Stark at the 2022 Billboard Women In Music held at the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles, USA on March 3, 2022. Starfrenzy/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Jesse Jo Stark
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Date of Birth: April 4, 1991
Ethnicity:
*father – Ashkenazi Jewish
*maternal grandfather – English, German, French, Dutch, Scottish, Irish, Belgian
*maternal grandmother – Surinamese Sephardi Jewish, Chinese-Guianese
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 Herbert Kall/Kalmanovsky and Lena Lillian Marx Steinberg). Lucille was born in Syracuse, New York, to a Jewish family. Herbert was born in Kamianka-Dniprovska, Ukraine. Lena was born in New York, to parents from Krakės, Lithuania and Kobryn, Belarus, respectively.
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 of English, French, and Belgian descent, while Esther was of German, including Alsatian and Swiss; Dutch, Scottish, Irish, and English descent.
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 in Paramaribo, Suriname, and had Sephardi Jewish ancestry, the son of Joe Mesquita and Rebecca Arrias. Jesse’s great-grandmother Ercila was born in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana, the daughter of Gaston Lee-A-Kieune and Juliette Louisa Reeder. Ercila likely had 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 paternal grandmother, Lucille Kall – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Jesse’s maternal grandfather, Herman Jerry Solomon – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Jesse’s maternal grandmother, Rita Arrias – https://www.myheritage.com
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