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Robert Barnhill Roosevelt, also known as Robert Barnwell Roosevelt (August 7, 1829 – June 14, 1906), was a sportsman, author, and politician who served as a United States Representative from New York (1871–1873) and as Minister to the Hague (1888–1889).〔"Roosevelt, Robert Barnwell." ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.''〕 ==Family== Robert Roosevelt was born in New York City to businessman Cornelius Van Schaack "C.V.S." Roosevelt (1794–1871) and Margaret Barnhill (1799–1861). He had three elder brothers, Silas, James, and Cornelius Jr., and two younger brothers, Theodore and William. He was an uncle of President Theodore "T.R." Roosevelt, Jr. and great-uncle of First Lady Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. After the death of his first wife Elizabeth Ellis, he married his mistress, Irish immigrant Marion Theresa "Minnie" O'Shea. Although his children with Minnie were his biological children, they had been born prior to his wedding to Minnie and were known as his stepchildren. They had been listed as having a father named "Robert Francis Fortescue", and maintained the Fortescue name throughout their lives. Children with Elizabeth: *Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt *John Ellis Roosevelt, who in 1879 married Nannie Mitchell Vance, daughter of Hon. Samuel B. H. Vance, at the recently built St. Nicholas Collegiate Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Fifth Avenue and 48th Street, in New York City. Vance, who was active in New York State Republican politics, was a manufacturer who served as Acting Mayor of New York City for the month of December 1874.〔("The Vance–Roosevelt Wedding; Mr. John E. Roosevelt United to Miss Nannie Mitchell Vance—Some of the Presents," ) ''New York Times.'' February 20, 1879, p. 8.〕 *Robert Barnhill Roosevelt Jr.〔RootsWeb: (Robert Roosevelt )〕 He purchased the Meadowcroft property at Sayville, New York in 1873 and it was later developed by his son as the John Ellis Roosevelt Estate. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. Children with Minnie: * Kenyon Fortescue, who became an attorney * Maude Fortescue * Major Granville Roland "Rolly" Fortescue, who married Grace Hubbard Bell, niece of Alexander Graham Bell 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Roosevelt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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