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before marriage. Elizabeth Maddern, who preferred to be called Bess, was born in 1876, and grew up in Oakland, where her father was a plumber. In the mid-1890s she met Jack through his acquaintance with her brother Ted. In hope of earning enough money to go to the University of California, Bess, a natural teacher, gave tutoring lessons in ...
For the first few years of his life, Jack was cared for by Jennie Prentiss. She would be a constant figure in his life, helping to further care for his children and aging mother. On April 7, 1900, Jack London married Elizabeth “Bessie” Maddern, who provided him with two daughters, Joan, born in 1901, and Becky “Bess,” born in 1902.
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Sep 7, 2023 · When Elizabeth May "Bess" Maddern was born on 13 July 1876, in New Jersey, United States, her father, Henry Thomas Maddern, was 42 and her mother, Melissa Ophelia Jones, was 32. She married John Griffith "Jack London" Chaney on 7 April 1900, in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States.
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- John Griffith "Jack London" Chaney
When James Hosking was born in November 1780, in Madron, Cornwall, England, his father, James Hoskin, was 33 and his mother, Elizabeth Maddern, was 32. He married Jennifer or Jane Wallis on 28 January 1804, in Madron, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 9 daughters.
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- Jennifer or Jane Wallis, Catherine
- Madron, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
Oct 21, 2013 · In the fall of 1899, London went steady with Elizabeth May Maddern, the fiancée of a late friend, but he was soon bicycling to the house of a Russian-born Stanford student and socialist named ...
Jan 30, 2024 · London admired her socialism and literary knowledge and frequently met at Kittredge's home in Berkeley to discuss literature, including Flood-Tide, The Forest Lovers, and Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Though their visits were fulfilling, London married Elizabeth "Bess" Maddern shortly after.
Feb 1, 2022 · Now making a comfortable income, he married his first wife, Elizabeth “Bess” Maddern, and they had two daughters together. Having gone to the Yukon with a general sense of social consciousness, he returned to the U.S. as a hardened socialist and would remain one for the rest of his life.
