
      iv. ANGELINE EVANS.
      v. LUCINDA EVANS, m. JOHN.

ANNA EVANS (ELI) was born March 02, 1814. She married THOMAS RENO.

Child of ANNA EVANS and THOMAS RENO is:
      i. EVAN E. RENO, m. MARY I. POWER.

Generation No. 5

HIRAM EVANS (NORTH) was born March 02, 1829 in Beaver County/Penn, and died December 18, 1907 in New Windsor/Weld/CO. He married OLIVE ST. CLAIR ANGUS October 22, 1874 in Central City/Gilpin/CO, daughter of DAVID ANGUS and CAROLINE RIPPLE. She was born February 22, 1853 in Newcastle/Lawrence/PA, and died October 06, 1941 in Windsor/Weld/CO.

They both came west with the Eli Evans family in a covered wagon in 1874. When they arrived in Chicago, due to illness in the family they continued on by train to Denver, Colorado and located, first, in Golden. After their marriage, they located in Arvada before homesteading the land where the town of Mead now stands.

In 1882 they moved into the Johnstown district, settling on the Little Thompson River. In 1899 the family moved permanently to the Windsor district. More About HIRAM EVANS:
Burial: December 19, 1907, Windsor Cemetery/Weld/CO

More About OLIVE ST. CLAIR ANGUS:
She joined the Christian church in Pennsylvania while quite young. Burial: October 08, 1941, Windsor Cemetery/Weld/CO

Children of HIRAM EVANS and OLIVE ANGUS are:
      i. ALICE JANE EVANS, b. March 22, 1876, Arvada/Jefferson/CO; d. January 10, 1901; m. JOHN MARTIN SCHULTZ.
      ii. DAVID BRUCE EVANS, b. November 16, 1877, Arvada/Jefferson/CO; d. January 15, 1948.
      iii.EFFIE MAUD EVANS, b. April 19, 1882, Highland Lake/Weld/CO; d. May 15, 1969, Longmont/Boulder/CO.
      iv. MABEL LUCILLE EVANS, b. March 29, 1883, Highland Lake/Weld/CO; m. ROLAND RAY BATES, February 26, 1919.
      v. CARRIE MAY EVANS, b. November 20, 1880, Highland Lake/Weld/CO; d. October 22, 1947.
      vi. HIRAM HARRY EVANS, b. May 09, 1884, Highland Lake/Weld/CO; d. February 19, 1950; m. DOROTHY MAY RAYMOND, October 18, 1905.
      vii. ELLA GRACE EVANS, b. February 23, 1887, Highland Lake/Weld/CO; d. October 25, 1960; m. HARRISON V. TELLER, July 03, 1907.

ELIZABETH EVANS (GEORGE THOMAS, ELI) She married JOHN MILTON COOK.

Children of ELIZABETH EVANS and JOHN COOK are:
      i. WILARD S.4 COOK.
      ii. MARY COOK, m. JACOB WEYAND.
      iii. LAURA COOK.

Generation No. 6

EFFIE MAUD EVANS (HIRAM) was born April 19, 1882 in Highland Lake/Weld/CO, and died May 15, 1969 in Longmont/Boulder/CO. She married CHARLES ROBERT MARKHAM April 26, 1901 in Boulder/Boulder/CO, son of BENJAMIN MARKHAM and HARRIET SHIPP. He was born December 08, 1880 in Dresden/Decatur/Kansas, and died March 31, 1936 in Mead/Weld/CO.

Notes for EFFIE MAUD EVANS:
Born in Highland Lake, Weld County, Colorado and moved to Johnstown at an early age and grew up there.

Married to Charles W. Markham in 1901. Member of the First Christian Church and Entre Nous Club.

Charles died in 1936 and Effie moved to Longmont in 1950 where she resided until she died.
Burial: May 17, 1969, Longmont/Boulder/CO Mountain View Cemetery

Notes for CHARLES ROBERT MARKHAM:
Farmed near Bennett, Colorado (East of Denver) from 1909 until 1917 and lived in the school house where Effie taught school. Returned to Mead, Colorado where Charles worked for the Highland Ditch Co. for a number of years.

More About CHARLES ROBERT MARKHAM:
Burial: April 03, 1936, Longmont/Boulder/CO Mountain View Cemetery

Children of EFFIE EVANS and CHARLES MARKHAM are:
      i.HARLEY BRUCE MARKHAM, SR., b. December 21, 1904, Mead(Highland Lake)/Weld/CO; d. October 04, 1984, Los Gatos/Santa Clara/CA; m. RUTH MCCORMICK, August 27, 1929, Fort Collins/Larimer/CO; b. September 27, 1907, Fort Collins/Larimer/CO; d. July 09, 1998, Los Gatos/Santa Clara/CA.
      ii. MARJORIE LEONE MARKHAM, b. August 07, 1907, Mead(Highland Lake)/Weld/CO; m. (1) KENNETH H. PAGE, February 11, 1929; b. June 15, 1899, LA; d. July 19, 1954, Fort Worth/TX; m. (2) EDWARD MCANESPY, June 12, 1956, Fort Worth/TX; b. March 29, 1896, IL; d. February 19, 1974, Fort Worth/TX.
      iii. RODNEY WILTON MARKHAM, b. November 29, 1909, Mead/Weld/CO; d. May 06, 1995, Mead/Weld/CO; m. HESTER OVERTURF, May 28, 1939, Idaho Springs/CO; b. Kansas.
      iv. HELEN RUBY MARKHAM, b. December 06, 1911, Longmont/Boulder/CO; d. December 30, 1917.

CARRIE MAY EVANS (HIRAM) was born November 20, 1880 in Highland Lake/Weld/CO, and died October 22, 1947. She married GEORGE FRANCIS MARKHAM May 10, 1900, son of BENJAMIN FRANCIS MARKHAM and HARRIET SHIPP. He was born June 19, 1878 in Oberlin/Decatur/Kansas.

Children of CARRIE EVANS and GEORGE MARKHAM are:
      i. LOUISE MARKHAM, b. October 03, 1914, Severance/CO; m. MILO BALLINGER; b. August 09, 1914, Mead(Highland Lake)/Weld/CO.
      ii. MELVIN MARKHAM, b. 1902; d. 1981; m. (1) CARRIE FERN PARIS (DOLLY); m. (2) BEULLAH MACE.

Notes for CARRIE FERN PARIS (DOLLY):
Lived in Fr. Morgan, Johnstown, Longmont vicinities some time after 1923 at age 18.

More About BEULLAH MACE:
Burial: Berthod/CO

      iii. HERBERT MARKHAM, b. 1908; d. 1969; m. CORA BELL.
      iv. EVERETT IRVING MARKHAM, b. 1910; d. 1980; m. ELSIE RUTH SAPPINGTON.
      v. PAUL HIRAM MARKHAM, b. April 05, 1905; d. July 15, 1907.

Notes for PAUL HIRAM MARKHAM:
Dates from grave stone in the Highland Lake cemetery.

More About PAUL HIRAM MARKHAM:
Burial: Highland Lake/Weld/CO

      vi. ELIZABETH LUCILLE MARKHAM, b. 1912; d. 1913.

Notes for ELIZABETH LUCILLE MARKHAM:
Dates from grave stone in Highland Lake cemetery.

More About ELIZABETH LUCILLE MARKHAM:
Burial: Highland Lake/Weld/CO

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