Early life Īlfred Lennon (always called 'Alf' by his family), was known as being happy-go-lucky, and 'couldn't resist having a good time'.

It was situated just around the corner from Newcastle Road (where Julia Stanley lived). After Jack died, Polly did not have enough money to keep the whole Lennon family together, so she placed two of her children, Alf and Edith, in the Blue Coat School Orphanage. Polly could not read or write, but was reported to be very humorous and supposedly had psychic abilities. The Lennons moved back to Toxteth Park, Jack by this time a shipping clerk he died in 1921, at 57 Copperfield Street. Daughter Edith Lennon was born that year and then Charles (21 November 1918 – ). One of the witnesses at the wedding was Polly's sister, Catherine Seddon. Jack eventually married Polly in 1915, after they had moved to Elmore Street, Everton. It is also claimed that Jack's first wife was an American who died during childbirth after they had both moved back to Liverpool. Their son, Jack Lennon, became a 'refined' British minstrel, who toured the United States with Roberton's Kentucky Minstrels vaudeville troupe in the late 19th century. 1831 – 1869), Alf's grandparents, moved with their respective families to Liverpool in the 1840s. Alf died in Brighton, England, where he had gone to live after marrying Pauline Jones, with whom he had two sons. Alf had very little contact with his son until Beatlemania, when they met again, but later the pair had only intermittent contact with each other.

Alfred offered to look after his wife, their child and the expected baby, but Julia rejected the idea. During this period Julia became pregnant with another man's child. John was their only child, but as Alfred was away at sea during World War II, he did not see much of his child during his infancy. Alfred spent many years in an orphanage with his sister, Edith, after his father died. Alfred Lennon (14 December 1912 – 1 April 1976), also known as Freddie Lennon, was an Englishman seaman and singer who was best known as the father of musician John Lennon.

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