Evan And Hilda Barton Family

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Evan And Hilda Barton

1926 To 1989

Grandson Of 2 x Great Grandparents (Barton Family #3)

Overview

Evan Barton was born in 1903 the son of a Grocer from Central Wigan. Hilda Heyes was born in 1906 the daughter of an Accounts Clerk from from Scholes Wigan. Evan and Hilda were married in 1926 at St Michael And All Angels Swinley Wigan. They moved to Derbyshire where Evan was a Dairy Manager, and had three children but the Barton surname was not passed down through this branch of the family. Evan died in 1976 and Hilda died in 1989.

Family

Parents

Evan: Henry Barton (1868-1945) and Elizabeth Waterworth (1869-1947). Grocer from Swinley Wigan. Ancestor Family

Hilda: Henry Heyes and Jane Baldwin. Accounts Clerk from Scholes Wigan. Inlaw Family

Heads

Evan Barton (1903-1976)

Hilda Heyes (1906-1989)

Children

Margaret Dorothy Barton (1927-2011). Personal Assistant. Dies in Poole. Spinster

Evan Richard Barton (1932-1989). Works for Post Office. Dies in Leeds. Bachelor

Second Daughter (1935-). Marries and lives in London with two children. External Family

Timeline

19th April 1903 Evan is born at 48 Darlington Street Central Wigan. Father Henry is a Master Grocer. Evan is a traditional name of the Mawdsley family, Henry Mawdsley probably being Evan’s great-grandfather.

31st August 1906 Hilda is born at 168 Darlington Street East Scholes WIgan. Father Henry is an Accounts Clerk.

1924 to 1926 In his life story Evan’s cousin Norman Barton says he spent a couple of years assisting Evan in his haulage and potato “sales” so Evan had this occupation since 1924 at least. This could mean they were both working for Evan’s brother Henry.

23rd August 1926 Evan and Hilda are married at St Michael And All Angels Swinley Wigan. Evan is a Potato Salesman aged 23 living at Colinfield Farm Swinley Wigan, Hilda is aged 19 living at 4 Hill Street Beech Hill Wigan.

5th April 1927 Daughter Margaret born at Barramuir Gidlow Lane Beech Hill Wigan. Evan is a Potato Salesman. Margaret does not marry, works as a Personal Assistant and dies on 22nd March 2011 aged 83 in Poole Dorset of Ischaemic Heart Disease.

16th January 1930 Evan’s brother Thomas commits suicide at Colinfield Farm Swinley Wigan aged 30.

30th July 1932 Son Evan born at 451 Gidlow Lane Beech Hill Wigan. Father Evan is a Dairyman. Son Evan does not marry and works for the Post Office in Nottingham, dying on 28th October 1989 in Leeds aged 57 of Myocardial Infarction.

1935 Second daughter born at Beech Hill Wigan, Evan is a Potato Salesman. Daughter marries in 1957 and lives in London with 2 children. No death record has been found so is possibly still alive.

29th September 1939 Register. Family living in 53 Acacia Crescent Beech Hill Wigan, Evan is a Dairy Foreman aged 36, Hilda is aged 33, daughter Margaret is aged 12, son Evan is aged 7, second daughter is aged 3.

11th September 1945 Evan’s father Henry dies at Colinfield Farm Swinley Wigan.

11th March 1947 Evan’s mother Elizabeth dies at Colinfield Farm Swinley Wigan.

1945 to 1976 Family moves to Derbyshire, possibly soon after Evan’s parents died. Evan was presumably still working for the Barton Grocer business when his father died so had to find work elsewhere.

28th February 1976 Evan dies at General Hospital Nottingham of Lung Cancer, aged 72. He was a retired Dairy Manager living at 45 Church Street Ilkeston (between Derby and Nottingham). Son Evan was informant and also lived at the same address.

2nd December 1989 Hilda dies at Ladywood Nursing Home Ilkeston of Cerebro Vascula Disease aged 83. She was a retired School Teacher living at 21 Morley Drive Ilkeston. Daughter Margaret was present at the death and also lived at the same address.