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Tag Archives: Lucy Mercer
The Franklin D. Roosevelt Spanish Flu Casualty
One of the serious casualties of the great Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918-9, was the marriage of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Franklin Roosevelt In Europe In mid-1918, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, was sent to Europe to … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Asst. Sec. of the Navy F.D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, FDR, FDR advisor Louis Howe, FDR's mother Sara Delano, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, history, Louis Howe, Lucy Mercer, Presidential history, Sara Delano Roosevelt, The marriage of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, The Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918, US history
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Franklin and Eleanor: The Chasm
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a 5th cousin to Eleanor Roosevelt. The Commonalities of Childhood Descended from Dutch ancestors slightly post-Mayflower, both Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelts were New York Knickerbockers, an aristocratic old-line status. Both Franklin (1882-1945) and Eleanor (1883-1961) came … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Eleanor Roosevelt, Eleanor's father Elliott Roosevelt, FDR, FDR's mother Sara Delano, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies history, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, history, Lucy Mercer, Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd, Presidential history, Presidential wives, Sara Delano Roosevelt, The courtship of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, the family life of Eleanor Roosevelt, The family life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, US history, White House history
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