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Crocker family

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Crocker family
Charles Crocker
William Henry Crocker
Templeton Crocker
Current regionCalifornia, U.S.
Place of originEngland
FounderWilliam Crocker
Connected families
Estate(s)Crocker-McMillin Mansion

The Crocker family was a wealthy American family based in California. Its fortune was primarily earned through the entrepreneurship of Charles Crocker, a tycoon who co-founded the Central Pacific Railroad[1] and acquired a controlling interest in the Southern Pacific Railroad system.[2]

Members

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Crocker family tree 
Nancy Crocker
1792–1854
Isaac Crocker
1781–1856
Mary Norton
1821–47
Edwin B. Crocker
1818–75
Margaret Rhodes
1822–1901
Mary Ann Deming
1827–89
Charles Crocker
1822–88
Clarke Crocker[a]
1827–90
Henry S. Crocker[b][c]
1832–1904
Mary Norton Crocker
1846–1923
[two marriages]Edwin Clark Crocker
1856–56
Nellie Margaret Crocker
1856–79
Aimée Isabella Crocker
1864–1941
[five marriages]Henry J. Crocker[d][e]
1861–1912
Kate Eugenie Crocker
1854–74
James O.B. Gunn
1846–1923
Jennie Louise Crocker
1860–1939
Jacob Sloat Fassett
1853–1924
[multiple children][f][multiple children][multiple children]
Emily Elizabeth Crocker
1853–53
Emma Hanchett
1855–1904
George Crocker
1856–1909
Harriet Valentine Crocker
1859–1935
Charles Beatty Alexander[g]
1849–1927
Jennie Easton[h]
1858–87
Charles Frederick Crocker
1854–97
Francis Crocker
1858–62
Ethel Sperry
1861–1934
William Henry Crocker[3]
1861–1937
Mary Crocker
1881–1905
Francis Burton Harrison
1873–1957
Harriet Crocker Alexander
1888–1972
Winthrop W. Aldrich
1885–1974
[multiple children]
Helene Irwin[i]
1887–1966
Charles Templeton Crocker
1884–1948
Janetta Alexander
1890–1973
Arnold Whitridge
1892–1989
Harry Crocker[e]
1893–1958
Malcolm Whitman
1877–1932
Jennie Adeline Crocker
1887–1974
Robert Henderson
1877–1940
Mary Crocker Alexander
1895–1986
Sheldon Whitehouse
1883–1965
[multiple children][multiple children][one child][multiple children][multiple children][multiple children][j]
Notes
  1. ^ Married to Julia A Kimball (1830–1901)
  2. ^ Married to Clara Ellen Swinerton (1845–1910)
  3. ^ At least one son, Charles Henry (1865–1935)
  4. ^ Married to Mary Virginia Ives (1863–1929)
  5. ^ a b Multiple siblings (not shown)
  6. ^ Including actress Kate McComb (1871–1959), from Mary Crocker's first marriage to Charles L. Scudder.
  7. ^ Uncle of Eleanor Butler Roosevelt (1888–1960)
  8. ^ Niece of Darius Ogden Mills (1825–1910)
  9. ^ Daughter of William G. Irwin (1843–1914)
  10. ^ Including Ambassador Charles S. Whitehouse (1921–2001), father of US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (1955–); and Sylvia Whitehouse (1930–), wife of Ambassador Robert O. Blake (1921–2015) and mother of Ambassador Robert O. Blake Jr. (1957–).
Sources
  • "Crocker Family Tree". San Mateo County Historical Association.


Businesses

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The following is a list of businesses in which the Crocker family have held a controlling or otherwise significant interest.

References

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  1. ^ Hine, Robert V.; Faragher, John Mack (2007). Frontiers: A Short History of the American West. Yale University Press. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-300-11710-3.
  2. ^ Burns, Adam (25 January 2024). "Charles Crocker: Railroad, Robber Baron, Net Worth". American-Rails.com. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  3. ^ https://www.geni.com/people/William-Henry-Crocker/6000000014385145399
  4. ^ The West Side Lumber Company. pacificng.com, 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2011.

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