Mr. Taylor.

all what I had been told for a while here. He was born in Russia and I believe he went to the----

Mr. Jenner.

Now, this is what you were told and heard while you were----

Mr. Taylor.

Married to his daughter.

Mr. Jenner.

His daughter. And this comes by way of conversations over a long period of time?

Mr. Taylor.

That's right.

Mr. Jenner.

All right.

Mr. Taylor.

He was born in Russia, and, I believe, to a titled family. He claimed for himself the title of Baron. Original name. was yon Mohrenschildt.

Mr. Jenner.

[Spelling] v-o-n?

Mr. Taylor.

That's right. And that he came to this country--when, I'm not sure, but certainly prior to 1939 when he was associated with the University of Texas in the capacity of instructor or professor in their Geology Department.
And he married my former wife's mother in New York City.

Mr. Jenner.

Repeat the names, please.

Mr. Taylor.

He married my former wife, Alex's, mother--the present Mrs. Brandel--in New York City.

Mr. Jenner.

And was it your information that that was his first wife?

Mr. Taylor.

To my knowledge, that was his first wife.

Mr. Jenner.

All right.

Mr. Taylor.

They married approximately 3 months before she was born.

Mr. Jenner.

Before your wife was born?

Mr. Taylor.

Before my wife was born, and that their divorce came rather quickly after she was born.
And, from that time until he married the wife, Dee or Dee Dee, my knowledge of him is rather sketchy. I know that, at least, part of the time they were married he resided in Dallas, was evidently well-established in business here, and owned a home which, I believe, he had built to his own plans--and was generally well-accepted here in the business community.
And then he gets a little vague---at least to my knowledge after that until 1958 or 1959 when I first met him--1958, I'm sure.
Mr. JENNER, Was he then married?

Mr. Taylor.

He was then not married, to my knowledge.

Mr. Jenner.

All right.

Mr. Taylor.

He was living with the present Mrs. De Mohrenschildt but they were not married; also living with them was her daughter, Christiana or Chris or Jeanne, Jr.--whatever the particular alias she felt like at the moment. And I met them through her.

Mr. Jenner.

When you say "her," which----

Mr. Taylor.

Through Christiana, Jeanne's daughter.

Mr. Jenner.

Whom you subsequently married?

Mr. Taylor.

No. This would be the half-sister. I guess it is a half-sister of my wife's.

Mr. Jenner.

All right. We should say, at this point, your former wife?

Mr. Taylor.

My former wife. This sure is involved.

Mr. Jenner.

You are doing all right. Go ahead.

Mr. Taylor.

And I met Christiana through a mutual girl friend and we dated over a period of a few weeks and then she left Dallas and started attending U.C.L.A. as a student, and I don't believe I saw her any more until--uh--May or June of 1959.

Mr. Jenner.

Was the mutual friend through whom you became acquainted a Nancy Tilton?

Mr. Taylor.

No, no; the mutual friend was a girl named Judy Mandel, of Dallas.

Mr. Jenner.

Is the name Nancy Tilton familiar to you?

Mr. Taylor.

Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

Who is she?

Mr. Taylor.

She is a cousin of my wife at that time.

Mr. Jenner.

And your wife's name was Alexandra?

Mr. Taylor.

Yes.
At any rate, I met--uh--at this time, I asked Chris out on a date and she