The two members of the Roosevelt family that died on February 14, 1884 were: 1) Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt--The first wife of Theodore Roosevelt Jr.--Was 22 years old at time of death--Died as the...
Its just short for Theodore (Ted, Teddy). it came from when he was out hunting and he saw a bear with its baby cub and he refused to shoot the bear because of its cub, which is where teddy came from...