Emily May (nee Sherwood) Evans

Victoria UELAC Early Member: Emily May (nee Sherwood) Evans, 1853-1943

  • Born in Toronto, Ontario.
  • In 1861 Census. Father is the Registrar of Toronto. 2 story frame house on 1/4 acre. Have horse and carriage for pleasure. 2 domestics. Father died in 1867.
  • New Victoria UELAC member in Oct. 1933. Had been living in Vancouver since 1921 so likely just moved to Victoria. Lived at 3137 Wascana in Saanich.
  • Cannot trace UE status of husband Walter George Evans
  • Buried at Royal Oak Cemetery.
  • UE Loyalist Ancestor: Captain Justus Sherwood, 1747-1798, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec. “He died at Three Rivers in the summer of 1798 on his way with his rafts to Quebec.