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Corinne Roosevelt Robinson (September 27, 1861 – February 17, 1933) was an American poet, writer and lecturer. She was also the younger sister of President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt and an aunt of First Lady of the United States , Eleanor Roosevelt .
Douglas Robinson Jr. (January 3, 1855 – September 12, 1918) [1] was an American businessman who was married to Corinne Roosevelt, a sister of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and an aunt of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
Corinne Robinson was born on July 2, 1886, in Orange, New Jersey. She was the daughter of Corinne Roosevelt Robinson (1861–1933) and Douglas Robinson Jr. (1855–1918). [1] She was one of four children born to her parents, including future New York State Senator Theodore Douglas Robinson (1883–1934). [2]
The watch is engraved with Roosevelt's name and "D.R. & C.R.R." — the initials of Roosevelt's younger sister, Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, and his brother-in-law Douglas Robinson Jr. It was ...
Theodore Douglas Robinson was born on April 28, 1883, in New York City to Douglas Robinson Jr. [3] and Corinne Roosevelt. He attended St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire and graduated from Harvard University in 1904. [4]
Roosevelt’s sister, Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, and his brother-in-law, Douglas Robinson Jr., gifted him the watch just before he left for the Spanish-American War in Cuba in 1898, according to ...
Corinne Douglas Robinson (1886–1971), twice elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives, m. Joseph Wright Alsop IV. Joseph Wright Alsop V (1910–1989), journalist and syndicated newspaper columnist; Corinne Roosevelt Alsop (1912–1997), m. Percy Chubb II, grandson of the founder of Chubb Limited
But the inside reveals its significance, with engraving that says “THEODORE ROOSEVELT” and “FROM D.R. & C.R.R.,” referring to Roosevelt's brother-in-law and sister, Douglas Robinson Jr. and Corinne Roosevelt Robinson.