Early Life Education and the New York Senate 10 Chapter 1 ranklin D Roosevelt was born on January 30 1882 at the family estate Springwood on the Hudson River near Hyde Park New York His father James Roosevelt was a wealthy landowner and railroad vice president His mother was Sara Delano Roosevelt of an old merchant-shipping family She was James Roosevelt’s second wife F
Early Life Education and the New York Senate The birthplace and home of Franklin D Roosevelt in Hyde Park New York became a summer White House while Roosevelt served as president Franklin was the only child of this sec ond marriage He had a half brother 18 years older than he President Theodore Roosevelt was their fifth cousin once removed The Roosevelt family in America had been started by Klaes Martensen van Roosevelt He came to America from Holland in about 1644 11
Franklin D Roosevelt 12 Hyde Park New York Roosevelt’s birthplace and home was the town of Hyde Park in eastern New York It lies on the east side of the Hudson River 8 miles 13 kilometers north of Poughkeepsie and about 75 miles 121 kilometers north of New York City The town formed in 1821 bears the name of a local estate honoring Edward Hyde Viscount Cornbury who was governor of New York 1702 08 President Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor are bur ied in Hyde Park at his family estate 290 acres 117 hectares which has been a national historic site since 1944 The adjacent Franklin D Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum contains some 44,000 books and houses Roosevelt’s papers and memorabilia as well as a collection of material on U S and New York state history Childhood and Education Young Franklin was tutored at home until he was 14 years old Nearly every year the family spent a few months in Europe In the sum mers they vacationed at Campobello a small Canadian island in the Bay of Fundy near 12
Eleven-year-old Franklin sits for a portrait with his mother Sara Delano Roosevelt 13
