Evans Grandchildren

Louisa Pollard and Moses Evans raised seven children, two sons: Joseph Pollard and Robert Taylor and the five daughters: Emma Louise, Mary Alice, Louie May, Julia and Grace. In birth order among the cousins their numbers were 1, 3, 5, 11, 16, 18 and 25.

The family home was always relatively near the original home at about 200 W 400 South in Salt Lake City. The rail road industry would encroach on that area; it would eventually swallow up Pollards Court. That was the era this family grew up in. The railroad was not the only industry, certainly; but it gave much work while demanding much ground. The history of Utah- of America before and then after the coming of the railroad makes an interesting study (one can easily say the same of England, Canada, India, etc and etc).

Robert Taylor Evans, 10 October 1877 to 29 May 1926 married 22 Jun 1904 to Eleanor Valentine Sharrock, 4 Jul 1878 to 31 Aug 1951. I found Robert's obituary in the Salt Lake Tribune of Sunday May 30, 1926 on page two. I nearly missed it and may have the first time I perused the microfilm at the City Library. The heading stated: Salt Lake Man Answers Call:

Aged nearly 49 years, Robert Taylor Evans died at a local hospital. The death certificate says of influenza pneumonia. He was formerly employed by the Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad and the Salt Lake board of education, the obituary reports and death certificate adds that he was last a salesman for Western Furniture Co, SLC. At the time of his death he was survived by widow and son Glenn Robert Evans, just about to turn 20, his mother, brother and all sisters.

Louie May Evans, May 1881 to October 1955 married a man who for years I had names Welchefsky. Never was I able to find any record of him or of her after marriage. Only in the last year did I learn that I had either mis-transcribed someone else's record or had written the name from a spoken report: the husband was Arthur L Schefski. I believe I only found this correct spelling through the Salt Lake County Clerk Alphabetical Marriage Index.

Widowed in 1944 when Arthur died of heart attack (SL Trib obit Friday Dec 15, 1944, p21)Louie May's health over the last several years deteriorated and she died in Provo at the state hospital from the results of chronic myocarditis due to arteriosclerosis. Chronic brain syndrome developed due to these health issues. Arthur Schefski had founded the Schefski Automobile Company in Salt Lake City. They were the parents of four children, three growing to adulthood: Kenneth E, Ethel and Melba. They are buried in Mt Olivet cemetery.

Julia Evans Baysinger, 1883-1972, wife of Floyd Terrell Baysinger, 1880-1970, is buried in Mt Olivet Cemetery as well. Utah Cemetery Inventory (found on ancestry.com)lists burial as 10 January 1972. I found this information only tonight, showing how my records continue to develop even as I record our story.

Recall that it was Julia's daughter Mildred Lee Baysinger Busk's death earlier this year that stirred me to action on researching and reporting what record I had of this pioneer family. Julia's second daughter Doris Baysinger Asay passed away in 2008.

Grace Evans did marry but did not have children. The Western States Marriage Record Index reports marriage to Charles Patton (21) of Salt Lake City and Grace Evans (21) of Salt Lake City wed 5 July 1917 in Salt Lake County, marriage cert # A-027317. Charles Patton's death certificate reports his death November 7, 1923 due to chronic nephritis, He was a conductor for the Denver and Salt Lake railroad. Grace was born Mar 13 1887. I do not have a death listing for her at this time.