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George Toogood Smith. George Toogood Smith (13 March 1903 – 5 June 1955) was the maternal uncle, through marriage, of John Lennon. Smith operated his family's two dairy farms and a retail outlet with his brother, Frank Smith, in the village of Woolton, Liverpool. The farms had been in the Smith family for four generations, but ...
George Toogood Smith (1903 – 5 June 1955) was the maternal uncle, through marriage, of John Lennon. Smith operated his family's two dairy farms and a retail outlet with his brother, Frank Smith, in the village of Woolton, Liverpool. The farms had been in the Smith family for four generations...
1. Apr. 2021 · Luckily, John was able to find a father figure in his uncle George Toogood Smith. Liverpool's St. Peter's Church, where Smith is buried, notes that Lennon's uncle through marriage had a profound influence on him as a child. He taught John to read and tucked him into bed with a nursery rhyme at night.
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11. Sept. 2017 · "[Lennon's] uncle died in 1955 when he was quite young. His name was George Toogood Smith. John loved the name and quite often he would take his friends into the graveyard to show them.
George Toogood Smith. Birth. 13 Mar 1903. Liverpool, Metropolitan Borough of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. Death. 5 Jun 1955 (aged 52) Liverpool, Metropolitan Borough of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. Burial. St. Peter's Churchyard. Woolton, Metropolitan Borough of Liverpool, Merseyside, EnglandAdd to Map. Memorial ID. 103048352. · View Source.
Also in the churchyard, and often overlooked by the numerous visiting Beatles fans, is the grave of John’s uncle, George Toogood Smith. After the breakdown of his parent’s marriage when he was five, John lived locally with Uncle George and Aunt Mimi. It was George who brought John his first musical instrument, a harmonica. Whilst Aunt Mimi ...
20. Okt. 2021 · The aptly named George Toogood Smith was John Lennon's uncle through marriage, and indeed, he was too good for this world. According to the St. Peter's Woolton Heritage site, Lennon lived with Smith (a dairy farmer) and his wife, Lennon's aunt Mary Elizabeth Stanley, for most of his childhood.
