Katharine Miller Leas ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

Socialite from Haverford, PA

  Noted events in her life were:

• Residence: US Census, 1920, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA. Age 2 years, 6 months

• United States Census: Resided, 1930, Haverford, Delaware, Pennsylvania. Age 12

Katharine married Curtis Bean Dall, son of Charles Austin Dall and Mary Bean, in 1938 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA. (Curtis Bean Dall was born on 24 Oct 1896 in Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA,³ died on 28 Jun 1991 in Hospice of Northern Virginia in Arlington, , Virginia ³ and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA.)

  Marriage Notes:

Time Magazine - September 12, 1938:
Engaged. Curtis Bean Dall, 42, first husband of Anna Roosevelt Dall Boettiger; to Katharine Miller Leas, 22, Haverford, Pa. socialite.


Moberly Monitor-Index, 26 Nov 1938, page 4, "Curtis Dall to Wed" "Media, Pa., Nov 26 (AP) \emdash Curtis B Dall, former husband of President Roosevelt's daughter, obtained a license today to wed Miss Katherine Miller Leas of Haverford, Pa. The bridegroom-elect, a New York broker, gave his age as 42 and his fiancee's as 21. Their engagement was announced in September."


\emdash Daily Capitol News (Jefferson City, MO), 15 Dec 1938, "Former Son-in-Law of Roosevelt to Wed Today" : "Haverford, Pa, Dec 14 \emdash (AP) \emdash Curtis B. Dall, divorced husband of President Roosevelt's daughter Anna, will be married tomorrow to Miss Katherine Miller Leas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Stewart Leas. Announcing wedding plans, Dall said he regretted "Sistie and Buzz," children by his former wife, "could not be present at the ceremony owing to their being in school in faraway Seattle." Dall's son and daughter live with their mother, now the wife of John Boettiger, Seattle newspaper publisher. Dall is a New York broker."


San Mateo Times, 3 Sep 1938, page 2, "Curtis Dall to Wed Philadelphia Girl" "Haverford, PA. Sept 3 (UP) \emdash Curtis B Dall, former son-in-law of President Roosevelt, will marry Katherine Miller Leas, daughter of a prominent and wealthy Philadelphia family, it was announced today. Miss Leas' parents, Mr and Mrs Donald Stewart Leas, announced her engagement today. No date had been set for the wedding. Dall, a Wall Street man, was the husband of the President's daughter, Anna. After the divorce, she married John Boettiger, Seattle publisher."