Author talk:Florence Wilkinson Evans

Sources edit

Name: Florence Wilkinson Evans
Source:

  • American Authors and Books. 1640 to the present day. Third revised edition. By W.J. Burke and Will D. Howe. Revised by Irving Weiss and Anne Weiss. New York: Crown Publishers, 1972. (AmAu&B)
  • American Women Playwrights, 1900-1930. A checklist. Compiled by Frances Diodato Bzowski. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992. (AmWomPl)
  • Childhood in Poetry. A catalogue, with biographical and critical annotations, of the books of English and American poets comprising the Shaw Childhood in Poetry Collection in the Library of the Florida State University. First edition. By John Mackay Shaw. Detroit: Gale Research, 1967. (ChhPo)
  • Childhood in Poetry. A catalogue, with biographical and critical annotations, of the books of English and American poets comprising the Shaw Childhood in Poetry Collection in the Library of the Florida State University. First Supplement. By John Mackay Shaw. Detroit: Gale Research, 1972. (ChhPo S1)
  • Childhood in Poetry. A catalogue, with biographical and critical annotations, of the books of English and American poets comprising the Shaw Childhood in Poetry Collection in the Library of the Florida State University. Second Supplement. By John Mackay Shaw. Detroit: Gale Research, 1976. (ChhPo S2)
  • Woman's Who's Who of America. A biographical dictionary of contemporary women of the United States and Canada, 1914-1915. Edited by John William Leonard. New York: American Commonwealth Co., 1914. (WomWWA)

Census edit

  • 1910 USA

Name: Florence W Evans
Age in 1910: 30
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1910: Manhattan Ward 12, New York, New York
Street: Riverside Drive
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Wilfred M Evans
Father's Birthplace: Vermont
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Native Tongue: English
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 1
Number of Children Born: 0
Number of Children Living: 0
Neighbors:
Household Members:
Name Age
Wilfred M Evans 44, artist
Florence W Evans 30, no occupation

  • 1920 USA

Name: Florence Evans
[Norene Kerans]
Age: 35
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1920: Manhattan Assembly District 15, New York, New York
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Griffin Evans
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Writer
Industry: House
Employment Field: Own Account
Naturalization Status: Alien
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors:
Household Members:
Name Age
Griffin Evans 50
Florence Evans 35
Christopher Evans 7
Ida Stackton 60
Carrie Gilbert 35
Mary Stringfellow 35
Clara Winterburn 50
Sarah Garret 35
Anna Clark 34

Passport edit

  • National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; Roll #: 73; Volume #: Roll 0073 - Certificates: 63439-64338, 22 Oct 1908-20 Nov 1908

Name: Florence Wilkinson
Age: 34
Birth Date: 6 Sep 1874
Birth Place: Tarrytown, New York
Residence Place: New York City, New York
Passport Issue Date: 17 Nov 1908
Certificate Number: 64232

Marriage edit

  • “Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871–1920.” Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Illinois Department of Public Health records. "Marriage Records, 1871–present." Division of Vital Records, Springfield, Illinois.

Name: Florence Wilkinson
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1880
Marriage Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 16 Sep 1909
Marriage Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Spouse Name: Wilfred M. Evans
Spouse Age: 44
Spouse Gender: Male
FHL Film Number: 1030464

notes edit

  • evidence of probate of husband Wilfrid Muir Evans in UK
  • evidence of travel of husband to NY in 1928, "artist"
  • New York, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1794-1943 for Florence Evans > Southern District, New York > (Roll 0297) Petition No. 60963 - Petition No. 61244

Name: Florence Evans, writer
Record Type: Petition
Birth Date: 6 Sep 1869
Birth Place: Tarrytown, NY
Arrival Date: 3 Aug 1914
Arrival Place: New York
Petition Place: New York, USA
Spouse: Wilfred
Petition Number: 61107

mentions coming from Trieste mentions child Christopher, b. Feb 25, 1912, Paris, France

it appears that she lost US citizenship on her marriage, and is endeavouring to recover such


  • Cannot find 1930 census record. (overseas?)
  • UK deaths don't show Florence W. Evans with about the approx. birth year.
  • No 1939 Register entry in UK for either Florence or Wilfrid, indicating that not in UK at that time.

Passenger edit

  • Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957. Microfilm Publication T715, 8892 rolls. NAI: 300346. Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; National Archives at Washington, D.C.

Name: Florence Evans
Arrival Date: 24 Sep 1930
Birth Date: 6 Sep 1869, Tarrytown
Last Permanent Address: W. Cornwall, Con.
Age: 59
Gender: Female
Port of Departure: Southampton, England
Port of Arrival: New York, New York, USA
Ship Name: Homeric

American Authors And Books(1640-1940) edit

EVANS, FLORENCE WILKINSON (Mrs. Wilfrid Muir Evans); b. Tarrytown, N.Y. Novelist, poet, playwright ...

possible death edit

  • New York State Department of Health. Genealogical Research Death Index. Albany, New York.

Name: Florence W Evans
Gender: Female
Age: 91
Birth Date: abt 1869
Residence Place: Garden City, Nassau, New York, USA
Death Date: 9 Sep 1960
Death Place: New York, USA