Only Emma Evans remained in Gateacre as a teacher. In the 1851 Census she is living at Acrefield Cottage, Acrefield Road. She is still a teacher and has one lodger John Marshall a Barrister from Hull. and one servant, and she is now 45 years of age and born Liverpool. In the 1861 Census she has moved to Elm Cottage, Grange Lane, Little Woolton. Living with her are two nieces - Adeline Evans and Florence Evans both born in Manchester and their ages are 9 ys and 12 ys respectively. She has two lodgers Thomas Chambers, a Curate of Childwall Parish, and William Tweed a Civil Servant from Essex. Again she has one servant, Agnes Slater. The 1871 census show she is still living in Elm Cottage, Little Woolton with one scholar, Maria Winstanley, also one lodger - William Roe a Merchant from Ireland, and one servant Sarah Lawrence. In the 1881 census she is still at Elm Cottage, Grange Lane, Little Woolton aged 65 years and has 'No Occupation' but living on the interest of money. She has one lodger William Wright - Curate of Childwall, and one servant Isabella Boyle. In the Liverpool Directories Emma Evans is listed as having a Boarding and Day School. After 1881 her name disappears from these directories.

Joshua Evans - is listed in the directories from 1811-1824 as a 'Mordant Manufacturer' and living in Kirkdale. His name is no longer listed after this date. His burial is found in St Mary, Walton on the Hill registers. He died 10 July 1825. A small obituary was found in the Liverpool Mercury newspaper: 'Suddenly Mr. Joshua Evans of Kirkdale'. We now know that the baptisms of his four children, Emma, John, Joshua, and Thomas as named above were baptised after his death. The baptism of Harriett has not been found. It was while searching the burial registers of St Mary, Walton that the burial of Harriett Evans was found, and she died in the Wirral, 1842. A copy of her death certificate was obtained and this stated:

'Accidentally drowned whilst bathing' at Poulton cum Seacombe, and that she was a daughter of Joshua Evans a Merchant of Liverpool. The Coroner was the informant. This gives a description of how she died.

'MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT' 'On Saturday evening about 9.0 o'clock as Miss Harriett Evans of Gateacre was bathing at Seacombe in the company of a servant at the garden steps of the house of her brother in law Mr Bevington, they were unhappily carried away by the tide and every effort to save them proved ineffectual. The body of Miss Evans was found on Sunday morning about half past one, and that of her unfortunate servant girl who accompanied her about two hours later.'

Her brother in law was Mr. John Bevington a Tea Broker - his wife was Esther (nee Evans) a sister of Harriet, Catherine and Emma Evans. Esther Bevington was living in Wavertree during the 1841 census, her occupation was also a Teacher. Living with her were her four children and her brother, Thomas Evans.

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