Lucy Page Mercer

Abt 1891 - 1948  (~ 57 years)

• Name	Lucy Page Mercer  [1, 2]
  Relationship	with Gustave Jean Baptiste Pitard
  Born	Abt 1891	Washington, D.C.   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Died	31 Jul 1948
  Notes	According to Byron Lee, "She was hired by Eleanor Roosevelt in 1914 to be a social secretary. In July 1917 she joined the Navy as a female yeoman third class, attached the Navy Department, where there were daily opportunities to see Franklin Roosevelt, the Asst. Secretary of the Navy; however, she continued as social secretary. Lucy Mercer and Franklin Roosevelt had an affair that threatened his marriage between the years of 1914 and 1919. Eleanor found out about it in Sept. 1918 and the affair ended sometime after that. Lucy married a widower with five children, Winthrop Rutherford, on Feb. 10, 1920. Winthrop Rutherford was a descendant of the first Governors of New York and Massachusetts. . . . They had one child named Barbara. . . . Lucy and Franklin [Roosevelt] remained friends and she was with him when he died on April, 12, 1945." [4]
  Person ID	I12410	lansdalepitard
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2021

  
  

  Father	Carroll Mercer           b. 5 Dec 1857, Washington, D.C.           d. 13 Sep 1917, Washington, D.C.  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Minna Leigh Tunis           b. 18 Jun 1863, Norfolk, Virginia           d. 25 Dec 1947, Rockville, Montgomery Co., Maryland  (Age 84 years)
  Married	1 Jul 1887	England
  Family ID	F8687	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Winthrop Rutherford           b. 1864
  Married	Feb 1920
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2021
  Family ID	F8702	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Reference

  Pitard, Derrick. "Lucy Page Mercer". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I12410&tree=1sttree (accessed May 13, 2021).