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'''Anna Rebecca Hall Roosevelt'''<ref>{{cite |
'''Anna Rebecca Hall Roosevelt''' (March 17, 1863 – December 7, 1892)<ref name="MrsRooseveltObit1892">{{cite news |title=Obituary. Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1892/12/09/104155489.pdf |accessdate=19 August 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=9 December 1892}}</ref> was an American socialite. She was the mother of [[First Lady of the United States]], [[Eleanor Roosevelt]]. Anna was described as a celebrated beauty. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Anna Rebecca Hall was born on March 17, 1863. She was the eldest of seven children born to Valentine Gill Hall Jr. |
Anna Rebecca Hall was born on March 17, 1863.<ref>{{cite web|title=Eleanor Roosevelt - Family|url=http://www.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/elro/family.html|publisher=nps.gov|date=December 5, 2006}}</ref> She was the eldest of seven children born to [[Valentine Gill Hall Jr.]] and Mary Livingston Ludlow of the [[Livingston family]]. Their marriage "...united a member of a prominent [[New York City|New York]] [[Commerce|mercantile]] family with [[Hudson River]] [[gentry]]".<ref name=white>{{cite journal |url=http://www.hudsonrivervalley.org/review/pdfs/hvrr_5pt1_white.pdf |last=White |first=Mason |title=Elliott, the Tragic Roosevelt |journal=The Hudson Valley Regional Review |date=March 1988 |volume=5 |issue=I |pages=17–29 |access-date=22 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517003508/http://www.hudsonrivervalley.org/review/pdfs/hvrr_5pt1_white.pdf |archive-date=17 May 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{rp|20}} Anna was born in [[New York City]] and was a granddaughter of [[Edward Hunter Ludlow]]. |
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Her brothers, [[Valentine Hall|Valentine III]] |
Her brothers, [[Valentine Hall|Valentine III]] and [[Edward L. Hall|Edward]], were both tennis champions and, later, [[alcoholics]] who spent beyond their means and inheritances.<ref name=Spinzia>{{cite journal |url=http://spinzialongislandestates.com/ELLIOTT%20ROOSEVELT.pdf |last=Spinzia |first=Raymond E. |title=Elliott Roosevelt, Sr. – A Spiral Into Darkness: the Influences |journal=The Freeholder |volume=12 |date=Fall 2007 |pages=3–7, 15–17 |access-date=22 June 2016}}</ref> Anna's four sisters were Elizabeth, Mary, Edith, and Maude. Her father died without leaving a will when Anna was 17, and she was forced to take control of the family and help manage the finances.<ref name=erpp>{{cite web |url=https://www.gwu.edu/~erpapers/teachinger/q-and-a/q2.cfm |title=The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project: Questions and Answers about Eleanor Roosevelt |website=George Washington University |access-date=22 June 2016}}</ref> |
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Anna was one of the leading [[Debutante#United States|debutantes]] of the 1881 season.<ref name=erpp/> A prominent figure among the New York City social elite, she was a skilled horsewoman. It is believed that Anna and [[Elliott |
Anna was one of the leading [[Debutante#United States|debutantes]] of the 1881 season.<ref name=erpp/> A prominent figure among the New York City social elite, she was a skilled horsewoman. It is believed that Anna and [[Elliott Roosevelt (socialite)|Elliott Roosevelt]], the brother of future [[President of the United States|President]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]], became engaged [[Memorial Day]], 1883, at a house party given by their friend, Laura Delano, at Algonac, the Delano [[Estate (land)|estate]] on the Hudson River at [[Newburgh, New York]]. At the time, Anna was living at Oak Terrace, her family's estate far upriver at [[Tivoli, New York]].<ref name=white/>{{rp|20}} |
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==Married life== |
==Married life== |
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On December 1, 1883, she married Roosevelt<ref>{{cite web|title=Anna Rebecca Hall|url=http://www.generationsgoneby.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I19369&tree=1|publisher=generationsgoneby.com|date=16 December 2009 |access-date=22 June 2016}}</ref> in [[Calvary Church (Manhattan)|Calvary Church]] at [[Gramercy Park]] in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite web|title=First Lady Biography: Eleanor Roosevelt|url=http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=33|website=National First Ladies' Library|publisher=The National First Ladies' Library|access-date=9 September 2015}}</ref> The couple moved into a [[brownstone]] house in the fashionable Thirties.<ref name=white/>{{rp|22}} Anna |
