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Lennon in 2013, photo by Debby Wong /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Sean Taro Ono Lennon
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: October 9, 1975
Ethnicity: * father – Irish, Welsh, English * mother – Japanese
Sean Lennon is an American musician, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He is also known as Tarō Ono (小野 太郎). He is a citizen of the U.S. and the U.K. He is part of musical duo The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, with his partner Charlotte Kemp Muhl .
Sean is the son of artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist Yoko Ono and musician, singer, songwriter, composer, and activist John Lennon , of rock band The Beatles. His father was British, with Irish, Welsh, and English, ancestry. His mother is Japanese. His half-siblings are musician, singer, songwriter, photographer, filmmaker, author, and philanthropist Julian Lennon and Kyoko Cox. His father was partly raised by his own maternal aunt, Mimi Smith. His paternal half-aunt is teacher and author Julia Baird.
Sean’s paternal grandfather was Alfred Lennon (the son of John Lennon and Mary “Polly” Maguire). Alfred was born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, and was a seaman and singer. John was born in County Down, Ireland, and was a minstrel, who toured the United States. He was the son of James Lennon and Jane McConville. Mary was born in Liverpool, and likely was also of Irish ancestry, the daughter of James Maguire.
Sean’s paternal grandmother was Julia Elizabeth Stanley (the daughter of George Ernest Stanley and Annie Jane Millward). Julia was born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England. George was born in Liverpool; he was in the Merchant Navy, and later worked as an insurance investigator for the Liverpool & Glasgow Salvage Association. He was the son of William Henry Stanley, whose father was an English immigrant to Australia, and whose mother was an Australian of English descent; and of Eliza Jane Gildea, who was born in Omagh, Co. Tyrone, Ireland. Sean’s great-grandmother Annie was born in Chester, Cheshire, to Welsh parents, John Dumbry Millward and Mary Elizabeth Morris, from Bridgend.
Sean’s maternal grandfather was Eisuke Ono (the son of Eijiro Ono and Tsuruko Saisho). Eisuke was born in Tokyo, Japan. Tsuruko was the daughter of Atsushi Saisho.
Sean’s maternal grandmother was named Isoko Yasuda (the daughter of Zensaburo Yasuda). Isoko was born in Tokyo, Japan. Zensaburo was the son of 安田 善次郎 Yasuda Zenjirō. Zensaburo was ennobled in 1915. 安田 善次郎 was an affiliate of the Yasuda clan and zaibatsu. His father Zenjirō was a samurai, and founder of Yasuda Bank.
Lennon’s parents, credit: TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³
Sources: Genealogy of Sean Lennon – http://www.geni.com
Family history of Sean’s father – http://brakn.com