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Processed by: S. Hamburger
Date completed: 1988
Inventory compiled by: A. Lorch
Date completed: 2001
Personal Papers Collection, Accession 33200
Extent: 9.2 cubic feet; 7 record center boxes, 26 card index boxes; boxes 1-33
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Provenance:
Gift of Mary Jane Evans Post on 14 July 1988.
Restrictions:
Donor retains copyright on Robert Lee Evans' History of the Descendants of Jacob Gochenour and literary rights to manuscripts transferred to The Library of Virginia.
Preferred citation:
Robert Lee Evans, Research Files on the Gochenour and Evans Families, 1930-1983, Accession 33200, Personal Papers Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Separations:
None
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Robert Lee Evans (1906-1982) was born in Washington, D.C., and graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in mechanical engineering and later from George Washington University Law School. He was a member of the Washington, D.C., Bar and the Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1919 he was employed as an Examiner in the U.S. Patent Office and later became director of the Physics Group. He retired in 1972 and died on May 11, 1982. Although interested in the history of his family from the 1930s, it was not until the late 1960s and early 1970s that he proceeded to gather the bulk of the information contained within this collection, organize it, and publish it in the work, History of the Descendants of Jacob Gochenour (Boyce, Va.: Carr Publishing Company, 1977).
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
Although only one family history was published, compilations were also completed for the Henry Gochenour family and the Jeremiah Evans family, with indices to names contained in the histories. An unpublished manuscript on the Jeremiah Evans family is also included in the material. These family histories contain information sheets on family members. A specific number was designated for each individual according to his generation and place in the family (explained in folder 1 and placed in the container listing in parenthesis), and Evans would send out form letters requesting information or the verification of listed information. These would be returned with correspondence, notes, corrections, newspaper clippings, or other items of interest and were filed numerically in loose-leaf notebooks. Many contacts were made through the annual Gochenour reunion held in Woodstock, Virginia. Other collection material includes Shenandoah County marriage bonds, with an index, 1772-1880, and the 1850 census for Shenandoah County, compiled by Cleta Smith, who assisted Evans in his research.
Following the correspondence are Evans' research notes and card indices. Research notes, obtained from many public and private sources, relate principally to the counties of Shenandoah, Page, Rockingham, and Augusta, and contain Bible records, land records, marriage records, maps, and exchanges of information from various individuals. Folders marked "visits" are diary-like entries made during his travels to family members. Of particular interest are the notes on the Gochenour family collected by Philip S. Rhodes, a surveyor in Shenandoah County in the 1920s and 1930s, and notes on the Henry Gochenour family by Elaine Artlip, both with indices to the individuals mentioned. Also of note are Evans' annotated bibliographies that include a variety of sources pertinent to his investigations. There are also card indices to the baptisms and marriages listed in John W. Wayland, A History of Shenandoah County, Virginia, pp. 736-764, giving the names of parents and child, and age and date of baptism; to Shenandoah County names in Lantz Family Record by Jacob W. Lantz (1931); and an index to land grants from various sources contained within the material. The card indices in boxes 8 through 16 contain a partial index of the names found in Robert Lee Evans' History of the Descendants of Jacob Gochenour (Boyce, Va.: Carr Publishing Company, 1977). Boxes 17 through 19 house index cards for names located in the Jacob Gochenour notebooks. In boxes 20 through 22 are index cards pertaining to the names in the Henry Gochenour notebooks. Also in box 22 are cards related to the Jeremiah Evans notebooks and the land grants notebooks and loose papers. Box 23 also houses land grants note cards. Wayland's note cards in reference to marriages and baptisms listed in History of Shenandoah County, Virginia, are kept in box 24 and contain information on the parents, the child and the age and date of baptism. Boxes 25 through 33 contain alphabetized index cards for the Shenandoah County Marriage Bond Index, 1772-1850 and the Shenandoah County 1850 United States Census.