On December 1, 1883, she married Elliott Roosevelt<ref>{{cite web|title=Anna Rebecca Hall|url=http://www.generationsgoneby.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I19369&tree=1|publisher=generationsgoneby.com|date=16 December 2009 |access-date=22 June 2016}}</ref> in [[Calvary Church (Manhattan)|Calvary Church]] at [[Gramercy Park]] in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite web|title=First Lady Biography: Eleanor Roosevelt|url=http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=33|website=National First Ladies' Library|publisher=The National First Ladies' Library|access-date=9 September 2015|archive-date=29 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429132617/http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=33|url-status=dead}}</ref> The couple moved into a [[brownstone]] house in the fashionable [[Kips Bay, Manhattan|East Thirties]].<ref name=white/>{{rp|22}} Anna and Elliott had three children: |
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* [[Eleanor Roosevelt|Anna Eleanor Roosevelt]] (1884–1962) |
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* [[Hall Roosevelt|Gracie Hall Roosevelt]] (1891–1941). |
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* [[Eleanor Roosevelt|Anna Eleanor Roosevelt]] (1884–1962)<ref name="MrsRooseveltObit1962">{{cite news |last1=Grossman |first1=Henry |title=Mrs. Roosevelt Dies at 78 After Illness of Six Weeks; Mrs. Roosevelt Dies Here at 78 After an Illness of Six Weeks Family With Her Physicians Accede Autopsy Scheduled |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1962/11/08/86996925.pdf |accessdate=19 August 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=8 November 1962}}</ref> |
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⚫ | Anna Roosevelt was responsible for numerous social events and charity balls. Her brother-in-law Theodore considered her frivolous.<ref>{{cite book |last=Cook |first=Blanche Wiesen | authorlink=Blanche Wiesen Cook |title=Eleanor Roosevelt Vol. One 1884-1933 |location=New York |publisher=Viking |date=1992 |page=38}}</ref> At the time of their marriage on December 1, 1883, Elliott was already known as a heavy drinker addicted to [[laudanum]].<ref name=Spinzia/> Often subject to headaches and depressions, Anna was somewhat ashamed of her daughter Eleanor's plainness and nicknamed Eleanor "Granny", due to the child's serious demeanor.<ref name="Graham">{{cite journal |url=http://www.vqronline.org/essay/paradox-eleanor-roosevelt-alcoholism%E2%80%99s-child |last=Graham |first=Hugh Davis |title=The Paradox of Eleanor Roosevelt: Alcoholism's Child |journal=Virginia Quarterly Review |date=Spring 1987 |access-date=22 June 2016}}</ref> |
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* [[Hall Roosevelt|Gracie Hall Roosevelt]] (1891–1941).<ref name="GHRObit1941">{{cite news |title=G. Hall Roosevelt Dies in Capital; White House Rites First in 5 Years; G. HALL ROOSEVELT DIES IN CAPITAL, 50 |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1941/09/26/104304580.pdf |accessdate=17 February 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 26, 1941 |language=en}}</ref> |
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⚫ | Anna Roosevelt was responsible for numerous social events and charity balls. Her brother-in-law Theodore considered her frivolous.<ref>{{cite book |last=Cook |first=Blanche Wiesen | authorlink=Blanche Wiesen Cook |title=Eleanor Roosevelt Vol. One 1884-1933 |location=New York |publisher=Viking |date=1992 |page=38}}</ref> At the time of their marriage on December 1, 1883, Elliott was already known as a heavy drinker addicted to [[laudanum]].<ref name=Spinzia/> Often subject to headaches and depressions, Anna was somewhat ashamed of her daughter Eleanor's plainness and nicknamed Eleanor "Granny", due to the child's serious demeanor.<ref name="Graham">{{cite journal |url=http://www.vqronline.org/essay/paradox-eleanor-roosevelt-alcoholism%E2%80%99s-child |last=Graham |first=Hugh Davis |title=The Paradox of Eleanor Roosevelt: Alcoholism's Child |journal=Virginia Quarterly Review |date=Spring 1987 |volume=63 |issue=2 |pages=210–230 |pmid=11618247 |access-date=22 June 2016}}</ref> |
