Nanna Popham Britton

1896 - 1991  (94 years)

 Set As Default Person

• Name	Nanna Popham Britton  [1, 2]
  Birth	9 Nov 1896	Marion, Marion, Ohio, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	21 Mar 1991	Welches, Clackamas, Oregon, USA   [1]
  Age	94 years
  Burial	Howard, Knox, Ohio, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I1992	A Demo Tree
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	Samuel Herbert Britton           b. 29 Jul 1859, Millwood, Knox, Ohio, USA           d. 28 Jun 1913, Marion, Marion, Ohio, USA (Age 53 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Lee Williams           b. 11 Nov 1871, Ohio, USA           d. 14 Aug 1950, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F1075	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Warren Gamaliel Harding           b. 2 Nov 1865, Blooming Grove, Richland, Ohio, USA           d. 2 Aug 1923, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	1918	Ohio, USA
  Children	1. Elizabeth Ann Britton Harding           b. 22 Oct 1919, Asbury Park, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA           d. 17 Nov 2005, Welches, Clackamas, Oregon, USA (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F974	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2023

  
  

• Notes

  From Find A Grave At the age of 16 Nan developed an obsession with her father's friend, Warren Gamaliel Harding. Reports state that many pictures of the future president adorned the walls of her bedroom, and that she would wait for hours outside of his office at Marion Daily Star building. In 1914, after graduation from high school, Nan moved to New York, hoping to begin a secretarial career. At this time she also claims to have began an affair with the future president which continued throughout his presidency. As a result of the affair, a daughter,Elizabeth, was born in 1919. Harding allegedly promised to support the daughter,but after his death in 1923, his wife, Florence, who vehemently denied any claims made by Nan, refused to honor the obligation. In 1928, a nearly destitute Nan Britton, wrote a book entitled The President's Daughter, considered by many to be the first kiss and tell book. According to the New York Times, August 13, 2015 DNA confirms that Nan Britton's daughter, Elizabeth, was indeed fathered by Warren Harding, and the Harding Blaesing families jointly announced that paternity has been proven via DNA comparisons. (Nan Britton died in 1991 in Sandy, Oregon, where she had lived during the last years of her life.[1] She insisted until her death that Harding was her daughter's father, a fact that was confirmed by DNA testing decades later, in 2015.[1]

  
  

• Reference

  Your Name Here. "Nanna Popham Britton". A TNG-WordPress Integration Demonstration. https://uniquelyyourshosting.net/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I1992&tree=demotree (accessed November 21, 2024).