Lynn Evans
Birth Name: Carolyn Marie Hargate
Date of Birth: May 2, 1924
Place of Birth: Youngstown, Ohio, U.S.
Date of Death: February 6, 2020
Place of Death: Elyria, Ohio, U.S.
Ethnicity: English, Welsh
Lynn Evans was an American singer. She was a member of The Chordettes, a female pop music quartet founded in 1946 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Other members of the group were, at various points, Carol Buschmann, Janet Ertel, Margie Needham, Jinny Osborn, Nancy Overton, Dorothy Schwartz, and Alice Mae Spielvogel.
Lynn was the daughter of Caroline “Carrie” and George Arthur Hargate. Her paternal grandparents were English, from Yorkshire. Her maternal grandparents were Welsh.
Lynn’s paternal grandfather was Samuel Hargate (the son of John Hargate and Georgene Haden).
Lynn’s paternal grandmother was named Anna Eliza Hewitt/Hewett.
Lynn’s maternal grandfather was named George Williams.
Lynn’s maternal grandmother was named Esther/Eta Woodford/Wordford.
Sources: Genealogies of Lynn Evans – https://www.familysearch.org
https://es.findagrave.com
There has been a mistake, someone linked an incorrect couple as the parents of George Arthur Hargate. I fixed it:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/G7WF-QMP
Lynn’s paternal grandparents were Samuel Hargate and Anna Eliza Hewitt/Hewett, both from Yorkshire.
Lynn’s maternal grandparents were Welsh emigrants, George Williams and Eta Wordford.
Ethnicity:
*father — English
*mother — Welsh