Frederick William D'Evelyn
Born June 1855 in Belfast, Co. Antrim, Ireland.[1] Wounded in the First Boer War, 1880–1881.[2] Graduated from Edinburgh Medical School, 1886, in Edinburgh.[3] Married first Susan Taylor, 25 Mar. 1887, in Belfast.[4] Immigrated to San Francisco; practiced medicine in San Francisco, 1887.[5] Lectured frequently on South Africa history and wars, 1887–1932.[6] Member of the college dispensary staff at the University of California, Berkeley, 1892.[7] EBW visited his home while in San Francisco to attend the National Editorial Convention, 1892.[8] Wife died, 17 July 1892.[9] Married second Mary (Winnie) F. Gaynor, 23 Aug. 1893.[10] Toured internationally to promote a cure for alcoholism, 1898.[11] President of the Geographical Society of California, 1900–1903.[12] Member of the Bahá’í faith, 1901–1932.[13] President of the California Academy of Sciences, 1903–1907.[14] Member of the Alameda Co., California, board of health, 1907–1908.[15] President of the Alameda Co. chamber of commerce, 1909–1910.[16] President of the Audubon Society of the Pacific, 1928.[17] Died 29 Aug. 1932 in San Francisco.[18]
[1] 1900 U.S. Census, Alameda, Alameda Co., CA, ED 314, p. 50, Frederick W. D’Evelyn. “Hero of Zulu, Boer Wars Passes On,” New Orleans States, 30 Aug. 1932, 1. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 6 Aug. 2021), Frederick William D’Evelyn (GH8K-3RW).
[2] “Memories of the Transvaal,” San Francisco Call, 20 Feb. 1900, 9.
[3] The General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom, List of Medical Students Registered during the Year 1882 (London: Her Majesty’s Printing Office, 1883), 29. Board of Medical Examiners of the State of California, Directory of Physicians and Surgeons, Osteopaths Drugless Practitioners, Chiropodists, Midwives Holding Certificates Issued under the Medical Practice Acts of the State of California including Licentiates in Government Service (Sacramento: California State Printing Office, 1920), 155.
[4] “Births, Marriages, & Death,” Belfast News-Letter, 25 Mar. 1887, 1.
[5] Board of Medical Examiners of the State of California, Directory of Physicians and Surgeons, Osteopaths Drugless Practitioners, Chiropodists, Midwives Holding Certificates Issued under the Medical Practice Acts of the State of California including Licentiates in Government Service (Sacramento: California State Printing Office, 1920), 155.
[6] “Lecture on Boer History,” Belfast News-Letter, 8 June 1887, 5. “Memories of the Transvaal,” San Francisco Call, 20 Feb. 1900, 9.
[7] Junior Class of the University of California, Berkeley, Blue and Gold (San Francisco: H. S. Crocker, 1892), 65.
[8] EBW, Diary, 24 May 1892; see also EBW, Diary, 7 May 1892.
[9] “A Good Woman’s Death,” Santa Cruz (CA) Surf, 25 July 1892, 2. “Deaths,” Belfast News-Letter, 4 Aug. 1892, 1. “Obituary Note, Mrs. Susan T. D’Evelyn,” Morning Call (San Francisco), 19 July 1892, 8.
[10] “Married,” Morning Call (San Francisco), 27 Aug. 1893, 9. “Entertainments This Week,” Examiner (San Francisco), 4 Sept. 1893, 5. “California, U.S., Death Index, 1940–1997,” database, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed 20 Jan. 2021), Mary F. Develyn; from California Death Index, 1940–1997, State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Sacramento.
[11] “Invited to Explain His Remedy,” San Francisco Call, 24 Sept. 1898, 7.
[12] “Memories of the Transvaal,” San Francisco Call, 20 Feb. 1900, 9. “Men of Great Learning to Deliberate in City,” San Francisco Call, 9 Sept. 1903, 5.
[13] “The First Irish Bahá’ís,” Bahá’í Community in Northern Ireland (http://www.bahaicouncil-ni.org.uk/derry/firstirish.html, accessed 26 Jan. 2021). “Bahai Convention to Meet Tonight,” San Francisco Examiner, 19 Apr. 1915, 5.
[14] “Hear Addresses by Men Prominent in Affairs,” San Francisco Call, 3 Oct. 1903, 10. “Fine Meeting of Cooper Club,” Alameda (CA) Daily Argus, 13 May 1907, 8.
[15] “Alamedans to Protest against Baden Smelter,” San Francisco Call, 1 Nov. 1907, 6. “Expected Shakeup Comes in the Board of Health,” Alameda (CA) Daily Argus, 7 Apr. 1908, 1.
[16] “United Effort Does Things in Alameda,” San Francisco Examiner, 6 Feb. 1910, 50. “Chamber Thanks City for Support,” Oakland (CA) Tribune, 12 Aug. 1909, 10.
[17] “Poster Exhibition to Attract Clubwomen,” Oakland (CA) Tribune, 15 Nov. 1928, 25.
[18] “California, U.S., San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records, 1895–1985,” database, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed 20 Jan. 2021), Dr. Frederick W. D’Evelyn. “Noted Scientist Dies,” San Diego Union, 30 Aug. 1932, 10. “Dr. F. W. D’Evelyn to Be Buried Today,” San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Aug. 1932, 3.