Unmarried Mother, Single Parent (Mother or Father) Unable to Cope

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Keats, John

Keats' father died in 1804 and his mother in 1810, but he did not live with her after the age of 10 (he was apprenticed to an apothecary), but rather with his grandmother, when he was not a... [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]

Moore, Brian

Moore has been capped 63 times for England - more than any other player, and has been captain. He is also a successful London solicitor. His birth mother was an unmarried teacher and his... [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]

Nelson, Willie

Nelson was abandoned by his mother when he was six months old. His father ran a pool hall in Austin, Texas, and he was raised by his grandparents in the village of Abbott, Texas. His grandf... [more]

Nicholson, Jack

John Joseph Nicholson's mother was young and unmarried when he was born, his father abandoned them, and he was raised by his grandparents, believing that his mother was his sister. He did n... [more]

Paulger, Irene

Paulger was the child of an unmarried woman and was raised by her grandparents on a farm in the Taranaki province of New Zealand. She trained as a teacher and was sent to the extremely isol... [more]

Plato, Dana Michelle

Dana Plato's was the stereotypical life of a child star who couldn't make the transition to adult acting. She was the second child of a young unmarried birthmother who relinquished her for ... [more]

Pliny the Younger (under Roman Empire)

Ancient Roman society institutionalized the adoption of adults. It was relatively common for a wealthy Roman couple to adopt an adult man, even a slave, as heir if they did not have any son... [more]

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]