Retrying submission with corrected subject line: I have a Lazarus Evans, born 1896 in PA - his census records pretty consistently list Pennsylvania as his state of birth. I know he lived in Huron County, OH for a while as he was listed as an early pioneer and married twice there. First to Belinda Stotts in 1824, then to Lydia Trux in 1836. He then moved to Williams Co., OH and married for the third time to Margaret Ritchie. The family went to Illinois in the mid 1840s and then to Minnesota sometime in the 1850s where they remained. According to the death record for Lazarus, his father's name was John. There was another Evans family from Wales that lived near them in Waterville, MN. I found at least one instance of one Evans family witnessing for the other in a marriage. It made me think they may be related and gave a little credence to my grandmother's reference to have some Welsh background. I have never found any of Lazarus' siblings or records of his parents beyond the mention of John and Jane in his death record. There are enough similarities to the stories that it may be worth investigating further. Lynn ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:39:02 -0000 From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> Subject: [EVANS] John Evans in Wales To: <EVANS-L@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <1204180744.189300@rootsweb.com> Content-Type: text/plain; This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: joanudd Surnames: Evans (Evens), Buman (Bauman, Baumann, etc.) Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.evans/9936/mb.ashx Message Board Post: John Evans b. abt. 1774 in Wales. Son Robert Evans b. abt 1800 m. 3 Aug 1832 to Sarah Buman in Huron County, Ohio. I have a copy of the marriage record. The 1850 census shows the family in Kendall County, Illinois with six children, William, Rachael, Francis, Nealinda, Sylvester (my g grandfather) and Anna. Need to find out more about John, when he emmigrated to the U.S and who and when he married. Also, did Robert have any siblings? End of EVANS Digest, Vol 3, Issue 50 ************************************