Evan Watkins (1810)

Born 1810 in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom

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Biography

Research Notes

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Note: Even Watkins immigrated to the US between 1848 and 1850.

Nothing is known of his parents except that they were Welsh.

Family oral history says he originated from Cardiff in Wales,

however he may have lived in any number of small towns in the

area of greater Cardiff. Some information may point to Crickhowel

as the last point of residence before emigration. The 1850 census

registers 3 children, the youngest 5 months old lists birthplace

as Pennsylvania. Whether this child was actually born in PA or

born enroute to the US is unknown but this would place the

date of immigration at between 1848 when their second child

was born in Wales and 1850. Research seems to support the

fact that Even was a coal or iron works worker in Wales and was

probably hired to bring his expertise to the growing iron works

industry in western Pennsylvania. By 1860 he is listed only as

a reference in the census, as having been placed in an insane

asylum. Where or why he was institutionalized is still unknown

but it is conjectured that perhaps he was injured in an industrial

accident.

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• This person was created through the import of Watkins.ged on 04 April 2011.