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     Roy Earl Evans may have been born on 13 March 1891 in Allegan Co., Michigan (see below). He was married by Alfred Way, clergyman, to Margaret Carter, daughter of Lorenzo Carter and Barbara Zinc, on 30 May 1910 in Ithaca, Gratiot Co., Michigan.⁴ He died on 26 June 1947 in Onondaga, Ingham Co., Michigan.⁶ He was buried at Rosehill Cemetery (Sect. N, Lot 44) in Eaton Rapids, Eaton Co., Michigan.⁷
     Although he is listed here as Roy Earl Evans, his true given birth name has been difficult to determine. In most online records he is listed as Roy Earl (or Roy, Roy E., or Earl).^{4,8,9,1,2,3,10,5,11} In various other records, however, he appears as Elroy E.^12,13, L. Roy¹⁴, Leroy E.¹⁵, Bert¹⁶, Roy Albert⁵, Albert Leroy^5,6, and Albert R.⁷ Further complicating things is the existence of another Albert Evans, also with a wife named Margaret, living in Lansing, Michigan, during the same time period.^17,18,19,20
     His birth date and place are also difficult to pin down. His age listed in his marriage record and in the 1920 census indicate he was born about 1885 or 1886.^4,3 His World War I draft registration says 14 June 1887, but his World War II draft registration and his death record both say 13 March 1891, which is consistent with his cemetery marker and his age listed in the 1930 and 1940 censuses.^{1,2,6,7,10,12} And Social Security records say 13 March 1893.⁵ Of these, the 13 March 1891 date fits well with the birth dates we have for his siblings.
     He was probably born in Michigan, as listed in the 1920 and 1940 censuses (the 1930 census only says "US"), possibly in Allegan Co. as listed on his death certificate and as he stated in his two draft registrations.^{3,12,10,6,1,2} His marriage record inexplicably says he was born in Duluth, Minnesota, and the 1921 death certificate for his unnamed infant son also says Minnesota, but we have no record of his parents ever being there.^4,9
     All the above is summarized in the following table.

Source	Year	Name	Birth Place	Birth Date
Marriage Record	1910	Earl Evans	Duluth, Minnesota	about 1885
Dau. Velma's Death Cert.	1913	Roy E. Evans	Michigan
City Directory	1916	Elroy E. Evans
WW 1 Draft Reg.	1917	Roy Earl Evans	Allegan Co., Michigan	14 June 1887
City Directory	1919	Roy Evans
Census	1920	Roy E. Evans	Michigan	about 1885
Inf. Son's Death Cert.	1921	Roy Evans	Minnesota
City Directory	1921	Roy Evans
City Directory	1922-25	Roy E. Evans
City Directory	1928-30	L. Roy Evans
Son Harry's Mar. Rec.	1929	Bert Evans
Census	1930	Roy Evans	United States	about 1891
City Directory	1932-35	Roy E. Evans
Social Sec. Recs.	1937	Roy Earl Evans		13 March 1893
City Directory	1939	Roy E. Evans
Census	1940	Elroy E. Evans	Michigan	about 1891
City Directory	1940-41	Leroy E. Evans
WW 2 Draft Reg.	1942	Roy Earl Evans	Allegan Co., Michigan	13 March 1891
Social Sec. Recs.	1943	Albert Leroy Evans
Death Cert.	1947	Albert Leroy Evans	Allegan Co., Michigan	13 March 1891
Grave Marker		Albert R. Evans		1891
Social Sec. Recs.	1965	Roy Albert Evans

     Although there is considerable variation in the records for his given name, and his birth date, there is little doubt these all refer to the same person. He is always listed with a wife Margaret in the Lansing city directory, and their adult son Harry and/or Margaret's daughter Muriel were often living with them or next door. And his parents are listed as Albert Evans and Mable Burlingham in his marriage record, where he is called Earl, and in Social Security records, where he was listed as Roy Earl in May 1937, Albert Leroy in July 1943, and Roy Albert in March 1965. His death record, where he is listed as Albert Leroy, names his mother as Emma Burlingham, but doesn't name his father.^4,5,6
     He and his wife Margaret lived in or near Lansing, Ingham Co., Michigan, most of their married lives. They are listed in the town of Lansing in the 1920 census, along with Margaret's daughter Muriel from her first marriage (listed as Muriel Evans), and their son Harry.³ They are again listed in Lansing in the 1930 census, in the same house as Muriel and her first husband Costa Devers, and Harry and his first wife June.¹⁰ They are listed in Lansing Twp., Ingham Co., Michigan, in the 1940 census, next door to Muriel and her second husband Harry Brown and their family.¹²
     He worked several jobs throughout his life. At the time of his marriage he listed his occupation as farmer. He was working as a laborer in 1916, as a stone mason in 1917, as a steam engineer in a factory in 1920, as a carpenter from 1922-25, as a truck driver for the Armour meat company from 1930-35, for the W.P.A. in 1939, and as a truck driver for a coal company in 1940.^{4,21,1,3,10,12}

     Margaret Carter was born about 1887 in Elwell, Gratiot Co., Michigan.¹ She married first Vernon Buskard on 14 May 1905 in Alma, Gratiot Co., Michigan.² They were divorced on 5 June 1909 (filed by Margaret 6 April 1906, charging adultery) in Gratiot Co., Michigan.³ She was married second, by Alfred Way, clergyman, to Roy Earl Evans, son of Albert Elton Evans and Charity Mabel Burlingham, on 30 May 1910 in Ithaca, Gratiot Co., Michigan.¹ She died in 1953.⁴ She was buried at Rosehill Cemetery in Eaton Rapids, Eaton Co., Michigan.⁴
     In 1910, after her divorce from her first husband, she and her daughter Muriel were living with her widowed father Lorenzo in Alma, Gratiot Co., Michigan.⁵
     She and her second husband Roy lived in or near Lansing, Ingham Co., Michigan, most of their married lives. They are listed in the town of Lansing in the 1920 census, along with Margaret's daughter Muriel from her first marriage (listed as Muriel Evans), and their son Harry.⁶ They are again listed in Lansing in the 1930 census, in the same house as Muriel and her first husband Costa Devers, and Harry and his first wife June.⁷ They are listed in Lansing Twp., Ingham Co., Michigan, in the 1940 census, next door to Muriel and her second husband Harry Brown and their family.⁸

     Harriet Lorenz was born in 1891 in Pine Grove Twp., Van Buren Co., Michigan.^2,1 She was married by Rev. E. R. Clark to Basil Egbert Cooley, son of Irving Cooley and Cora Belle Swikert, on 8 March 1917 at the home of the groom's aunt Sarah (Taylor) Johnson in Otsego, Allegan Co., Michigan.^1,3 She died in 1945.² She was buried at Mountain Home Cemetery in Otsego, Allegan Co., Michigan.²
     After their marriage, she and her husband Basil lived for a time with Basil's aunt and uncle, Arthur and Jessie (Swikert) Burlingham, in Otsego, Allegan Co., Michigan.³