Lester the statement leaving his mother to take care of John or Jack as he was known in the family is supported by the source Your assertion that the important part is that John and his mother were left to fend for themselves in this house alone is not even in our article and nor is it sourced to the new reference and thus your interpretation and desire for me to find a source supporting it is irrelevant If you feel the Canterbury Tales article does not explain clearly enough the close relationship between JH and his mother I suggest using What Makes Johny Run by Milton Cockburn or Rise Of A Common Man by Bill Birnbauer which describes in some detail their close relationship after his father s death and both of which assert the dominating influence she had on John If you particularly want a source that says JH and his mother lived in the house on their own take another look at Rise Of A Common Man because it does say that Mona and John were left in the house on their own after Lyall s death It also says that Lyall left them financially comfortable and that Mona did not have to struggle financially so I m not sure that the implications of your claim that they were left to fend for themselves is correct