Curtis Bean Dall
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| − | <table><tr><td>Curtis and Anna had "two tow-headed children": Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on 25 March 1927, and Curtis Roosevelt on 19 April 1930.<sup>[[#Notes|F]]</sup> Anna worked during the marriage, mostly in promoting her father's run for governor of New York, and later for U.S. President. An article in the ''Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune'' dated 25 Feb 1933 states that she is, just then, the associate editor of "Babies &mdash Just Babies" (perhaps a magazine). Curtis and Anna were apparently at this time, splitting their time between their Tarrytown estate and "...the Roosevelt town house on East Sixty-fifth street, New York"<sup>[[#Notes|H]]</sup> | + | <table><tr><td>Curtis and Anna had "two tow-headed children": Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on 25 March 1927, and Curtis Roosevelt on 19 April 1930.<sup>[[#Notes|F]]</sup> Anna worked during the marriage, mostly in promoting her father's run for governor of New York, and later for U.S. President. An article in the ''Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune'' dated 25 Feb 1933 states that she is, just then, the associate editor of "Babies — Just Babies" (perhaps a magazine). Curtis and Anna were apparently at this time, splitting their time between their Tarrytown estate and "...the Roosevelt town house on East Sixty-fifth street, New York"<sup>[[#Notes|H]]</sup> |
| − | "Mrs. Dall was divorced from her first husband, Curtis B. Dall, July 30, at Minden, [[Nevada|Nev]]." (Syracuse Herald, Jan 18, 1935, p 11) Six months after her divorce, on January 18, 1935, she married journalist John Boettiger. After his death on 31 October 1950, she married thirdly on 11 November 1952 at Malibu, [[California]], as his second wife, to James Addison Halsted.</td><td>http://lts.brandeis.edu/research/archives-speccoll/findingguides/special/vechten/images/folder4/annarooseveltboettiger4-9-19354-25.jpg Anna (Roosevelt) Dall</td></tr></table> | + | Blanche Wiesen Cook relates that during a trip with the members of the family, one of the reports who came along was the Chicago ''Tribunes'' John Boettiger, with whom Anna had fallen in love. "Mrs. Dall was divorced from her first husband, Curtis B. Dall, July 30, at Minden, [[Nevada|Nev]]." (Syracuse Herald, Jan 18, 1935, p 11) Six months after her divorce, on January 18, 1935, she married journalist John Boettiger. After his death on 31 October 1950, she married thirdly on 11 November 1952 at Malibu, [[California]], as his second wife, to James Addison Halsted.</td><td>http://lts.brandeis.edu/research/archives-speccoll/findingguides/special/vechten/images/folder4/annarooseveltboettiger4-9-19354-25.jpg Anna (Roosevelt) Dall</td></tr></table> |
Meanwhile, Curtis married secondly to Katharine Miller Leas in 1938, they had four surviving children: Katharine, Mary, Stephen and James. Dall was elected Governor of the Associates of Stock Exchange Firm in 1932. In the 1930's "...he helped to organize what later became the Tennessee Gas and Transmission Company of Houston, one of the largest corporations in the country. But he sold his interest before the company's real growth began." (see Curtis' obituary). He served in the army Air Force from 1940 until the close of World War II. In the 1940's, he became active in politics, campaigning "...for Strom Thurmond, who was the Presidential nominee of the conservative States' Rights Party".(see Curtis' Obituary) | Meanwhile, Curtis married secondly to Katharine Miller Leas in 1938, they had four surviving children: Katharine, Mary, Stephen and James. Dall was elected Governor of the Associates of Stock Exchange Firm in 1932. In the 1930's "...he helped to organize what later became the Tennessee Gas and Transmission Company of Houston, one of the largest corporations in the country. But he sold his interest before the company's real growth began." (see Curtis' obituary). He served in the army Air Force from 1940 until the close of World War II. In the 1940's, he became active in politics, campaigning "...for Strom Thurmond, who was the Presidential nominee of the conservative States' Rights Party".(see Curtis' Obituary) | ||
