William Evans was born in Cardiff Wales in 1833 he arrived in Dunedin in 1850. Phoebe Westlake was born in London 1852 and arrived in Dunedin in 1860.
William and Phoebe married in 1868 in Dunedin and had five children Hannah, Daisy, John, Morris (Owens Father) born in Dunedin July 1883 and Phoebe, little Phoebe living only 2 days.
William died in 8th of June 1910 at the age of 77. His wife Phoebe died through drowning on the 29th December 1894 aged 43.
There are five buried in the grave at the Southern cemetry in Dunedin.
William, his wife Phoebe, their little daughter of two days Phoebe, Morris their son aged 37 and Morris David son of Annie and Owen Evans aged 3 days.
Morris Owen Evans a plumber by trade and a very good violinist (teaching violin), married Bertha Scoullar in Dunedin. They lived in a cottage that belonged to William Evans in Melbourne Street Dunedin.
Morris was knocked off his bicycle in an accident and suffered head injuries. he lay in a coma for weeks with Bertha making the daily trek to the hospital to sit by his side. He died of his injuries in 1921 aged 37 leaving his wife Bertha with three young children Vera, Lydia and Morris Owen ( Born 26th February 1914 ). Bertha worked at many jobs taking in washing, ironing and sewing to support her young family. She had brothers who were horse trainers wanting to help but she was too proud.
Bertha was one of 12 children her Father being John Donaldson Scoullar born in Collingwood Melbourne Victoria Australia in 1854 (died 6/8/1898 aged 48) he married her Mother Mary Louisa
Gibbs Born Tackly, Oxfordshire England on the 8th December 1877. He was 23 and she 17 when they married.
John Donaldson Scoullar was adopted when he was 6 by Arthur Scoullar (The furniture people) born 1830.. his Mother was Eliza Jane Nankervis.. Arthur and Eliza married 9/1/1860 in Collingwood Melbourne Victoria Australia.
There children were:
Alexander (died) 1927 in Wellington New Zealand.
Amelia (married Edmund James)
Arthur William
Elizabeth (married John Spence Nichol)
Francis Matilda (married Charles Orlando Curtis)
Mable Alice (married Alexander Carson)
Annie Bella (married thomas Brown0
Flora died at 17 years 1882
John Donaldson (married Mary Louisa Gibbs)
The Gibbs Family came to New Zealand on the
ship Cartsburn.
After years of widow-hood bringing up her three children, Bertha remarried to Jack Milne and they had a daughter
Rena. There is 22 years between Vera Davis (nee Evans) Bertha's eldest child and Rena .. Rena is married to Alfred Hoyle and they live in Rotorua.
Owen spent much of his young life with his Mother Bertha's brother Jim Scoullar (Uncle Jim), and his wife Helen (Auntie Helen). Jim Scoullar had a milk run (Horse and cart, Owen often had a drive) in South Dunedin,
and he bred and raced pigeons. They lived in Queens Drive
Dunedin.
Bertha had her funeral service at the chapel at Purewa cemetry Meadowbank in Auckland, She was the cremated and her ashes scattered in the rose garden at Purewa.
Bertha (nee Scoullar) and Morris Evans