![]() ![]() Both in their mid-twenties, they were at first very happy together, but neither of them was ready, emotionally or financially, to bring up a child.įreddie's father, Jack, had been born in Dublin and toured the United States as a Kentucky minstrel during the 1890s. Julia was a movie usherette before she married ship's steward Alfred (Freddie) Lennon on a whim on December 3, 1938. She was more sinned against than sinning." Everything was funny, but she couldn't see into people until it was too late. "She never took life or anything seriously. ![]() "She was witty and full of fun," Mimi told Beatles chronicler Hunter Davies. ![]() Her behavior was sometimes irresponsible and often eccentric, and in sharp contrast to the reserved manners and sober attitude of Mimi. Julia Lennon (born Stanley) was a carefree, fun-loving woman. In any case, she need have looked no further than the little boy's mother to determine the broad shape of his personality. Mimi's effort to see her new nephew was rewarded for, as she asserted many years later, "I knew the moment I first set eyes on John that he was going to be something special." Mimi's reaction displayed either great premonition or, more likely, natural favoritism.
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