Researching Roy Evans
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 130866 people with the Evans surname? In that year Evans was ranked number 8 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Roy means "King" and is of French origin.
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Roy Evans and the Evans Genealogy
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Some Famous People called Roy Evans
Roy Evans (baseball)
Robert Roy Evans (March 19, 1874 in Knoxville, Tennessee) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched from 1897 to 1903 for six different franchises. He was a graduate of Emporia State University. He was best known for scamming teams out of their money.
He was thought to have died in the 1915 Galveston Hurricane in Texas, however five years later, he was sentenced to prison for bigamy and was apparently married to at least 4 different women all at once. His assumed death is long thought to have just been another ruse, although it has never been confirmed. He served about 19 months at Lavenworth before being released on June 22, 1922. It is unknown what happened to him after this.
Source: Roy Evans (baseball), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaRoy Evans (actor)
Roy Evans (born 10 January 1930) is an actor who has appeared in British television from the 1960s to 2004, appearing in a wide range of productions including Doctor Who (The Daleks' Master Plan as Trantis, The Green Death as Bert and The Monster of Peladon as a miner), Blake's 7 ("Redemption" as a Slave), Porterhouse Blue (as Arthur), Only Fools and Horses ("The Jolly Boy's Outing" as Harry the coach driver), as well as peasant roles in The Black Adder.
In film he is particularly known for roles in Oliver! (1968), Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (1968), Where's Jack? (1969), Loving Memory (1971), Dark Places (1973), Jabberwocky (1977), Crossed Swords (1977), Raise the Titanic (1980), The Elephant Man (1980) and The Company of Wolves (1984).
Source: Roy Evans (actor), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaRoy Evans (trade unionist)
Roy Lyon Evans (13 August 1931 – 3 December 2015) was a British trade unionist.
Born in Pontarddulais in Wales, Evans' first years were spent speaking only Welsh. His father died when he was seven years old, after which he and his mother moved to Gorseinon. He was educated at Gowerton Grammar School, leaving at the age of sixteen to work in a tin mill.
Evans completed National Service with the Royal Air Force and joined both the Labour Party and the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (ISTC). In 1963, he was appointed as the full-time North West regional organiser, moving to cover West Wales before he was appointed as Deputy General Secretary in 1973, then Assistant General Secretary in 1975. He was the leading figure in the union's strike of 1980, which achieved a 16% pay rise for members. The following year, he was elected to the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Labour Party, on which he voted not to back Peter Tatchell as a candidate, and opposed the Militant Tendency. As a result of this and his opposition to the UK miners' strike, he lost his NEC seat in 1984.
In 1985, Evans was elected as the union's General Secretary, defeating Keith Jones. He also won election to the General Council of the Trades Union Congress. He opposed the privatisation of British Steel Corporation, but felt that industrial action would not prevent it, and so took no action. Retiring in 1993, he described job losses under his leadership as having "decimated" the industry.
Evans was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire on his retirement, and returned to live in Wales with his wife.
Source: Roy Evans (trade unionist), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Evans
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