Helen Buchart Jessup

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Helen Buchart Jessup

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Aley, Mount Lebanon, Syria, Ottoman Empire
Death: January 1972 (76)
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Rev. William H. Jessup and Faith Flora Jadwin
Sister of Theodosia Davenport Jessup; Elizabeth Palmer "Beth" Jessup; Henry Jessup; Faith Jadwin Jessup and Marie Josephine "Jo" Jessup

Managed by: A1C Paul Alan Fine, USAF, B.A.
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About Helen Buchart Jessup

  • Helen's birth and death information are available in a listing of Faith Flora Jadwin's children at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103594900/flora-faith-jessup. Also see https://www.myheritage.com/matchingresult-3288a1b176a444c1b7f4db895...
  • Helen's passport application form (dated 9 May 1923) provided her photograph and the following information (see "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5Y-N5HT : 16 March 2018), Helen B Jessup, 1923; citing Passport Application, New York, United States, source certificate #285366, Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925, 2256, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.):
    • She was born on 27 August 189r in Aley, Mount Lebanon, Ottoman Empire, and her father, William Jessup, was born in Beirut, Syria [nowadays, Lebanon].
    • She resided in Beirut and Zahlela, Syria from 1895 to 1910-1913, and in Beirut, Egypt, and India from 1919 to 1920.
    • For her current trip she planned to visit the British Isles, France, and Italy, by departing from Canada at the Port of Quebec aboard the ship Empress of France on 23 June 1923.
    • She was 27 years old; was 5-feet, 8 1/2-inches tall; had blue eyes and brown hair, a straight nose, a medium mouth, an oval face, and a fair complexion.
  • Per the 1900 United States census for ED 21, Ward 7 of Brooklyn, Kings County, New York (enumerated on 2 June 1900), the following people resided in the Jadwin household (see "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSF6-3XS : accessed 27 October 2020), Marie A Jadwin in household of Orlando H Jadwin, Borough of Brooklyn, Election District 21 New York City Ward 7, Kings, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 89, sheet 2A, family 32, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,046.)
    • Jadwin, Orlando H., head, white, male born July 1833, age 66, married, married for 35 years, born in Pennsylvania to a father who was born in Maryland and a mother who was born in Connecticut, and employed as a drug merchant.
    • Jadwin, Elizabeth M., wife, white, female, born December 1840, age 59, married, married for 35 years, the mother of nine children (whom eight were living), born in Pennsylvania to a father who was born in Rhode Island and a mother who was born in Pennsylvania.
    • Jadwin, Maria A., daughter, white, female, born September 1866, age 33, single, and born in New York to parents who were born in Pennsylvania.
    • Jadwin, Palmer H., son, white, male, born July 1868, age 31, single, born in New York to parents who were born in Pennsylvania, and employed as a drugs salesman.
    • Jessup, William, son-in-law, white, male, born April 1863, age 37, married, married for nine years, born in Syria [as an American citizen] to a father who was born in Pennsylvania and a mother who was born in New York, and employed as a foreign missionary.
    • Jessup, Faith J., daughter, white, female, born March 1870, age 30, married, married for nine years, the mother of four children (of whom three were living), and born in New York to parents who were born in Pennsylvania.
    • Jessup, Theodosia D., granddaughter, white, female, born March 1892, age 8, born in Syria [as an American citizen] to a father who was born in Syria and a mother who was born in New York, and at school.
    • Jessup, Elizabeth P., granddaughter, white, female, born July 1894, age 5, born in Syria [as an American citizen] to a father who was born in Syria and a mother who was born in New York, and at school.
    • Jessup, Helen B., granddaughter, white, female, born August 1895, age 4, born in Syria [as an American citizen] to a father who was born in Syria and a mother who was born in New York, and at school.
    • Jadwin, Paul O., son, white, male, born June 1874, age 25, single, born in Pennsylvania to parents who were born in Pennsylvania, and employed as a manager in a drug company.
    • Jadwin, Stanley P., son, white, male, born March 1877, age 23, single, born in New York to parents who were born in Pennsylvania, and employed as a superintendent in a drug company.
    • Jadwin, C. Helen, daughter, white, female, born August 1879, age 20, single, and born in Pennsylvania to parents who were born in Pennsylvania.
    • Jadwin, Donald P., son, white, male, born in November 1886, age 13, born in New York to parents who were born in Pennsylvania, and at school.
    • Burwell, Maria, servant, black, female, born March 18768, age 22, single, born in Virginia to parents who were born in Virginia, and employed as a house servant.
    • Jones, Lucy, servant, black, female, born April 1850, age 50, married, married for 30 years, the mother of three children (of whom two are living), born in Virginia to parents who were born in Virginia, and employed as a house servant.
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Helen Buchart Jessup's Timeline

1895
August 27, 1895
Aley, Mount Lebanon, Syria, Ottoman Empire
1972
January 1972
Age 76
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States