My aunt Barbara Evans

Posted by on Jun 11 2014 | Family History

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with a friend going to Seattle

I love this photo of Barbara (right) as a young woman, travelling to Seattle with a friend. Growing up she was called “Dede” but I don’t believe she was known by that nickname after she moved to Ontario.

I didn’t know my aunt Barbara very well. She moved to Ontario before I was born and came back to Vancouver a couple of times in the late 60s and early 70s. I remember her cooking liver and onions, a dish my mother (Maureen) never made.

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clockwise from top: Betty, Barbara, Maureen, ?

The three Evans girls were all interested in music and drama. All had blue eyes. Barbara and Maureen were blonde, Betty brunette. Barbara was interested in pursuing a career in theatre and moved first to Toronto, I believe, and later died in Kitchener. I know that Betty and Maureen were swimmers and Maureen also played badminton, but I know nothing about Barbara’s athletic interests.

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Barbara, Maureen, Laura (née MacDonald), Betty ca 1950

I’ve always liked this photo of the Evans women sitting in front of their house at 2335 West 7th Avenue (at Vine Street) in the Kitsilano neighbourhood of Vancouver. Grandma Evans moved out in 1977 after a fire, most likely from a cigarette.  She was in the early stages of dementia and Maureen found a nice care home for her until she died in 1985. The house and the old garage are still standing.

I remember hearing that Barbara died in 2005, shortly after my dad. She wanted no service. After Maureen died, we found Barbara’s ashes in a closet. We were able to bury them at Mountain View Cemetery at the same time that we buried her older sister, Betty.

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She is now at buried in the same grave as her father Charles (Charlie) and older sister, Elizabeth (Betty).

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