Birth Name: Evan Griffith Dando
Place of Birth: Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Birth: March 4, 1967
Ethnicity:
*Welsh, English, German, French Huguenot, Irish, Swiss-German (father)
*Swedish, possibly other (mother)
Evan Dando is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He is the singer and guitarist of the rock band The Lemonheads.
Evan is the son of Susan (Schmedes), a model, and Jeffrey Dando. He has stated:
My family have a history of religion and addictions. My grandfather was a Jesus freak and an alcoholic. I never met him – nor did my mother, for that matter. I come from a weird demon spawn, a couple of weird Swedes and a Welsh person or something.
Evan’s father has Welsh, English, German, French Huguenot, Irish, and Swiss-German, ancestry. The Swedish presumably comes from his mother’s side.
Evan’s paternal grandfather was William Albert Dando (the son of Albert James Dando and Anna W. Griffith). Albert’s father was Welsh. Anna was the daughter of William C. Griffith and Laura K. Walton.
Evan’s paternal grandmother was Margaret “Peg” Ellis (the daughter of Raymond Grant Ellis and Helen Alberta Trapier). Raymond was the son of George Wilson Ellis and Anna Mary Light. Helen was the daughter of William Shubrick/Whindam Trapier and Mary Ann Roberts, whose parents were English.
Evan’s maternal grandmother was Hazel D. Schmedes.
Sources: Obituary of Evan’s paternal grandmother, Margaret “Peg” Ellis – http://www.legacy.com/
Obituary of Evan’s maternal grandmother, Hazel D. – http://www.legacy.com/
Genealogy of Evan’s father (focusing on his own mother’s side) – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
Genealogy of Evan’s great-grandfather, Anna W. Griffith – http://www.ourfamilygenealogies.com/
Genealogy of Evan’s great-grandfather, Raymond Grant Ellis (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
Genealogy of Evan’s great-great-grandmother, Anna Mary Light – https://www.geni.com/
Genealogy of Evan’s great-great-grandfather, William Shubrick/Whindam Trapier – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
Evan’s great-grandfather, Albert James Dando, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/
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