Jane (Wedge) Evans (1832)

Born 1832 in Burrough Green, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

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Jane was the last child of Charles and Mary Ann (Harwood) Wedge. She was baptised on 14 September 1842, at the parish church of Burrough Green, where her father was the rector[1].

Nineteen year old Jane is listed as living with her family of origin in Burrough Green in the 1851 Census, along with three siblings and three servants [2].

On 24 February 1863, Jane married Hugh Robson Evans at Burrough Green parish church, Where Jane's father was the rector. The marriage was by Banns, and a first marriage for both Hugh and Jane. Hugh's occupation is recorded as "gent", his father was Hugh Robert Evans, a solicitor ^[1]

In June 1865, two children of Jane and Hugh Evans - Frances William Ernest and Margaret Eleanor Constance - were baptised at St Mary and St Eanswythe's Church, Folkestone, Kent. Hugh's occupation is recorded as gentleman, and their residence as Folkestone. ^[2]

By 1867, Hugh and Jane were in Jersey, Channel Islands. There, their children Mary Harriet (1867), and Robert Cecil Harwood (1869) were born and baptised. ^[3]

At the time of the 1871 Census, Jane and Hugh and their family were living at Tything of Whistones, north of Worcester. In the home were four children aged 7 to 2 years old and one servant. Hugh is recorded as a retired military officer. ^[4]

At the time of the 1881 Census, Jane and Hugh were living at 14, Napier Road, Portsea, Portsea Island, Hampshire, England, not far from Jane's sister Frances Sykes. Two of their children (Mary and R.R.G.) were at home - both born in Jersey, Channel Islands. ^[5]

Hugh appears in the 1891 Census as a widower, in London, a visitor in the home of a retired solicitor. ^[6] So Jane died some time between the 1881 and 1891 Censii.

Sources

1. ↑ Cambridgeshire Marriages, Parish Marriages, accessed on findmypast.com https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FM%2F324069064%2F1
2. ↑ Kent Baptisms, Register year range 1852-1866. Archive Canterbury Cathedral Archives. Archive reference U3/88/1/9. Accessed on findmypast.com.
3. ↑ Jersey Baptisms 1540-1915. Accessed on findmypast.co.uk
4. ↑ 1871 Census of England, Wales and Scotland. Accessed on ancestry.com
5. ↑ 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census. Archive reference RG11, Piece number 1162, Folio 19, Page 37, Schedule 218. Accessed on findmypast.co.uk
6. ↑ 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census. Archive reference RG12. Piece number 63. Folio 64. Page 51. Schedule 423. Accessed on findmypast.co.uk

• [1] Cambridgeshire baptisms, parish baptisms. Accessed on Find my Past.

[2] Census of England, Wales and Scotland, 1851. Ref H.O.107/1762 [3] Cambridgeshire Marriages, Parish marriages, Accessed on Find my Past.