Ancestry of
Jack London

Author of “The Call of the Wild”

John Griffith "Jack" London Jr.

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• • 1st Generation
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  • Father:
  • William Henry Chaney 
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  • Flora Wellman   
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  • 1876 
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  • 1916 
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  • American Author Jack London

    Notable works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang.

    Jack London was born John Griffith Chaney. Although it is not known for certain if his mother and father were ever married, Jack took the name of his step-father John Griffith London Sr.

• Sources for John Griffith "Jack" London Jr.

  • ¹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 112.