Lucy Page Mercer

Abt 1891 - 1948  (57 years)

Carroll Mercer

1857 - 1917  (59 years)

Birth	5 Dec 1857	Washington, D.C.
Died	13 Sep 1917	Washington, D.C.
Father	Dr. Thomas Swann Mercer           b. 5 Aug 1821, Alexandria, Virginia
Mother	Violetta Lansdale Carroll
Married	2 Oct 1856
Family	Minna Leigh Tunis           b. 18 Jun 1863, Norfolk, Virginia
Married	1 Jul 1887	England
Children	+ 1. Violetta Carroll Mercer           b. 31 Mar 1889   2. Lucy Page Mercer           b. Abt 1891, Washington, D.C.

Minna Leigh Tunis

1863 - 1947  (84 years)

Birth	18 Jun 1863	Norfolk, Virginia
Died	25 Dec 1947	Rockville, Montgomery Co., Maryland
Family	Carroll Mercer           b. 5 Dec 1857, Washington, D.C.
Married	1 Jul 1887	England
Children	+ 1. Violetta Carroll Mercer           b. 31 Mar 1889   2. Lucy Page Mercer           b. Abt 1891, Washington, D.C.

Winthrop Rutherford

1864 -

Birth	1864
Family	Lucy Page Mercer           b. Abt 1891, Washington, D.C.
Married	Feb 1920

• 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	17 Aug 2022

  
  

  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	17 Aug 2022
  Family ID	F8702	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1891 - Washington, D.C.   = Link to Google Earth
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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 January 29, 2023).