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Benjamin Evans                                  1863-1940
Benjamin was born about 1863, the son of Edward Evans and Dorothy Ann Smith, in Sunderland. He married Sarah Hannah Thompson on 8 July 1893. Benjamin died on 18 March 1940.
Sarah Hannah Thompson                   1868-1923
Sarah Hannah was born 6 April 1868, the youngest daughter of Joseph Lowes Thompson and Hannah Swan, in Sunderland. She died on 18 March 1923.
I have identified the following children:
  Eric Thompson Born 3 Jun 1894   Willesden, Middlesex Married Alice Ellen Malley
Eileen Winifred Mary Jackson
Dorothy Born 28 May 1897   Sudbury, Middlesex Married Frederick James Brodribb

Birth of Parents
Benjamin Evans b: abt 1863  Sunderland, County Durham
son of Edward Evans and Dorothy Ann Smith, Tea Dealer

Sarah Hannah Thompson b: 6 Apr 1868   c: 3 May 1868         Dock Street Methodist Chapel
daughter of Joseph Lowes and Hannah Thompson         1868 2 Qtr Sunderland 10a 614
Marriage
8 Jul 1893
Benjamin Evans
Sarah Hannah Thompson		 Hurworth-on-Tees         1893 3Q Darlington 10a 43
Ship Broker, Father: Edward Evans, Tea Dealer, Deceased
Father: Joseph Lowes Thompson, Ship Builder, Monkwearmouth

Children
Eric Thompson Evans b: 3 Jun 1894  c: 16 Aug 1894               Willesden, Middlesex         1894 3Q Hendon 3a 165
son of Benjamin Evans and Sarah Hannah Thompson
Dorothy Evans b: 28 May 1897                 Sudbury, Middlesex         1897 2Q Hendon 3a 169
daughter of Benjamin Evans and Sarah Hannah Thompson

1901 Census RG13-656 1 April 1901 Merton Surrey
Mostyn Dale
Sarah H. Evans (Head) (M)
Eric T. (Son)
Dorothy (Dau)
Fanny L. Peacock (SisLaw) (M)
Amy G. Harrison (Niece) (u)
Plus 1 Servant 		Age 32
Age 6
Age 3
Age 46
Age 23 		  Sunderland
Willesden
Sudbury
Sunderland
Sunderland 		Durham
Middlesex
Middlesex
Durham
Durham 		6 Apr 1868
3 Jun 1894
28 May 1897
abt 1855
abt 1877

1911 Census RG14-17 3 April 1911 Wimbledon, Surrey
15 Mansel Road   (10 Rooms)
Benjamin Evans
Sarah Hannah (Wife)
Plus 1 Servant 		Age 47
Age 42 		Ship Broker Sunderland
Sunderland 		Durham
Durham 		abt 1863
6 Apr 1868

1911 Census RG14-51 3 April 1911 Piercebridge, Darlington, County Durham
Killerby Hall   (12 Rooms)
Barbara Ann Stobbe (Sister) (s)
Joseph Rell (Son)
 Eric Thompson Evans (Boarder)
Plus 1 Servant 		Age 42
Age 20
 Age 16 		Housekeeper
Farm Worker
 Student & Farm Worker 		Kirklington
Taflescliffe
 Sudbury 		Yorkshire
Yorkshire
 London 		abt 1867
abt 1891
 3 Jun 1894

Death
Sarah Hannah (Thompson) Evans Died 18 Mar 1923, Age 54,       Wimbledon, Surrey       1923 1Q Kingston 2a 518

LONDON   1 May 1923                         Probate
EVANS, Sarah Hannah, of 6 Hill-side, Ridgway, Wimbledon, Surrey (wife of Benjamin Evans) died 18 March 1923, at the Nursing Home, 117 Ridgway, Wimbledon, Surrey, Probate London 1 May, to the said Benjamin Evans, ship broker, and Robert Henry Humphrey, justice of the peace.   Effects £6,468 2s.

Death
Benjamin Evans Died 18 Mar 1940, Age 77,       Wimbledon, Surrey       1940 1Q Surrey N.E. 2a 1218

The Times, Tuesday, Mar 19, 1940                         DEATHS
  EVANS - On March 18, 1940 at 15 Belvedere Drive, Wimbledon, Ben Evans, dearly loved father of Eric and Dorothy.   Funeral, St. Mary's Church, Wimbledon, Thursday, at 2 p.m.
LONDON   21 Jun 1940                         Probate
EVANS, Benjamin, of 15 Belvedere-drive, Wimbledon, Surrey, died 18 March 1940, Probate London 21 June, to Dorothy Brodribb (wife of Frederick James Brodribb) and Reginald Grant Percival, solicitor.
  Effects £15,615 18s. 7d.