Marriage and Family
On April 4, 1913, she married Richard Derby, a surgeon. Mrs. Derby helped his efforts in France during World War I where she served as a nurse in the American Ambulance Hospital. Ethel was the first of T.R.'s children to serve in this "war to end all wars".
Ethel's marriage produced four children:
- Richard Jr. (1914–1922) who died at age eight of septicemia
- Edith Roosevelt (1917–2008) who married Andrew Murray "Mike" Williams and resided until her death in Washington State on Vashon Island and in Seattle.
- Sarah Alden (1920–1999), who married Vermont State Senator Robert T. Gannett.
- Judith Quentin Derby (1923–1973) who married Adelbert "Del" Ames III.
All of the children were raised in Oyster Bay, where Ethel was regarded as a church and community leader earning her the nickname "Queen of Oyster Bay".
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