Lewis EVANS
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.