Was JFK Secretly Married in 1947?

In Seymour Hirsch’s book “THE DARK SIDE OF CAMELOT”, he makes th claim thta John F. Kennedy was briefly married in 1947, in Palm Beach, Florida. According to the story, his father (Joe Kennedy) was furious, and paid the county clerk to destroy the records-he also got his RC church friends to annul the marriage-so that when JFK married Jacquelin Bouvier, it was presented to the public as the first and only marriage. I can find no confirmation of this calim. Of course, Joe Kennedy was ruthless-he was willing to pay any price to pull strings. My question: would the RC church hierarchy ever aprove such an annulment? Didin’t such things have to be approved in Rome? And, is it possible that a judicious bribe was enough to destroy a public record, in palm Beach county? :confused:

Annulments are handled at the diocesan level now in the RCC although I don’t know what the case was in 1947.

The rumor wasn’t original to Hersch’s book. It had circulated in 1961 but was always denied by both JFK and his alleged wife Durie Malcolm. Hersch’s version is not that the county clerk removed the records but that a lawyer named Charles Spaulding did. Spaulding appears not be a very reliable source. The last time this topic came up, I found an informative article: Hersh's Dark Camelot

I asked a question about this leaflet a while back - it seems it was a reasonably well-known rumour wil JFK’s enemies by 1963.

I think annulments were handled in Rome at that time. Joe’s influence would have to extend all the way to the Vatican to get those strings pulled.

As for whether such an annulment would be granted, I can’t say without knowing more about the supposed marriage. If Kennedy and Malcolm were drunk at the time, and decided to get married on the spur of the moment, then that might be grounds for annulment. I assume that Durie Malcolm was not insane, and was not already married.

I very strongly doubt it. Clark Clifford discussed the myth at length in his book Counsel to the President (which is worth a read). IIRC, the story first cropped up when a self-published book on Malcolm family genealogy erroneously referred to JFK (then a virtually-unknown Congressman, or maybe even not that yet) having married the lady. Not so - they’d dated a few times but had never gotten seriously involved. The amateur author just got it wrong; I don’t even think he personally knew Miss Malcolm.

Not long after JFK became President, someone anonymously sent copies of the book pages to major newspapers, inviting them to look into it. At JFK’s behest, Clifford went to the author, the purported wife and others, getting affidavits that it was untrue, and doing a pretty effective job of squelching the rumors.

The story probably still has legs after all these years because of JFK’s reputation as a ladies’ man. It sounds like it might have happened, and knowing what we know of JFK’s lifelong amorous exploits, we’re more likely to give it credence. But as far as I know, t’ain’t so.

Yes JFK was married in 1947 but it was not to Durie, it was to a young woman 16 years old named Lucile Young… The marriage was disolved because Lucile lied about her age, saying she was 21. There was a girl born from this union… Shirley Anne Kennedy… Later on she was adopted and her name became Shirley Anne Cooper to hide this child. She was once again hidden in 11-21-1964 by her marriage to a Navy man and she become Shirley Anne Moore…

Code Name Apollo ( A Kennedy Legacy) by Shirley Anne Moore

JFK was married in 1947 but not to Durie. He married Lucile Young a 16 year old girl who lied about her age. The marriage was disolved because of the lie about her age. A girl was born from this union. Shirley Anne Kennedy, who was adopted in the 60’s to protect her and she became Shirley Anne Cooper. 11-21-1964 she was hid when she married a Navy man and she became Shirley Anne Moore…

Code Name Apollo ( A Kennedy Legacy)

And you cite for this is…?

If I’m reading between the lines correctly, the book she wrote, cited in the last line of both posts.

Can zombies be annulled?

Resurrecting a zombie thread. It must be true. :smiley:

One would think that the DNA technology available today could resolve any questions about this.

Yes, Dna does resolve the question. The government and the Kennedys have the Dna… Jackie Kennedy dies 5-19 my daughters birthday… John Jr. plane crashed at 9:39 , I was working on air at 93.9fm. They have the proof, but have decided to take the truth to their graves…My life is my proof, my name, birthday, my marriage, my entire life is proof…The coverup continues…

A little more of the covered up truth…My great granddad, was Joe Sire Kennedy…Bill Harvey a CIA agent. In 1948 he was a FBI agent in charge of spying on the Kennedys because of x Ambassador Joe Kennedys involvement with Hitler… He has something to do with hiding me and my mother. My birthcertificate is made using JFK’s social security number. My birthday 9-17, JFK 1917… My half brother Billy’s birthcertificate was made by using Bill Harvey’s birthday… My life is a major government coverup…

Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860. JFK was elected in 1960.

Lincoln and Kennedy both have seven letters.

Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.

Lincoln was shot in Ford’s Theater. Kennedy was shot in a Ford car.

I’m sensing a pattern.

Yes I see a pattern, but is their government papers connecting these people. Is there hundreds of coincidences connecting them. My life is connected with President Kennedy from my birth. I consider the hundreds of coincidences, facts that connect me to him…

These are the dictionary definition of meaningless coincidence. I suggest you get some help.

You would have had to live my life to understand… The media also knows, they are the ones who told me back in 1986-1993

How about the military DD214 in 1963…