George and Laura Bush Marriage Profile

Here is information about the marriage of George and Laura Bush, their wedding, how they met, and more.

Born:

George Walker Bush: July 6, 1946, in New Haven, Connecticut. He grew up in Midland and Houston, Texas.

Laura Welch: November 4, 1946, in Midland, Texas.

George and Laura met at a back yard barbeque at the home of mutual friends and were married three months later. George took Laura to a miniature golf course on their first date.

George and Laura were married on November 5, 1977, at 11 A.M. in a small wedding in the Glass Chapel of the First United Methodist Church in Midland, Texas. It was the same church where Laura had been baptized. The officiant was Reverend Jerry Wyatt.

They had 75 guests. They didn't have any bridesmaids, or groomsmen, or flower girls, or ringerbearers. Their wedding invitations were printed by hand.

George and Laura did not have a honeymoon.

George wore a business suit with an orchid boutonniere. Laura wore a candlelight beige crepe de chine street length dress with long-sleeves, a single strand of pearls, and a corsage of white gardenias at her waist.

When they were married, both George and Laura were 31 years old.

Neither George or Laura were previously married.

George: CEO of oil and gas company, managing general partner of Texas Rangers baseball team, Texas governor from 1994-2000, U.S. President, 2000-2008.

Laura: schoolteacher, librarian.

On November 25, 1981, George and Laura's fraternal twin daughters, Barbara and Jenna, were born.

Jenna married Henry Hager on May 10, 2008.

President George Bush converted from the Episcopal to the Methodist faith in 1986.

Laura has always been a Methodist.

Residence:

George and Laura resided at the Whitehouse in Washington, D.C. from 2000-2008.

They own a ranch at Crawford, Texas and purchased a 4-bedroom home in the affluent Preston Hollow area of North Dallas. The 8,000-square-foot home was built in 1959. It has 4 1/2 bathrooms, a wet bar and a fireplace.
Source: Deb Riechmann. "President, first lady buying home in Dallas." SFGate.com. 12/4/08.

George: "I give her all the credit about why I can say a good marriage has gotten better."
Source: "Bushes Discuss Their Marriage and Mutual Love of Jigsaw Puzzles." HuffingtonPost.com. 12/04/08.

Laura: "George and I have learned one important thing: whatever happens in life, we handle it."

George: "I saw an elegant beautiful woman who turned out not only to be elegant and beautiful, but very smart and willing to put up with my rough edges, and I must confess has smoothed them off over time."
Source: CNN

Laura: "It was a small wedding, just about 75 people. It was in the church I'd been baptized in as a baby. So it was really a wonderful way to start a new marriage."
Source: CNN

Laura: "We had known each other about 2-1/2 months," she says of the proposal, "but I knew I wanted to marry him."
Source: ET