Margaret was the oldest of the two children of Cecelia Campbell and Nicholas Keating. She was born at 470 Carondolet St., New Orleans, and baptized on 5 Jun 1892 at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Sponsors were James K. and Carolina Campbell Mollan (Morlan). [Archives of the Archdiocese of N.O. Vol.11-1888-1911, p. 543 Act No. 227]
For eight years Margaret boarded at St. Joseph's Academy at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi (about 50 miles NE of New Orleans); she graduated in 1910.
Margaret married Robert E. Lee Oswald on 1 Nov 1920. Marriage certificate (5 Nov 1920) issued for Robert E. Lee Oswald and Miss Margaret Keating was recorded in Book 45, Folio 81.
On 3 Jan 1933 the final divorce papers were granted to Margaret. A judgment decree in the divorce action of Margaret Keating vs. Robert E. Lee Oswald, was signed in open court on January 10, 1933.
For many years, Margaret worked at D.H. Holmes's department store on Canal Street; at the time it was the largest department store in the South; now it it the Hyatt French Quarter Hotel.
Margaret's husband, Robert E. Lee Oswald, Sr., was the father of Lee Harvey Oswald (by his second wife) who allegedly shot President Kennedy in Dallas in 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald's father died of a sudden heart attack two months before Lee Harvey was born. Margaret left some silver marked "O". Margaret never mentioned her marriage at the time of the assassination, but sister-in-law Edna said at the time Robert E. Lee Oswald was dying, his family called Margaret and said he wanted to see her.
Margaret died in 1972 and is buried in the Riddle tomb at Metairie Cemetery.
For eight years Margaret boarded at St. Joseph's Academy at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi (about 50 miles NE of New Orleans); she graduated in 1910.
Margaret married Robert E. Lee Oswald on 1 Nov 1920. Marriage certificate (5 Nov 1920) issued for Robert E. Lee Oswald and Miss Margaret Keating was recorded in Book 45, Folio 81.
On 3 Jan 1933 the final divorce papers were granted to Margaret. A judgment decree in the divorce action of Margaret Keating vs. Robert E. Lee Oswald, was signed in open court on January 10, 1933.
For many years, Margaret worked at D.H. Holmes's department store on Canal Street; at the time it was the largest department store in the South; now it it the Hyatt French Quarter Hotel.
Margaret's husband, Robert E. Lee Oswald, Sr., was the father of Lee Harvey Oswald (by his second wife) who allegedly shot President Kennedy in Dallas in 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald's father died of a sudden heart attack two months before Lee Harvey was born. Margaret left some silver marked "O". Margaret never mentioned her marriage at the time of the assassination, but sister-in-law Edna said at the time Robert E. Lee Oswald was dying, his family called Margaret and said he wanted to see her.
Margaret died in 1972 and is buried in the Riddle tomb at Metairie Cemetery.
Margaret was the oldest of the two children of Cecelia Campbell and Nicholas Keating. She was born at 470 Carondolet St., New Orleans, and baptized on 5 Jun 1892 at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Sponsors were James K. and Carolina Campbell Mollan (Morlan). [Archives of the Archdiocese of N.O. Vol.11-1888-1911, p. 543 Act No. 227]
For eight years Margaret boarded at St. Joseph's Academy at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi (about 50 miles NE of New Orleans); she graduated in 1910.
Margaret married Robert E. Lee Oswald on 1 Nov 1920. Marriage certificate (5 Nov 1920) issued for Robert E. Lee Oswald and Miss Margaret Keating was recorded in Book 45, Folio 81.
On 3 Jan 1933 the final divorce papers were granted to Margaret. A judgment decree in the divorce action of Margaret Keating vs. Robert E. Lee Oswald, was signed in open court on January 10, 1933.
For many years, Margaret worked at D.H. Holmes's department store on Canal Street; at the time it was the largest department store in the South; now it it the Hyatt French Quarter Hotel.
Margaret's husband, Robert E. Lee Oswald, Sr., was the father of Lee Harvey Oswald (by his second wife) who allegedly shot President Kennedy in Dallas in 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald's father died of a sudden heart attack two months before Lee Harvey was born. Margaret left some silver marked "O". Margaret never mentioned her marriage at the time of the assassination, but sister-in-law Edna said at the time Robert E. Lee Oswald was dying, his family called Margaret and said he wanted to see her.
Margaret died in 1972 and is buried in the Riddle tomb at Metairie Cemetery.
For eight years Margaret boarded at St. Joseph's Academy at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi (about 50 miles NE of New Orleans); she graduated in 1910.
Margaret married Robert E. Lee Oswald on 1 Nov 1920. Marriage certificate (5 Nov 1920) issued for Robert E. Lee Oswald and Miss Margaret Keating was recorded in Book 45, Folio 81.
On 3 Jan 1933 the final divorce papers were granted to Margaret. A judgment decree in the divorce action of Margaret Keating vs. Robert E. Lee Oswald, was signed in open court on January 10, 1933.
For many years, Margaret worked at D.H. Holmes's department store on Canal Street; at the time it was the largest department store in the South; now it it the Hyatt French Quarter Hotel.
Margaret's husband, Robert E. Lee Oswald, Sr., was the father of Lee Harvey Oswald (by his second wife) who allegedly shot President Kennedy in Dallas in 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald's father died of a sudden heart attack two months before Lee Harvey was born. Margaret left some silver marked "O". Margaret never mentioned her marriage at the time of the assassination, but sister-in-law Edna said at the time Robert E. Lee Oswald was dying, his family called Margaret and said he wanted to see her.
Margaret died in 1972 and is buried in the Riddle tomb at Metairie Cemetery.
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