Lucy Frances (Champion) Evans (1880 - 1945)

Born 13 Dec 1880 in Caledon, Cape Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Walter Harry Evans — married 29 Jun 1918 in Pretoria

Descendants

Died 1 Sep 1945 at age 64 in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa

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Biography

Lucy was born after 1870. She passed away after 1910. ^[1]

2nd Marriage

Lucy Frances Musk, born Champion, a widow, married Walter Harry Evans on 29 January 1918.^[2]

Death

Lucy Frances Champion, Evans, age 64 passed away on 1 September 1945 at Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa^[3]

Children

Lucy Francis Champion and Harry Musk had a number of children in South Africa, although they do not appear to have been married. Their children included:

1. Louis Henry born 13 Mar 1904 and christened on 30 Oct 1904 at Woodstock St Mary, Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope. The family was living at 101 Victoria Road and Harry was working as a bricklayer. The witnesses were Robert Whitten and Louisa Matheer.^[4]
2. Harry Eustace who was christened on 25 Mar 1906 with witnesses Harry Roberts, Peter Champion and Wm J Champion. Harry Musk and Lucy were living at 11 Mountain Rd and Harry was described as a bricklayer.^[5]
3. Pedro Charles born 1 Mar 1907 and christened 9 Jun 1907 in Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Harry was working as a bricklayer and the family was living in Newmarket Street. The witnesses were Johannes Champion, Henry Champion, and P H Van Blomenistein.^[6]
4. Mabel Doreen Louise born 9 Apr 1909 and christened 23 May 1909 in Woodstock, St Mary , Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. The family was living at Dundonald Street and Harry was working as a bricklayer. The witnesses were James Champion, Jacoba Louisa Champion, and Nora Caroline Thorndike.^[7]
5. Joan Jane Eliza born 3 May 1911, christened 23 Jul 1911 in St Alban the Martyr, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Harry was working as a bricklayer. The witnesses were Annie van Blomenestein, Albert Edgar Jenkins, and Sophia Magdalena Paul.^[8]
6. Walter Henry James born 7 Aug 1917 and christened 9 Sep 1917 in St Alban the Martyr, Pretoria, South Africa. The family was living at 33 Skinner Street and Harry was working as a Mason. The witnesses were Walter Harry Evans, Mary E Booker, and Phoebe Duggan.^[9]

Lucy Frances Musk born Champion, 36, widow, married Walter Harry Evans, 39, bachelor, on 29 Jun 1918 in Pretoria^[10]

Their children include:

1. Bernice Elizabeth Bridge Evans born 6 Sep 1921 and christened 17 Sep 1922 in South Africa.^[11]

She died on 1 Sep 1945 in the General Hospital, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa at the age of 64.^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Mike Taylor.
2. ↑ A copy of the marriage certificate can be found on a (Ancestry Public Members Story : accessed 10 May 2022 by Joan Whitaker
3. ↑ "South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Death, 1869-1954," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W38F-T22M : 29 October 2019), Lucy Frances Champion, Evans, 1 Sep 1945; citing Death, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, Department of the Interior. Registrar of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Transvaal.
4. ↑ "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVS4-JMKV : 23 February 2021), Louis Henry, 30 Oct 1904; citing Baptism, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, p. 330, William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg.
5. ↑ "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GTW7-RVG?cc=1468076&wc=SFVH-ZJM%3A44975801%2C44975802%2C48641301%2C48641302 : 2 July 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Cape Town, Woodstock, St Mary > Baptisms 1891-1906 > image 422 of 438; William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg.
6. ↑ "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVS4-J341 : 23 February 2021), Lucy Musk in entry for Pedro Charles, 09 Jun 1907; citing Baptism, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, p. 52, William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg.
7. ↑ "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVS4-JZHY : 23 February 2021), Lucy Musk in entry for Mabel Doreen Louise, 23 May 1909; citing Baptism, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, p. 138, William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg.
8. ↑ "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVSH-SZRP : 23 February 2021), Joan Jane Eliza, 23 Jul 1911; citing Baptism, Transvaal, South Africa, p. 198, William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg.
9. ↑ "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVSH-SH88 : 23 February 2021), Lucy Frances Musk in entry for Walter Henry James Musk, 09 Sep 1917; citing Baptism, Transvaal, South Africa, p. 149, William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg.
10. ↑ "South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Marriages, 1870-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPHD-H9R5 : 3 October 2018), Walter Harry Evans and Lucy Francis Champion Musk, Pretoria, Pretoria; citing Marriage, , NARS "Civil registration (marriages - coloureds), Transvaal and Swaziland, 1898-1927." The National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria.
11. ↑ "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D8GN-XK6Z : 13 December 2020), Lucy Frances Evans in entry for Bernice Elizabeth Bridge Evans, 1922.
12. ↑ "South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Death, 1869-1954," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W38F-T22M : 29 October 2019), Lucy Frances Champion, Evans, 1 Sep 1945; citing Death, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, Department of the Interior. Registrar of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Transvaal.

See also:

• Vanaf Dr Michael Anthony Musk se site op http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com. Not accessible without an account.