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Elton John, born Reginald Kenneth Dwight is a English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ==Elton John== Elton John was born [[Mar 25]], 1947 in Pinner, Middlesex, England; near London, to Stanley Dwight and his wife Sheila Eileen Harris. Stanley was a Royal Air Force officer. They divorced in 1961, Stanley remarried four months later and had four more children. Meanwhile Sheila also remarried to Fred Farebrother. When Elton John wed his Canadian-born boyfriend David Furnish on [[Dec 21]], 2005, (son of Mr Furnish and his wife Gladys) in what was billed as the "first celebrity gay union in the U.K." both Sheila and Fred were invited. ===Secondary sources=== *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_John "Elton John"] on Wikipedia *[http://www.breakingnews.ie/archives/?c=ENTERTAINMENT&jp=cwmhqlkfcwmh&d=2005-12-29 Elton's 'marriage certificate' revealed] Dec 29,2005 on Breaking News naming David's mother as "Gladys" *[http://books.google.com/books?id=RBN6mKz83kgC&pg=PA127&lpg=PA127&dq=%22sheila+farebrother%22&source=web&ots=5QJc2ypb2K&sig=ygxeVWGLGeO6rkCJyWu1tyw1yz0#PPA140,M1 "His Song: The Musical Journey of Elton John], by Elizabeth J Rosenthal, Billboard Books, New York (2001) 538 pages; page 140 stating this his parents had divorced in 1961. ==Stanley Dwight== Stanley Dwight was born [[Jan 24]], 1925. He married Sheila Harris sometime before 1943. They divorced 15 years later. Both remarried. He died Dec 1991 "in his home" at Birkenhead, Cheshire, England "age 66". ===Primary documents=== *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=ONSDeath93%2c&rank=0&tips=0&=%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c&gsfn=stanley&gsln=dwight&sx=&gs1co=3251%2cEngland&gs1pl=1%2cAll+Counties&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&srchb=r&fh=1&recid=3368099&recoff=1+2 England & Wales, Death Index: 1984-2005"] at ancestry.com showing : "Stanley Dwight, born 24 Jan 1925, died Dec 1991, Birkenhead, Cheshire; age 66" ===Secondary sources=== *[http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ingramrelated&id=I078524 "Stanley Dwight"] by tingram@inficad.com, on Ancestry World Tree showing : "Stanley Dwight born 24 Jan 1925, died Dec 1991 Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, married first Sheila Eileen Harris 1945 in Pinner, London, Middlesex, England" *[http://www.eltonjohn.dk/ukbiografi.html "Biografi"] on Elton John dot dk stating that "Stanley died in 1991 in his home in Cheshire, only 66 years old." ==Sheila Eileen Harris== ===Secondary sources=== *[http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ingramrelated&id=I078524 "Stanley Dwight"] by tingram@inficad.com, on Ancestry World Tree showing : "Stanley Dwight born 24 Jan 1925, died Dec 1991 Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, married first Sheila Eileen Harris 1945 in Pinner, London, Middlesex, England" *[http://books.google.com/books?id=RBN6mKz83kgC&pg=PA127&lpg=PA127&dq=%22sheila+farebrother%22&source=web&ots=5QJc2ypb2K&sig=ygxeVWGLGeO6rkCJyWu1tyw1yz0#PPA4,M1 "His Song: The Musical Journey of Elton John], by Elizabeth J Rosenthal, Billboard Books, New York (2001) 538 pages. Page 4: "...the future Elton John, credited his material grandmother Ivy...." *[http://www.eltonjohn.dk/ukbiografi.html "Biografi"] at Elton John dot dk stating that Elton's grandmother was named Ivy Sewell and showing a picture of his childhood home. *[http://www.breakingnews.ie/archives/?c=ENTERTAINMENT&jp=cwmhqlkfcwmh&d=2005-12-29 Elton's 'marriage certificate' revealed] Dec 29,2005 on Breaking News naming Elton's mother a witness to his marriage to David Furnish in 2005.
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