Evangeline Lilly

Lilly in 2005, photo by prphotos

Birth Name: Nicole Evangeline Lilly

Place of Birth: Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada

Date of Birth: August 3, 1979

Ethnicity: English, Irish, possibly 1/32 Swedish

Evangeline Lilly is a Canadian actress and author. She starred on the series Lost and plays Hope van Dyne / Wasp in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Evangeline’s father grew up in Nigeria, because Evangeline’s paternal grandparents were Christian missionaries in Africa. She was raised Baptist and Mennonite.

Evangeline has two children with her partner Norman Kali.

Evangeline’s paternal grandfather was Robert Lilly (the son of Alfred John Loveder Lilly and Nellie Emma Sale). Robert was born in Alberta, Canada. Alfred was born in Portsea Island, Hampshire, England, the son of Henry Lilly and Mary Ann Loveder Kenneth. Nellie was born in Frimley, Surrey, England, the daughter of Charles Walter Sale and Mary Ann Nash.

Evangeline’s paternal grandmother was Evangeline Hobbs (the daughter of William Haxforth Hobbs and Sarah Ann Armstrong). Evangeline’s grandmother Evangeline was born in Tynemouth, Northumberland, England, and was a war bride to Canada. William was the son of Robert Hobbs, of London, and of Harriet Haxforth, of Yorkshire. Sarah was the daughter of Charles Frederick Armstrong, whose father was evidently Swedish, and of Mary Louisa Martin; they were from Northumberland.

Sources: Evangeline discusses her family background – http://www.dailymail.co.uk

Genealogy of Evangeline’s father – https://www.familysearch.org