John Vernou Bouvier III

John Vernou "Black Jack" Bouvier III was the father of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Born in East Hampton, New York, he was the eldest of five children born to Major John Vernou Bouvier, Jr. and Maude Frances Sergeant. He had a younger brother, William Sergeant Bouvier and three younger sisters; Maude R. Bouvier Davis, Michelle C. Bouvier Scott Putnam and Edith Ewing Bouvier. Bouvier worked as a stockbroker at his brother-in-law's firm after graduating from Yale University's Sheffield Scientific School. Bouvier married Janet Norton Lee on July 7, 1928. They would have two daughters; Jacqueline and Caroline Lee Bouvier.