THE EVANS FAMILY

Patricia Jane Monte, from the USA, has sent us this interesting story of a tragedy with Wolverhampton connections.

My great-grandmother, Annie Evans-James, came from Wolverhampton. She married 
Ernest James and lived with him in Eaglescliffe, near Stockton-on-Tees, North 
Yorkshire. They had two children Ada James-Verrill (my grandmother) and an 
infant son.

Annie Evans James and Ernest James.  This is probably their wedding photo and taken a few years before her tragic death.

Around 1911 Annie, with her baby son and daughter Ada, was travelling by train to see her family in Wolverhampton. While leaning against the train compartment door, she fell out of the train with her infant son in her arms. Another passenger grabbed Ada and stopped her from falling out as well. Unfortunately, my great-grandmother Annie and her baby were both killed, run over by an oncoming train. When they entered the next train station, the station keeper and his wife kept my grandmother over night. Her family in Eaglescliffe was finally notified of the tragic accident.

My grandmother Ada was then raised by her father's parents in Eaglescliffe in a house they called "Sunnyside". My mother remembers Ada's father (Annie's husband); they called him "Red Grandpa" because of his red hair. Mom recalls that he liked to drink and played the horses. My grandmother never knew her mother's family in Wolverhampton. For some reason, it was not discussed and none of the Evan's family from Wolverhampton ever made any attempt to contact 
her.

Thus, we know nothing about Annie Evan's family from Wolverhampton. I do not know the names of my great-great grandparents. I do not know if Annie had any brothers or sisters. All I know about my grandmother is that she was either going to Wolverhampton for a visit or that she was on her way back from a visit. My grandmother use to have a newspaper clipping on the 
accident. I do not know what newspaper published this article.

I am looking for information regarding the Evan's family in Wolverhampton. I believe Annie was in her early twenties when she was killed. If any one has any such information that might connect Annie Evans-James to a family in Wolverhampton, you can contact me at: solaceair@aol.com.