Sarah (Bowen) Evans (1804 - abt. 1870)

Born 18 Sep 1804 in Newport, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Wife of Absolam Evans — married 29 Dec 1820 in Ruabon, Denbighshire, Wales

Died about 1870 at about age 65 in Ruabon, Denbigh, Wales [uncertain]

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Biography

Sarah, child of James Bowen and Sophia Bowen, was born on 18 September 1804 in Newport, Pembrokeshire.^[1]

Sarah married Absolom Evans on 29 December 1820 in Ruabon, Denbighshire, Wales.^[2]

In the 1851 census Sarah (age 47) was the wife of Absalom Evans in Christionydd-Kenwick, Denbighshire, Wales.^[3]

[Absalom] Evans Head M 54 Dodleston, Shropshire, England

Sarah Evans Wife F 47 South Wales, Parish Devonshire [sic]

[Absalom] Evans Son M 24 Ruabon, Denbighshire, Wales

Jane Evans Daughter F 8 Ruabon, Denbighshire, Wales

Research Notes

Absalom Evans and Sarah Bowen are unlikely to have been the parents of Sarah as they didn't marry until 1820 and Absalom's wife would have only been 8 years old when she was born! It is also unlikely they would have had two living daughters both called Sarah.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977"
   citing p. 17, Newport, Pembrokeshire, record group RG4, Public Record Office, London
   FamilySearch Record: FQ2K-T46 (accessed 9 September 2023)
   Sarah Bowen born on 18 Sep 1804, child of James Bowen & Sarah Bowen, in Newport, Pembrokeshire.
2. ↑ Marriage: "Denbighshire, Wales, Anglican Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1556-1994"
   Archives Wales; Wales; Denbighshire Baptisms, Marriages and Burials; Page number: 163
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 62103 #32252 (accessed 9 September 2023)
   Sarah Bowen marriage to Absolom Evans on 29 Dec 1820 in Ruabon, Denbighshire, Wales.
3. ↑ 1851 Census: "1851 Wales Census"
   Class: HO107; Piece: 2503; Folio: 138; Page: 35; GSU roll: 104270-104271; ED, institution, or vessel: 2h; Household schedule number: 138
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 8861 #17837370 (accessed 9 September 2023)
   Sarah Evans (47), wife, in household of Abraham Evans (54) in Christionydd-Kenwick in Wrexham registration district in Denbighshire, Wales. Born in South Wales, Parish Devonshire.