Leslie Dallas Evans (1885 - 1925)

Born 14 Feb 1885 in New Zealand

Ancestors

Husband of Alice May (Synnott) Norton — married 1910 in New Zealand

Descendants

Died 1925 at about age 39 in New Zealand

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Biography

Leslie was born in 1885, probably at Orepuki, Southland, New Zealand, where his family was living at that time. He was the son of John George Evans and Grace Laing Sim. Leslie was the youngest of a large family. He had 13 siblings, eight survived to adulthood.

Leslie had ten years of schooling at Orepuki school (from 1890-1900) and left at about 15 years old to take up goldmining ^[1] (his father and brothers were gold-mining 1892-1908) ^[2]. Leslie married Alice May Synnott in 1910. Alice was born in 1882, in Hawera, South Taranaki, New Zealand. They had four sons together. In the 1911 electoral roll for Wallace electorate, Leslie was recorded as a cheese factory manager and residing at Te Wae Wae^[3]. Leslie was managing a dairy factory in Taranaki for a time but suffered a fall which badly affected his back. Later he took up taxi driving^[4]. Leslie passed away in 1925, at age 40, and is buried in the Hawera Cemetery.

Sources

1. ↑ Extracted from the Orepuki School register
2. ↑ family history notes compiled by Evan Fraser
3. ↑ The Wilson Collection, https://wilsoncollection.co.nz/
4. ↑ Family history notes recorded by Evan Faser

• N.Z. BIRTHS - 1885/9273 - Evans Leslie Dallas - parents : Grace & John George
• N.Z. MARRIAGES - 1910/4206 - Alice May Synnott & Leslie Dallas Evans
• N.Z. DEATHS - 1925/3483 - Evans Leslie Dallas aged 40 years
• Find A Grave: Memorial #171770829 Leslie Dallas Evans, Hāwera Cemetery, Hāwera, South Taranaki District, Taranaki, New Zealand. Plot 4481.