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Note: [Broderbund WFT Vol. 15, Ed. 1, Tree #2544, Date of Import: Dec 13, 1998]
BIRTH
(certificate in file)
"...WILLIAM J. EVANS, native of city residing 2446 Dauphine, who hereby declares that on May 14, 1919 was born a male child named ROBERT BARTHOLOMEW EVANS(white) lawful issue of deponent a native of this city, aged 40 years, occupation clerk and CAROLINE KANE a native of this city aged 30 years..."
BAPTISM (copy of certificate in file)
June 1, 1919 at St. Anna's Church, Esplanade Avenue between Marais and Villere Streets. Godparents were Bartholomew Palmisano and Emily Moran.
Both parents died within a few weeks of each other when he was only about 15 years old. He quit high school and enrolled at Delgado Trade School where he studied printing. He began his apprenticeship as a typesetter at E.P. Rivas Printing, 615 Bienville St., New Orleans where he worked continuously for about 35 years.
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