This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.evans/759.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I think we may have research interests in common. My father was Rowland Ellis Evans; I think his family came from Merionethshire, but he was born in Hendon, Middlesex (Greater London) to Edward Evans and Elizabeth Rowland Davies. Edward and Elizabeth were married in Dolgelly in 1902. Edward was a Customs & Excise officer, and at the time of their marriage, Elizabeth was in the royal household - chef to King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. I recently visited Sandringham which I found very interesting - particularly the handwritten menus on display - I wondered if they were written by my grandmother? Before his death, my father, who was born in 1911, mentioned that his 'Uncle Davy' went to Canada, and was at some stage Chief of the Royal Canadian Mountain Police. He always claimed there was a statue somewhere! I don't know the truth of this claim, but where there's smoke, there's usually fire.....so I think a Canadian connection is more than likely. I'll have a closer look at the names you mention to see if I can find a common thread. ; Karen