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George Robert Evans

George Robert Evans

Born
21 Sept 1803
Died
24 Oct 1879
Gender
Male
Place of migration
Migrated to/Born in Australia

George Robert Evans

1803–1879

BIRTH 21 SEP 1803 • Longford, Longford, Ireland

DEATH 24 OCT 1879 • Evandale, Binda, New South Wales, Australia

2nd great-grandfather 

Transported

15 Jul 1824 • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Convicted of Attending an Unlawful Rally and was convicted as a Political Prisoner and at Dublin Court he was sentenced to 7 years transportation on the "Prince Regent" to Australia

His father was:

John Bede Evans Esq. Officer in the British Army

1770–1867

BIRTH 1770 • Doneraile, Cork, Ireland

DEATH 1867 • Mountmellick, Laois, Ireland

 

 

 

Associated communities

Longford

Co. Longford, or Longfort in Irish, is part of the midlands region of Ireland.  We have a gorgeous countryside with farmlands, lakes and bogs.  We have a population of approximately 40,810.  We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.

Other ancestors in this community

Buildings in this community

  • Cavalry Barracks Longford (Lower Barracks)

    Location: Longford

  • Knights & Conquests Heritage Centre

    Location: Longford

    Granard Longford

  • Maria Edgeworth Center - Edgeworthstown

    Location: Longford

    Ballymahon Rd, Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford, N39 E3C8

  • Greville Arms Hotel, Granard - Gen Michael Collins - Kitty Kiernan

    Location: Longford

    Greville Hotel, Granard, Co Longford

Timeline events in this community

  • 1880s

    Four drowned in the Shannon

    2 Dec 1882

  • 1930s

    Travelling Folk in the 1930s

    <p>Between 1937 and 1939, primary school pupils across the Republic of Ireland interviewed the elderly in their neighborhood to collect and record local stories and folklore from the 19th century. "The Schools Collection" as it became known is held by the Dúchas Folklore Collection in UCD and is and has been digitized online at duchas.ie. One of the topics schoolchildren were asked to write about were "Travelling Folk" or An Lucht Siúil. </p> <p>Here is a selection of what "settled" children wrote about travelers in the late 1930s.</p>

    1 Jan 1938

  • 1830s

    Cholera rages in Longford

    <p>FROM THE WESTMEATH JOURNAL</p>

    23 Jul 1832

  • 1830s

    County Longford in the 1830s

    <p>A snapshot of pre-famine local history, as described in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" by Samuel Lewis, 1837. (Much of the information collected here was submitted by members of the local gentry and clergy of the time).</p>

    1 Jan 1837