Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. JENNER. And your mother was Marguerite Claverie Oswald?
Mr. PIC. Claverie, Marguerite Frances.
Mr. JENNER. And your mother and father were married what date?
Mr. PIC. Eighth day of August 1929, sir.
Mr. JENNER. And you are now reading from what?
Mr. PIC. The marriage certificate of Edward John Pic, Jr., and Mrs.
Marguerite Frances Claverie.
Mr. JENNER. That is a marriage certificate that you, that is among your
personal papers?
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. I am going to put an exhibit number on it. We will take a
photograph of it and return the original to you.
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Mr. Reporter, would you mark that as John Pic Exhibit No. 1.
(John Pic Exhibit No. 1 was marked for identification.)
Mr. JENNER. I offer in evidence as John Pic Exhibit No. 1, a marriage
certificate certified and dated August 8, 1929, reflecting the marriage
of Edward John Pic, Jr. and Miss Marguerite Frances Claverie on the 1st
day of August 1929, in Harrison County, Miss. The marriage certificate
does not show the town.
Sergeant, do you have any recollection of your father?
Mr. PIC. My own father?
Mr. JENNER. Yes, sir.
Mr. PIC. No, sir, I don't.
Mr. JENNER. Do you have any recollection of ever having seen your
father?
Mr. PIC. No, sir; I don't.
Mr. JENNER. You were too young at the time but you eventually became
aware of the fact that your mother, Marguerite, and your father,
Edward, were divorced not long after your birth?
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Did you become aware also of the fact that at the time of
your birth that your father and mother were separated?
Mr. PIC. No, sir.
Mr. JENNER. This is the first information, I take it, then, in the
utterance I have just made?
Mr. PIC. No, sir.
Mr. JENNER. That you have become aware that your mother and your father
were separated at the time of your birth?
Mr. PIC. No, sir.
Mr. JENNER. You did learn about that?
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. From your mother?
Mr. PIC. From Life magazine, sir.
Mr. JENNER. I see. Well, that is what I was really getting at.
Mr. PIC. O.K.
Mr. JENNER. It was only in the last 6 or 8 months that you learned that
at the time of your birth your mother and your father were separated?
Mr. PIC. That is correct, sir. I had always been told that they were
divorced because he didn't want children. I didn't know anything else
but that. I didn't know the time periods or anything else, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Your stepfather, when your mother and your stepfather--I
will call him Lee Oswald because all the witnesses have referred to him
as Lee Oswald, is that what he was called, do you have any recollection
of it?
Mr. PIC. I remember him being referred to as Mr. Oswald, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Mr. Oswald?
Mr. PIC. That is correct, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Did you have a recollection at the time, at least--that
is an inelegant question. Do you recall your mother then marrying Lee
Oswald or Mr. Oswald?
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