Whittelsey, Charles Barney, 1869-

This first installment of “The Roosevelt Family in America: A Genealogy” includes part one of the genealogy as well as a foreword by John A. Gable and an introduction by its authors, the genealogists Timothy F. Beard and Henry B. Hoff. Part one of the genealogy runs from Claes Martenszen Van Rosenvelt, considered the first Roosevelt to come to America, to John Ellis Roosevelt, born in 1853, and includes sixty-six entries featuring brief biographical portraits of each entrant, along with their birth and death dates, and a listing of their children.

Part one of the genealogy also includes in this order: a two page listing of abbreviations used in the genealogy; a text box with brief biographies of Beard and Hoff; a listing of the officers of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA); a brief history of the TRA in a text box; an illustration of the Roosevelt family coat of arms; and a table showing the descendants of the Oyster Bay and Hyde Park, New York, Roosevelt families.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Article on the inclusion of the family of Jacob Rosevelt in the Roosevelt family genealogy. Rosevelt, a German immigrant, did not marry German wives, and it came to be believed over time that some of his descendants were tied to Claes Martenszen van Rosenvelt, the founder of the Roosevelt family in America. The article notes that the 1902 Roosevelt family genealogy mistakenly included descendants of Rosevelt. A picture of Sagamore Hill National Historic Site appears on the bottom half of the article page.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1990

Article about the attempt of the Roosevelt Genealogical Project Committee “to straighten out more than three hundred years of the Roosevelt family and to find as many branches of the family tree as possible.” This committee of the Theodore Roosevelt Association hopes to update the last major genealogy of the Roosevelt family published in 1902. It gives examples of the committee’s search for specific individuals, talks about the movement of Roosevelts around the country, and notes the methods and sources for conducting research.  

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1979