What are facts about Matthew Henson's early life?

Answer 1

1. Matthew Henson was an only child by his father's last marriage but had siblings from his father's previous relationships.

2. Henson was married to a women named Lucy ross

3. The couple had no kids together but, Henson fathered children by an Eskimo

woman named Akatingwah in 1906

4.His mom died when he was 2

5. His dad died when he was 11

6. Matt divorced his first wife for infidelity because she became pregnant while Matt was away in Greenland. They had no children together.

7. Matt also had no children with his second wife, Lucy Ross. They were married before Matt reached the Pole and lived together for almost 50 years in New York. A plaque marks the apartment house where they resided. Lucy Ross died after Matt. Both were buried in her family plot in Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York. Now their bodies rest in Arlington National Cemetery.

8. Matt conceived a single son, Anaquak Henson, with his Eskimo lover Akatingwah in 1906. After Matt left the Arctic in 1909 he never returned and thus never again met his son, although later explorers relayed reports about him to Matt.

Answer 2

wuy saying he had a hard child-hood because,when he was 7 his mother died,then his Father was getting Really sick,so he could baerly Take care of himself!so he sent him with his Uncle!then the uncle needed money so he had to send him Back with his dad but then the dad D.I.E.D...so,later on in life he had NOWHERE to stay,so a woman named rose made him a little bed in a little kitchen she had worked in.well that's all i have to say!ell,i can start off b