Delano family

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/delano-family

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the progenitor's arrival?Philippe de Lannoy arrived in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in the early 1620s
2. What is the walloon heritage?The family's progenitor, Philippe de Lannoy, was of Walloon descent
3. Who was the first Delano in America?Philippe de Lannoy, a Walloon immigrant, arrived in Plymouth in the early 1620s and started the Delano family line in America.
4. How many U.S. presidents had the Delano name?Three presidents carried the Delano name: Ulysses S. Grant, Calvin Coolidge, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Progenitor: The founder or originator of a line of descent; an ancestor.
Walloon: A native or inhabitant of the southern part of Belgium, speaking a Romance language.
Mayflower Compact: An agreement signed by the Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower in 1620, establishing a form of self-government.
Forebear: A person from whom one is descended; an ancestor.