The only son of Col. Charles F. Crocker & Jennie Easton Crocker. Both parents died when he and his sisters were young, his mother dying shortly after the birth of the youngest sister Jennie. He and his sisters continued to live in the Hillsborough estate with their maternal grandmother, their inherited fortune put in trust until they became of age. For Charles that was 21 years. His worth was estimated at $5 million, which grew with investments to $15 million.
He married Helene Irwin, a Hawaiian sugar plantation heiress on 28 Feb. 1911, in San Francisco at the home of the bride's father. They were later divorced in 1928 and there were no children.
Shortly before marrying, his sister Jennie sold her share of the estate to Charles and the childhood home was then sold by Charles, the building removed to another site which still exists, and a new home designed and built on the same site, to be called "Uplands", using some of the original foundation. This was built at a cost of $1.6 million, had 35,000 sq. ft. of living space, a 10,000 sq. ft. basement, 39 rooms, 12 bedrooms & 12 baths, and also featured a wine cellar, elevator, dumbwaiter, 4 staircases, and living quarters for 10 servants.
Charles wrote and produced plays for the Bohemian Club, funded expeditions and travel with the California Academy of Sciences aboard his personal yacht, was President of the California Historical Society. Helene was left alone much of the time, and finally filed for divorce. Charles did not contest the suit.
(added Nov. 2013 by M.Andersen)
(New information added July 2018, from member Toni Doubleday, source: snaccooperative.org) Thank you.
"On December 31, 1917 Crocker enlists in the Navy as an ensign. He graduated from Yale University in 1908. A self-proclaimed explorer, he sailed his yacht Zaca around the world covering 27,152 miles and visiting 50 ports (1930). He made an expedition to the Galapagos Islands and the South Pacific for the California Academy of Sciences (March 1932-September 1932). A 2,690 foot-mountain on Indefatigable Island was named Mount Crocker in honor of his conquest of that peak. Later expeditions included Honolulu, Hawaii with the Bishop Museum (1933), Easter Island for the American Museum of Natural History (1934), Gulf of California for the New York Zoological Society (1936), Hawaii, Tongareva and Samoa for American Museum of Natural History (1936-1937). Crocker received the Ribbon of the Legion of Honor (France, 1926) for his opera "Fey-Yen-Fah", and adaption of a play he had written, "Land of Happiness". He also authored "The Cruise of the Zaca" in 1933.
Crocker's memberships include the California Historical Society (president, 1922) to whom he deeded his library in 1940. Many specimens from his expeditions were donated to the Steinhart Aquarium at the California Academy of Sciences. He was a Life Member of the California Academy of Sciences (1911), Patron (1931), Benefactor (1932), Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and a member of the American Museum of Natural History, New York Zoological Society, Field Museum, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Native Sons of the Golden West. He was also a fellow of the Royal Geographic Society, a member of the groups: Field Museum, Knickerbocker club of New York, St. James Royal Automobile club, Sons of the American Revolution, Native Sons of the Golden West, The Society of the Mayflower Descendants and the Author's Club of London."
He married Helene Irwin, a Hawaiian sugar plantation heiress on 28 Feb. 1911, in San Francisco at the home of the bride's father. They were later divorced in 1928 and there were no children.
Shortly before marrying, his sister Jennie sold her share of the estate to Charles and the childhood home was then sold by Charles, the building removed to another site which still exists, and a new home designed and built on the same site, to be called "Uplands", using some of the original foundation. This was built at a cost of $1.6 million, had 35,000 sq. ft. of living space, a 10,000 sq. ft. basement, 39 rooms, 12 bedrooms & 12 baths, and also featured a wine cellar, elevator, dumbwaiter, 4 staircases, and living quarters for 10 servants.
Charles wrote and produced plays for the Bohemian Club, funded expeditions and travel with the California Academy of Sciences aboard his personal yacht, was President of the California Historical Society. Helene was left alone much of the time, and finally filed for divorce. Charles did not contest the suit.
(added Nov. 2013 by M.Andersen)
(New information added July 2018, from member Toni Doubleday, source: snaccooperative.org) Thank you.
"On December 31, 1917 Crocker enlists in the Navy as an ensign. He graduated from Yale University in 1908. A self-proclaimed explorer, he sailed his yacht Zaca around the world covering 27,152 miles and visiting 50 ports (1930). He made an expedition to the Galapagos Islands and the South Pacific for the California Academy of Sciences (March 1932-September 1932). A 2,690 foot-mountain on Indefatigable Island was named Mount Crocker in honor of his conquest of that peak. Later expeditions included Honolulu, Hawaii with the Bishop Museum (1933), Easter Island for the American Museum of Natural History (1934), Gulf of California for the New York Zoological Society (1936), Hawaii, Tongareva and Samoa for American Museum of Natural History (1936-1937). Crocker received the Ribbon of the Legion of Honor (France, 1926) for his opera "Fey-Yen-Fah", and adaption of a play he had written, "Land of Happiness". He also authored "The Cruise of the Zaca" in 1933.
Crocker's memberships include the California Historical Society (president, 1922) to whom he deeded his library in 1940. Many specimens from his expeditions were donated to the Steinhart Aquarium at the California Academy of Sciences. He was a Life Member of the California Academy of Sciences (1911), Patron (1931), Benefactor (1932), Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and a member of the American Museum of Natural History, New York Zoological Society, Field Museum, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Native Sons of the Golden West. He was also a fellow of the Royal Geographic Society, a member of the groups: Field Museum, Knickerbocker club of New York, St. James Royal Automobile club, Sons of the American Revolution, Native Sons of the Golden West, The Society of the Mayflower Descendants and the Author's Club of London."
