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Elvy Yost – 2017 Women’s Choice Award Show – Arrivals – Avalon Hollywood – Los Angeles, CA, USA – Keywords: Vertical, Purple Carpet Event, Celebration, Party, Social Event, Arts Culture and Entertainment, Attending, Annual Event, Person, Person, Celebrity, Celebrities, Topix, Bestof, California Orientation: Portrait Face Count: 1 – False – Photo Credit: PRPhotos.com
Birth Name: Laura Vivian Yost
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: December 23, 1987
Ethnicity: * father – one half Swedish, one half mix of German, Irish, and English * mother – Hungarian
Elvy Yost is an American actress. She appeared on the show The Catch .
Elvy’s paternal grandfather was William E. Yost (the son of William Edward Yost and Hortense Jeanette Zeh). Elvy’s grandfather William was born in Washington, D.C., to parents who were also born there. Elvy’s great-grandfather William was the son of William Henry Yost and Mary Elizabeth McDonald, whose own father was Irish. Hortense was the daughter of George F. Zeh, whose parents were German, and of Catherine Elizabeth “Katie” Scherger, whose parents were also German.
Elvy’s paternal grandmother is Marilyn Sylvia Holtsberg (the daughter of Arthur William Holtsberg and Sylvia Eleanor Jackson). Marilyn was born in Illinois. Arthur was born in Illinois, to Swedish parents, Carl Victor “Charles” Holtsberg and Hilda Eugenia Johnson. Sylvia was born in Illinois, also to Swedish parents, Victor Emil Jakobsson and Mathilda Holm.
Elvy’s maternal grandfather’s surname was Barkacs.
Sources: Marriage record of Elvy’s parents – http://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Elvy’s paternal step-grandfather, John T. Hayden – http://www.legacy.com
Elvy’s paternal grandparents, William E. Yost and Marilyn Sylvia Holtsberg, on the 1950 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org