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. The baby was born at her mother's house in 1924, and through the cooperation of the family's doctor, false names were listed as parents. Jean Wellman was presented to the public as a distant relative's orphaned daughter that Becky had agreed to raise.
In 1927 Becky married Percy Fleming, a World War I veteran. They resided in Oakland, California. They owned and operated a stationary store in the Fruitvale District of Oakland until they had the opportunity to buy the Grand Avenue Stationary Store which they operated until retirement.
Becky London died at 2:00 P.M. on Thursday March 26, 1992 at the River Park Care Center in Sacramento. At her request she was cremated and her ashes scattered at sea.
Children: Jean Wellman Knight and Guy Fleming
She had a daughter Jean, out of wedlock. The baby was born at her mother's house in 1924, and through the cooperation of the family's doctor, false names were listed as parents. Jean Wellman was presented to the public as a distant relative's orphaned daughter that Becky had agreed to raise.
In 1927 Becky married Percy Fleming, a World War I veteran. They resided in Oakland, California. They owned and operated a stationary store in the Fruitvale District of Oakland until they had the opportunity to buy the Grand Avenue Stationary Store which they operated until retirement.
Becky London died at 2:00 P.M. on Thursday March 26, 1992 at the River Park Care Center in Sacramento. At her request she was cremated and her ashes scattered at sea.
Children: Jean Wellman Knight and Guy Fleming
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. The baby was born at her mother's house in 1924, and through the cooperation of the family's doctor, false names were listed as parents. Jean Wellman was presented to the public as a distant relative's orphaned daughter that Becky had agreed to raise.
In 1927 Becky married Percy Fleming, a World War I veteran. They resided in Oakland, California. They owned and operated a stationary store in the Fruitvale District of Oakland until they had the opportunity to buy the Grand Avenue Stationary Store which they operated until retirement.
Becky London died at 2:00 P.M. on Thursday March 26, 1992 at the River Park Care Center in Sacramento. At her request she was cremated and her ashes scattered at sea.
Children: Jean Wellman Knight and Guy Fleming
She had a daughter Jean, out of wedlock. The baby was born at her mother's house in 1924, and through the cooperation of the family's doctor, false names were listed as parents. Jean Wellman was presented to the public as a distant relative's orphaned daughter that Becky had agreed to raise.
In 1927 Becky married Percy Fleming, a World War I veteran. They resided in Oakland, California. They owned and operated a stationary store in the Fruitvale District of Oakland until they had the opportunity to buy the Grand Avenue Stationary Store which they operated until retirement.
Becky London died at 2:00 P.M. on Thursday March 26, 1992 at the River Park Care Center in Sacramento. At her request she was cremated and her ashes scattered at sea.
Children: Jean Wellman Knight and Guy Fleming
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