[Index]

May EVANS (1874 - 1963)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	May EVANS (1874 - 1963) + James NAIRN (1874 - 1950)	Alfred Charles EVANS (1846 - 1935)	Joshua EVANS (1818 - 1894)
			Mary Allport CHESTERS (1828 - 1917)	John CHESTERS (1801 - 1871)
				Ann ALLPORT (1804 - 1842)
		Mary Ann PERKINS (1849 - 1936)	William Henry PERKINS (1811 - 1898)	Dymoke Longstaff PERKINS (1787 - )
				Mary Ann ODD
			Elizabeth Wynne DEVONSHIRE (1813 - 1910)

b. 1874 at Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

m. 1908 James NAIRN (1874 - 1950) at Perth, WA, Australia

d. 1963 at Fremantle, WA, Australia aged 89

Near Relatives of May EVANS (1874 - 1963)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Joshua EVANS	1818	Liverpool, Lancashire, England	1894	South Australia, Australia	76
Grandmother	Mary Allport CHESTERS	1828	Liverpool, Lancashire, England	1917	Queenstown, South Australia, Australia	89
Grandfather	William Henry PERKINS	1811	Falmouth, Cornwall, England	1898	Westbourne Park, South Australia, Australia	87
Grandmother	Elizabeth Wynne DEVONSHIRE	abt 1813		1910	Woodville, South Australia, Australia	97
Father in Law	William John NAIRN	1842	Perth, WA, Australia	1918	Popanyinning, Western Australia, Australia	76
Mother in Law	Sarah Ann PELL	1852	Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia	1924	Popanyinning, Western Australia, Australia	72
Father	Alfred Charles EVANS	1846	Liverpool, Lancashire, England	1935	Woodville, South Australia, Australia	89
Mother	Mary Ann PERKINS	1849	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia	1936	South Australia, Australia	87
Self	May EVANS	1874	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia	1963	Fremantle, WA, Australia	89
Husband	James NAIRN	1874	Irwin, Western Australia, Australia	1950	Narrogin, Western Australia, Australia	76
Sister	Elsie Wynne EVANS	1873		1945	South Australia, Australia	72
Sister	Mary Allport EVANS	1876	Queenstown, South Australia, Australia	1945	South Australia, Australia	69
Sister	Cora EVANS	1881	Queenstown, South Australia, Australia	1950	Rose Park, South Australia,, Australia	69
Brother	Harold Smallwood EVANS	1882	Queenstown, South Australia, Australia	1908	Woodville, South Australia, Australia	26
Brother	Alfred Dean EVANS	1885	Queenstown, South Australia, Australia
Sister	Linda EVANS	1897	Queenstown, South Australia, Australia	1967	New Zealand	70
Brother in Law	Gustav Mathias ERICKSON	1883		1936	South Australia, Australia	53
Brother in Law	Alfred Bernhard CRANZ	1879	Gawler, Barossa, South Australia, Australia	1911	Hazelbrook, New South Wales, Australia	32
Sister in Law	Ruby Milicent MOYLE	1882	North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia	1950	Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia	68
Brother in Law	Travers Home MORRISON	1890	Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand	1964	Auckland, New Zealand	74

Events in May EVANS (1874 - 1963)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1874		May EVANS was born	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia	Note 1	52
1908	34	Married James NAIRN (aged 34)	Perth, WA, Australia	Note 2	52
1935	61	Death of father Alfred Charles EVANS (aged 89)	Woodville, South Australia, Australia	Note 3	52, 60
1936	62	Death of mother Mary Ann PERKINS (aged 87)	South Australia, Australia	Burial info
1950	76	Death of husband James NAIRN (aged 76)	Narrogin, Western Australia, Australia	Note 4	60
1963	89	May EVANS died	Fremantle, WA, Australia	Burial info
1963	89	Burial	Fremantle Cemetery	Note 5	90

Note 1: May Evans in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name May Evans Birth Date 18 Nov. 1874 Birth Place Adelaide Registration Place Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Father Alfred Charles Evans Mother Mary Perkins Page number 325 Volume Number 143

Note 2: James Nairn in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name James Nairn Marriage Date 1908 Marriage Place Perth, Western Australia Registration Date 1908 Registration Place Perth, Western Australia, Australia Registration Number 22

Note 3: Burial info Alfred Charles Evans in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name Alfred Charles Evans Death Date 6 Dec. 1935 Death Place South Australia Registration Date 1931-1935 Registration Place Australia Page number 5061 Volume Number 576 The Advertiser (Adelaide) 9 Dec 1935 OBITUARY The late Mr. Alfred Charles Evans, who died at his home, 'Toolburra,' Woodville road, Woodville, on Friday was in his 89 year. He was well known as a shipping and land agent at Port Adelaide, where he also formerly man aged the branch of the Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society. He was also for many years a member of the Ade laide Stock Exchange. Mr. Evans was born at Woolton Grange, Getacre. near Liverpool, and arrived in Australia with his parents in 1851. He was the only child of the late Joshua Evans who was a shipping agent at Port Ade laide.

Note 4: Burial info Western Mail (Perth) 9 Nov 1950 Pastoral Pioneers THE late Mr. James Nairn, whose death occurred at Narrogin on September 28. 1950, was a third generation member of a family which had been associated with the pas- toral industry in this State for over 120 years. Mr. Nairn was the eldest son of the late W, J, Nairn, a for mer owner of Byro Station, Upper Murchison, and was the grandson of James Nairn who arrived in this State shortly after Governor Stirling in 1829 and took up Nooloolo Station, Carnamah. Mr, Nairn was born at Don- garra in 1874 and spent the early part of his life in that district. In his early twenties he joined his father and suc- cessfully managed Byro Sta- tion for some years. He had lived quietly at Narrogin for several years prior to his death.

Note 5: May Nairn BIRTH 1876 DEATH 5 Jan 1963 (aged 86–87) BURIAL Fremantle Cemetery Palmyra, Melville City, Western Australia, Australia PLOT Niche Wall-A-0018

Source References:

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: May Evans in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name May Evans Birth Date 18 Nov. 1874 Birth Place Adelaide Registration Place Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Father Alfred Charles Evans Mother Mary Perkins Page number 325 Volume Number 143

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: James Nairn in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name James Nairn Marriage Date 1908 Marriage Place Perth, Western Australia Registration Date 1908 Registration Place Perth, Western Australia, Australia Registration Number 22

90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com

- Reference = (Burial)

- Notes: May Nairn BIRTH 1876 DEATH 5 Jan 1963 (aged 86–87) BURIAL Fremantle Cemetery Palmyra, Melville City, Western Australia, Australia PLOT Niche Wall-A-0018

Created on a Mac™ using iFamily for Mac™ on 7 Jun 2025