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- Father was famous author Jack London. Bess or "Becky" as she was affectionately called, was Jack's second daughter. Mother is Elizabeth Maddern London, Jack's first wife and mother to his first child Joan. She had a daughter Jean, out of wedlock.
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Jack's second daughter (on left, with sister Joan was born on October 20, 1902 while he was traveling alone in Europe. Thus she was still an infant when he deserted his family in 1903. Becky, as she came to be known, was very unlike her sister in both appearance and temperament.
Bess London (known as Becky), born October 20, 1902, married Percy Fleming. One daughter, Jean Wellman Knight, one son, Guy Fleming. These three named children of Joan and Becky London, i.e. Bart Abbott, Jean Wellman, and Guy Fleming, are direct descendants, grandchildren of Jack and Bessie London.
Jack London's Daughters. by Sheryl Lawton, Park Ranger. Joan London Miller, the first daughter of Jack London and his first wife, Bessie M. London, was born January 15, 1901. She died January 19, 1971. She was a socialist all her life, following in her father's footsteps.
Mar 26, 1992 · Death: March 26, 1992 (89) Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, United States. Immediate Family: Daughter of Jack London and Elizabeth Mae London. Wife of Percy Wentt Flemming. Mother of Private and Private. Sister of Joan Elizabeth Abbott. Half sister of Joy London and Dayelle Charmian London.
- Piedmont, California
- Percy Wentt Flemming
- California
- October 20, 1902
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. Jack and Bessie divorced in 1905, the same year he wed Charmian Kittredge. Jack and Charmian remained married until his death November 22, 1916.
Apr 5, 1992 · April 5, 1992 12 AM PT. Becky London, 89, author Jack London’s last surviving child. Before moving to a Sacramento convalescent hospital in November, she had lived in Glen Ellen, next to...
