Frank William Cornelius Evans (1909 - abt. 1996)

Born 3 Nov 1909 in Southsea, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Josephine Isobel (Augusto) Evans — married about 1932 in Cardiff [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about Mar 1996 at about age 86 in Bridgend, Wales, United Kingdom

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Biography

Frank was born on November 3rd, 1909 in Southea, Portsmouth, England to Cornelius Evans and Ethel (Tollerfield) Evans.

He was a Chef in the Royal Navy. During his service he had the honour of meeting King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, later the Queen Mother.

Frank had Type 1 Diabetes.

He married Josephine Augusto in Cardiff around 1932. They had three children together, Gloria June, William Duncan and Lynda Ann.

He owned a cafe named Kwik Snacks in Wood Street, Cardiff.

In later life Frank enjoyed doing magic tricks for his grandchildren. He delighted in pulling coins from behind their ears.

Frank died in 1996 in Bridgend, Wales.

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Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Lucy Lavelle, Tuesday, July 23, 2013.

First-hand information remembered by his great-granddaughter Lucy (Kelleher) Lavelle and his grandson Robert Kelleher

• Birth at FreeBMD.org.uk
  

(Portsmouth, v.2b p.503)

• "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2FMB-JV8 : 1 October 2014), Frank William C Evans, 1893; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Portsea Island, Hampshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.

• Marriage to Josephine Augusto at FreeBMD.org.uk
  

(Cardiff v.11a p.754)

• "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV87-FK75 : 8 October 2014), Frank W C Evans and null, 1932; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1932, quarter 3, vol. 11A, p. 754, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales, General Register Office, Southport, England.

• "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZD-DLCV : 4 September 2014), Frank William Evans, Mar 1996; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death Registration, Ogwr, Glamorganshire, Wales, General Register Office, Southport, England.

• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWQQ-MGX : 2 August 2017), Frankie Evans in household of Mabel Cleall, Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.