Reeve, Franklin D'Olier

Summary

Father: Richard Henry Reeve
Mother: Anne Conrad D'Olier

Birth: 18 Sep 1928, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Birth Source: Obituary

Death: 28 Jun 2013, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire
Death Source: Obituary

Spouse1: Barbara Lamb
Spouse2: Helen B. Schmidinger, m. Feb 1956, Princeton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey
Spouse3: Laura Caroline Stevenson, m. 22 Dec 1997, Wilmington, Vermont

Narrative

Children of Franklin D'Olier Reeve and Barbara Lamb:

1. Christopher D'Olier Reeve, b. 25 Sep 1952
2. Benjamin Reeve

Children of Franklin D'Olier Reeve and Helen Schmidinger:

1. Alya Reeve

An extended obituary or remembrance article published in the Rutland Herald Online contains interesting biographical details on Franklin Reeve. Franklin was a poet and novelist who was Robert Frost's translator on a trip to the former Soviet Union. It states: "He taught Russian and Slavic languages at Columbia, Wesleyan, Yale, Oxford and Connecticut College. In 1962, he accompanied Frost to the former USSR, introduced him to Russian poets and translated Frost’s dialogue with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. He chronicled his experience in his book “Robert Frost in Russia,” published in 1964." Copies of his book can be found on Amazon here.

Franklin divorced his first wife, Barbara, on 21 Jan 1956.

Research Notes

Sources

Marriage2:  New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901-2016 (Ancestry)
Marriage3:  Vermont, U.S., Marriage Index, 1981-1984, 1989-2001 (Ancestry)

Rutland Herald Online. Frank Reeve remembered for his love of Vermont, Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Legacy from Bennington Banner, 3 Jul 2013

Idaho, U.S., Divorce Records, 1947-1971 (Ancestry)
Wikipedia - F. D. Reeve