Mamie Geneva (Doud) Eisenhower (1896 - 1979)

Born 14 Nov 1896 in Boone, Boone County, Iowa, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Dwight David Eisenhower — married 1 Jul 1916 in Denver, Colorado, United States

Descendants

Died 1 Nov 1979 at age 82 in Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA

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Biography

Born in Boone, Iowa, Mamie Geneva Doud Eisenhower met her husband Dwight (president 1953 - 1961) in Texas when he was an army officer. She lived an army officer's wife's life, either living with "Ike" where he was stationed, or raising their family without him. She was suspicious of his relationship during World War II with his military driver and aide Kay Summersby, but he assured her that there was nothing to the rumors of a relationship. She made some public appearances during her husband's presidential campaigns and presidency. In 1974 she described herself in an interview: "I was Ike's wife, John's mother, the children's grandmother. That was all I ever wanted to be."

Early Ancestors in America

Henry Doude was one of the founding members of what is now Guilford, Connecticut, settling in July of 1639 and signer of the Plantation Covenant for the colony of Reverend Henry Whitfield, sailing on the St. John in May of 1639 from England.

Burial

Mamie is buried next to husband Ike and Icky, their first son, at The Eisenhower Presidential Center, officially known as the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene, Dickinson County, Kansas, USA.

Childhood Home

John & Elivera Doud House 750 Lafayette St., Denver, Colorado. National Register 9/28/2005, 5DV.747

See more at: Colorado History Organization Historical Home Record

First Lady

You can read an interesting article about Mamie's role as First Lady HERE.

Direct Descendant of the Mayflower

William Brewster is the 8th great grandfather of Mamie

1. Mamie is the daughter of John Sheldon Doud [confident] 2. John is the son of Mary Corneilia (Sheldon) Doud [confident] 3. Mary is the daughter of James Henry Sheldon [unknown confidence] 4. James is the son of Harriet (Holmes) Sheldon [confident] 5. Harriet is the daughter of Elijah Holmes [unknown confidence] 6. Elijah is the son of Sarah (Brewster) Holmes [unknown confidence] 7. Sarah is the daughter of Jonathan Brewster [unknown confidence] 8. Jonathan is the son of Wrestling Brewster [confident] 9. Wrestling is the son of Love Brewster [confident] 10. Love is the son of William Brewster [unknown confidence]

This makes William the eighth great grandfather of Mamie.

Sources

Mamie Eisenhower on Womans History About.com

• The biographies of the First Ladies on WhiteHouse.gov are from “The First Ladies of the United States of America,” by Allida Black. Copyright 2009 by the White House Historical Association. http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies/mamieeisenhower
• Find A Grave: Memorial #3430
• Eisenhower, Susan (1996). Mrs. Ike: Memories and Reflections on the Life of Mamie Eisenhower. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
• The Brewster Genealogy