Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1882-1945
Printed in de Halve Maen, April, 1945 Vol.XX no.2
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, thirty-first President of the United States, former Governor of New York State, world statesman and humanitarian and a member of the Holland Society for thirty-five years, died at Warm Springs, Ga., on April 12th, 1945.
President Roosevelt joined the Society on December 20, 1910. The application prepared in his own handwriting shows descent from Claes Martensen Van Roosevelt, who came to New Amsterdam from Holland in 1649-50. The President was eighth in direct descent. He was born at Hyde Park, New York, on January 30, 1882, the son of James Roosevelt and Sara Delano.
Always keenly interested in perpetuating the history and traditions of the early Dutch settlers, President Roosevelt was a trustee of the Society from 1923-1938. During this time he was Governor of the State from 1929-1933 and President from 1933-1945. He was chairman of the committee on “Dutch Houses in the Hudson Valley before 1776” published in 1929 and chairman of the committee on “Pre-Revolutionary Houses in Northern New Jersey and Southern New York” (1936), both prepared under the auspices of the Society.
In addition to his widow, Eleanor Roosevelt, he is survived by a daughter and four sons: Col. James Roosevelt, a member of the Society; Brig. Gen. Elliot Roosevelt; Lieut. Commander Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. and Lieut. John Roosevelt. Burial was at Hyde Park on Sunday, April 15.