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⚫ | In the spring of 1887, the family sailed to Europe aboard the [[ocean liner]] {{SS|Britannic|1874|6}}. One day out of port, their ship was rammed by the {{SS|Celtic|1872|6}}, the [[Bow (ship)|bow]] of which pierced a full {{convert|10|ft}} into the side of the ''Britannic'', killing several passengers and injuring numerous others. The Roosevelt party was evacuated to lifeboats before continuing their voyage aboard another ocean liner. Upon their return, Elliott commenced construction of his [[Long Island]] country residence, ''Half Way Nirvana''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Lash |first=Joseph P. |title=Eleanor and Franklin |location=New York |publisher=W. W. Norton & Co. |date=1971 |page=29}}</ref> Parties at their estate included polo and riding-to-the-hounds. |
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⚫ | In 1889, after the birth of their second child, Elliott's drinking only increased, and the family traveled to [[Austria]] in search of treatment. After three months, they moved to [[Paris]], where Anna's third child, a son, (Gracie) Hall, was born.<ref name=Spinzia/> The marriage teetered on collapse during their time in [[France]]. Soon afterward, |
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⚫ | In 1889, after the birth of their second child, Elliott's drinking only increased, and the family traveled to [[Austria]] in search of treatment. After three months, they moved to [[Paris]], where Anna's third child, a son, (Gracie) Hall, was born.<ref name=Spinzia/> The marriage teetered on collapse during their time in [[France]]. Soon afterward, Anna and Elliott separated. |
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When Eleanor was eight, Anna contracted [[diphtheria]] and died at age 29.{{sfn|Goodwin|1994|p=94}} Elliott died on August 14, 1894 from a seizure after a [[Suicide attempt|failed suicide]] and the cumulative effects of alcoholism. The remains of both Anna and Elliott are interred in the Hall family vault at the cemetery of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Tivoli, New York. |
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When Eleanor was eight, Anna contracted [[diphtheria]] and died at age 29 at her home, 52 [[61st Street (Manhattan)|East 61st Street]] in Manhattan.{{sfn|Goodwin|1994|p=94}} Elliott died at his home, 313 [[102 Street (Manhattan)|West 102 Street]] on August 14, 1894,<ref name="ERObit1894">{{cite news |title=The Obituary Record. Elliott Roosevelt |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1894/08/16/106913392.pdf |accessdate=19 August 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=16 August 1894}}</ref> from a seizure after a [[suicide attempt]] and the cumulative effects of alcoholism.<ref>[[The Roosevelts (miniseries)|Burns, Ken, The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, Public Broadcasting Service, Episode 1 (2015)]]</ref> The remains of both Anna and Elliott are interred in the Hall family vault at the cemetery of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Tivoli. |
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==See also== |
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* [[Livingston family]] |
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* {{cite book |title=No Ordinary Time |last=Goodwin |first=Doris Kearns |year=1994 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wQcMDdFC1QEC |isbn=978-0-684-80448-4 }} |
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Anna Hall Roosevelt | |
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![]() Roosevelt in the 1880s | |
Born | Anna Rebecca Hall March 17, 1863 New York City, U.S. |
Died | December 7, 1892 New York City, U.S. | (aged 29)
Spouse | |
Children | |
Parent(s) | Valentine Gill Hall Jr. Mary Livingston Ludlow |
Relatives | See Livingston family and Roosevelt family |
Anna Rebecca Hall Roosevelt (March 17, 1863 – December 7, 1892)[1] was an American socialite. She was the mother of First Lady of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt. Anna was described as a celebrated beauty.
Early life
[edit]Anna Rebecca Hall was born on March 17, 1863.[2] She was the eldest of seven children born to Valentine Gill Hall Jr. and Mary Livingston Ludlow of the Livingston family. Their marriage "...united a member of a prominent New York mercantile family with Hudson River gentry".[3]: 20 Anna was born in New York City and was a granddaughter of Edward Hunter Ludlow.
