Thomas Evans (c1800-1846)

Thomas Evans (c1800-1846)

1823 Married at Myrthr Tydfil to Jane Williams

1829 Birth of son Thomas Evans

1838 Thomas Evans of Dowlais, became a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.

1846 Died. 'June 5 at Dowlais, after a long and lingering illness, in the 46th year of his age, Thomas Evans, Esq., Manager of the Dowlais Iron Works'. and 'In our Obituary of this day will be found an announcement of the death of Thomas Evans, Esq., late manager of the Dowlais Iron Works, which melancholy event, after a very protracted and severe illness, took place at Dowlais, on Friday, the 5th instant. Mr. Evans was a kind and considerate master, and was universally beloved by the workmen, who regarded him, generally, as a firm friend and well-wisher. As a proof of the high esteem in which he was held by Sir J. Guest, we have to state that the honourable baronet came expressly from Canford, Dorsetshire, to attend his funeral, which took place on the 9th instant, upon which day Dowlais presented a scene of great solemnity. The operations at the works were entirely suspended, and the shops from Gellyveilog bridge to the extremity of the place were closed, from motives of respect to the memory of the deceased gentleman. The funeral was very numerously attended, the road from Dowlais to the Vaynor Churchyard (where the deceased had expressed a desire to be interred) presenting one continued throng of human beings, upon whose countenances was depicted serious concern. Sir John Guest appeared deeply affected when the mortal remains of his faithful agent and friend were deposited in the grave. As an honest, upright, and well- disposed man, the memory of Mr. Evans will be long held in affectionate remembrance by persons of all classes.'

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1848 Obituary

Mr. T. Evans was well known, in the iron trade, as the manager of Sir John Guest’s extensive works at Dowlais, South Wales, where he introduced several improvements in the manufacture of iron.

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