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Biography Details

Reference No.:
  NM002998
Surname:
  KESSON
Forename(s):
  JESSIE GRANT "NESS"
Maiden Name:
  MCDONALD
Occupation:
  AUTHOR
Date of Birth:
  29 OCT 1916
Place of Birth:
  INVERNESS WORKHOUSE 41 OLD EDINBURGH ROAD INVERNESS
Father's Name:
  JOHN SMITH WOODCUTTER REDBOG ST ANDREWS-LHANBRYDE
Mother's Name:
  ELIZABETH MCDONALD 287 HIGH STREET ELGIN( See NM213534)
Biography:
  LIVED IN ALVES

Marriage Details

Spouse's Name:
  JOHN KESSON CATTLEMAN
Date of Marriage:
  1934
Place of Marriage:
  
Married by:
  
Marriage Narrative:
  PARENTS OF AVRIL & KENNETH KESSON

Death Details

Date of Death:
  26 SEP 1994
Age:
  77
Headstone Ref:
  
Place of Death:
  WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL LONDON
Parish Register:
  
Death Narrative:
  DIED OF LUNG CANCER

Newspaper Articles

Newspaper
Description
 Date
 Page/Column
COURANT
biography & photograph
20/06/1947
3/3-5
COURANT
"Lost magic of the River Lossie"
20/8/1948
3/3-5
COURANT
"The auld school bell keeps ringing"
3/9/1948
7/3-5
COURANT
"Children without parents"
24/9/1948
3/3-5
COURANT
"A character of the auld kirk"
22/10/1948
6/3-5
COURANT
"For just one yesterday"
07/1/1949
6/5-6
COURANT
"The weaker sex?"
11/3/1949
3/3-5
COURANT
"Eventide: a glimpse of very old age"
22/4/1949
3/3-5
FG
broadcast of programme "Winter wood"
20/01/1954
1/6
NS
return to Elgin to promote new book
30/07/1983
15/5
NS
LLD award from Aberdeen University
13/03/1987
5/1
PJ
memories of Proctors Children's Home
12/09/1991
10/3-7
PJ
memories of Proctors Children's Home
13/09/1991
10/3-7
PJ
obituary & photograph
27/9/1994
1/2-5
PJ
obituary & photograph
27/9/1994
1/4-8
NS
obituary
30/09/1994
2/9-10
PJ
biography & photograph
26/07/2000
17/1-6
PJ
launch of biography by Isobel Murray
02/08/2000
6/4-7
NS
launch of biography by Isobel Murray
04/08/2000
9/1-8

Miscellaneous Articles

Date
Description
Biographies
1950
biography of Herbert Gordon Stuart in "Coloured gentleman" contained in "Northern Scot Christmas number" p32 - L 079
1980
biography & photograph extracted from "The Scotsman" 21 Apr 1980 - LMisc20
1982
biographical details in "North east folk from cottage to castle" p78-81 by Elizabeth Adair - L 941.2
1983
biography & photograph extracted from "The Scotsman" 20 Aug 1983 - LMisc20
1989
"Jessie Kesson country" contained in "The Scots magazine" Oct 1989 p11-22 - LMisc20
1990
reminiscences extracted from "County Living" Apr 1990 - LMisc20
1998
"Sunday Mail" 4 April 1998 - LMisc20
2000
"Jessie Kesson - the wider picture" by Isobel Murray extracted from "Scottish book collector" - LMisc20
2000
"Jessie Kesson writing her life" by Isobel Murray - LB KES
c. 2006
"Many-minded Jessie Kesson" by Robert Calder - LMisc20
2012
biography in "Women of Moray: a celebration of the women of Moray and their contribution to history" p303-309 - L941.220099
Miscellaneous
1916
extract of Kesson's birth certificate - LMisc20
1921-1923
entry in register of admissions for West End Primary School, Elgin - MF E EL2 (1943)
1985
interview with Andrew Young extracted from "Glasgow Herald" 20 Jun 1985 - LMisc20
2000
Article/Review: "Kesson tell" by James Robertson. From "Scotland on Sunday", 16 July 2000 - LMisc 20
Works By
1949
"Christmas remembered" contained in "Northern Scot Christmas number" p25-26 - L 079
1950
poem "The Oak Wood" contained in "Northern Scot Christmas number" p15 - L 079
1950
"Phemie" - LMisc20
1958
"The white bird passes" - LF
1978
"Where the apple ripens" contained in "New writing & writers 15" p129-187 - LF
1983
"Another time, another place" - LF
1983
"Good Friday" contained in "Scottish short stories 1983" p120-128 - LF
1983
"Good Friday" - LMisc20
1984
"Until such times" contained in "Chapman 39" - LF
1985
"Where the apple ripens" - LF
1988
"Glitter of mica" - LF
c. 1990
"My Scotland" - LMisc20
1991
"The Jessie Kesson omnibus" - LF
1995
"It was upon a Lammas nicht" - LMisc20
c. 1997
play "The white bird passes" adapted by Anne Downie - L 822 DOW