A 97-year-old document that Sir Paul McCartney sent to Annie Mawson of the Sunbeams Music Trust , in June of 1990, was auctioned off for $177,000 on November 26th. The auction proceeds belong to Ms. Mawson and her charity, which uses music to help people with special needs.

The document confirms at the very least that there was a scullery maid named E. Rigby who signed for her monthly wage in 1911 at Liverpool City Hospital.

The grave of one Eleanor Rigby was also discovered in the churchyard of St. Peter’s in Woolton, Liverpool, close to where McCartney met John Lennon in 1957.

McCartney has always said that the lonely Eleanor of his song was fictional, although he has conceded that the name on the grave may have had some subconscious influence on him.

Okay, now what about Father Mckenzie? According to the Eleanor Rigby Songfacts page, “Father Mackenzie was originally Father McCartney. Paul decided he didn’t want to freak out his dad and picked a name out of the phone book instead.”

And … it says that Paul put the name together from the first name of actress Eleanor Bron, and a store named Rigby.