Early life Evans was born in
Gore, New Zealand, on 8 October 1914 to Robert Edward Evans and Annie Evans (née Shaw). Her father was a
Presbyterian minister and in 1916 the family moved to
Dunedin, as he had been transferred to
North East Valley. Evans attended North East Valley School until 1926 when the family moved again, to
Hāwera, Taranaki. She then attended Hawera Main School and
Hawera High School. In 1932 Evans' father was appointed minister at
Mount Albert Presbyterian Church in
Auckland, and the family moved one more time. Evans worked to enable easier access to the library collection for researchers by manually indexing early colonial newspapers and letters and manuscripts of early missionaries and other settlers. and in the
1989 New Year Honours, Evans was awarded the
Queen's Service Medal for community service. Evans died in 2011, aged 96. ==References==