Definition of "Evangeline"

Half-way down the shore Evangeline waited in silence,Not overcome with grief, but strong in the hour of affliction.

1847 November 1, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie, Boston, Mass.: William D. Ticknor & Company, (please specify either |part=I or II)

"What's the little missy's name?" said Tom, at last, when he thought matters were ripe to push such an inquiry."Evangeline St. Clare," said the little one, "though papa and everybody else call me Eva."

1851 June – 1852 April, Harriet Beecher Stowe, chapter 14, in Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly, volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), Boston, Mass.: John P[unchard] Jewett & Company; Cleveland, Oh.: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, published 20 March 1852