Best, Evelyn Madeline

Birth Name Best, Evelyn Madeline
Gender female

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1915     1a
Residence 1935 St John, Newfoundland, Canada Power or Powis St, St John's West 1a
Event Note

1935 Census Newfoundland and Labrador:
Best: Eliza. Residing at 63 Power/Powis St is Eliza Best, 73 Widow*, and her son George 29, who is a Labourer. They use 3 rooms of the home Eliza owns, and have lodgers at $10/month - Lloyd and Mary Bursey (27 and 22) and they use 2 rooms. Lloyd is a Grocer at ?Bowrings? and he has earned $600 in the last year. George and he has earned $50 in the last year. Eliza's house is worth $2000.

Residing at 63a Power/Powis St is Eliza's son Seebert (transcribed Seaward) 43, and his wife Minnie 44, and their six children: Evelyn 20, Edith 18, Myrtle 17, Irene 16, Phyllis 13, Wallace 9, and Violet 6. Seebert is a Clerk ant the Express Office and he has earned $1080 in the last year. They also pay rent of $10/month for 7 rooms - possibly to their mother.

No-one owns a radio.

* implies date of death for George before 1935

Marriage     Edward Martin; children 6-7; from scanned Ken Gurney Family Tree 9/2013  

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Best, Seebert1892
Mother Adams, Minnie Emma1891
         Best, Evelyn Madeline 1915
    Sister     [Living], [Living]
    Sister     Best, Mona Myrtle 1918
    Sister     Best, Irene Louise 1919
    Sister     Best, Phyllis Beatrice 1922 1985
    Brother     [Living], [Living]
    Sister     [Living], [Living]

Source References

  1. Department of Tourism, Culture, and Recreation, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.: Newfoundland Census 1935
      • Page: St John's West District, p. 198, household ID , reference ID , Department of Tourism, Culture, and Recreation, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador; FHL microfilm 2,166,828; The Bests - Newfoundland Census 1935 record-image_TH-1951-40935-34054-85.jpg