Eleanor Roosevelt /Catalina

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  • Eleanor Roosevelt Is born

  • Elliot Roosevelt is born

    Eleanor's first brother, Elliot is born.

  • Father left

    At the age of six, Eleanor's father left and went to live in a sanitarium to deal with his drinking problem.

  • Hall Roosevelt is born

    Eleanor Roosevelt's second little brother, Hall, is born.

  • Ana dies

    Ana, Eleanor's mother, dies in 1892 before being very ill and having really strong headaches.
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    Family Tragedies

    Within these dates, Eleanor lost a brother, her mother and her father.

  • Eliott dies

    Eleanor's brother, Eliott, dies because he caught "diphtheria" (a serious infectious disease).

  • Hall and Eleanor are taken to Manhattan

    Because of the tragedies, Eleanor and her brother Hall, went to live with their grandmother in Manhattan.

  • Eliott Roosevelt dies

    Eleanor's father dies this date.

  • Eleanor started boarding school

    Before she turned fifteen, Eleanor's grandmother sent her to a boarding school in England. It was named Allenswood.
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    Boarding School (Allenswood) in England

    During these years, Eleanor studied at Allenswood in England.

  • Eleanor leaves Allenswood

    In this year, Eleanor left Allenswood. This was before turning 18 years old.

  • Began working with poor children.

    After leaving Allenswood, Eleanor started working with poor children at the Rivington Street Settlement House on New York's Lower East Side.

  • Eleanor falls in love

    Eleanor fell in love with Frankin Delano Roosevelt; her fifth cousin.