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Stark at the 2022 Billboard Women In Music held at the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles, CA, on March 3, 2022. Starfrenzy /Bigstock.com
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: April 4, 1991
Ethnicity: * father – Ashkenazi Jewish * maternal grandfather – English, German, French, Dutch, Scottish, Irish, Belgian, Swiss-German * maternal grandmother – Surinamese and Guianese [Sephardi Jewish, Chinese, Dutch]
Jesse Jo Stark is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.
She is the daughter of Laurie and Richard Stark, who own luxury brand Chrome Hearts.
Jesse’s paternal grandmother was Lucille Kall (the daughter of Hyman Chaim/Herbert Kalmanovsky/Kall and Lena Lillian Marx Steinberg). Lucille was born in Syracuse, New York, to a Jewish family. Herbert was born in Kamianka-Dniprovska, Ukraine, the son of Isador Kalmanovsky/Kalman and Reiza/Rosa Zhekefsjy Jopolsky. Jesse’s great-grandmother Lena was born in Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, the daughter of Joseph Yale Steinberg, who was from Krakės, Lithuania; and of Celia Dubin, who was from Kobryn, Belarus, with ancestors from Poland.
Jesse’s maternal grandfather was Herman Jerry Solomon (the son of Henry Solomon and Esther Mae Cleek). Herman was born in Glasgow, Howard, Missouri. Henry was born in Salisbury, Chariton, Missouri, the son of Charles David Solomon and Eva Florence Young. Jesse’s great-grandmother Esther was born in Fayette, Howard, Missouri, the daughter of Andrew Jackson Cleek and Della Belinda Haley.
Jesse’s maternal grandmother was Rita Arrias (the daughter of Jo Wim Arrias and Ercila Adeline Lee Akieune/Achoon). Rita was born in French Guiana. Jo was born on Paramaribo, Suriname, the son of Joe Mesquita and Rebecca Arrias, and had Sephardi Jewish ancestry. Jesse’s great-grandmother Ercila was born in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana, on the Guiana-Surinamese border, the daughter of Gaston Lee-A-Kieune and Juliette Louisa Reeder. Ercila likely had partial Chinese ancestry. A picture of Ercila can be seen here . A picture of Ercila’s parents can be seen here .
Sources: Jesse’s paternal grandmother, Lucille Kall, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://www.myheritage.com
Genealogy of Jesse’s maternal grandmother, Rita Arrias – https://www.myheritage.com