Edith (Carow) Roosevelt (1861-1948)

Mrs. Edith Kermit (Carow) Roosevelt; First Lady of the United States

Her tenure resulted in the creation of an official White House staff, and her formal dinners and ceremonial processions elevated the position of First Lady.

Parents (2)

Charles Carow

Shipping Merchant, of Kermit & Carow, New York City

1825-1883

Gertrude (Tyler) Carow

Mrs. Gertrude Elizabeth (Tyler) Carow

1836-1896

Spouse (1)

Theodore Roosevelt

"Teddy" Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States (1901-1909)

1858-1919

Children (5)

Theodore Roosevelt III

Brigadier-General of the 4th Infantry Division

1887-1944

Kermit Roosevelt

Capt. Kermit Roosevelt, M.C.

1889-1943

Ethel (Roosevelt) Derby

Mrs Ethel Carow (Roosevelt) Derby "The First Lady of Oyster Bay"

1891-1977

Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt

Lt.-Colonel Archibald Roosevelt

1894-1979

Quentin Roosevelt

Pilot Officer shot down and killed over France, unmarried

1897-1918

Associated Houses (1)

The White House

Washington D.C.