Elle Evans
Birth Name: Lindsey Gayle Evans
Place of Birth: Hopkins, Texas, U.S.
Date of Birth: December 9, 1989
Ethnicity: English, Welsh, Scottish, some German, distant French Huguenot
Elle Evans is an American model and actress. She has been the face of NYX Cosmetics, and appeared in the music video “Blurred Lines.” She is 5′10″.
Elle was raised in Blanchard, Louisiana. She is married to British musician, composer, and songwriter Matt Bellamy, with whom she has two children.
Elle’s paternal grandfather is James Ricky Evans (the son of James Evans and Patsy Merle Jenkins). Elle’s grandfather James was born in Texas.
Elle’s paternal grandmother is Barbara Gayle Bramhall (the daughter of Marion Curtis Bramhall and Hattie Marie Pickens). Barbara was born in Texas.
Elle’s maternal grandfather is Jerry Cecil Varnado (the son of Zeno Cecil Varnado and Margaret Loraine Rhodes). Zeno was the son of Connor C. Varnado and Rosa May Lewis. Margaret was the daughter of Conrad Rhodes and Mattie.
Elle’s maternal grandmother is Margaret Rose Durham (the daughter of Floyd Melvin Durham and Virginia Gray).
Sources: Birth record of Elle’s paternal grandfather, James Ricky Evans – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of Elle’s paternal grandmother, Barbara Gayle Bramhall – https://familysearch.org
Elle’s maternal great-grandfather, Zeno Cecil Varnado, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Elle’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Connor C. Varnado, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Death record of Elle’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Connor C. Varnado – https://familysearch.org
Genealogies of Elle’s maternal great-great-great-grandparents, Norval A. Varnado and Margaret E. McDaniel – https://www.findagrave.com
Elle’s maternal great-grandmother, Margaret Loraine Rhodes, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
She also has some German ancestry through Sarah (Hutto) Varnadeau/Varnado, who was born in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKWQ-S8HD
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPBZ-ZC9
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSY1-225
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https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=117400734
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMT6-TGN
Varnado:
http://genealogy.familyeducation.com/surname-origin/varnado