Lewis EVANS

 

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Born 15 February1853

Died 25 September 1930

Married  (1) Beryl May WARD (23 May 1866 - 19 Nov. 1886) on 14 February 1884;
daughter of the Rev. Percival Seth WARD of Apsley.

(2) Eva BRADFORD (1866 -1928) daughter of Captain BRADFORD

Lewis and Eva had five children :

 Alice Dorothy (Dody) EVANS b.16 February 1892
d. 3 March 1979.
m. (1)Major Eduard GARTMAYER (Bavarian Army) in 1913
(2) Thomas JENKINS in 1925

Flora Jane EVANS b. 29 May 1896
d. 29 Jan. 1981
m. Capt Arthur Amys Fausset BAKER I.A. 1921 in Karachi.

Eva Mary  EVANS b. 11 October 1897
d. 18 February1953
m. Basil MOODY in 1919

Anne Barbara EVANS b. 3 January 1899
d. 15 Sept. 1977
m. Cecil E.L. WATKINS K.O.Y.L.I. in Port Said 1930

John Dickinson EVANS b. 27 May 1901
d.13 April 1975
m.(1) Catherine E.HILDYARD in Dawlish 1928
(2) Barbara KINGSFORD in 1947

 

Founder of the Museum of the History of Science
 Lewis was an authority on astrolades and his collection helped form the Museum of the history of science in Oxford.

From 1881 Lewis was a partner in the John Dickinson Company and became a Director in 1886.

 

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