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  1. Flora Wellman (Chaney) London. Flora Wellman was born on August 17, 1843 to Marshall and Eleanor Garret Jones Wellman of Massillon, Ohio. Her father was a successful canal builder, contractor, and wheat distributor. Flora was the fifth child and fourth daughter in the family, yet a favorite of her father's, particularly after her mother died ...

  2. American writer Jack London (1876-1916) was in foster care as a baby. John Griffith London was born in San Francisco, California to unmarried Flora Wellman who had been abandoned by her partner, William Henry Chaney. Chaney is likely to have been John’s father.

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  4. Nov 1, 2019 · and his wife. It was in their home she met William Chaney, astrologer, 22 years older. She and Chaney separately went to San Francisco in 1874. Life with William Chaney She lived with Chaney for about a year, assisting him with lectures, until she became pregnant. Chaney said Flora had been having sex with two other men, because he was impotent.

  5. Jul 20, 2015 · William Henry Chaney. The apple didn’t fall far from the tree. If Jack London could be accused of being a character, a rolling stone, or an opportunist, one need look no further than the man that most London scholars believe to be his father, William Henry Chaney (1821-1903). Though London was never influenced by his father’s actual ...

  6. Feb 14, 2020 · Explore genealogy for Flora (Wellman) London born 1843 Massillon, Stark, Ohio, United States died 1922 California, United States including ancestors + descendants + more in the free family tree community.

    • Female
    • August 17, 1843
    • William Henry Chaney, John Griffith London
  7. Jan 12, 2020 · Here are 10 interesting facts about this often abrasive American author: 1) Jack London was born as John Griffith Chaney on January 12, 1876 in the slums of San Francisco. His mother was Flora Wellman Chaney. His biological father, William Chaney, was never part of London's life, and it is unknown whether or not he ever legally married Flora.