Theodore Roosevelt Lattin (1901-1980)

Theodore Roosevelt Lattin (1901-1980) aka Teddy Lattin; Free and Accepted Mason, Lived in Cuba from 1909 to 1915, Radioman US Navy, Worker for Bell Telephone Company (b. August 31, 1901, Farmingdale, Nassau County, Long Island, New York, 11735, USA - d. November 1980, Bronx, Bronx County, New York, 10465, USA) Social Security Number 060019663.

Parents
Jarvis Andrew Lattin (1853-1941) and Mary Jane Puckett (1854-1927).

Birth
Teddy was born in 1901 in Farmingdale, Nassau County, Long Island.

Siblings
Mary Esther Lattin (1875-1895) who married Richard Arlington Brush (1874-1944); Catherine Lavinia Lattin (1878-1964) who married Richard Arlington Brush (1874-1944) as his second wife, after her sister died; Julia Ann Lattin (1880-1960) who married Alfred William Poole (1881-1959); William Henry Lattin (1882) who died as an infant; Myrtle Adelia Lattin (1884-1970) who married Charles Haley Williams (1884-1960) after they met in Cuba; Deluth Andrew Lattin (1886-1887) who died as an infant; Jennie Alice Lattin (1888-1958) who married Charles Henry Pilkington (1887-1956); Charles A. Lattin (1890-1891) who died as an infant; Eva Ariel Lattin (1892-1939) who married Anton (Tony) Julius Winblad II (1886-1975) after they met in Cuba; Frederick E. Lattin (1894) who died as an infant; Effie Jeanette Lattin (1895-1989) who married Josiah Barnes Pomeroy (1882-1956) after they met in Cuba; Dewey Ernest Lattin I (1898-1985) who lived in Cuba from 1909 to 1915 and married Elizabeth Henry (1903-1987).

Isle of Pines, Cuba
The family moved to the Isle of Pines in Cuba around 1909 and he returned to the US in 1914.

Marriage
On June 16, 1929 he married Bertha Christina Nelson (1905-1980) in the Bronx, and many photographs of the wedding are extant. Their marriage was certificate "4492".

Memories of Theodore Lattin
Harold Lawrence McPheeters (1923- ) said: "Teddy worked in The New York Telephone Company and would call long distance all the time, to keep in touch with family members. He would say he was testing the telephone lines. He went to Russia when he was in the Navy during WWI. He took many pictures of the families and when he showed me the pictures he said that most of the people were dead from the Revolution."

Warren Raymond Nelson (1944- ) said: "He worked for the Telephone Company in New York and would take me to baseball games. He lived on Sea Island City and smoked a pipe and cigars. He was a quiet guy who liked to work in his garden and work on his car."

Geraldine Marie Winblad (1928- ) said: "He was a sweet man. We visited him at Philbert Beach in the Bronx. We used to go to the dances at his Masonic Lodge."

Leonard Andrew Lattin I (1925- ) said: "Teddy was a high ranking Mason. He worked for Bell Telephone and always wore a suit to work. His Christmas tree had blue bulbs on it."

Death
He died in November of 1980 and was buried in Powell Cemetery in Farmingdale.