 After Julia's death, the two girls (aged eleven and eight) were sent to stay in Edinburgh at Aunt Mater's (Elizabeth) and were only told two months later by Aunt Mater's husband, Norman Birch, that their mother had died.The commercial success of the Beatles allowed Lennon to buy a 4-bedroomed house in Gateacre Park Drive, Liverpool, for Baird and Jackie to live in with Lennon's Aunt Harriet and Birch.They had previously been made legal guardians of the two girls; Dykins' parentage had been disregarded as he had never legally married Julia.