And Alfred invited his brother Sidney as a witness. The girl's family was against this marriage, so none of them came to the wedding. And the proposal was not made by the hero of this article, but vice versa. WeddingĪlfred Lennon and Julia Stanley married onlyeleven years after their first meeting.
The couple often walked through Liverpool and dreamed of a joint business in the future, intending to open a store, club, pub or cafe. In addition, he, like Julia, was able to perfectly play the banjo (the genus of the guitar). Alfred often imitated the singing of El Johnson and Louis Armstrong.
The girl asked him to take off his ugly hat, and he threw the pot in the lake without hesitation. After that Alfred sat down next to her on the bench. The boy, on the contrary, answered her with a compliment, saying that Julia herself looks charming. When the girl saw 15-year-old Alfred passing by, she declared that his hat looked rather stupid. On one of the benches sat 14-year-old Julia Stanley. Once Alfred Lennon walked with a friend inSefton Park. And most of his time, the young man was entertained, visiting vaudeville and in cinemas. He often borrowed money from Brother Sidney, who worked at the tailor. Then the young man finally left this institution and began to work.īut Alfred did not stay in one placefor a long time. For a while Lennon toured with her, but soon he was detained in Glasgow and sent back to the orphanage. In 1927, Alfred fled the orphanage, joining the musical youth group Will Murray. As a result, he was able to grow only up to 160 centimeters. In childhood, the boy was sick with rickets. ChildhoodĪccording to memories of relatives, Alfred Lennongrew up a cheerful young man. The mother of the hero of this article lived another twenty-eight years and died in 1949. Mary could not independently provide all the children, so she had to send Edith and Alfred into an orphanage. Then Lennon again had to move to Copperfield Street. Maguire gave birth to two more children - Charles and Edith. But soon John and Mary entered into a legal marriage, and the whole family moved to Everton. The Lennons lived then on Copperfield Street. Among the survivors was Alfred, who was born in 1912. The couple had fifteen children (eight of them died in infancy). After the death of his wife, John met Mary Maguire and began to live with her in a civil marriage. The girl gave birth to two children - Michael and Mary Elizabeth, but she died during childbirth. One of their seven children named John ("Jack") and became the father of Alfred. James and Jane are the grandfather and grandmother of the heroarticles - came to Liverpool from Down (Northern Ireland) in the 40s of the nineteenth century. The article will present his brief biography. However, he could not realize himself as a musician. Alfred Lennon himself was also a singer, played in a band and recorded several compositions. It was he, in part, who instilled John's love of music. He died in Brighton, where he had gone to live after marrying Pauline Jones, with whom he had two sons.Alfred Lennon is the father of the famous Englishsinger and leader of the Liverpool four. He had very little contact with his son until Beatlemania, when they met again, but later had only intermittent contact with each other. John was their only child together, but as Alf was often away at sea during World War II, he did not see much of his child during his infancy. He married Julia Lennon (née Stanley) in 1938. Although always known informally as Alf by his family, he later released a record as Freddie Lennon, and was referenced and quoted in newspapers and media under that name. He was known as being very witty and musical throughout his life-he sang and played the banjo-but not as being very dependable. He spent many years in an orphanage-with his sister, Edith-after his father died. Alfred Lennon (14 December 1912 - 1 April 1976) was the father of English musician John Lennon.