Talk:Freddie Lennon

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[edit] Freddie

andreasegde 13:19, 30 January 2007 (UTC) Freddie needs a good clean. andreasegde 22:16, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

I have started working on this page, but can not find much in Cynthia's book, or Barry Miles'. andreasegde 10:33, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Juila was out on the town

Poor Freddie; he was sending money back home and Julia was living at her parents' house and going out on the town. Tsk, tsk... andreasegde 13:19, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Lennons

This a bloody labyrinth. Who died, and when? Who married who? American or Irish? Bugger me... andreasegde 21:04, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Worked it out. There are so many different stories out there... andreasegde 07:27, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

There is so much wrong with the Lennon family history - talk about romanticised!—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Brakn (talk • contribs).

[edit] B Class

I have changed this article to B class. andreasegde 11:10, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Freddie Lennon

Little Freddie Lennon has been put for a GAR. Would someone look at it for stupid mistakes, and give it a wipe with a damp cloth? andreasegde 09:23, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The references appear invisible

I dunno what template was being intended to use down there in the references to make the notes show up, but it doesn't appear to be working, and it apparently wasn't because of a missing { tag either. It's very difficult to determine if an article is well-referenced when the section isn't easily visible.... Homestarmy 20:11, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Never mind, I fixed it. Homestarmy 20:13, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Oh, another thing, the article history appears slightly unstable as of late, ([1]) if this article is reviewed for GA status, the content won't be changing radically or anything, will it? Homestarmy 20:51, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Passed GA

Good article, presents the subject well. Try to dig up some better (preferably free) images of him. I also recommend getting some references in the parts where there aren't any and, after that, a peer review to flesh out the rest. DoomsDay349 22:57, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

The references could not be more often quoted, as they often came from the same page. He wasn't that famous to warrant more. If anyone has a problem with a paragraph, a sentence, a phrase, or any single word in the article, I can put in a refererence for it. andreasegde 22:34, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Family Tree.

First of all, to say that the original family name was O'Leannain is absolute guesswork and it shouldn't be in the article.

The first mention of these Lennons in Liverpool is 1849 when John's great grandfather James married. To say that they emigrated fron Ireland because of the famine again is guesswork. In the 1871 census, James Lennon is down as being from County Down. This county did not suffer badly during the famine.

As for Jack Lennon being a professional singer or a ship's cook, again there is absolutely no proof.

"Emigrated to America" - no proof at all.

"Became a "refined" British minstrel who toured America with 'Robertson's Kentucky Minstrels' Vaudeville troupe in the late 1800s" - no proof.

Jack's first wife was not American; she was from Liverpool. They were married in Liverpool and she did died during childbirth, having her second child Michael. Michael died 15 days after his mother.

"Jack became a shipping clerk", he was always a clerk. Brakn 10:16, 7 April 2007 (UTC)