Mr Evans
 

This is my stepfather's g grandfather and I know NOTHING!!! lol

All I have is his son

George Knightly Evans who died 22 Nov 1937, Kerry, Ireland and is buried at Kilorglin, Kerry.

George married Julia Murphy.

I'd love to know where to start.

Even if this isn't him, there could be a connection:

Name: George Ernest Knightly Evans
Death Date: 3 Sep 1916
Rank: 2/Lieutenant
Regiment: Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)
Battalion: 3rd Battalion
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Comments: Att 2/Roy Ir Ri


A bit more on CWGC site:

Name: EVANS, GEORGE ERNEST KNIGHTLY
Initials: G E K
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Leinster Regiment
Unit Text: 3rd Bn.
Secondary Regiment: Royal Irish Regiment
Secondary Unit Text: attd. 2nd Bn.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 03/09/1916
Additional information: Son of George Knightly Evans, of Killorglin and Towers Hotel, Glenbeigh, Co. Kerry.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XVI. M. 9.
Cemetery: DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

You didn't say how old your dead chap was.

Oh, this is maybe the son of the chap you have dying in 1937? Expect that's no help then! lol

Have you see this?

http://boards.ancestry.com/localitie....1.2.1/mb.ashx

regarding people called Evans Knightly?!!

Expect you have this too?

1911 census of G K Evans at Kilorglin, Kerry.

Evans George Knightly 56 Male Head of Family Roman Catholic Co Kerry Farmer and Merchant Read and write Irish and English Married - -
Evans Julia 50 Female Wife Roman Catholic Co Kerry - Read and write Irish and English Married - 28 17 11
Evans John V 27 Male Son Roman Catholic Co Kerry Farmer Read and write English Single - - - -
Evans Anna Maria 19 Female Daughter Roman Catholic Co Kerry Scholars Read and write Irish and English Single - - - -
Evans Robert 15 Male Son Roman Catholic Co Kerry Scholars Read and write Irish and English Single - - - -
Evans Alfred 14 Male Son Roman Catholic Co Kerry Scholars Read and write Irish and English Single - - - -
Evans Patrick 13 Male Son Roman Catholic Co Kerry Scholars Read and write Irish and English Single - - - -
Evans Mary 10 Female Daughter Roman Catholic Co Kerry Scholars Read and write Irish and English Single - - - -
Evans Vincent Paul 9 Male Son Roman Catholic Co Kerry Scholars Read and write Irish and English Single - - - -
Shea Patrick 26 Male Farm Servant Roman Catholic Co Kerry Farm Servant Read and write Irish and English Single - - - -
Shea James 25 Male Farm Servant Roman Catholic Co Kerry Farm Servant Read and write Irish and English Single - - - -
Taylor Hannah 21 Female Domestic Servant Roman Catholic Co Kerry Farm Servant Read and write Irish and English Single - - - -
Taylor Mary 17 Female Domestic Servant Roman Catholic Co Kerry Domestic Servant Gl Read and write Irish and English Single - - - -




This bit - 28 17 11 - related to the length of the marriage (28 years, so about 1883) and 17 children born alive, 11 surviving.

Thanks Merry...

I have all that except the Ancestry boards one....I'll check that out now.

Yes.....George Ernest Knightly Evans was the son of the the one who died 1937. Robert (aged 15 in the 1911) was Dad's father.

I just can't seem to get any further back.

Off to Ancestry boards.
Ta

Merry................a HUGE thank you.

I left a message on that board you found and got an email back with George Knightly Evans' baptism, which showed his parents (and MMN) and sponsors.....

That lady on the board is doing a massive job connecting dots in Ireland.

Oooh, that's good! :)

Libby, have you looked at the LDS site http://search.labs.familysearch.org/...3328340#p=home ?

Is it possible some of the family emigrated to the US?...there are some Evans from Killorglin showing up that site that share some of the names Merry found on the 1911

Yes, Bev...........the lady who I contacted is in the US.

It's a lovely find as Dad's grandfather was not actually born in Killorglin. We thought he was.

She has "local lore" saying that the George who married Julia Murphy and went to Killorglin where he bought a shop (we know he did marry Julia and was a merchant by 1911) was the same fellow they had.

His parents were Thomas and Catherine.

I'll check out FS.

Why are you still up???????????