Welcome to Jess Levant's Family Tree Album
Isaac Goldberg
Isaac Goldberg/Gilbert
1865 - 1928
Leonora Crown
Lenora Crown Gilbert
1868 - 1943
Edgar Allan DeLue
Edgar Allen DeLue
1888 - 1987
Alice Moose
Alice Moose DeLue
1885 - 1945
The family name
was changed from
Goldberg to Gilbert
before they all
migrated to America
- presumably taking the
lead from Uncle Jack
(neé Marcus Goldberg)
who went into
vaudeville where it
would not have done
to be a 'Goldberg'
My Father
Reuben Gilbert

Reuben Gilbert 1997
b.1902 Bristol, England
d.2003 San Francisco
My Mother
Ruth DeLue Gilbert

Ruth DeLue Gilbert 1997
b. 1911 San Francisco
d. 2011 Cupertino, CA


I was named Joyce Gilbert
but changed my name to Jessica
in 1992. I left San Francisco in 1968 and lived in New York for 17 years before moving to London. In 1998 I shifted my base once again, back to San Francisco where I lived on a large motor sailing vessel, The PickleYacht for 14 years and then moved on land in San Francisco, until heading northeast to Davis, CA into an Independent Living apartment in a Retirement Community where I am constantly in the process of becoming a successul abstract artist.
Jessica Gilbert Levant
jessica 2006
b. 1943
San Francisco
When I was 19, I married Ronald Levant
Ron now lives in Ohio with his third wife Carol. In 2024 he abruptly severed ties with his only daughter Caren, causing significant pain.
I tried marriage a couple of more times, but found it wasn't a situation that suited me.

My daughter Caren now lives
in Red Hook, New York > >
Caren Levant
Caren Elizabeth Levant
b. 1963
Berkeley, CA
Married
Camille Veytia
11/25/11

Camille
Caren was married
to Adam Shanker
for 10 years.

Adam Shanker



Caren's two lovely, fascinating, challenging, talented
and ever-interesting sons:
Adrian Edward Shanker
Adrian Shanker 2003
b. 4 April, 1987
New York
Jeremy Stephen Shanker
Jeremy Shanker 2003
b. 14 May, 1992
New York