TR's COUSIN: American Soprano Emily ROOSEVELT: Dich, Theure Halle (1920s-1930s)

A curiosity ... American soprano Emily Roosevelt (1893-1976) / Dich, Theure Halle / Tannhauser (Wagner) / Florence Wessell - piano / Recorded: late 1920s - early 1930s (unnumbered Cameo disc - a private pressing?) -- The budget (dime-store) Cameo Record Company, which began issuing records at the beginning of 1922, was a store label for Macy's in New York through 1925. Cameo started electrical recording in 1926, though no indication appears on the records. (Source: The Almost Complete 78 rpm Record Dating Guide by Stephen C. Barr - published and distributed by Yesterday Once Again - 1992) Emily Hubbard Roosevelt was an opera singer, a writer, a poet and a lecturer. Her father, George Washington Rosevelt was a direct descendent of Claes Martenszen van [Rosenfelt]. Van Rosenfelt arrived in the colonies from the Netherlands in 1649. Depending upon which source you read, she was the second cousin of Teddy Roosevelt or the fifth cousin to both Teddy and Eleanor Roosevelt. She was also related to the Hubbard family of Connecticut. The [Hubbards] originated in England, but settled in Watertown, Massachusetts in 1633. They came to Connecticut and settled shortly before the Revolutionary War broke out. The Hubbard homestead in Stamford/Greenwich welcomed such luminaries as George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette. For further information see: http://www.stamfordhistory.org/ehroosevelt_ppl.htm ******************************

Added 22 May 2026