Crocker family

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 and acquired a controlling interest in the Southern Pacific Railroad system.

Members

• William Crocker (b.1615)
• John Crocker (1637-1711)
• James Crocker (1699-1785)
• Levi Crocker (b.1728)
• Isaac Crocker (1781–1856)
• Edwin Bryant Crocker (1818–1875)
• Mary Norton Crocker (1846-1923)
• Kate Eugenie Crocker (1854–74)
• Nellie Margaret Crocker (1856–79)
• Jennie Louise Crocker (1860–1939)
• Aimée Isabella Crocker (1864–1941)
• Charles Crocker (1822-1888)
• Charles Frederick Crocker (1854-1897)
• Mary Crocker (1881–1905)
• Charles Templeton Crocker (1884–1948)
• Jennie Adeline Crocker (1887–1974)
• George Crocker (1856-1909)
• Francis Crocker (1858-1862)
• Harriet Valentine Crocker (1859-1935)
• Harriet Crocker Alexander (1888–1972)
• Janetta Alexander (1890–1973)
• Mary Crocker Alexander (1895–1986)
• Clarke Crocker (1827-1890)
• Henry J. Crocker (1861–1912)
• Henry Joseph Crocker II (1893-1958)
• Henry Smith Crocker (January 31, 1832 - July 18, 1904), a San Francisco publisher of maps and city directories, and a railroad investor

Businesses

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

• Central Pacific Railroad
• Crocker National Bank
• Gila Valley, Globe and Northern Railway
• Hotel Del Monte
• Oregon and California Railroad
• San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway
• San Joaquin and Sierra Nevada Railroad
• Santa Rosa and Carquinez Railroad
• Southern Pacific Railroad
• Texas and New Orleans Railroad
• Wells Fargo (1852–1998)
• The West Side Flume & Lumber Company

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