Ellie Gauld was born October 2nd, 1990, in a Lovian working-class family with already three children: Jonathan (b.1986), Martha (1988-1991), and Steven (b.1989). The father Humbert Gauld is a construction worker who splits his time between the quiet Lovian building sites and the Californian coastal cities. His wife, Patricia, has been a housewife since the birth of Martha in 1988. The couple's second child died of leucemia at the age of three. After Ellie's birth, Patricia Gauld would give birth to two more children: Holly (b.1992) and Gilbert (b.1994).