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Aimée Isabella Crocker (December 5, 1864 – February 7, 1941) was an American mystic, Bohemian, author, and member of the wealthy Crocker family.She was known for her cultural exploration of the Far East, for her extravagant parties in San Francisco, New York and Paris, and her collections of husbands and lovers, adopted children, Buddhas, pearls, tattoos, and snakes.
[2] [3] Her younger sister was the notorious Bohemian Aimée Crocker. She married lawyer and politician Jacob Sloat Fassett in 1879 and the couple moved to his hometown of Elmira, New York. [ 2 ] They were frequent travelers and were among the first people from the west to enter the Royal Court of Korea, visiting there in 1912. [ 2 ]
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.
This includes Edwin B. Crocker (1818-1875) and his wife Margaret (1813-1891). According to PBS, Edwin Crocker was an attorney for a company his younger brother Charles invested in — the Central ...
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 ...
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
William Henry Crocker I (January 13, 1861 – September 25, 1937) was a member of the wealthy Crocker family and a prominent member of the Republican Party. Over the course of his business career, he became the president of Crocker National Bank .
Anouk Aimée, the French actress known for her elegance and cool sophistication in films including Claude Lelouch’s “A Man and a Woman” (1966), Fellini classics “La Dolce Vita” (1960 ...