Warren Delano II

  Notes:

Warren Delano II, grandfather of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was born in the part of New Bedford which is now the Town of Fairhaven, MA. He was a prominent China Trader during the 1830s and returned to Fairhaven with a substantial fortune. In 1850, he created Riverside Cemetery in Fairhaven. Besides keeping the family homestead in Fairhaven as a summer residence, he also built a home called Algonac near Newburgh, NY. He is buried in the Delano Family Tomb.

Warren married Catherine Robbins Lyman, daughter of Judge Joseph Lyman and Ann Jean Robbins, on 01 Nov 1843 in Northampton, MA.¹ (Catherine Robbins Lyman was born on 10 Jan 1825 in MA,¹ died on 10 Feb 1896 in Newburgh, NY ¹ and was buried about 13 Feb 1896 in Riverside Cemetery, Fairhaven, Bristol Co., MA.)