Eleanor: Alexis

Eleanor's Birth

Oct 11, 1884

Born to Anna and Elliot Roosevelt in Manhattan, New York

Eleanor Looses her Family

Dec 17, 1892

Eleanor's Mother, Father, and baby brother all died within a few months. Elliot died due to Diptheria.

Eleanor Begins Boarding School at Allenswood

Sep 7, 1899

Just before Eleanor turned 15, her Grandmother Hall sent her to a private girls academy called Allenswood, in London England.

Eleanor's uncle, Teddy Roosevelt, Becomes President

Sep 14, 1901

Teddy Roosevelt begins his long Presidency after McKinley's assassination.

Eleanor leaves Allenswood

Sep 7, 1902

Eleanor left and didn't return for her fourth year. Her grandmother told her that she must be introduced to the society as a debutane.

Eleanor Marries Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Mar 17, 1905

Eleanor marries her very distant cousin- Franklin.

Eleanor makes her family

Dec 23, 1907

Anna, their first child is born.
Next James is born.
A few years later Franklin Jr. Is born and soon does of influenza.
Elliot is born in 1910.
In 1914 her 5th child is born, 2 Yeats later she has a sixth child.

Franklin is elected as New York State Senate

Jan 1, 1910

Eleanor goes into the war effort

Jul 14, 1917

World War 1 begins. Eleanor sometimes worked 15- 16 hours a day. She made sandwiches, knitted sweaters, and worked with the Red Cross.

Franklin is paralyzed with polio

Oct 9, 1921

Eleanor dies of TB

Nov 7, 1962