The only son of Col. Charles F. Crocker & Jennie Easton Crocker. Both parents died when he and his sisters were young, his mother dying shortly after the birth of the youngest sister Jennie. He and his sisters continued to live in the Hillsborough estate with their maternal grandmother, their inherited fortune put in trust until they became of age. For Charles that was 21 years. His worth was estimated at $5 million, which grew with investments to $15 million.
He married Helene Irwin, a Hawaiian sugar plantation heiress on 28 Feb. 1911, in San Francisco at the home of the bride's father. They were later divorced in 1928 and there were no children.
Shortly before marrying, his sister Jennie sold her share of the estate to Charles and the childhood home was then sold by Charles, the building removed to another site which still exists, and a new home designed and built on the same site, to be called "Uplands", using some of the original foundation. This was built at a cost of $1.6 million, had 35,000 sq. ft. of living space, a 10,000 sq. ft. basement, 39 rooms, 12 bedrooms & 12 baths, and also featured a wine cellar, elevator, dumbwaiter, 4 staircases, and living quarters for 10 servants.
Charles wrote and produced plays for the Bohemian Club, funded expeditions and travel with the California Academy of Sciences aboard his personal yacht, was President of the California Historical Society. Helene was left alone much of the time, and finally filed for divorce. Charles did not contest the suit.
(added Nov. 2013 by M.Andersen)
(New information added July 2018, from member Toni Doubleday, source: snaccooperative.org) Thank you.
"On December 31, 1917 Crocker enlists in the Navy as an ensign. He graduated from Yale University in 1908. A self-proclaimed explorer, he sailed his yacht Zaca around the world covering 27,152 miles and visiting 50 ports (1930). He made an expedition to the Galapagos Islands and the South Pacific for the California Academy of Sciences (March 1932-September 1932). A 2,690 foot-mountain on Indefatigable Island was named Mount Crocker in honor of his conquest of that peak. Later expeditions included Honolulu, Hawaii with the Bishop Museum (1933), Easter Island for the American Museum of Natural History (1934), Gulf of California for the New York Zoological Society (1936), Hawaii, Tongareva and Samoa for American Museum of Natural History (1936-1937). Crocker received the Ribbon of the Legion of Honor (France, 1926) for his opera "Fey-Yen-Fah", and adaption of a play he had written, "Land of Happiness". He also authored "The Cruise of the Zaca" in 1933.
Crocker's memberships include the California Historical Society (president, 1922) to whom he deeded his library in 1940. Many specimens from his expeditions were donated to the Steinhart Aquarium at the California Academy of Sciences. He was a Life Member of the California Academy of Sciences (1911), Patron (1931), Benefactor (1932), Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and a member of the American Museum of Natural History, New York Zoological Society, Field Museum, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Native Sons of the Golden West. He was also a fellow of the Royal Geographic Society, a member of the groups: Field Museum, Knickerbocker club of New York, St. James Royal Automobile club, Sons of the American Revolution, Native Sons of the Golden West, The Society of the Mayflower Descendants and the Author's Club of London."
He married Helene Irwin, a Hawaiian sugar plantation heiress on 28 Feb. 1911, in San Francisco at the home of the bride's father. They were later divorced in 1928 and there were no children.
Shortly before marrying, his sister Jennie sold her share of the estate to Charles and the childhood home was then sold by Charles, the building removed to another site which still exists, and a new home designed and built on the same site, to be called "Uplands", using some of the original foundation. This was built at a cost of $1.6 million, had 35,000 sq. ft. of living space, a 10,000 sq. ft. basement, 39 rooms, 12 bedrooms & 12 baths, and also featured a wine cellar, elevator, dumbwaiter, 4 staircases, and living quarters for 10 servants.
Charles wrote and produced plays for the Bohemian Club, funded expeditions and travel with the California Academy of Sciences aboard his personal yacht, was President of the California Historical Society. Helene was left alone much of the time, and finally filed for divorce. Charles did not contest the suit.
(added Nov. 2013 by M.Andersen)
(New information added July 2018, from member Toni Doubleday, source: snaccooperative.org) Thank you.
"On December 31, 1917 Crocker enlists in the Navy as an ensign. He graduated from Yale University in 1908. A self-proclaimed explorer, he sailed his yacht Zaca around the world covering 27,152 miles and visiting 50 ports (1930). He made an expedition to the Galapagos Islands and the South Pacific for the California Academy of Sciences (March 1932-September 1932). A 2,690 foot-mountain on Indefatigable Island was named Mount Crocker in honor of his conquest of that peak. Later expeditions included Honolulu, Hawaii with the Bishop Museum (1933), Easter Island for the American Museum of Natural History (1934), Gulf of California for the New York Zoological Society (1936), Hawaii, Tongareva and Samoa for American Museum of Natural History (1936-1937). Crocker received the Ribbon of the Legion of Honor (France, 1926) for his opera "Fey-Yen-Fah", and adaption of a play he had written, "Land of Happiness". He also authored "The Cruise of the Zaca" in 1933.
Crocker's memberships include the California Historical Society (president, 1922) to whom he deeded his library in 1940. Many specimens from his expeditions were donated to the Steinhart Aquarium at the California Academy of Sciences. He was a Life Member of the California Academy of Sciences (1911), Patron (1931), Benefactor (1932), Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and a member of the American Museum of Natural History, New York Zoological Society, Field Museum, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Native Sons of the Golden West. He was also a fellow of the Royal Geographic Society, a member of the groups: Field Museum, Knickerbocker club of New York, St. James Royal Automobile club, Sons of the American Revolution, Native Sons of the Golden West, The Society of the Mayflower Descendants and the Author's Club of London."
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