Julia Lennon

AKA:
Mother of John Lennon
Birth Name:
Julia Stanley
Birth Date:
March 12, 1914
Birth Place:
Toxteth, Liverpool, England
Death Date:
July 15, 1958
Place of Death:
A562 & Menlove Avenue, Liverpool, UK
Age:
44
Cause of Death:
Blunt force trauma - stuck by automobile
Cemetery Name:
Allerton Cemetery Liverpool UK
Claim to Fame:
The Odd and the Interesting
Julia Lennon was the mother of English musician John Lennon, who was born during her marriage to Alfred Lennon. After complaints to Liverpool's Social Services by her eldest sister Mimi Smith (née Stanley), she surrendered the care of her son to Mimi. She later had one daughter after an affair with a Welsh soldier, but pressure from her family made her place the baby for adoption. Later she had two daughters, Julia and Jackie, with John "Bobby" Dykins. She never divorced her husband, preferring to live as Dykins' common-law wife for the rest of her life. She was known as being high-spirited, impulsive, and musical, and for having a strong sense of humour. She taught her son John how to play the banjo and the ukulele. She kept in almost daily contact with him, and when he was in his teens he often stayed overnight at her and Dykins' house. John was traumatised by her sudden death and wrote several songs about her, including "Julia," "Mother," and "My Mummy's Dead." Biographer Ian MacDonald wrote that she was, "to a great extent ... her son's muse".

That Fateful Day

Julia Lennon was struck and killed on July 15, 1958, just outside Mimi’s home, by a Standard Vanguard car driven by an off-duty constable, PC Eric Clague, who was a learner-driver. Clague later said: “Mrs Lennon just ran straight out in front of me. I just couldn’t avoid her. I was not speeding, I swear it. It was just one of those terrible things that happen.” Baird and Jackie (aged eleven and eight respectively) were immediately sent to stay in Edinburgh at their Aunt Mater’s, and were not allowed to attend the funeral. They were told two months later by their uncle, Norman Birch, that their mother had died. Birch and their maternal aunt, Harriet, were made legal guardians of the girls—ignoring Dykins’ parentage, as he had never legally married Julia. Julia was buried in the Allerton Cemetery, in Liverpool. Her grave was unmarked, and over the years its location was forgotten until it was recently identified by Jackie as “CE (Church of England) 38-805”

Ironically, the constable who hit Julia would later become a postman with a route that included Paul McCartney’s boyhood home.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Allerton Cemetery Liverpool UK

192 Woolton Road

Allerton, Liverpool L19 5NF, ,

United Kingdom

Europe

Map:

Map of Allerton Cemetery in Allerton, Liverpool, UK
Allerton Cemetery in Allerton, Liverpool, UK

Grave Location:

Section CH 38, Lot 805

Grave Location Description

As you enter the cemetery through the entrance at 192 Woolton Road, drive straight ahead for about a mile to the opposite end of the cemetery (going around the chapel and roundabouts, but still maintaining a straight line. Park OPPOSITE the intersection of Sections CH 36, CH 37, CH 38 and CH 39. John Lennon’s mother is buried approximately 50 feet off the road next to the large, black memorial to George Ray.

Grave Location GPS

53.360645592373324, -2.8693107314216184

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FAQ's

Julia Lennon was born on March 12, 1914.

Julia Lennon was born in Toxteth, Liverpool, England.

Julia Lennon died on July 15, 1958.

Julia Lennon died in A562 & Menlove Avenue, Liverpool, UK.

Julia Lennon was 44.

The cause of death was Blunt force trauma - stuck by automobile.

Julia Lennon's grave is in Allerton Cemetery Liverpool UK

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