Alice
Hathaway
Roosevelt
formerly Lee
Born July 29, 1861
in MA
Daughter of
George Lee and
Caroline Haskell
[brothers or sisters?]
Wife of
Theodore Roosevelt
(Married in
[location?] [marriage date?])
Mother of
Alice Longworth and Theodore Roosevelt [add child]
Died February 14, 1884
in NY
About Alice Roosevelt
First wife of Theodore Roosevelt and mother for two days to Alice Lee Roosevelt.
Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt was 5’ 7”, gray eyes, with golden brown hair.
Born in Massachusetts and died in NYC.
Alice’s nickname was “Sunshine”.
Theodore on meeting Alice in 1878 stated "As long as I live, I shall never forget how sweetly she looked, and how prettily she greeted me." She became best friends with his two sisters, Anna & Corinne. After Theodore worked hard at courting Alice they became engaged on Feb. 14, 1880. They married Oct. 17, 1880 (Theodore’s birthday).
TR’s nickname for her was ‘baby’ and 'baby in pink’. Unable to have a baby until her doctor did some minor surgery. She became pregnant in May 1883. TR was a state legislator in Albany, NY and rode the train at the end of each week to the Roosevelt NYC home. They had one child, Alice Lee, born Feb. 12, 1884.
Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt died Feb. 14, 1884 of Bright’s Disease (kidney disease) and complications to the birth of Alice. The development of the disease went unnoticed because her pregnancy.
Theodore had on the epitaph for his wife's memorial, "For joy or for sorrow my life has now been lived out." He dearly loved his wife, Alice.
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