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Ware in 2013, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Jessica Lois Ware
Place of Birth: Hammersmith, London, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 15 October, 1984
Ethnicity: * father – English * mother – Ashkenazi Jewish
Jessie Ware is a British singer, songwriter, and broadcaster.
Jessie is the daughter of Helena (Keell) and John Ware, a BBC Panorama reporter. Her father is of English, non-Jewish, background. Her mother is Jewish. Jessie was raised Jewish. She is the sister of actress and model Hannah Ware .
Jessie is married to Sam Burrows, with whom she has three children.
Jessie’s maternal grandfather was named Alfred Morley Keell (the son of of a father surnamed Rosenberg, and of Minnie Rutenberg). Alfred was born in Belfast, Ireland, now Northern Ireland, to Jewish parents, from Ukraine/Russia. Minnie was the daughter of Edith.
Jessie’s maternal grandmother was named Cecelia Newton.
Sources: https://www.smh.com.au
Jessie’s maternal grandfather, Alfred Morley Keell, on the 1911 Irish Census – http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie