Western Australia. Albany. Discover dramatic coastal scenery and fascinating history in Albany, Western Australiaâs first and southernmost city. Sitting on the rugged southern coast of Western Australia, four-and-a-half hour's drive from Perth, Albany is a city where you can actually escape the rat race. It's fringed by green seas, tall forests and national parks, and offers lots of natural adventures, from fishing and diving to walking and whale-watching.
This family business contributed significantly to the family's wealth. Teedie's father, Theodore Sr., eventually inherited control of the family firm along with Teedie's uncle, James Roosevelt. Most of the Roosevelt wealth, however, came from land holdings in and around New York City.
In the immediate aftermath of Roosevelt's death, her widowed husband turned the care of their newborn daughter, Alice Lee Roosevelt, over to her aunt Anna Bamie Roosevelt, the older sister of Theodore Roosevelt. As she grew, Alice Lee learned primarily of her mother from Bamie Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt and his second wife, Edith Kermit Carow, took custody of his daughter when she was three years old.