Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt

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. 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. Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt was Theodore Roosevelt’s first wife and mother to their only child together, Alice Lee Roosevelt. Alice Hathaway Lee was a beautiful and dainty woman from a wealthy Bostonian family. She was known as “sunshine” to.

Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt was Theodore Roosevelt’s first wife and mother to their only child together, Alice Lee Roosevelt. Alice Hathaway Lee was a beautiful and dainty woman from a wealthy Bostonian family. She was known as “sunshine” to. American socialite who was the first wife of Theodore Roosevelt and the mother of Alice Roosevelt Longworth. Name variations: Alice Hathaway Lee; Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt; Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt. When Alice Hathaway Lee was born on 27 July 1861, in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, George Cabot Lee, was 31 and her mother, Caroline Watts Haskell, was 26. She married President Theodore Roosevelt on 27 October 1880, in Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

When Alice Hathaway Lee was born on 27 July 1861, in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, George Cabot Lee, was 31 and her mother, Caroline Watts Haskell, was 26. She married President Theodore Roosevelt on 27 October 1880, in Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.