Died at the age of 78 years, 2 months, 2 days. Cause of death not stated.
Aimée Crocker was born Amy Isabella Crocker December 5, 1863 in Sacramento, California to Judge Edwin B. Crocker and his second wife Margaret. Aimée was the sixth child in a family of four girls, two boys (one of whom was adopted) and a half sister. Three of the children would die young. Aimée was left with a small fortune of $10 million in 1875, when her father "E.B" died. (equal to over 228 million today).
Aimée Crocker (December 5, 1863 – February 7, 1941) was an American heiress, princess, eccentric and author best known for her adventures in the Far East, for her extravagant parties in San Francisco, New York and Paris and for her collections of husbands and lovers, adopted children, Buddhas, pearls, tattoos and snakes.
Aimée's husbands were:
1. Porter Ashe (1882-1887)
2. Henry Mansfield Gillig (1889-1901)
3. Jackson Gouraud (1901-1910)
4. Alexander Miskinoff (1914-1916)
5. Prince Mstislav Galitzine (1925-1927)
After Jackson Gouraud (the true love of her life) died of an acute attack of tonsillitis, Aimée kept the name Gouraud for the rest of her life.
When asked by a friend who lost count of her marriages whether Mstislav was her fifth or sixth husband, she said, "The prince is my twelfth husband if I include in my matrimonial list seven Oriental husbands, not registered under the laws of the Occident.
Children: Gladys, Dolores, Reginald, Yvonne, Yolanda Aimée Crocker.
Author of "Moon Madness And Other Fantasies" (1910) and "And I'd Do It Again" (1936)
She died at 78 at the Hotel Savoy Plaza in NYC in 1941.
From the Crocker Art Museum Website
Amy Isabella Crocker Galitzine (1863-1941)
As the most colorful member of the Crocker family, Amy (later Aimée) enjoyed an exotic and indulgent lifestyle. Her audacious autobiography, entitled And I'd Do It Again, shocked readers when it was published in 1936. She married five times, including a union with the European Prince Galitzine. She had one daughter with her first husband R. Porter Ashe and later adopted Yvonne and Reginald while married to Jackson Gouraud. She died in New York in February 1941.
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Aimée Crocker was born Amy Isabella Crocker December 5, 1863 in Sacramento, California to Judge Edwin B. Crocker and his second wife Margaret. Aimée was the sixth child in a family of four girls, two boys (one of whom was adopted) and a half sister. Three of the children would die young. Aimée was left with a small fortune of $10 million in 1875, when her father "E.B" died. (equal to over 228 million today).
Aimée Crocker (December 5, 1863 – February 7, 1941) was an American heiress, princess, eccentric and author best known for her adventures in the Far East, for her extravagant parties in San Francisco, New York and Paris and for her collections of husbands and lovers, adopted children, Buddhas, pearls, tattoos and snakes.
Aimée's husbands were:
1. Porter Ashe (1882-1887)
2. Henry Mansfield Gillig (1889-1901)
3. Jackson Gouraud (1901-1910)
4. Alexander Miskinoff (1914-1916)
5. Prince Mstislav Galitzine (1925-1927)
After Jackson Gouraud (the true love of her life) died of an acute attack of tonsillitis, Aimée kept the name Gouraud for the rest of her life.
When asked by a friend who lost count of her marriages whether Mstislav was her fifth or sixth husband, she said, "The prince is my twelfth husband if I include in my matrimonial list seven Oriental husbands, not registered under the laws of the Occident.
Children: Gladys, Dolores, Reginald, Yvonne, Yolanda Aimée Crocker.
Author of "Moon Madness And Other Fantasies" (1910) and "And I'd Do It Again" (1936)
She died at 78 at the Hotel Savoy Plaza in NYC in 1941.
From the Crocker Art Museum Website
Amy Isabella Crocker Galitzine (1863-1941)
As the most colorful member of the Crocker family, Amy (later Aimée) enjoyed an exotic and indulgent lifestyle. Her audacious autobiography, entitled And I'd Do It Again, shocked readers when it was published in 1936. She married five times, including a union with the European Prince Galitzine. She had one daughter with her first husband R. Porter Ashe and later adopted Yvonne and Reginald while married to Jackson Gouraud. She died in New York in February 1941.
