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EVANS, JOHN JAMES (1894 - 1965), teacher and writer Born 21 April 1894 in Tŷ Capel-y-Bryn (U), Cwrtnewydd, Cardiganshire, the son of Enoch Evans, Bwlchyfadfa, Talgarreg, and his wife, Mary Thomas, whose mother came from Llanwenog and who had moved to the chapel house when she lost her husband as a young man. John Evans, the minister at Capel-y-Bryn, had a great influence on J.J. Evans. He was educated at the village primary school to which David
EVANS, JOHN JOHN (1862 - 1942), journalist
EVANS, JOHN RHAIADORE (1790? - 1850?), surgeon
EVANS, JOHN RICHARDS (1882 - 1969), minister (Presb.) and author
EVANS, JOHN SILAS (1864 - 1953), priest and astronomer
EVANS, JOHN THOMAS (1869 - 1940), rector - gweler WADE-EVANS, ARTHUR WADE
EVANS, JOHN VICTOR (1895 - 1957), barrister-at-law Social Service. He had married in April 1927 Katherine Mary, daughter of the Rev. Henry Dawson of Streatham. Their only child, John, died suddenly in 1938. Evans had been very happy in his work at Aberdare but the loss of his son proved a shattering blow. In 1939 he resigned his post at the Settlement and returned to London. In the meantime World War II supervened and he took a post in the Ministry of
EVANS, JOHN WILLIAM (1857 - 1930), geologist - gweler EVANS, WILLIAM
EVANS, JOHN YOUNG (1865 - 1941), minister (Presb.), professor at Trefeca College and afterwards at the Theological College, Aberystwyth Born 16 November 1865, at Dowlais, Glamorganshire, the son of John Bennett Evans and Ellen his wife. He was educated at Merthyr Tydfil Grammar School and was a scholar of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and Corpus Christi Oxford, graduating M.A. (London and Oxford) with first-class honours in classics and B.D. (London). He was appointed to a chair at Trefeca before completing his
EVANS, LEWIS (1755 - 1827), mathematician contact with Wales, but the remarkable record of his family deserves summary mention. His younger son, ARTHUR BENONI EVANS (1781 - 1854), schoolmaster and author, was the father of Sir JOHN EVANS (1823 - 1908), the famous archaeologist and numismatist, and of SEBASTIAN EVANS (1830 - 1909), glass designer and man of letters. Sir John's son, Sir ARTHUR JOHN EVANS (1851 - 1941), keeper of the Ashmolean
EVANS, LEWIS PUGH (1881 - 1962), soldier and public figure, Brigadier General, VC, CB, CMG, DSO . Lewis Evans held many public appointments: Deputy Lieutenant Cardiganshire (1937-62), (he declined the post of Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire 1952 on the grounds of age); Honorary Colonel 16th (Welsh) Parachute Battalion from 1947; Honorary Colonel Cardiganshire Cadet Force; Chairman, St John's Ambulance Brigade, Cardiganshire, he was awarded the Order of St John of Jerusalem (Commander); member of
EVANS, MALDWYN LEWIS (1937 - 2009), champion bowler Mal Evans was born at 62, Rees Street, Gelli in the Rhondda on 8 November 1937, the son of Clifford ('Cliff') Maldwyn Evans (1904-1985) and his wife Haulwen, née Evans, (1905-1993). He rose to fame in June 1972 when he was crowned world singles bowls champion on the outdoor greens at Worthing, Sussex. He came from a bowling family and both his father and uncle, John Morgan Evans (1917-1985), were

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