John Wayne's birth certificate

[Kcat]

According to his page on imdb, he was born at 1:00 pm CST...I'm not sure of their source though.

It was most kind of you to post this. Thank you! I've heard different times. Wondering if anyone here can verify the source? Or if they have more info? Thanks again, Duke!

[ethanedwards]

It was most kind of you to post this. Thank you! I've heard different times. Wondering if anyone here can verify the source? Or if they have more info? Thanks again, Duke!

This of course has been posted here some time back
Screen Legends- John Wayne

In the Trivia section

[RoughRider]

The birth documents are from the personal property of John Wayne, auctioned in October 2011. They sold for US$7,767.50.

More on the birth, from John Wayne: American

"Molly got good prenatal care from Dr. Jessie Smith, one of Iowa's few female physicians, and they formed a close relationship. On May 25, 1907, when she went into labor, Molly put out a call to Dr. Smith, and the baby came the next day. It was a torturous delivery, marked by a long labor and a huge, thirteen-pound baby that, in Molly's opinion, almost killed her. Marion Robert Morrison, the future John Wayne, had come into the world."

[Elly]

The birth documents are from the personal property of John Wayne, auctioned in October 2011. They sold for US$7,767.50.

More on the birth, from John Wayne: American

"Molly got good prenatal care from Dr. Jessie Smith, one of Iowa's few female physicians, and they formed a close relationship. On May 25, 1907, when she went into labor, Molly put out a call to Dr. Smith, and the baby came the next day. It was a torturous delivery, marked by a long labor and a huge, thirteen-pound baby that, in Molly's opinion, almost killed her. Marion Robert Morrison, the future John Wayne, had come into the world."

Hi Neil

At $7,767.50 it kind of makes a mockery of one of the reasons stated for the auction

"to give the fans a chance to own something personal to JW"

I do not know any fans who have this kind of money LOL

Elly

[dukefan1]

They meant just the "rich" fans, Ellly

I thought the same thing. But, the reason for the auction was to raise money as well, and that they did, and then some!

Mark

[Kcat]

This of course has been posted here some time back
Screen Legends- John Wayne

In the Trivia section

Thank you, Keith! Ah, yes. Good to see the IMDb posted here as well. Wondering how to verify the time they give.

There's such an abundance of information on our site here... which is a very good thing... only it can be difficult finding what's needed sometimes, and I am grateful for your help in digging things up!

Thank you again!!

Kcat

[Kcat]

The birth documents are from the personal property of John Wayne, auctioned in October 2011. They sold for US$7,767.50.

More on the birth, from John Wayne: American

"Molly got good prenatal care from Dr. Jessie Smith, one of Iowa's few female physicians, and they formed a close relationship. On May 25, 1907, when she went into labor, Molly put out a call to Dr. Smith, and the baby came the next day. It was a torturous delivery, marked by a long labor and a huge, thirteen-pound baby that, in Molly's opinion, almost killed her. Marion Robert Morrison, the future John Wayne, had come into the world."

Thank you Rough Rider! This is certainly interesting... and it says "day" which could help to support the time of 1 pm. How I wish The Duke were here and that we could talk with him directly.

In lieu of that, every bit of information can help us get a little closer to the truth.

Thanks again,

Kcat

[Elly]

Thank you Rough Rider! This is certainly interesting... and it says "day" which could help to support the time of 1 pm. How I wish The Duke were here and that we could talk with him directly.

In lieu of that, every bit of information can help us get a little closer to the truth.

Thanks again,

Kcat

Hi

I am just curious as to why the exact time of JW birth is important?


thanks Elly

[Kcat]

Hi

I am just curious as to why the exact time of JW birth is important?


thanks Elly

Studying influences at his time of birth! :)

[chester7777]

Actually, he did have a birth certificate. A copy of it is on display at the John Wayne Birthplace Museum. As a side note, his birth certificate records his name, at birth, as Marion Robert Morrison.

Hi, Elly

Here it is:

http://dukefilmography.com/john_wayn...ertificate.jpg

The birth documents are from the personal property of John Wayne, auctioned in October 2011. They sold for US$7,767.50.

More on the birth, from John Wayne: American

"Molly got good prenatal care from Dr. Jessie Smith, one of Iowa's few female physicians, and they formed a close relationship. On May 25, 1907, when she went into labor, Molly put out a call to Dr. Smith, and the baby came the next day. It was a torturous delivery, marked by a long labor and a huge, thirteen-pound baby that, in Molly's opinion, almost killed her. Marion Robert Morrison, the future John Wayne, had come into the world."

Kind of wish we had read this post BEFORE going to Winterset, because we did have an opportunity to tour the Birthplace home, and there is a birth certificate on display there (that to my memory looks a little different than the one Rough Rider posted a link to, but then again, my memory isn't always what I'd like it to be). They don't allow ANY photography, but I would have paid closer attention to looking at it for some of the details. One thing that was on display was a copy of the canceled check Duke wrote (for $3) to receive copies of his birth certificate!

Something else we didn't know but learned during our tour, was about Jessie Smith, the female doctor who delivered Duke (we thought we were going to share some new knowledge, and it was already here!). There was a photo of her on display.

[Colorado Bob]

I always thought it strange that they don't allow any photography in the museum. There is so much to see there, that if you're like me, there's no way you can remember all of it, and a camera would have made it so much easier to remember what they have there.

[chester7777]

I always thought it strange that they don't allow any photography in the museum. There is so much to see there, that if you're like me, there's no way you can remember all of it, and a camera would have made it so much easier to remember what they have there.

I agree, but in this day and age, someone might take a picture of said $3.00 check and with today's copying technology, be selling them on eBay the next, (or same) day.

Chester

[Wayne]

For those who might be curious, here's a photo of Dr. Jessie Smith, who delivered Marion Robert Morrison on May 26, 1907 in the back room of their family home:

[Kcat]

For those who might be curious, here's a photo of Dr. Jessie Smith, who delivered Marion Robert Morrison on May 26, 1907 in the back room of their family home:

This is cool. Thank you for posting this. Much appreciated!

[ethanedwards]

For those who might be curious, here's a photo of Dr. Jessie Smith, who delivered Marion Robert Morrison on May 26, 1907 in the back room of their family home:

Thanks for this Wayne, great photo