Evans family - papers of Rev. Jonathan Evans and his wife Mary Sanger Evans, nee Creed, 1869-1925, together with research notes and related papers compiled by their grandaughter Mary Sanger Griffiths, nee Evans, ca 1984

MLMSS 4637

fonds

1869 - 1925, ca 1984

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Photographs

153664

1 box - 0.17 Meters
Textual Records
Clippings
Textual Records - (printed)
Photographs

Jonathan Evans was born in 1849; his birth was registered at Carmarthen, South Wales. He arrived in Australia ca 1869 and was ordained Deacon (Church of England) by the Bishop of Goulburn in 1873. He married Mary Sanger Creed of Melbourne (ca 1875) and they moved soon after to Tasmania where he was ordained priest by the Bishop of Tasmania in 1877. After incumbencies in parishes in Sydney and New Zealand (ca 1888-ca 1898) Evans returned to England (ca 1899) where he died in 1922.
Mary Sanger Creed was born in England in 1844; with her family she arrived in Melbourne in 1861 on the Prince of Wales. She was one of the first women to pass the matriculation examination for the University of Melbourne, but was not permitted to enrol. She and her husband had four children : Grace, Dudley, Arthur and Winifred. During the 1890s in Sydney she was involved with the Women's Co-operative Silk-growing Association. She is thought to have died in 1900.

1869-1925; Papers of the Rev. Jonathan Evans : sermons and notes, 1875-1922; diaries, 1919-1920; certificates and licences, 1871-1921, including certificate of ordination as priest from the Bishop of Tasmania, 1877, and licence from the Archbishop of Canturbury, 1902; letters received, 1869, 1899-1922, n.d.; photographs, 1878, ca 1918, papers concerning his Estate, 1919-1925, mainly correspondence from Lowe and Jolly, Solicitors (Birmingham, England)
1890s; Papers of Mary Sanger Evans : scrapbook of newscuttings, including articles about the Women's Co-operative Silk-growing Association (2 photographs removed from scrapbook, Dec. 1986, filed at SPF/Wyee, N.S.W.(?) - Shops, Offices & Factories - Women's Co-operative Silk-growing Association), articles and letters to the editor written by Mary S. Evans; together with ms. letter, 1894, and ms. essay 'Mind versus matter'
ca 1984; Research notes and related papers about the Evans and Creed families, compiled by Mary Sanger Griffiths