Early years of Eleanor

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Eleanor Roosevelt was born as Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. The date was October 11th of the year 1884 at 56 West 37th Street in our very own New York City. Her parents were Elliot Roosevelt and Anna Hall Roosevelt. Weird because later in life her husband had the same last name which we know later on in her life that they were related in some way. Eleanor preferred to be called by her middle name instead of Anna. She had two younger brothers Elliot Jr. and Hall. She also had a half brother by her father and one of the young servant girls: Elliot Roosevelt Mann. Eleanor had the privilege to be in the high society because her family was indeed very wealthy. Despite all the wealth her life wasn’t all of a fairy tale. By the age of six she had to care for her sick mother and younger brothers.

When Eleanor was eight she had the misfortune of losing her mother to diphtheria which is an upper respiratory tract illness characterized by sore throat and low fever. When that happened her father became very depressed. He began drinking and wouldn’t go home for days in count. Since her mother wasn’t around Eleanor became very attached to her father and wasn’t really happy with his depression and addiction. About two years later her father Elliot also died. He died of depression and alcholism. By the age of ten Eleanor was an orphan. Her grandmother Mary Ludlow Hall then became her and her brothers legal gaurdian.

http://www.gwu.edu/~erpapers/abouteleanor/erbiography.cfm