Bio added by Mac in Sac
Died at the age of 78 years, 2 months, 2 days. Cause of death not stated.
Aimée Crocker was born Amy Isabella Crocker December 5, 1863 in Sacramento, California to Judge Edwin B. Crocker and his second wife Margaret. Aimée was the sixth child in a family of four girls, two boys (one of whom was adopted) and a half sister. Three of the children would die young. Aimée was left with a small fortune of $10 million in 1875, when her father "E.B" died. (equal to over 228 million today).
Aimée Crocker (December 5, 1863 – February 7, 1941) was an American heiress, princess, eccentric and author best known for her adventures in the Far East, for her extravagant parties in San Francisco, New York and Paris and for her collections of husbands and lovers, adopted children, Buddhas, pearls, tattoos and snakes.
Aimée's husbands were:
1. Porter Ashe (1882-1887)
2. Henry Mansfield Gillig (1889-1901)
3. Jackson Gouraud (1901-1910)
4. Alexander Miskinoff (1914-1916)
5. Prince Mstislav Galitzine (1925-1927)
After Jackson Gouraud (the true love of her life) died of an acute attack of tonsillitis, Aimée kept the name Gouraud for the rest of her life.
When asked by a friend who lost count of her marriages whether Mstislav was her fifth or sixth husband, she said, "The prince is my twelfth husband if I include in my matrimonial list seven Oriental husbands, not registered under the laws of the Occident.
Children: Gladys, Dolores, Reginald, Yvonne, Yolanda Aimée Crocker.
Author of "Moon Madness And Other Fantasies" (1910) and "And I'd Do It Again" (1936)
She died at 78 at the Hotel Savoy Plaza in NYC in 1941.
From the Crocker Art Museum Website
Amy Isabella Crocker Galitzine (1863-1941)
As the most colorful member of the Crocker family, Amy (later Aimée) enjoyed an exotic and indulgent lifestyle. Her audacious autobiography, entitled And I'd Do It Again, shocked readers when it was published in 1936. She married five times, including a union with the European Prince Galitzine. She had one daughter with her first husband R. Porter Ashe and later adopted Yvonne and Reginald while married to Jackson Gouraud. She died in New York in February 1941.
Bio added by Mac in Sac
Aimée Crocker was born Amy Isabella Crocker December 5, 1863 in Sacramento, California to Judge Edwin B. Crocker and his second wife Margaret. Aimée was the sixth child in a family of four girls, two boys (one of whom was adopted) and a half sister. Three of the children would die young. Aimée was left with a small fortune of $10 million in 1875, when her father "E.B" died. (equal to over 228 million today).
Aimée Crocker (December 5, 1863 – February 7, 1941) was an American heiress, princess, eccentric and author best known for her adventures in the Far East, for her extravagant parties in San Francisco, New York and Paris and for her collections of husbands and lovers, adopted children, Buddhas, pearls, tattoos and snakes.
Aimée's husbands were:
1. Porter Ashe (1882-1887)
2. Henry Mansfield Gillig (1889-1901)
3. Jackson Gouraud (1901-1910)
4. Alexander Miskinoff (1914-1916)
5. Prince Mstislav Galitzine (1925-1927)
After Jackson Gouraud (the true love of her life) died of an acute attack of tonsillitis, Aimée kept the name Gouraud for the rest of her life.
When asked by a friend who lost count of her marriages whether Mstislav was her fifth or sixth husband, she said, "The prince is my twelfth husband if I include in my matrimonial list seven Oriental husbands, not registered under the laws of the Occident.
Children: Gladys, Dolores, Reginald, Yvonne, Yolanda Aimée Crocker.
Author of "Moon Madness And Other Fantasies" (1910) and "And I'd Do It Again" (1936)
She died at 78 at the Hotel Savoy Plaza in NYC in 1941.
From the Crocker Art Museum Website
Amy Isabella Crocker Galitzine (1863-1941)
As the most colorful member of the Crocker family, Amy (later Aimée) enjoyed an exotic and indulgent lifestyle. Her audacious autobiography, entitled And I'd Do It Again, shocked readers when it was published in 1936. She married five times, including a union with the European Prince Galitzine. She had one daughter with her first husband R. Porter Ashe and later adopted Yvonne and Reginald while married to Jackson Gouraud. She died in New York in February 1941.
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