![]() The book has photographs and documents never before seen and I am excited to reveal that for the first time ever a history book has QR codes built into the book meaning the book contains videos that can be watched with a smart phone. After months of research and working closely with the family I have found the answer to all of the questions that intrigued me about John's mother in the first place as well as discovering a few incredible things that was new information even to the family such as the fact that the birth of John's sisters were registered twice under two different names! 'Imagine This', the book by Julia Baird, John Lennon's sister ended up being my inspiration for my 'Julia' book, and the first step in the research was to get in touch with Julia Baird. It is such hard work to portray the lives of other people, to everyone's satisfaction and the life of Julia Lennon had been portrayed by so many without research. I had first read about Julia in Hunter Davies 1969 Beatles biography, and wanted to discover if there was another Julia that no one has uncovered. For me the story there wasn't about John it was his mother Julia that I wanted to find out about. Help us bring out the full potential in every foster child.For a long time people have been asking me when I am going to write a book about John Lennon, but for me John's life has been well documented. Perhaps there is a John Lennon among them. There are nearly 3,000 children in foster care in Miami-Dade County. I could say, “Parents are not gods because I don’t live with mine and, therefore, I know.” Now those women were fantastic … And that was my first feminist education … I would infiltrate the other boys minds. She was the youngest and she had a husband who ran away to sea and the war was on and she couldn’t cope with me, and I ended up living with her elder sister. Five strong, intelligent, beautiful women, five sisters. ![]() I did my best to disrupt every friend’s home … Partly out of envy that I didn’t have this so-called home … but I did… There were five women that were my family. But I cannot be what I am not … I was the one who all the other boys’ parents-including Paul’s father-would say, ‘Keep away from him’… The parents instinctively recognized I was a troublemaker, meaning I did not conform and I would influence their children, which I did. “Part of me would like to be accepted by all facets of society and not be this loudmouthed lunatic poet/musician. In September 1980, Lennon commented about his family and his rebellious nature His mother often visited with him and it was she who first introduced him to Elvis Presley and Fats Domino as well as taught him to play the banjo. Throughout the rest of his childhood, he lived with his aunt and uncle, Mimi and George Smith who had no children of their own. View Alfred Lennons Family Tree and History, Ancestry and Genealogy. He would not have contact with his father again for 20 years. born 1940, died 1980, age 40 with Julia Lennon. Though Lennon didn’t live with his mother, he remained close to her, regularly visiting her house where the two would listen to Elvis. Having made her point and won her battle when John chose her over. Lennon’s mother was more supportive of his musical interest, in fact, it was Julia who bought the guitar for him. John Lennon would not spend the bulk of his childhood living with his mother, Julia Lennon. Lennon initially chose his father but as his mother walked away, John began to cry and submitted to her. John Lennon as a child with his mother Julia, who was killed in 1958 in a road accident. In 1946 Lennon’s father made another attempt to take custody of his son but Julia intervened and in a dramatic scene, the father asked John to choose between him and his mother. After Julia’s sister, Mimi Smith complained to Liverpool Social Services about her sister’s actions, Julia handed the care of John over to her. By the time he returned six months later, Julia was pregnant with another man’s child and rejected his offer to take care of them. In February of 1944, John’s father went absent without leave and the financial support stopped. Alfred, a merchant seaman, was not present for his son’s birth and spent much of his time away from the home but regularly sent money to provide for his family. Victoria was given up for adoption and renamed Ingrid by her adoptive Norwegian parents. ![]() ![]() The first named Victoria was the result of an affair Julia had with a young Welsh Army soldier she met while John's dad Alfred was away during WW2. John Winston Lennon was born in war time England on Octoto Julia (née Stanley) and Alfred Lennon in the town of Liverpool. Julia Lennon had three daughters after her only son, John.
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