Her brothers, Valentine III and Edward, were both tennis champions and, later, alcoholics who spent beyond their means and inheritances.[4] Anna's four sisters were Elizabeth, Mary, Edith, and Maude. Her father died without leaving a will when Anna was 17, and she was forced to take control of the family and help manage the finances.[5]
Anna was one of the leading debutantes of the 1881 season.[5] A prominent figure among the New York City social elite, she was a skilled horsewoman. It is believed that Anna and Elliott Roosevelt, the brother of future President Theodore Roosevelt, became engaged Memorial Day, 1883, at a house party given by their friend, Laura Delano, at Algonac, the Delano estate on the Hudson River at Newburgh, New York. At the time, Anna was living at Oak Terrace, her family's estate far upriver at Tivoli, New York.[3]: 20
Married life
[edit]On December 1, 1883, she married Elliott Roosevelt[6] in Calvary Church at Gramercy Park in New York City.[7] The couple moved into a brownstone house in the fashionable East Thirties.[3]: 22 Anna and Elliott had three children:
- Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962)[8]
- Elliott Roosevelt Jr. (1889–1893)[9]
- Gracie Hall Roosevelt (1891–1941).[10]
Anna Roosevelt was responsible for numerous social events and charity balls. Her brother-in-law Theodore considered her frivolous.[11] At the time of their marriage on December 1, 1883, Elliott was already known as a heavy drinker addicted to laudanum.[4] Often subject to headaches and depressions, Anna was somewhat ashamed of her daughter Eleanor's plainness and nicknamed Eleanor "Granny", due to the child's serious demeanor.[12]
In the spring of 1887, the family sailed to Europe aboard the ocean liner SS Britannic. One day out of port, their ship was rammed by the SS Celtic, the bow of which pierced a full 10 feet (3.0 m) into the side of the Britannic, killing several passengers and injuring numerous others. The Roosevelt party was evacuated to lifeboats before continuing their voyage aboard another ocean liner. Upon their return, Elliott commenced construction of his Long Island country residence, Half Way Nirvana.[13] Parties at their estate included polo and riding-to-the-hounds.
In 1889, after the birth of their second child, Elliott's drinking only increased, and the family traveled to Austria in search of treatment. After three months, they moved to Paris, where Anna's third child, a son, (Gracie) Hall, was born.[4] The marriage teetered on collapse during their time in France. Soon afterward, Anna and Elliott separated.
When Eleanor was eight, Anna contracted diphtheria and died at age 29 at her home, 52 East 61st Street in Manhattan.[14] Elliott died at his home, 313 West 102 Street on August 14, 1894,[9] from a seizure after a suicide attempt and the cumulative effects of alcoholism.[15] The remains of both Anna and Elliott are interred in the Hall family vault at the cemetery of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Tivoli.
Anna's daughter Eleanor would go on to become First Lady of the United States, and her husband Elliott's fifth cousin, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, became President of the United States in March 1933.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Obituary. Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt" (PDF). The New York Times. 9 December 1892. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ "Eleanor Roosevelt - Family". nps.gov. December 5, 2006.
- ^ a b c White, Mason (March 1988). "Elliott, the Tragic Roosevelt" (PDF). The Hudson Valley Regional Review. 5 (I): 17–29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
- ^ a b c Spinzia, Raymond E. (Fall 2007). "Elliott Roosevelt, Sr. – A Spiral Into Darkness: the Influences" (PDF). The Freeholder. 12: 3–7, 15–17. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
- ^ a b "The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project: Questions and Answers about Eleanor Roosevelt". George Washington University. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
- ^ "Anna Rebecca Hall". generationsgoneby.com. 16 December 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
- ^ "First Lady Biography: Eleanor Roosevelt". National First Ladies' Library. The National First Ladies' Library. Archived from the original on 29 April 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
- ^ Grossman, Henry (8 November 1962). "Mrs. Roosevelt Dies at 78 After Illness of Six Weeks; Mrs. Roosevelt Dies Here at 78 After an Illness of Six Weeks Family With Her Physicians Accede Autopsy Scheduled" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ a b "The Obituary Record. Elliott Roosevelt" (PDF). The New York Times. 16 August 1894. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ "G. Hall Roosevelt Dies in Capital; White House Rites First in 5 Years; G. HALL ROOSEVELT DIES IN CAPITAL, 50" (PDF). The New York Times. September 26, 1941. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- ^ Cook, Blanche Wiesen (1992). Eleanor Roosevelt Vol. One 1884-1933. New York: Viking. p. 38.
- ^ Graham, Hugh Davis (Spring 1987). "The Paradox of Eleanor Roosevelt: Alcoholism's Child". Virginia Quarterly Review. 63 (2): 210–230. PMID 11618247. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
- ^ Lash, Joseph P. (1971). Eleanor and Franklin. New York: W. W. Norton & Co. p. 29.
- ^ Goodwin 1994, p. 94.
- ^ Burns, Ken, The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, Public Broadcasting Service, Episode 1 (2015)
Sources
[edit]- Goodwin, Doris Kearns (1994). No Ordinary Time. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-684-80448-4.
External links
[edit]- 1863 births
- 1892 deaths
- Roosevelt family
- American socialites
- People from Hempstead (village), New York
- Respiratory disease deaths in New York (state)
- Infectious disease deaths in New York (state)
- Deaths from diphtheria
- American people of Scottish descent
- Bulloch family
- Livingston family
- 19th-century American women
- 19th-century American people