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Amanda Melvina Evans 1824–1894 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 SEP 1824

Birth Location: Norflok, Norfolk, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 20 NOV 1894

Death Location: Choice, Shelby, Texas, USA

Father: Samuel Evans

Mother: Mary Somersall

Spouse(s): Nathan West

Children(s): Louisa West, Eleanor West, Elizabeth West, Amanda West, Nathan West, Amanda West, Lula West, Samuel West, Alice West

Amanda Melvina Evans was born in 1824 in Norflok, Norfolk, Virginia, USA, the child of Samuel Hiram Evans And Mary Elizabeth Somersall. Amanda Melvina Evans married Nathan Plympton West, and had children including Alice Marion West, Amanda Melvina West, Eleanor Cheever West, Elizabeth E West, Louisa Dexter West, Lula West, Nathan Plympton West, Samuel Evans West. Amanda Melvina Evans passed away in 1894 in Choice, Shelby, Texas, USA.

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Biography

  • Amanda Melvina Evans was born in 1824 in Norflok, Norfolk, Virginia, USA, the child of Samuel Hiram Evans And Mary Elizabeth Somersall.
  • Amanda Melvina Evans married Nathan Plympton West, and had children including Alice Marion West, Amanda Melvina West, Eleanor Cheever West, Elizabeth E West, Louisa Dexter West, Lula West, Nathan Plympton West, Samuel Evans West.
  • Amanda Melvina Evans passed away in 1894 in Choice, Shelby, Texas, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Samuel Evans
1774–1835
Birth Location: New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA
SE
Mary Somersall
1783–1864
Birth Location: Manchester, Chesterfield, Virginia, USA
MS

Spouses(s)

Nathan West
1818–1883
Birth Location: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
NW

Children(s)

Louisa West
1858–1934
Birth Location: Burkeville, Newton, Texas, United States
LW
Eleanor West
1841–1861
Birth Location: Rochester, Sangamon, Illinois, USA
EW
Elizabeth West
1845–1934
Birth Location: Rochester, Sangamon, Illinois, USA
EW
Amanda West
1848–
Birth Location: Burkeville, Newton, Texas, USA
AW
Nathan West
1853–1938
Birth Location: Burkeville, Newton, Texas, USA
NW
Amanda West
1855–1931
Birth Location: Burkeville, Newton, Texas, USA
AW
Lula West
1857–1935
Birth Location: Milam, Texas, USA
LW
Samuel West
1861–1934
Birth Location: Burkeville, Newton, Texas, USA
SW
Alice West
1864–1894
Birth Location: Burkeville, Newton, Texas, USA
AW

Amanda Evans's Ancestors

Self
Amanda Evans
1824–1894
Birth Place: Norflok, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Parents
Samuel Hiram Evans
1774–1835
New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA
Mary (Elizabeth) Somersall
1783–1864
Manchester, Chesterfield, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Samuel Evans
1750–
John (William) Somersall
1754–1814
England, United Kingdom
Mary Morgan
1760–1839
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Amanda Evans's Descendants

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Amanda (Melvina) Evans (26 SEP 1824–20 NOV 1894) m. Nathan (Plympton) West (26 APR 1818–6 MAR 1883)
  1. 1. Louisa (Dexter) West 1858–1934 m. William (Theodore) Collier 1857–1928
    1. 1. Sarah (Melvina) Collier 1890–1943 m. Solon (Willis) Johnson 1883–1930
      1. 1. William (Henry) Johnson 1922–1958 m. Dorothy (May) Chesham –2001 m. Dorothy (Louise) Bishop 1924–1994
      2. 2. Wilford Johnson 1910–1910
      3. 3. Leonard (Willis) Johnson 1911–1981
      4. 4. Weldon (Teadore) Johnson 1913–1916
      5. 5. Herman (Marvin) Johnson 1915–1978
      6. 6. Bessie (Arlene) Johnson 1918–1976
      7. 7. Hugh (Carl) Johnson 1920–2007
      8. 8. Thena (Alene) Johnson 1924–1992
      9. 9. Albert (Perry) Johnson 1925–1957
      10. 10. Joseph (Aubrey) Johnson 1929–1929
      11. 11. Alice (Marion) Johnson 1929–1982 m. Markel Heath 1912–1974
    2. 2. Nathan (Plympton) Collier 1882–1960
    3. 3. Alice (Marion) Collier 1885–1973
    4. 4. Thomas (Jefferson) Collier 1891–1941
    5. 5. William (Theodore) Collier 1893–1965
    6. 6. George (Augustus) Collier 1896–1936
  2. 2. Eleanor (Cheever) West 1841–1861
  3. 3. Elizabeth (E) West 1845–1934
  4. 4. Amanda (Melvina) West 1848–
  5. 5. Nathan (Plympton) West 1853–1938
  6. 6. Amanda (Melvina) West 1855–1931
  7. 7. Lula West 1857–1935
  8. 8. Samuel (Evans) West 1861–1934
  9. 9. Alice (Marion) West 1864–1894

Amanda Evans's Timeline

2 Records

1824
26 SEP 1824
Birth of Amanda Melvina Evans in Norflok, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Norflok, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
1894
20 NOV 1894
Age 70
Death of Amanda Melvina Evans in Choice, Shelby, Texas, USA
Choice, Shelby, Texas, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 SEP 1824
    Event Place: Norflok, Norfolk, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 NOV 1894
    Event Place: Choice, Shelby, Texas, USA
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