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ISAAC ROOSEVELT


'Isaac Roosevelt' (29 September 179024 December 1863) was an business man, who was the grandfather of president Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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Biography
Death
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Biography


Born 'Isaac Daniel Roosevelt' in Hyde Park, New York to James Roosevelt (1760-1847) and Catherine Welles (1762-1829). He took his first name from his grandfather ''Isaac Roosevelt (1726-1794)'' who started The Bank of New York in 1790. In 1825 he married Mary Rebecca Aspinwall, the daughter of John Aspinwall and Susan Howland. They had two children, James Roosevelt and John Aspinwall Roosevelt. James was FDR's father and John Aspinwall was the father of Ellen Roosevelt, a tennis player.

Death


Isaac Roosevelt died on the 24th of December in 1863 at the age of 73, he was buried somewhere in Hyde Park, New York (the cemetery is unknown), he was the richest business man of the year 1819.

External Links



Isaac Roosevelt (My Family) website

Isaac ROOSEVELT - familys of royal people

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