ORGANIZATION
This collection is organized into the following series and sub-series:
Series I: Gochenour and Evans family histories (Sub-series A: Jacob Gochenour family history, Sub-series B: Henry Gochenour family history, Sub-series C: Jeremiah Evans family history, Sub-series D: Miscellaneous)
Series II: Correspondence
Series III: Research notes and card indices
CONTAINER LIST
Box | Folder | Contents |
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Series I. Gochenour and Evans Family Histories | ||
Subseries A: Jacob Gochenour Family History | ||
1 | 1 | Notebook I (Introduction - 139) |
2 | Notebook I (139A - 176) | |
3 | Notebook II (1311 - 149A2) | |
4 | Notebook II (149A3 - 1765) | |
5 | Notebook III (13,621 - 14,9A69) | |
6 | Notebook III (14,9A71 - 17,562) | |
7 | Notebook IV (136,211 - 138,461) | |
8 | Notebook IV (138,463 - 149A,534) | |
9 | Notebook IV (149A,535 - 156,273) | |
10 | Notebook V (156,281 - 173,235) | |
11 | Notebook VI (1,321,171 - 1,366,635) | |
12 | Notebook VII (1,366,711 - 1,368,133) | |
13 | Notebook VII (1,369,111 - 1,3C7,742) | |
14 | Notebook VII (1,39C7,751 - 1,49A2,166) | |
15 | Notebook VIII (1,515,311 - 1,521,332) | |
16 | Notebook VIII (1,521,333 - 1,562,633) | |
2 | 17 | Notebook IX (1,562,821 - 1,562,546) |
18 | Notebook IX (1,562,551 - 1,565,752) | |
19 | Notebook IX (1,565,753 - 1,732,344) | |
20 | Notebook X (13,621,1a11 - 13,663,542) | |
21 | Notebook X (13,663,543 - 13,668,721) | |
22 | Notebook XI (13,669,111 - 14,132,221) | |
23 | Notebook XI (14,132,412 - 15,454,442) | |
24 | Notebook XII (15,623,221 - 15,646,243) | |
25 | Notebook XII (15,646,621 - 17,323,432) | |
26 | Notebook XIII (136,212,111 - 1,411,321,131) | |
27 | Family Charts | |
Subseries B: Henry Gochenour Family History | ||
28 | Notebook I (Introduction - 23,625) | |
29 | Notebook I (23,625 - 29A4,111) | |
30 | Notebook II (2,311,111 - 2,9A41,111) | |
31 | Notebook III (23,111,311 - 23,116,19C5) | |
32 | Notebook IV (23,116,211 - 231,129B,421) | |
33 | Notebook V (231,143,411 - 2,311,613,421) | |
Subseries C: Jeremiah Evans Family History | ||
3 | 34 | Notebook I (Introduction - 15,214) |
35 | Notebook I (15,215 - 153,524) | |
36 | Notebook I (153,811 - 15,612,29A2) | |
37 | Unpublished manuscript, The Descendants of Jeremiah Evans of Shenandoah County, Virginia (2 copies) | |
38 | Family Chart | |
Subseries D: Miscellaneous | ||
39 | Shenandoah County Marriage Bonds, 1772-1850, with a list of corrected additions compiled by Cleta Smith, 1966 | |
40 | Shenandoah County Index to Marriage Bonds, 1772-1850, compiled by Cleta Evans | |
41 | Shenandoah County - 1850 census, compiled by Cleta Smith | |
42 | Shenandoah County - index to 1850 census, compiled by Cleta Smith | |
Series II. Correspondence | ||
4 | 43 | General: 1951, 1954-1957, 1959-1963, 1965-1973 |
44 | General: 1974-1980 | |
45 | Adams, Barbara Enders: 1966 | |
46 | Bennington, Cecil O.: 1959, 1966-1969, 1971-1973, 1975-1976, n.d. | |
47 | Beydler family: 1868, 1906, 1963-1964, 1966, 1973 | |
48 | Bly, Daniel W.: 1975 | |
49 | Clem, Nellie: 1965 | |
50 | Couchenour, Darrell: 1970-1972, 1979 | |
51 | Couchenour, Ralph S.: 1960, 1962, 1978, 1980-1981 | |
52 | Evans, Robert Lee: 1930, 1936-1938, 1941-1944, 1955-1958, 1960, 1962-1963, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972-1974, 1983, n.d. | |
53 | Gouchenour, David: 1963, 1967, 1969-1970, 1972-1973 | |
