John Vernou Bouvier III (May 19,1891 – August 2,1957) was a Wall Street stockbroker who was the father of Jacqueline Lee Bouvier, who would become the First Lady of the United States through her marriage to John Fitzgerald Kennedy, and Caroline Lee Bouvier. He was the eldest child of John Vernou Bouvier II (1865-1948) and Maude Frances Sergeant (1870-1940). He had a younger brother, William Sergeant Bouvier (1893-1929) and three sisters, Maude, Michelle, and Edith (the mother of socialite and singer Edith Bouvier Beale). [1] [2] [3] He served in World War I and attended Sheffield Scientific School, graduating in 1914, becoming a stockbroker. [4] His nickname was "Black Jack" Bouvier, for his swarthy complexion; his drinking, gambling and womanizing led to his divorce from his wife Janet Norton Lee Bouvier Auchincloss Morris (1907-1989). His first wife was to forbid him from escorting Jacqueline down the aisle in Jackie's Newport, Rhode Island wedding to John Kennedy. Instead Jacqueline was escorted by Janet's husband Hugh D. Auchincloss. Some reports state that John Bouvier was too intoxicated to escort his older daughter down the isle when she was to marry John Kennedy, and this the reason Auchincloss stepped in to give the bride away. Much has been written and portrayed about the relationship between Bouvier and his famous daughter and how it impacted her future fame. The dramas usually focus on the days at their East Hampton (village), New York mansion. He is buried in the Bouvier family plot at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery in East Hampton.
References
- ^ Genealogia - John Vernou Bouvier III
- ^ "Michelle Bouvier Married In Garden; Wed To Henry C. Scott Before Flower. Covered Altar At Lasata, East Hampton. Twin Sister Honor Maid Bride Escorted By Her Father -- Bridegroom's Brother His Best Man. Couple Motor To Canada.", New York Times, July 6, 1926. Retrieved on 2007-06-21. "Miss Michelle C. Bouvier, one of the twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. John Vernou Bouvier, Jr. of 521 Park Avenue and East Hampton, Long Island, was married this afternoon to Henry Clarkson Scott, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Samuell Scott of St. Louis, at Lasata, the Bouvier Summer home."
- ^ "Maude R. Bouvier Weds John E. Davis; 400 Guests See Ceremony At The East Hampton Home Of Bride's Parents. Many In The Bridal Party Twin Sister Of Miss Bouvier Is Matron Of Honor. Sun Comes Out Just Before Wedding. The Bride's Attendants. Wedding Breakfast For 400.", New York Times, September 4, 1928, Tuesday. Retrieved on 2007-06-21. "Miss Maude R. Bouvier, one of the twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. John Vernou Bouvier Jr. of 521 Park Avenue, New York, and East Hampton,..."
- ^ The Washington Post and Times Herald, 4 August 1957, obituary
