Gwilym Evans

[Dannemois]

Seeking information on Gwilym Evans, born 1876 in Fochriw, South Wales to parents John & Ann Evans.  Gwilym emigrated to Australia (post 1901).  His service records show he enlisted West Maitland, N.S.W. 16 Feb 1916 and joined A.I.F. 34 Battalion as Pte 1542.  Invalid back to Australia on hospital transport ‘Somali’ from England 10 Dec 1918.   
Any help appreciated

[majm]

Hi,

NSW bdm online index is readily available and free to search.   There is a death registration indexed there, registered in 1951 in the Mayfield district for a chap with same name and his parents given names match.

NSW death registrations include the opportunity to record a great depth of detail including information about  when, where, to whom, for any marriage, children of the marriage  .. name and age,  causes of death,  cemetery  and funeral director info too.

I anticipate other RChatters will be along shortly to posts further details, including live links to help advance your quest.

Trove is an excellent online resource, again readily and freely available including access to digitised newspapers.

NSW state archives would have deceased estate and/Or Probate files for that era.  Again, online indexes readily and freely available.

And theres RChats  NSW resources board, it has live  links covering all the many aspects of researching family history in NSW.

JM  I have edited to sort grammar, spelling and sentence structure. 5.57 a.m. I.e. within ten minutes of initial post.

[Jamjar]

24391/1951 EVANS Gwilym parents JOHN and ANN at MAYFIELD
Cremation notice, 1st column: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140334125

His death certificate would give marital status, children etc.

Probate has an Anne Richardson as executrix of his will, 1st column:

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220109695

Military record: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1909300

Jamjar

[Jamjar]

This has me confuddled. 

I see him as connected to the family in the funeral notices of one Elizabeth Evans, but I can’t see how, 1st column:

Death notice: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27923650

Funeral notice: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/134376341?searchTerm=Gwilym%20Evans

14440/1912 RICHARDSON Robert to EVANS Anne KURRI KURRI

2892/1952 RICHARDSON Anne parents EVAN and ELIZABETH ASHFIELD

Death notice, 3rd column: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18256233

8622/1958 RICHARDSON Robert parents ROBERT and ADA ASHFIELD

Death and funeral notices, 1st page: http://www.rootschat.com/links/01q72/

Daughters’ marriages and deaths:

16255/1940 BLUNDEN Alan Leslie Frazer to RICHARDSON Gwenllian Melva ASHFIELD

BLUNDEN Alan Leslie Frazer Death notice 25APR1999 Death 81 late of Beecroft Sydney Morning Herald 28APR1999

BLUNDEN Gwenillian Melva Death notice 8FEB2001 Death 84    Sydney Morning Herald 9FEB2001

21027/1944 COOKE Francis Goude to RICHARDSON Ada Elizabeth ASHFIELD

COOKE Francis Goude Death notice 23JAN1993 Death late of Carlingford Sydney Morning Herald 25JAN1993

COOKE Ada Elizabeth (Betty) Death notice 8DEC2004 Death 91 late of Beecroft, formerly of Carlingford Sydney Morning Herald 11DEC2004

Jamjar

[CassT]

"Find a grave" has a record for him

Gwilym Evans
BIRTH   1876   DEATH   9 Sep 1951 (aged 74–75)
BURIAL   Newcastle Memorial Park  Beresfield, Newcastle City, New South Wales, Australia
PLOT   Garden Wall B/13

you may wish to leave a request for photo of the memorial on the Find a grave site

Cass

[Jamjar]

Ah, think I’ve got it! 

He is the brother of Elizabeth’s husband, Evan. So, Ann Richardson is his cousin niece (as pointed out by Sue).

8028/1933 EVANS Evan JOHN and ANNE KURRI KURRI

Death notice, 1st column: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article135097142

Funeral notice, 2nd last column: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article165346231

Obit, 2nd last column: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article135089288

31649/1888 Gwilym - married 5077/1918 JONES Catherine A at KURRI KURRI - died 57823/1972

33019/1891 Sydney S - married 5968/1919 LITTLE Ivy M - died 24018/1966 Sidney Stannett

33786/1893 David - died 1915, killed in action - military record: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1908727

Daughter’s marriage: 12281/1918 HARRIS Thomas F to EVANS Eleanor WEST MAITLAND
Death: 35074/1962
HARRIS Eleanor Death notice 18NOV1962 Death 78 at Kurri District Hospital, late of Kurri Kurri Sydney Morning Herald 19NOV1962
Husband’s death: 15075/1953
Death notice, 1st column: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134271300
Funeral notice, 1st column: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134265402

Jamjar

[sparrett]

When John Rees EVANS died there was a n item in the paper describing his funeral.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/139358068?searchTerm=%22evan%20evans%20rawson%22~12

He was the son of Evan EVANS of Rawson Street Kurri Kurri.

Relatives of the deceased mentioned are his sister Mrs RICHARDSON, Brother Gwilym and uncle Gwilym.

EVANS John R
6209/1923
EVAN & Elizabeth
At KURRI KURRI

Ann EVANS married-

14440/1912
RICHARDSON Robert
EVANS Anne
At KURRI KURRI

As the brother of the deceased John Rees, Anne Richardson was the niece of Gwilym (snr).   

There was a family group of EVANS living at Rawson Street Kurri Kurri.
Including Evan, Catherine, Elizabeth and two by the name Gwilym (both engine drivers). One is listed as Gwilym jnr.

This news item is about the planned return holiday of Mr and Mrs Evan Evans and gives some interesting biography of Evan who came to NSW in 1886. Going for holiday in South Wales Vochriw. 1924

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/139496559?searchTerm=%22evan%20evans%20rawson%22
 
Sue

[Jamjar]

Possibly Evan and Elizabeth in Wales 1881: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2W9-8418

Jamjar

[Dannemois]

Many thanks to all for the details and links especially the newspaper piece of a return visit to Wales.  Plenty for me to work on

Best Regards, Roy