54 | Gouchenour, Henry (concerning): 1969-1970, 1974-1975 | |
55 | Gouchenour, Howard: 1967, 1969 | |
56 | Gouchenour, Warren: 1963-1970, 1973 | |
57 | Gripe, Raymond J.: 1973 | |
58 | Hardin, Warren J.: 1973 | |
59 | Hockman, Noah A.: 1972-1973 | |
60 | Howbert, Edgar C.: 1967, 1968, 1977 | |
61 | Huffman, Diane: 1968-1970, 1973 | |
62 | Ihrke, Leora: 1968-1969 | |
63 | Indiana Gouchenours: 1945, 1972, 1976 | |
64 | Lines, Jack and Louis D. Kork: 1963, 1972 | |
65 | Maryland Gouchenours: 1958-1959, 1963-1964 | |
66 | Mennonite Library and Archives: 1973 | |
67 | Pennsylvania Gouchenours: 1972 | |
68 | Peters family: 1973 | |
69 | Rader, Jacob K.: 1969 | |
70 | Rockbridge County, Virginia Gouchenours: 1969 | |
71 | Augusta and Rockingham Counties, Virginia Gouchenours: 1974-1975 | |
72 | Ryman, John: 1965 | |
73 | Seward, Dwight C.: 1967 | |
74 | Smith, Cleta: 1962, 1965-1971, 1976 | |
75 | Wilkin family: 1968 | |
Series III. Research Notes and Card Indexes | ||
5 | 76 | Barr family |
77 | Bible records | |
78 | Books (annotated bibliographies): Abbott - Harrison | |
79 | Books (annotated bibliographies): Harrisonburg, Virginia - Pen | |
80 | Books (annotated bibliographies): Per - W | |
81 | Branner, Casper | |
82 | Cemeteries | |
83 | Clarke County Historical Association - 1976 Proceedings | |
84 | Coffman lineages | |
85 | Miscellaneous Virginia county court house notes | |
86 | Miscellaneous Virginia county court house notes | |
87 | Miscellaneous Virginia county court house notes | |
88 | Evans family | |
89 | Evans family | |
90 | Evans family | |
91 | Evans family (includes E. E. Macy notes) | |
92 | Evans family: books consulted | |
93 | Evans family: books consulted | |
94 | Evans family: county court house notes | |
95 | Evans family: Frederick County | |
6 | 96 | Evans family: notes from periodicals |
97 | Evans family: marriages and notes from printed sources | |
98 | Evans family: other Evans families | |
99 | Evans family: notes taken in Richmond, Virginia | |
100 | Evans family: visits with family members | |
101 | Fisher, Foltz and Funkhauser families | |
102 | Form letters sent: A - F | |
103 | Form letters sent: G | |
104 | Form letters sent: H - P | |
105 | Form letters sent: R - W | |
106 | Form letters sent (no response): A - F | |
107 | Form letters sent (no response): G - K | |
108 | Form letters sent (no response): L - Z | |
109 | Gochenour data sheets | |
110 | Gochenour family: Philip S. Rhodes' notes | |
111 | Gochenour marriages | |
112 | Gochenour, David: Augusta County, Virginia papers | |
113 | Gochenour, David: Bible records | |
114 | Gochenour, Henry: Elaine Artlip's notes | |
115 | Gochenour, Henry: Elaine Artlip's notes (no indices) | |
116 | Handwerk family: reunion booklet | |
117 | Hite family: Elaine Artlip's notes (2 copies) | |
118 | Hottel family: notes | |
119 | Indiana Gouchenours | |
120 | Jenkins family | |
121 | Jordan family | |
122 | Land grants | |
7 | 123 | Land suit: Fairfax and Hite families |
124 | Land transfers: Abraham Gochenour | |
125 | Land transfers: Henry Gochenour | |
126 | Land transfers: Jacob Gochenour and Wilkin family | |
127 | Land transfers: Joseph Gochenour | |
128 | Land transfers: Levi and Christian Gochenour | |
129 | Land transfers: Toms Brook | |
130 | Land transfers: William Gochenour | |
131 | Library of Congress | |
132 | Library of Congress | |
133 | Maps | |
134 | Marriages | |
135 | Miley family | |
