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Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt (1861-1884) was Theodore Roosevelt’s first wife. Born in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, on July 29, 1861, to the wealthy banker George Cabot Lee and his wife Caroline Watts Haskell Lee, Alice met Theodore when she was seventeen years old. He was then a nineteen-year-old student at Harvard College and she was a ...
Apr 25, 2016 · Alice Hathaway Lee (1861-1884) was a cousin to Dick Saltonstall, one of TR’s close friends. He was immediately attracted, despite his long-time friendship with Edith Carow, his younger sister’s best friend. Alice enchanted the young man barely out of his teens.
Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980) was the only daughter of Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt. She was born on February 12, 1884. Her mother and paternal grandmother died two days later. Her aunt, Anna Roosevelt, raised her until her father married Edith Kermit Carow in December 1886.
Feb 13, 2020 · His 48-year-old mother, Martha "Mittie" Roosevelt, had been taken ill with what was initially considered a cold, and his 22-year-old wife, Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, had just given birth to ...
Aug 20, 2018 · The love of Theodore Roosevelt and Alice Lee. Standing 5’7″ and willowy with long wavy golden hair and blue-gray eyes, Alice Hathaway Lee was radiant, enchanting. Family members called her “sunshine.”. In many ways, she was what Theodore Roosevelt was not. Theodore was “thin-chested, spectacled, nervous, and frail,” with a high ...
Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt (July 29, 1861 – February 14, 1884) was the first wife of Teddy Roosevelt. She died in 1884. She was of Mexican descent and born in Texas. She had 1 child with her husband.
Oct 27, 2011 · Oct 27, 2011. On October 27, 1880, Theodore Roosevelt married Alice Hathaway Lee on what was also his 22nd birthday. Theodore had met Alice Lee during his junior year at Harvard; Theodore later claimed he had fallen in love at first sight and would not stop until he’d won her hand in marriage. Alice turned down his first marriage proposal.
