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Andrew Evans & Louise Shearer
Here is a Friday Family from Otonabee Township, Andrew Lang Evans and Harriet Louise Shearer. Andrew was born 3 September 1880 in Otonabee Township. His parents were Robert Evans and Jane Forsyth.
Louise was born 19 October 1882 in Otonabee Township. Her mother was Mary Steele and her father was Andrew Shearer.
Andrew and Louise married in Otonabee Township on 10 June 1908. They settled in the township at Lot 29 Concession 4 and carried on farming.
A daughter, Ethel Kathleen, was born on 23 April 1909. She would become the wife of Francis Leroy Gist in 1944. Ethel (Evans) Gist died 13 July 1968 in Otonabee Township. She and Francis rest in the Fife Cemetery, Otonabee Township.
John Russell, son of Andrew and Louise (Shearer) Evans, was born in 1910. John died 12 January 1968 in Otonabee Township. He was laid to rest in Fife Cemetery.
Arthur Steele, son of Andrew and Louise (Shearer) Evans, was born in 1911. Arthur died 15 January 1937 at Indian River, Otonabee Township. He rests in Fife Cemetery.
Eleanor Patricia, daughter of Andrew and Louise (Shearer) Evans, was born 25 December 1912. Eleanor became the wife of John Ashton Fife on 4 June 1938. They lived in Otonabee Township. John died in January 2002 and Eleanor (Evans) Fife died on 15 September 2016. They are buried in Fife Cemetery.
Maynard Allan, son of Andrew and Louise (Shearer) Evans, was born 29 November 1914 in Otonabee Township. He died 9 September 1968 in the township and was buried in Fife Cemetery.
Ruth Louise, daughter of Andrew and Louise (Shearer) Evans, was born in 1916. She married George Nurse in 1940. George Nurse died in July 1959. Ruth (Evans) Nurse died 22 August 1997.
Andrew James, son of Andrew and Louise (Shearer) Evans, was born in 1922. In 1954 he married Lillian Van Horne.
Paul Robert, son of Andrew and Louise (Shearer) Evans, was born 17 July 1923 in Otonabee Township. He married Elizabeth Margaret Agnes Reid on 24 June 1944. Elizabeth died 8 March 1999. Paul died 5 December 2000 at Indian River, Otonabee Township. They rest in Fife Cemetery.
Mildred Eileen, daughter of Andrew and Louise (Shearer) Evans, was born 30 October 1927. She married Kenneth James Lancaster in 1947. Kenneth died in a car accident on 10 June 1973. Mildred (Evans) Lancaster died 3 September 2013.
