Warren Commission (09 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (09 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. TAYLOR. I skipped Mrs. Brandel in this, I think. They were married,
as I mentioned, in New York City approximately 3 months before my
former wife was born and divorced shortly thereafter. And he stayed
away--or stayed in the background of Alex's life until 1958 when he and
Mrs. Brandel, his former wife and Alex's mother went into court and
sued the previously mentioned Mrs. Tilton for her custody.
When Alex was born, Mrs. Tilton paid by check, which I saw, Mrs.
Brandel $5,000 for custody of the daughter, Alex; and they had to go
into court and get this custody set aside--at which time the daughter
went to Paris and lived with Mrs. Brandel, where she lived at that time.
Mr. JENNER. The daughter--this is Christiana?
Mr. TAYLOR. We're talking still about my former wife, Alex.
Mr. JENNER. Your former wife lived in Paris?
Mr. TAYLOR. Yes; my former wife, after the custody suit, was taken to
Paris by her mother where she lived until the spring of 1959, when I
met her.
Mr. JENNER. Now, while she was in Paris, were you dating Christiana?
Mr. TAYLOR. Yes; however, I was not even aware of Alex's existence
until I met her that evening, as previously described.
Mr. JENNER. Have you information as to where Jeanne was born?
Mr. TAYLOR. In China.
Mr. JENNER. That's the present Mrs. De Mohrenschildt?
Mr. TAYLOR. Yes.
My knowledge of her is that--uh--it's rather sketchy, because that's
all my former wife knew of her.
She was born in China. I believe her parentage, at least on one side,
was Russian. She claimed that, at any rate. And she traveled through
her late teens and early twenties--I don't know exactly how long--with
her former husband, Mr. Bogovallenskia, as ballet performers.
Mr. JENNER. I see. I have a spelling of that name, Mr. Taylor, which is
B-o-g-o-v-a-l-l-e-n-s-k-i-a [spelling].
Mr. TAYLOR. That may be more correct. This is phonetic here that I have
[referring to paper].
Mr. JENNER. Is that a maiden name or a married name?
Mr. TAYLOR. That is her married name--Jeanne's married name to----
Mr. JENNER. Is Jeanne the same as Christiana?
Mr. TAYLOR. No; Jeanne is the mother. Christiana is the daughter.
Mr. JENNER. Yes.
Mr. TAYLOR. That is the name of Christiana's father and the man I was
just saying that Jeanne traveled with as ballet performers in China.
All of the press clippings I saw, I think, were prior to World War II.
And, as far as Mr. Bogo--as far as Chris' father is concerned, he was
in Dallas during 1959 or 1960 and--uh--he had severe mental problems
and Chris returned with him to California where, the last I heard, he
was resident of a State mental hospital.
Mr. JENNER. Uh-huh.
And Chris is now married to a gentleman whose given name is Ragnar
[spelling] R-a-g-n-a-r, but you don't recall his surname?
Mr. TAYLOR. Uh--I do not. My memory is rather vague, but it seems to
me like, in connection with his name, that his father is either a vice
president or is the executive vice president of Hughes Aircraft.
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