Painting Justice from Jacob Xavery 1736/after 1779(see info on Xavery's below)with Rosevelt coat of arms, designed and painted by Joannes Piepers, cut out by Adriaan van de Bilt
A copy of this painting is also in the museum of Warm Springs,Georgia,USA and the house of Eleanor Roosevelt !
Theodore Roosevelt has visited the Netherlands in 1910 and even knew some Dutch words.
In 1927 the American politician, secretary of Agriculture,later 1941-1945 vicepresident under FDR, Henry A. Wallace visited the "Rosevelt-house" in Oud-Vossemeer. Vicepresident HAW On HAW
In 1929 and 1934 FDR's nephew Theodore Douglas Robinson visited Tholen to search for the Roosevelt roots.
After his death in 1934 his search continued with the friend of F.D.R. Grenville Temple Emmet.(1877-1937) 1933 [Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Netherlands]
1934 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Netherlands
1937 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria
On January 20 1937 Emmet held a CBS radio broadcast in the town hall of our village. Links to Emmet: About Emmet About Emmet
On June 20 1950 Eleanor Roosevelt visited our village.
She visited the "Rosevelt-house" and met with people who had also the name Roosevelt.
There are still many people in Nederland with the name Rosevelt.
As in 2000(see special page) on Friday 13th June 2003 a group of 30 descendants of FDR visited Zeeland and Oud-Vossemeer, which just had its annual fair (kermis). They visited the Roosevelt Study Centre in Middelburg and the Dutch Reformed Church in Oud-Vossemeer.(and the fair)
NL: Diverse uitgaven in pdf engels over Roosevelt en afstamming Zie pagina American Roosevelts
EN: Several books english on Roosevelt family and ancestry.
See page American Roosevelts.In pdf on this site.
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