Curtis Bean Dall
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<table><tr><td>http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wjhonson/CurtisDall2.jpg</td><td>Curtis and Anna had "two tow-headed children": Anna Eleanor "Sistie" Dall on 25 March 1927, and Curtis Roosevelt "Buzzie" Dall on 19 April 1930.<sup>[[#Footnotes 2|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". This was a magazine of "advice for mothers" for which her mother Eleanor was editor. (Cook, p. 472) The ''New York Times'' on 15 May 1933 reports that : "Mrs Curtis Dall...has signed a contract with ''Liberty Weekly'' and will become a member of the staff and a regular contributor...." 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>[[#Footnotes 3|H]]</sup> Anna casting about for some further employment, took up her mother's mantle and decided to do some radio talks, for which she was paid perhaps as much as $3,000 each.<sup>[[#Footnotes 3|I]]</sup> | <table><tr><td>http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wjhonson/CurtisDall2.jpg</td><td>Curtis and Anna had "two tow-headed children": Anna Eleanor "Sistie" Dall on 25 March 1927, and Curtis Roosevelt "Buzzie" Dall on 19 April 1930.<sup>[[#Footnotes 2|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". This was a magazine of "advice for mothers" for which her mother Eleanor was editor. (Cook, p. 472) The ''New York Times'' on 15 May 1933 reports that : "Mrs Curtis Dall...has signed a contract with ''Liberty Weekly'' and will become a member of the staff and a regular contributor...." 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>[[#Footnotes 3|H]]</sup> Anna casting about for some further employment, took up her mother's mantle and decided to do some radio talks, for which she was paid perhaps as much as $3,000 each.<sup>[[#Footnotes 3|I]]</sup> | ||
− | Curtis | + | Curtis although elected Governor of the Associates of Stock Exchange Firm in 1932, resigned his position on the New York stock exchange at the end of 1932, but a few months later joined the Cotton Exchange, and then the Chicago Board of Trade dealing in stocks and grain. Newspaper articles at this time show that Anna, "Sistie" and "Buzzie" were frequent visitors at the White House where a playground had been installed on the south lawn for them. Apparently staying days at a time, some tongues were wagging about the Dall's drifting apart.</td></tr></table> |
<table><tr><td>Finally, on 31 Jan 1934, the ''New York Times'' reports "Dalls in Seperate Homes". Blanche Wiesen Cook relates that during a trip with the members of the family, one of the reporters who came along was the ''Chicago Tribune's'' 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, who had also just divorced his wife. Anna retained custody of the children. John, Anna and the children went to Seattle "...where he became manager of a Hearst-owned newspaper."<sup>[[#Footnotes 4|M]]</sup> By John, Anna had her third child John Roosevelt Boettiger on 29 Mar 1939. After John's death on 31 October 1950, Anna 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> | <table><tr><td>Finally, on 31 Jan 1934, the ''New York Times'' reports "Dalls in Seperate Homes". Blanche Wiesen Cook relates that during a trip with the members of the family, one of the reporters who came along was the ''Chicago Tribune's'' 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, who had also just divorced his wife. Anna retained custody of the children. John, Anna and the children went to Seattle "...where he became manager of a Hearst-owned newspaper."<sup>[[#Footnotes 4|M]]</sup> By John, Anna had her third child John Roosevelt Boettiger on 29 Mar 1939. After John's death on 31 October 1950, Anna 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 in 1938 to Katharine Miller Leas (1917-2000), they had four surviving children: Katharine, Mary, Stephen and James | + | Meanwhile, Curtis married secondly in 1938 to Katharine Miller Leas (1917-2000), they had four surviving children: Katharine, Mary, Stephen and James. 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."<sup>[[#Footnotes 1|A]]</sup> 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".<sup>[[#Footnotes 1|A]]</sup> |
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