Relationship: Paternal Grandfather of John Lennon
1855 (Co. Fermanagh) - 1917

Jack Lennon and his brother were born in Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Their father and mother, John and Elizabeth (nee Morris) emigrated to America with their two sons.

In the 1890's Jack joined Andrew Robertson's Kentucky Minstrels as a soloist and the band toured the USA. Later Jack married an American girl and bought her back to Liverpool. She died in childbirth.

Jack's brother was ordained a priest and his ministry was in Wallasey, Cheshire, England.

Although Jack became a shipping clerk he continued to entertain in local pubs. He employed Mary Maguire, whom he called Polly, as his housekeeper and they were later married. They had eight children; six survived - five boys and one girl.

Jack died of liver disease in 1917.