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Lillian Walsh (born approx. 1891) is a main character in the series When Hope Calls. She is portrayed by Morgan Kohan.

Background[]

Lillian’s birth parents died of tuberculosis when she was 7, so her memories of them were limited, but she did remember the whole family would wear matching Christmas pajamas on Christmas Day. She also remembered how her younger sister Grace would follow her around everywhere. After the death of her parents, Lillian was placed in a separate orphanage from Grace and was adopted when she was 8. She lived with her adoptive family in Brookfield. Her adoptive father, Frederick Walsh, was an engineer who did photography as a hobby.

As a child, Lillian and her adoptive parents were close with the Stewart family, until Matthew Stewart died in a bridge collapse. Tess blamed Frederick Walsh for the accident, claiming he was negligent. Although the investigation cleared him of any wrongdoing, Tess turned the whole town against Frederick, forcing him to travel a long distance to find work.

Once Lillian grew up, she left Brookfield and began searching for Grace. The search took several years, but finally, in February 1915, Lillian found Grace in a small fishing village, working as a waitress in a seafood restaurant. The sisters tried to open an orphanage in Fairview, but ran out of money, so they decided to move the orphanage to Brookfield, in the house where Lillian grew up.

Storyline[]

The Greatest Christmas Blessing[]

The Christmas of 1915 was the first Christmas the sisters had spent together since they were children.

WHC Season 1[]

After finding Grace, the sisters began the New Hope Orphanage in the town of Brookfield. Lillian wanted to everything she could to help orphans, since she had been an orphan herself and knew what it was like.

Lillian and Grace took the children to the grand opening of the Royal Brookfield Hotel. When a fire broke out, she stayed to help put it out, sending Grace home with the children. She ran into the burning infirmary to save Dr. Carl Wilson. A beam fell on her as she tried to retrieve his doctor bag. Gabe ran in after her and lifted the beam off, carrying her to safety.[1]

Lillian came to the defense of two of the orphans when Gabriel questioned them regarding the fire. She was upset with him for a little while over this, but they talked about it and worked things out. It turned out the boys were not responsible for the fire.

One of Lillian’s other charges, a girl named Helen MacNeil, was trying to find her grandfather, who was her only living relative. Lillian went with Gabriel to Mountie Headquarters to search their records. She wanted to find out if Helen’s grandfather had been looking for her. Lillian searched all day, and ran out of time when the office closed, so she took some remaining files with her. Lillian found a name and address for Helen’s grandfather, and discovered he had indeed been looking for Helen.

Relationships[]

Family[]

Romances[]

Friends[]

Quotes[]

Trivia[]

  • In Season 1, Lillian says that Matthew Stewart’s accident occurred when she was 15 years old, and it’s also mentioned that the accident happened 10 years ago, which would make her 25 years old. This would mean she was born in 1891, as Season 1 takes place in 1916.
  • Lillian's birth name was most likely Lillian Bennett, and after her adoption her last name was changed to Walsh.

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References[]

  1. WHC S01E01, “New Hope
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