Word: lannoye
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...LANNOY Isle Maligne...
...mayor of the French town of Lannoy reminded Mr. Roosevelt by cable last week that "through your mother, Sara Delano" the President is "a descendant of a family that originated in Lannoy and which, around 1600, emigrated to the Netherlands." Offering congratulations, the Mayor of Lannoy declared: "It is not without pride that we have learned of your triumphant re-election!" * Too, Frenchmen know that in Berlin the President has an anti-Nazi envoy, Ambassador William Edward Dodd (TIME...
Seventy-eight years ago Sara Delano was born on the west side of the Hudson near Newburgh, N. Y. Her father, Warren Delano II, was a wealthy China tea merchant. Her great-great-great-great-grandfather, Philip de Lannoy, landed at Plymouth, Mass., in 1621 aboard the Fortune. When Sara was eight, her mother took her and six brothers and sisters around the Horn on the clipper Surprise to Hongkong. The voyage lasted 110 days. Later there were trips to Paris, breathtaking glimpses of the Empress...
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