136 | National Archives | |
137 | National Archives | |
138 | Page County, Virginia | |
139 | Papers that have been copied | |
140 | Priest family | |
141 | Register of St. Paul's Parish (Stafford and King George Counties, Virginia), 1715-1798 | |
142 | Rhodes family | |
143 | Richmond, Virginia (notes taken while in) | |
144 | Rockingham, Virginia: 10th Regiment, Virginia Volunteers | |
145 | Shenandoah County Geography Supplement (2 editions) | |
146 | Skiles family | |
147 | Surveying | |
148 | Varner family | |
149 | Visits (with family members): 1938-1978 | |
150 | Miscellaneous | |
151 | Miscellaneous Gochenour family information | |
8 | Card index - Barbara Ann Gochenour to Frank Eschelman Good | |
9 | Card index - Freda Irene Good to Carl Frederick Hockman | |
10 | Card index - Carolyn Hockman to Marie Virginia Jenkins | |
11 | Card index - Martha Bell Jenkins to Charles Jennings Long, Jr. | |
12 | Card index - Charles Jennings Long, Jr. to Thomas Neher | |
13 | Card index - Trelah Lorraine Neher to Florence Roberts | |
14 | Card index - Gasaway Roberts to Ollie Louise Shuler | |
15 | Card index - Ollie Louise Shuler to Evelyn Frances Thorpe | |
16 | Card index - Evelyn Frances Thorpe to Stephen Michael Zobrist | |
17 | Jacob Gochenour card index (notebooks) - Clara Abbey to Ivan T. Gochenour | |
18 | Jacob Gochenour card index (notebooks) - J. Oliver Gochenour to Linda Dean Olsen | |
19 | Jacob Gochenour card index (notebooks) - Catherine O'Neal to Ellen Zschaus | |
20 | Henry Gochenour card index (notebooks) - Bessie Ackerman to Frank J. Gochenour | |
21 | Henry Gochenour card index (notebooks) - Frank Gochenour to Carolyn Stillian | |
22 | a. Henry Gochenour card index (notebooks) - Everett Stillian to Nancy
Zungola b. Jeremiah Evans card index (notebooks) c. Land grants card index (notebooks and loose papers) |
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23 | Land grants card index | |
24 | Wayland's History of Shenandoah County marriages and baptisms card index | |
25 | Shenandoah County Marriage Bond Index, 1772-1850 and the Shenandoah County 1850 United States Census card index - Conrad Abatin to James C. Bootes | |
26 | Shenandoah County Marriage Bond Index, 1772-1850 and the Shenandoah County 1850 United States Census card index - Ann B. Booth to Elizabeth Coffman | |
27 | Shenandoah County Marriage Bond Index, 1772-1850 and the Shenandoah County 1850 United States Census card index - Elizabeth Coffman to Sophia Fry | |
28 | Shenandoah County Marriage Bond Index, 1772-1850 and the Shenandoah County 1850 United States Census card index - Stephen F. Fry to Rosenna Hitrick | |
29 | Shenandoah County Marriage Bond Index, 1772-1850 and the Shenandoah County 1850 United States Census card index - Aaron Hockman to Catherine Klunedenst | |
30 | Shenandoah County Marriage Bond Index, 1772-1850 and the Shenandoah County 1850 United States Census card index - Frances La Count to Hannah Pennywit | |
31 | Shenandoah County Marriage Bond Index, 1772-1850 and the Shenandoah County 1850 United States Census card index - Jacob Pennywit to Jacob Sine | |
32 | Shenandoah County Marriage Bond Index, 1772-1850 and the Shenandoah County 1850 United States Census card index - Elizabeth Quick to Daniel Snyder | |
33 | Shenandoah County Marriage Bond Index, 1772-1850 and the Shenandoah County 1850 United States Census card index - David Snyder to William Witherall |