The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameJessie Stewart Stanley Dodds
Birth16 May 1897, Edinburgh, Scotland
FatherPeter Henderson Dodds (1871-1933)
MotherJanetta Kennedy (1865-1897)
Misc. Notes
A girl with surname of “Dodds” and first given name of “Jessie” and intials “G S”, age, estimated year of birth, from the 1901 Scotland Census taken on the night of 31 March/1 April 1901 for the Civil Parish of Perth in the County of Perthshire Scotland found in December 2023:
Address: Rosslyn Place, Glasgow Road, Perth, Perthshire
John Kennedy, Head, age 64, Supt Of Police Retired, Born Fortingall, Perthshire Scotland [circa 1837]
Jessie Kennedy, age 64, Born Little Dunkeld, Perthshire [circa 1837]
Jessie G S Dodd, Grandaughter, age 3, Born Edinburgh Scotland [circa 1898]

Referring to the above Census of 1901, this Jessie’s mother had died on 30 May 1897 nearly four years ealier. Looks like she was cared for and brought up by her grandparents, now back in Scotland, John and Jessie Kennedy.

Date and place of marriage, name of husband, from the California, U.S., County Birth, Marriage, and Death records found in December 2023:
Groom: Lambert De Boer
Bride: Jessie S S Dodds
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 20 July 1925
Marriage Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
UPDATE JANUARY 2024: Jessie’s initials for her second and third given names has found to be “Stewart Stanley”, as per official Birth Record from the “National Records of Scotland” downloaded on 13 January 2024.

Interestedly, a record from the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims records found in December 2023, shows a birth date exactly ten years earlier:
Name: Jessie Stewart Deboer [Formerly Dodds]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 16 May 1887
Birth Place: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Father: Peter H Dodds
Mother: Jeanetta Kennedy
SSN: 566540806
Notes: Dec 1956: Name listed as JESSIE STEWART DEBOER

Referring to the above record, if in fact the year of birth is wrong and if it should read “1897”, then this shows this Jessie was born two weeks before her mother’s (Janetta) death?

This a record of birth that maybe too early for Janetta's daughter found on "Scotlands People" official government website in December 2023:
Surname: Kennedy
Forename: Jessie
Mothers Maiden Name: Kennedy
Year: 1885
Ref: 559 / 3 / 66
RD Name: Johnstone and Elderslie
County: Renfrew, Edinburgh
UPDATE JANUARY 2024: This record of birth is not for our Jessie. The official birth record from “National Records of Scotland” downloaded on 13 January 2024 shows a father of “William Kennedy” and mother of “Mary Kennedy previously Bann”.

Here is a later, and more likely, record of birth for Janetta's daughter found on "Scotlands People" official government website in December 2023:
Surname: Dodds
Forename: Jessie
Mothers Maiden Name: Kennedy
Year: 1897
Ref: 685 / 5 / 665
RD Name: Newington, Edinburgh
For now, will make date of birth, “16 May 1897”.
UPDATE JANUARY 2024: This record of birth is for our Jessie. The official birth record from “National Records of Scotland” downloaded on 13 January 2024 shows:
Name: Jessie Stewart Stanley Dodds
Date of Birth: 16 May 1897
Place of Birth: Bruntsfield Avenue, Edinburgh
Sex: F
Father’s Name: Peter Henderson Dodds
Father’s Profession: Farmer
Mother’s Name: Janetta Dodds [nee] Kennedy
Date and Place of Parent’s Marriage: 10 November 1896, Wooler, Northumberland
Informant: John Kennedy, Grandfather

Please see above Birth Record PDF in Jessie’s Media File.
Spouses
Marriage20 Jul 1925, Los Angeles, California
Last Modified 13 Jan 2024Created 6 Aug 2025 using Reunion for Macintosh