[null and void]

Moreover we don't know if there really was a marriage nor where it took place. We have some sayso, some hearsay, about this date and that place, but there is no documentary support! Not for where and when he was born, not for the marriage.

Minor point. We know they were married, because we have documentation of a divorce.

We don't know if they ever had a wedding, jumped over a broom, or shacked up and told everyone they were married (also known as a "common law" marriage).

Besides, nobody cares if he was a bastard, as long as he's demonstrably a (natural-born) American bastard...

[Spunky]

"Minor point. We know they were married, because we have documentation of a divorce."

Null, can you provide me with documentation of this. Somehow I have missed it in all my readings of this issue......Thanks