Major Quintin Roosevelt, II: Appalachian Aristocracy

1919 - 1948 (29 years)

Generation: 1

Major Quintin Roosevelt, II was born 04 Nov 1919, New York City; died 21 Dec 1948, Basalt Island, Hong Kong, China ; was buried , Youngs Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, NY.

Notes:

He was the fourth child of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. and Eleanor Butler Alexander-Roosevelt. He was the namesake of his uncle Quentin Roosevelt who was killed in action during World War I in 1918.

While serving as the Director of the China National Aviation Corporation, he was killed in a plane crash near Hong Kong.

More info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Roosevelt_II

Buried:
His body was on Basalt Island, but a memorial gravestone for him is located at his wife's grave in Youngs Memorial Cemetery in Oyster Bay, New York.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Roosevelt&GSiman=1&GScid=641181&GRid=17653617&

Quintin married Frances Blanche Webb 12 Apr 1944. Frances was born 11 Sep 1995, Kansas City, Jackson Co. MO; died 11 Sep 1995, Oyster Bay, NY; was buried , Youngs Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, NY. [Group Sheet]

Children:

Generation: 2

2. Anna Roosevelt (1.Quintin¹)
Notes:
a noted archaeologist specializing in Amazonia
3. Alexandra Roosevelt (1.Quintin¹)

4.	Susan Roosevelt (1.Quintin¹) Notes: She graduated from Harvard University with a JD and PhD, and was married to former Massachusetts Governor William Weld; they had five children: David Minot Weld, Ethel Derby Weld, Mary B. Weld, Quentin Roosevelt Weld and Frances Wylie Weld.