Major
B
Evans
Born in Essex, Halifax, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Mary L (Evans) West, Madge Evans, Leroy Royal Evans, Leven Evans, John Evans, Joe Evans, William Evans, Betty Lou Evans, Frederick Evans, Rosetta Ella (Evans) Richardson [half], Walter Blake Evans [half], Jesse Hayes Evans [half], Elijah Evans [half], Roberta Evans [half], Mae Ethel (Evans) Lynch [half] and Charlie Evans [half]
Husband of
Lula (Anstead) Evans
— married
28 Dec 1922 in Halifax, North Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Major Curtis Evans, Mary Jane (Evans) Richardson, William Alec Evans, Arlene Olive (Evans) Foster, Arthur Junior Evans, Minnie (Evans) Tucker, Claytese Evans, Hazel Mae (Evans) Baker, Fred Haywood Evans, Jezebel Evans, Johnny Evans and Joseph Earl Evans
Died
at age 76
in Louisburg, Franklin, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Mar 2021
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Biography
Major Evans is a part of US Black heritage.
Major has Native American ancestors.
Descendant of Hardy Richardson (1788-1854) and Darcas Boone (1794-1871) of Halifax, NC.
Major was born in 1901. He was the son of Major Evans and Adelaide Richardson. He passed away in 1977.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZJ8-RWS : 2 February 2021), Major Evans in entry for Bass Evans, 1920.
- "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJS-HFPW : 9 March 2021), Major Evans and Lula Ansell, 28 Dec 1922; citing Halifax, North Carolina, United States, p. 85, North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 317,210.
- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3QC-221 : accessed 19 March 2021), Major Evans, Griffins, Nash, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 11, sheet 9A, line 48, family 143, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1709; FHL microfilm 2,341,443.
- "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWQG-HN6 : 9 January 2021), Major Evans, Brinkleyville Township, Halifax, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 42-3, sheet 16A, line 10, family 219, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2923.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Major by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Major:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Major by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Major:
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~1.56%
Mack Lynch
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BV365734C1 [compare]
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~1.17%
Lorraine (Boone) Richardson :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Jahkel Hooker :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YP8078643 [compare]
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