James Wesley Evans

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James Wesley Evans Funeral Notice from The Free Press, London, Ontario, Tuesday, March 22, 1932 The funeral of James Wesley Evans, late of Toronto and formerly of London, was held this afternoon from the Evans funeral home, Hamilton road, to Clipperton's Cemetery, Nissouri Township. Mr. Evans was a member of one of the most widely known and highly respected families of Middlesex County. He was born on concession 4, West Nissouri Township, in 1856, and was a son of the late James Evans, Liberal member of Parliament for East Middlesex from 1867 to 1871. Mr Evans for many years owned the flour mills in Thorndale Village and carried on an extensive business throughout Western Ontario. In 1913 he disposed of the mills to the late Charles Fell and moved to Toronto, where he entered the real estate business. On retiring from business life a few years ago he took up his residence in London, where he died on Sunday morning after an illness of three months. He was married in 1908 to Christina Falconer, daughter of the late Mr and Mrs John Falconer who survives him. He is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Ernest Day, Thamesford, and Miss Louisa Evans, Ingersoll."

James married Christena Falconer on 1 Jan 1908 in W Nissouri Twp, East Middlesex, Ontario. Christena (daughter of John Falconer and Rebecca Liskey) was born about 1876 in Seaforth, Ontario; died about 1945; was buried about 1945 in Vinings Cemetery, West Nissouri Twp, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]