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Anna Hall Roosevelt
Anna Hall Roosevelt
	Roosevelt in the 1880s
Born	Anna Rebecca Hall; March 17, 1863; New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	December 7, 1892 (aged 29); New York City, New York, U.S.
Cause of death	Diphtheria
Known for	Mother of Eleanor Roosevelt
Spouse(s)	Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt; (m. 1883; "her death" is deprecated; use "died" instead. 1892)
Children	Eleanor, Elliott Jr., and Hall
Parent(s)	Valentine Gill Hall Jr.; Mary Livingston Ludlow
Relatives	See Livingston family; and Roosevelt family

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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

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 merchantile family with Hudson River gentry".^[3]^: 20 Anna was born in New York City.

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 Bulloch 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

On December 1, 1883, she married Roosevelt^[6] in Calvary Church at Gramercy Park in New York City.^[7] The couple moved into a brownstone house in the fashionable Thirties.^[3]^: 22 Anna bore Elliott three children:

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962)^[8]
Elliott Bulloch 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 S.S. Britannic. One day out of port, their ship was rammed by the S.S. Celtic, the bow of which pierced a full ten feet into the side of the S.S. 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, Elliott and Anna 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 when her husband, Elliott's fifth cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt, became President of the United States in March 1933.

References

^ "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. 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. 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. 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)

External links

Anna Hall Roosevelt at Find a Grave

[MrsRooseveltObit1892-1] "Obituary. Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt" (PDF). The New York Times. 9 December 1892. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

[2] "Eleanor Roosevelt - Family". nps.gov. December 5, 2006.

[white-3] White, Mason (March 1988). "Elliott, the Tragic Roosevelt" (PDF). The Hudson Valley Regional Review. 5 (I): 17–29. Retrieved 22 June 2016.

[Spinzia-4] 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.

[erpp-5] "The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project: Questions and Answers about Eleanor Roosevelt". George Washington University. Retrieved 22 June 2016.

[6] "Anna Rebecca Hall". generationsgoneby.com. 16 December 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2016.

[7] "First Lady Biography: Eleanor Roosevelt". National First Ladies' Library. The National First Ladies' Library. Retrieved 9 September 2015.

[MrsRooseveltObit1962-8] 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.

[ERObit1894-9] "The Obituary Record. Elliott Roosevelt" (PDF). The New York Times. 16 August 1894. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

[GHRObit1941-10] "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.

[11] Cook, Blanche Wiesen (1992). Eleanor Roosevelt Vol. One 1884-1933. New York: Viking. p. 38.

[Graham-12] Graham, Hugh Davis (Spring 1987). "The Paradox of Eleanor Roosevelt: Alcoholism's Child". Virginia Quarterly Review. Retrieved 22 June 2016.

[13] Lash, Joseph P. (1971). Eleanor and Franklin. New York: W. W. Norton & Co. p. 29.

[FOOTNOTEGoodwin199494-14] Goodwin 1994, p. 94.

[15] Burns, Ken, The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, Public Broadcasting Service, Episode 1 (2015)

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+| spouse        = {{marriage|[[Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt]]<br>|1883|December 7, 1892|reason=her death}}
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-'''Anna Rebecca Hall Roosevelt'''<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> (March 17, 1863 – December 7, 1892) was an American socialite. She was the mother of [[First Lady of the United States]], [[Eleanor Roosevelt]]. Anna was described as a celebrated beauty.
+'''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.
 ==Early life==
-Anna Rebecca Hall was born on March 17, 1863. 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|merchantile]] 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}}</ref>{{rp|20}} Anna was born in [[New York City]].
+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|merchantile]] 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}}</ref>{{rp|20}} Anna was born in [[New York City]].
 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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 ==Married life==
 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 bore Elliott three children:
-* [[Eleanor Roosevelt|Anna Eleanor Roosevelt]] (1884–1962)
+* [[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>
-* Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt, Jr. (1889–1893)
+* Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt, Jr. (1889–1893)<ref name="ERObit1894"/>
-* [[Hall Roosevelt|Gracie Hall Roosevelt]] (1891–1941).
+* [[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>
 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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 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, Elliott and Anna separated.
-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]] 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.
+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.
 Anna's daughter Eleanor would go on to become [[First Lady of the United States]] when her husband, Elliott's fifth cousin [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|Franklin Delano Roosevelt]], became President of the United States in March 1933.
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 {{Eleanor Roosevelt}}

v t e Eleanor Roosevelt
Chairwoman, Presidential Commission on the Status of Women (1961–1962) 34th First Lady of the United States (1933–1945)
United Nations	United States delegate, United Nations General Assembly (1946–1952) United Nations Commission on Human Rights (1947–1953, Chairperson 1946–1951) Universal Declaration of Human Rights Drafting committee Human Rights Day
First Lady of the United States	"My Day" daily newspaper column, 1935–1962 Co-Chair, Office of Civilian Defense Marian Anderson Lincoln Memorial Concert Tuskegee Airmen flight Arthurdale and Eleanor, West Virginia American Youth Congress National Youth Administration Black Cabinet 1940 Democratic National Convention speech Women in Defense Freedom House
Other events	First Lady of New York Presidential Commission on the Status of Women National Organization for Women Encampment for Citizenship
Life and homes	Val-Kill National Historic Site Val-Kill Industries Campobello home Franklin D. Roosevelt's paralytic illness Hyde Park home and gravesite
Legacy	Roosevelt Institute Roosevelt Institute Campus Network Roosevelt Study Center Eleanor Roosevelt Monument Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights Statue at the Franklin Roosevelt Memorial Eleanor Roosevelt College USS Roosevelt Marian Anderson: the Lincoln Memorial Concert (1939 film) Sunrise at Campobello (1958 play, 1960 film) The Eleanor Roosevelt Story (1965 film) Eleanor and Franklin (1971 biography) Eleanor: The Years Alone (1972 biography) Eleanor and Franklin (1976 film) Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977 film) Backstairs at the White House (1979 miniseries) The Roosevelts (2014 documentary) The First Lady (2022 TV series) FDR (2023 miniseries)
Related	United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights International Bill of Human Rights International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Morgenthau Plan Lorena Hickok
Roosevelt family	Franklin D. Roosevelt (husband presidency 1933–1941 presidency 1941–1945) Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (daughter) James Roosevelt II (son) Elliott Roosevelt (son) Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. (son) John Roosevelt II (son) Eleanor Roosevelt Seagraves (granddaughter) Curtis Roosevelt (grandson) Sara Delano Roosevelt (granddaughter) Franklin Delano Roosevelt III (grandson) John Roosevelt Boettiger (grandson) James Roosevelt III (grandson) Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt (father) Anna Hall Roosevelt (mother) Hall Roosevelt (brother) Theodore Roosevelt Sr. (grandfather) Martha Stewart Bulloch (grandmother) Theodore Roosevelt (uncle presidency) Bamie Roosevelt (aunt) Fala (family dog)

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