See also

Family of Wells Leighton Evans and Bella Grayston

  • Husband:

  • Wells Leighton Evans (1904-1985)

  • Wife:

  • Bella Grayston (1901-1989)

  • Status:

  • Divorced

  • Marriage:

  • 30 Nov 1929

  • Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa1

  • Divorce:

  • Jan 1977

  • Riverside, California, USA1

Husband: Wells Leighton Evans

  • Name:

  • Wells Leighton Evans1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 31 Aug 1904

  • Bountiful, Davis, Utah, USA1

  • Death:

  • Sep 1985 (age 81)

  • Green Valley, Pima, Arizona, USA1

Wife: Bella Grayston

  • Name:

  • Bella Grayston2

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Henry Benjamin Grayston (1865- )

  • Mother:

  • Minnie Elizabeth Portch (1871- )

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1901

  • Hendon "Registration District", Middlesex, England2,3

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 10)

  • 50a York Terrace, Marylebone, London, England3

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living in five rooms with her parents Henry and Minnie, sisters Bessie and Dorothy, and brothers John and Harry. Born in London

  • Military Beginning:

  • 3 Jul 1918 (age 17)4

  •  

  •  

  • when she joined the Royal Air Force as no:13439

  • Emigration:

  • 9 Feb 1929 (age 28)

  • from Southampton, Hampshire, England to Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa5

  •  

  • as Miss B Grayston travelling alone on the Arundel Castle

  • Death:

  • 28 Nov 1989 (age 88)

  • Edmonds, Snohomish, Washington, USA1

Note on Husband: Wells Leighton Evans

After divorcing Bella, Wells married Dorothy Helen Michler (1902-1995)1

Sources

1.

Ancestry Family Trees, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Archibald Family Tree by gorgeousdoll53. Cit. Date: 6 June 2020.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Hendon 1901 quarter:1 volume:3a page:268. Cit. Date: 4 June 2020.

3.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:515 registration district:7 sub-district:1 enumeration district:1 schedule:19. Cit. Date: 4 June 2020.

4.

FindMyPast British Women's Royal Air Force Service Records 1918-1920, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive ref:AIR 80/92/104. Cit. Date: 6 June 2020.

5.

FindMyPast Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Arundel Castle 1929. Cit. Date: 6 June 2020.