The wedding of Jacqueline Bouvier and John F. Kennedy took place in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1953. Jacqueline Bouvier at her wedding, JFK and Jackie's Journey from Courtship to Marriage, Kennedy-YouTube. HISTORY. 13.2 million subscribers. Subscribed. 1.1K. 94K months ago Kennedy. Learn: When John F. Kennedy met Jacqueline Bouvier in the spring, he had already been through several romantic relationships, according to Time. Something she is most known for: As the wife of John F. Kennedy, she was the first lady of the United States. Also known as: Jacqueline Lee Bouvier, Jackie O. Born: Southampton, New York Parents: John, President John F. Kennedy holds his daughter Caroline next to Jackie Kennedy. That same year he gave birth to his eldest daughter, Rose Kennedy Schlossberg. Caroline and Edwin had two more. St. Mary's Church, where Jacqueline Lee Bouvier married then-Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedy, has long drawn history buffs to Newport, Rhode Island. But for years, the Catholic parish was. Jacqueline Lee Bouvier and John F. Kennedy were married the morning of at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Rhode Island. Girlfriend. By now, it's no secret that the marriage of John F. Kennedy and Jaqueline Bouvier wasn't exactly the fairy tale it was portrayed to be during JFK's senatorial career and presidency. There were Kennedy's extramarital affairs and often poor health. They both fought with reservations before his. Helping out at the ancient ceremony were Jackie's children, Caroline, 10, and John Jr., 7. They carried the two six-foot-tall candles traditionally held by pages at a Greek Orthodox wedding. Onassis' children from his first marriage, Alexander, 20, and Christina, 18, watched from a corner of the small chapel.