Orphaned at the aged of four and partially raised in foster homes, by 1944, Stanwyck was the highest paid woman in the United States.

Orphaned at eleven, Raphael's formal guardian became his only paternal uncle Bartolomeo, a priest, who subsequently engaged in litigation with his stepmother.

The Israeli band Orphaned Land, seen here performing live at the 2007 Summer Breeze Open Air, is an early proponent of folk metal from outside Europe.

Orphaned by age of twelve, he went to live at Freiburg with an elder brother, Jean Gellée, a woodcarver.

Orphaned at the age of 14, Joseph Lannin migrated with the flood of French-Canadians from Quebec seeking work in the booming textile mills of New England.

Orphaned at age nine, Ryan would eventually become the tenth wealthiest man in the nation.

Orphaned at an early age, Erik's studies qualified him as a scribe and in 1641 he found employment with Gert Rehnskiöld, the senior accountant for Pommern and Mecklenburg.

Orphaned at an early age, Thomas Hopkins was raised by his uncle William Arnold, and sailed to New England in 1635 with his Arnold relatives, including his first cousin, Benedict Arnold, who became the first governor of the colony under the Royal Charter of 1663.

Orphaned at an early age, he became a soldier of fortune, serving first in the papal guard and then under various Italian princes.

Orphaned at a young age, he was raised by his grandparents.

Orphaned at a young age, Ryken was raised by his uncle.

Orphaned at the age of eight, Spaight was sent to attend school in Ireland and later graduated from the University of Glasgow.

Orphaned, their relatives used up their inheritance and left them at the orphanage.

Orphaned at the age of eight, McGuinness was working as a bellhop in Pontiac, Michigan when he was discovered by Fred Harrison Bailey ( a nephew of circus pioneer Hachaliah Bailey ) as a teenager.

Orphaned at the age of fifteen, he inherited a vast fortune from his father that had been handed down from his great-grand mother, the duchesse de Mercœur et Penthièvre in her own right.

Orphaned at the age of seven, she became a prostitute in Yangzhou.

Orphaned at an early age, she apprenticed to a seamstress and ran a successful millinery business out of her grandparents ' home, " making hats, and buying and selling goods for women.

Orphaned at the age of thirteen, Samuel Armstrong attended public school and worked as a printer's apprentice in Dorchester, Massachusetts.

Orphaned lines appear at the " birth " ( start ) of paragraphs ; widowed lines appear at the " death " ( end ) of paragraphs.

Orphaned at 14, Rokossovsky earned a living by working in a stocking factory, and some time later he became an apprentice stonemason.

Orphaned by her Arapaho parents at the age of 2, she lived briefly with another family before being taken in by an artistic couple with whom she remained until she made the choice to live independently at the age of 15.

Orphaned when her depressed mother Faith hangs herself, the girl in quick succession is sent to live in a convent where she discovers her vocal talents, becomes a star, performs at Carnegie Hall, sets out in search of her father ( who she discovers is a drug-addicted Vietnam War vet ), and engages in a competition with local diva Paradice at Madison Square Garden.

Orphaned young, she spent a lonely childhood living with various relations and eventually made her home with her widowed brother Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild.

" Orphaned as young boys " in the Second Sudanese Civil War they " survived lion attacks and militia gunfire to reach a refugee camp in Kenya along with thousands of other children.

Orphaned at very young ages, Shekhar Malhotra ( Shashi Kapoor ) and Amit Malhotra ( Amitabh Bachchan ) are survivors and lead independent lives with Shekhar being a Squadron Leader with the Indian Air Force, and Amit a struggling writer.

Orphaned when young, at age 21 in 1851 he took control of numerous estates and became the second largest slaveholder in Maryland.

Orphaned at a young age, and raised by a nihilist uncle, he cares little for others, with the possible exception of his younger sister, Eileen.

Orphaned at a young age after his family was killed by bounty hunters, Doda held an affinity for classical Rodian music and crime.

Orphaned as a child, Dubois looks after a large group of young orphans by performing cons and stealing.

Orphaned at age 6, Robert was adopted by Anne and Abel Meeropol.

Orphaned at the age of 12, Thomas was subsequently brought up in a Dr Barnardo's home ; the story of this upbringing was the subject of his first, autobiographical, book, This Time Next Week.

Orphaned at the age of four, Williams was the only African American student in his elementary school.

Orphaned at the age of seven, he was raised by his uncle, Konstanty Wiśniowiecki.

Orphaned at the age of 11, he would drop out of high school and spend most of his teenage years working on Broadway in a number of jobs ranging from set building to acting.

Orphaned at the age of four, he was reared by an uncle at Augsburg, who finally sent him to the University of Dillingen, where he studied under Sailer, Zimmer, and Weber.

Orphaned at an early age, he was raised by an aunt in Switzerland.

Orphaned in childhood, she was raised by her great-uncle John III, who was said to have " loved her like a daughter ", and who arranged for her marriage to Michael.

The progressive metal outfit Orphaned Land was formed in 1991 in Israel with their first and only demo The Beloved's Cry released in 1993, " immediately creating a media stir " that " quickly drew attention to their unorthodox style.

Orphaned, he was supported by his older brother and placed in Heriot's Hospital, where he received an education.

Orphaned when only a year old, he was apprenticed to his maternal aunt and uncle, Hannah and William Coleman, to prepare to become a merchant.

Orphaned as a child, Greenhow was invited to live with her aunt in Washington, D. C. as a teenager.

Orphaned, she was moved to Auburn, Maine, to be raised by her aunt and uncle, a textile mill worker and a barber, respectively, along with their five other children.

In 2008, Orphaned Land was featured in the documentary Global Metal, a film by the creators of Metal: A Headbanger's Journey.

Orphaned and the sole survivor of a massive fire in Fuyuki City as a child, Emiya was taken in by a retired magus named Kiritsugu Emiya, who would die years later.

Orphaned of both parents, he was brought up by his grandparents, Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Alter ( known as the Chiddushei Harim ) and his wife.

She was a product of Granny Goodness's Home for Orphaned Youth.