Florence was the daughter of English immigrants. Her father was a 49'r who came across the plains to California as a young man and did very well financially, eventually becoming a railroad contractor. Florence married congressman Thomas Jefferson Clunie who died in 1903. She inherited assets and real estate in Sacramento and became a business woman in her own right. The Clunie Community Center, Clunie Hotel and Theater as well as the Clunie Opera House were a part of her legacy to the city of Sacramento.
Her husband was an attorney and became involved state politics in California, later being elected as a Democrat to the U. S. Congress. When he was not re-elected, he returned to the practice of law. Florence and her husband are living together in the 1900 U.S. Census in San Francisco with a Chinese servant. After her husband passed away, there were various court cases involving his will. When all was said and done, Florence inherited most of the assets in Sacramento. She also inherited a large portion of her father's estate valued at $250,000 when he died in 1909. By 1920 and 1930, she is in the U.S. Census living in Sacramento with a number of lodgers and boarders at the Clunie Hotel (8th and K Street - now gone). Two of her younger sisters who never married, Nellie and Kate, were also living there. She had a brother Henry Turton who also lived at the Clunie Hotel until his death in 1922 of influenza. She died in October of 1934.
Her husband was an attorney and became involved state politics in California, later being elected as a Democrat to the U. S. Congress. When he was not re-elected, he returned to the practice of law. Florence and her husband are living together in the 1900 U.S. Census in San Francisco with a Chinese servant. After her husband passed away, there were various court cases involving his will. When all was said and done, Florence inherited most of the assets in Sacramento. She also inherited a large portion of her father's estate valued at $250,000 when he died in 1909. By 1920 and 1930, she is in the U.S. Census living in Sacramento with a number of lodgers and boarders at the Clunie Hotel (8th and K Street - now gone). Two of her younger sisters who never married, Nellie and Kate, were also living there. She had a brother Henry Turton who also lived at the Clunie Hotel until his death in 1922 of influenza. She died in October of 1934.
Florence was the daughter of English immigrants. Her father was a 49'r who came across the plains to California as a young man and did very well financially, eventually becoming a railroad contractor. Florence married congressman Thomas Jefferson Clunie who died in 1903. She inherited assets and real estate in Sacramento and became a business woman in her own right. The Clunie Community Center, Clunie Hotel and Theater as well as the Clunie Opera House were a part of her legacy to the city of Sacramento.
Her husband was an attorney and became involved state politics in California, later being elected as a Democrat to the U. S. Congress. When he was not re-elected, he returned to the practice of law. Florence and her husband are living together in the 1900 U.S. Census in San Francisco with a Chinese servant. After her husband passed away, there were various court cases involving his will. When all was said and done, Florence inherited most of the assets in Sacramento. She also inherited a large portion of her father's estate valued at $250,000 when he died in 1909. By 1920 and 1930, she is in the U.S. Census living in Sacramento with a number of lodgers and boarders at the Clunie Hotel (8th and K Street - now gone). Two of her younger sisters who never married, Nellie and Kate, were also living there. She had a brother Henry Turton who also lived at the Clunie Hotel until his death in 1922 of influenza. She died in October of 1934.
Her husband was an attorney and became involved state politics in California, later being elected as a Democrat to the U. S. Congress. When he was not re-elected, he returned to the practice of law. Florence and her husband are living together in the 1900 U.S. Census in San Francisco with a Chinese servant. After her husband passed away, there were various court cases involving his will. When all was said and done, Florence inherited most of the assets in Sacramento. She also inherited a large portion of her father's estate valued at $250,000 when he died in 1909. By 1920 and 1930, she is in the U.S. Census living in Sacramento with a number of lodgers and boarders at the Clunie Hotel (8th and K Street - now gone). Two of her younger sisters who never married, Nellie and Kate, were also living there. She had a brother Henry Turton who also lived at the Clunie Hotel until his death in 1922 of influenza. She died in October of 1934.
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