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William Emlen Roosevelt

William Emlen Roosevelt

Male 1857 - 1930  (72 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name William Emlen Roosevelt 
    Birth 30 Apr 1857 
    Gender Male 
    Death 15 Mar 1930 
    Siblings 1 Sibling 
    Person ID I363815  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 20 Feb 2017 

    Father James Alfred Roosevelt,   b. 13 June 1825   d. 15 Jul 1898 (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Norris Emlen 
    Marriage 22 Dec 1847 
    Family ID F144168  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Christine Kean   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F144167  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Jan 2002 

  • Notes 
    • first cousin of president Theodore Roosevelt.
      Christine (Kean) Roosevelt's brother Hamilton Fish Kean (1862-1941) was a wealthy investment banker and succeeded his brother as US Senator from New Jersey. Hamilton Fish Kean's fortune was estimated up to $ 50 million before the 1929 stock market crash. Julia Kean (1816-1887), Sarah Morris and Peter Kean's daughter married Hamilton Fish (1808-1893), several times US congressman and Secreatery of State under President Grant from 1869-1877. On his mother's side, Fish descended from governor Peter Stuyvesant and from Robert Livingston. The Fishes and the Keans were both prominent politicians and successful financiers; they also played their part in America's High Society.



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