ABSTRACT
Early Lives John Winston Lennon was born on October 9, 1940, the only son of Freddie and Julia (Stanley) Lennon, in Liverpool, England. Deserted by his father, Lennon was reared by his maternal aunt, Mimi, when his mother decided that she could not properly care for the child. Lennon was a bright, precocious boy given to countless acts of rebellion who as a teenager found an outlet for his high spirits by forming a musical group, the Quarreymen.
