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==Family==

==Family==

The Roosevelts could trace their family to Claes Martenssen van Rosenvelt, an immigrant from Zeeland, Holland ([[Netherlands]]) who came to America in 1649, settleing in New Amsterdam ([[New York City]]).  Theodore was born was born on October 27, 1858, the second child of a very successful New York businessman, Theodore Roosevelt, Sr., and his wife Martha Bulloch, a Southern belle from Georgia.  His early childhood was marked by frequent illness and asthma, of which his father spent many an evening bundling up "Teedie" - as young Theodore was often called - and taking him out for carriage rides in the fresh air.  By age 10 his father would have enough of the possibility of his son growing into an unhealthy weakling, and forced on him a regimen of weights and daily physical excercise.

The Roosevelts could trace their family to Claes Martenssen van Rosenvelt, an immigrant from Zeeland, Holland ([[Netherlands]]) who came to America in 1649, settleing in New Amsterdam ([[New York City]]).  Theodore was born was born on October 27, 1858, the second child of a very successful New York businessman, Theodore Roosevelt, Sr., and his wife Martha Bulloch, a Southern belle from Georgia. He was home schooled until he entered Harvard College.  His early childhood was marked by frequent illness and asthma, of which his father spent many an evening bundling up "Teedie" - as young Theodore was often called - and taking him out for carriage rides in the fresh air.  By age 10 his father would have enough of the possibility of his son growing into an unhealthy weakling, and forced on him a regimen of weights and daily physical excercise.

 

[[Image:Alice Lee.gif|thumb|left|Mrs. Alice Roosevelt]]

[[Image:Alice Lee.gif|thumb|left|Mrs. Alice Roosevelt]]

Roosevelt married Alice Lee of Boston IN 1880. on February 14, 1884, Roosevelt's young wife died after giving birth to the couple's first child. Only a few hours earlier, his mother, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt had died in the same house. After the double funeral and the christening of his new baby daughter, Alice, on February 17, 1884, the bereaved husband wrote:'' [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html]

 

''Nearly ten months after making this declaration of his enchantment with the young Alice Lee of Boston, Theodore Roosevelt married his "sweet life." Four years later, February brought tragedy; on February 14, 1884, Roosevelt's young wife died after giving birth to the couple's first child. Only a few hours earlier, his mother, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt had died in the same house. After the double funeral and the christening of his new baby daughter, Alice, on February 17, 1884, the bereaved husband wrote:'' [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html]

:::::::''For joy or for sorrow my life has now been lived out.''

:::::::''For joy or for sorrow my life has now been lived out.''

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==Early career==

==Early career==