Parent(s) Died, Disappeared or Became Incapacitated

Only listed here if it directly contributed to placement

Ratana, Raniera Te Ao Hou

Ratana was the son of Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana, the founder of the Ratana church of New Zealand, which draws its membership overwhelmingly from the Maori people. His father died in 1939 and... [more]

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Munk, Kaj

Munk was born Kaj Harald Leininger Petersen on the island of Lolland. His father died in 1899 and his mother in 1903. He was then adopted by the Munk family. His first play, Pontius Pila... [more]

Muhammad

Muhammad was born after his father died, and his mother died when he was six years old. He was then raised by his grandfather until he too died, when Muhammad was eight, after which he was ... [more]

Morley, Eric Douglas

Morley was orphaned at the age of 11 and sent to a naval training ship. He became an entertainment and media tycoon. He and his wife founded the Miss World pageants in 1951; he was chair... [more]

Montgomery, Lucy Maud

Montgomery was born on Prince Edward Island and her mother died when she was two. Her father left her to be raised by very strict grandparents while he moved west and started a new family. ... [more]

Monroe, William Smith

Monroe was born on a farm at Jerusalem Ridge, Kentucky, the last of eight children in a poor, backwoods family. Both his parents were traditional Appalachian musicians (father step-dancer; ... [more]

Monaghan, Thomas

Monaghan's father died when he was four, and he and his younger brother were put into care by their mother so that she could attend nursing school. They remained in care, foster homes and o... [more]

Minik

In 1897 the polar explorer Robert Peary returned from northwestern Greenland with some specimens for the American Museum of Natural History in New York: six real live Inuit, including a man... [more]

Mihinui, Dorothy Huhana

Mihinui was born in Whakarewarewa near Rorotua, New Zealand, to a Maori mother and an Australian father. Her mother died when she was about six years old, and she and her younger brother we... [more]

Murray, Andrew Buist

Murray was born to Scottish immigrants to South Carolina. His mother died about 1847 (1867 according to one source), and his father in 1857. Sources differ about the rest of his childhood: ... [more]