# Was JFK Secretly Married in 1947? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 23, 2007, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-jfk-secretly-married-in-1947/389071 "2007-01-23T08:04:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-jfk-secretly-married-in-1947/389071/21 "2011-08-17T05:54:46Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > These are the dictionary definition of meaningless coincidence. I suggest you get some help. I think it’s beyond help. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-jfk-secretly-married-in-1947/389071/22 "2011-08-17T05:55:06Z")
> [@sannemoore](#): > > 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 No, I get it. There’s not that much to understand. My birthday doesn’t include my father’s birth year, but he’s my father anyway. Jackie Onassis died on my birthday, but I know she’s not related to me. You should talk to a mental health professional. ---
**Author:** ![sannemoore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@sannemoore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sannemoore)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-jfk-secretly-married-in-1947/389071/23 "2011-08-17T05:56:43Z")
Yes you are right I did need help and the government helped hide me in 1990-1993 in a radio station, they saved my life. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-jfk-secretly-married-in-1947/389071/24 "2011-08-17T06:02:14Z")
> [@sannemoore](#): > > 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 That was one hell of a long conversation. ---
**Author:** ![sannemoore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@sannemoore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sannemoore)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-jfk-secretly-married-in-1947/389071/25 "2011-08-17T06:03:01Z")
You guys don’t upset me at all, I know the truth, the media, the goverment, the Kennedys and my family knows, you jump to conclusions without knowing the facts… Being JFK’S daughter is not what I want, hell I think it stinks…You guys have a great night, I am tired and ready for bed. ---
**Author:** ![punch\_line\_loser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e7dd6/32.png) [@punch\_line\_loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/punch_line_loser)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-jfk-secretly-married-in-1947/389071/26 "2011-08-17T06:07:41Z")
Um, so you’re saying the government orchestrated the time when John Jr.'s plane would crash, and they also somehow decided which day your daughter was going to be born. Can you explain how they managed to do either of these things? ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-jfk-secretly-married-in-1947/389071/27 "2011-08-17T07:04:05Z")
Read the back cover of **sannemore** ’s book. Y’all can make up your own mind. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-jfk-secretly-married-in-1947/389071/28 "2011-08-17T07:53:19Z")
> [@sannemoore](#): > > Yes you are right I did need help and the government helped hide me in 1990-1993 in a radio station, they saved my life. The government helped hide you? Then who were you hiding from? ---
**Author:** ![sannemoore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@sannemoore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sannemoore)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-jfk-secretly-married-in-1947/389071/29 "2011-08-17T07:56:01Z")
I couldn’t sleep, and I just finished a beer… If you listened and watched the news when John Jr. crashed into the sea you would know, the gas was turned off and the plane went into a suicide dive… Does that tell you anything… John Jr. knew about me for a few years before his death… He called me while I was a DJ, his question was why did my x husband kill himself? John Jr. knew where I worked… 93.9 or 94… No it was not because of my story, it was not wrote yet. His wife cheated on him and they were getting a divorce, while flying to a wedding… You do the math… I hear what you guys say everday, crazy, liar, fraud and that is what I expect but yes it does upset me when I know what I say is the truth. I have to remind myself you don’t know me, and if I heard this story, I may say the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![sannemoore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@sannemoore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sannemoore)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-jfk-secretly-married-in-1947/389071/30 "2011-08-17T07:59:29Z")
Jackie Kennedy knew who I was before I did…She knew my daughters birthday. She was my step mother… ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-jfk-secretly-married-in-1947/389071/32 "2011-08-17T08:10:45Z")
Margaret Hamilton died on my birthday. She played the Wicked Witch of the West in _The Wizard of Oz._ Sammy Davis, Jr., Andy Kaufman, Jim Henson, and Ronnie James Dio also died on my birthday. I consider these all coincidences. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-jfk-secretly-married-in-1947/389071/33 "2011-08-17T08:39:12Z")
_Did_ the television talk to you? ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-jfk-secretly-married-in-1947/389071/34 "2011-08-17T11:13:44Z")
> [@sannemoore](#): > > John Jr. plane crashed at 9:39 , I was working on air at 93.9fm. Could you explain why this is significant? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-jfk-secretly-married-in-1947/389071/35 "2011-08-17T12:58:18Z")
Fascinating though this side discussion may be, I have a question - assuming JFK did marry early, as asked by the OP, it sounds like it was a civil marriage, by the county officials. If so, would any annulment be required by the Roman Catholic church? If it wasn’t a church wedding, only a civil marriage, would a civil divorce be sufficient to end it in the eyes of the church, allowing a subsequent marriage in the Church? ---
**Author:** ![taffygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@taffygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taffygirl)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-jfk-secretly-married-in-1947/389071/36 "2011-08-17T13:36:56Z")
> [@user\_hostile](#): > > Read the back cover of **sannemore** ’s book. Y’all can make up your own mind. I went to Amazon and did this. Very sad, and I hope she gets the help she needs. ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-jfk-secretly-married-in-1947/389071/37 "2011-08-17T13:47:19Z")
> [@taffygirl](#): > > I went to Amazon and did this. Very sad, and I hope she gets the help she needs. Me too. Good gawd. There is also a twitter account. Stalking, cash infusions, tooth pain… ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-jfk-secretly-married-in-1947/389071/38 "2011-08-17T14:18:13Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Fascinating though this side discussion may be, I have a question - assuming JFK did marry early, as asked by the OP, it sounds like it was a civil marriage, by the county officials. If so, would any annulment be required by the Roman Catholic church? No, it wouldn’t be required; I don’t think it would even be possible, since an annulment would be the dissolution of a union which the RCC would (in the case of a civil-only marriage) not have recognized previously as being binding under its own laws. It would be a similar case to Letizia Ortiz’ first marriage, which was civil only and dissolved through a divorce: her marriage to Felipe de Borbón is her first canonic marriage, the first one that’s bound under canonic law as well as civil law. ---
**Author:** ![No\_umlaut\_for\_U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@No\_umlaut\_for\_U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_umlaut_for_U)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-jfk-secretly-married-in-1947/389071/39 "2011-08-17T14:58:00Z")
I do have to say that the book she had self-published has a very nice cover. ---
**Author:** ![fumster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-jfk-secretly-married-in-1947/389071/40 "2011-08-17T15:14:16Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > And you cite for this is…? The post right above 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![md2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@md2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md2000)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-jfk-secretly-married-in-1947/389071/41 "2011-08-17T16:20:05Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > No, it wouldn’t be required; I don’t think it would even be possible, since an annulment would be the dissolution of a union which the RCC would (in the case of a civil-only marriage) not have recognized previously as being binding under its own laws. It would be a similar case to Letizia Ortiz’ first marriage, which was civil only and dissolved through a divorce: her marriage to Felipe de Borbón is her first canonic marriage, the first one that’s bound under canonic law as well as civil law. Back when divorce started becoming more publiicly acceptable to the churchy types back around the 1970’s, I recall a complaint about catholics and the annullment process - some lady complaining her lutheran marriage of 25 years was annulled so her ex could remarry in a catholic church. The church happily annulled anything they could, just in case. Of course, it only has force in the Catholic church where it determines if the “next” marriage is legit or not. I assume JFK would have needed a civil divorce or annullment. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-jfk-secretly-married-in-1947/389071.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-jfk-secretly-married-in-1947/389071.md?page=3)