Charles Fleischman was born in San Francisco in 1903 to parents Martin (Mathias Reuben) Fleischman and Martha Washington Coleman. He remembered the 1906 earthquake that shook his neighborhood when he was only 3 years old. His mother took in people affected by the quake and cared for them.
Although he wanted to become a lawyer, his father wanted him to help out with his clothing manufacturing business (M.R. Fleischman Company) and so that is what he did. He met Dora Vieau in the 1930's when she was a buyer for the Emporium in San Francisco. They eloped to Mexico and got married in 1934. Emporium forbid employees from dating salesmen or manufacturers so they kept their marriage a secret until Dora quit her job there.
Although Charles was a non-practicing Jew, Dora was a strict Catholic and she insisted on stopping to go to a Catholic mass every Sunday no matter where in the world they were.
They adopted 2 (unrelated) boys, Chas and Johnny in the 1940's and Dora insisted on having them raised Catholic.
In 1941, as the United States entered into World War II, Charles and Dora bought a tall 3-story house on Clay Street in San Francisco's Richmond District. They bought the house from a woman who was terrified that the Japanese were going to invade San Francisco.
In 1953 Charles bought a lot in Belvedere, on a recently dredged mudflat that had been transformed into a lagoon of prime real estate, and he built a house there on the water's edge on Leeward Road. He had designed the house there with engineer friend Ralph Sampson. They rented out the house there for a few years before finally making a permanent move there in 1956.
He retired in the 1970's and his wife Dora passed away in 1974 from a stroke. He hired a cook named Robin Brand to care for him the last years of his life. In 1985 Charles passed away. His ashes were scattered into the San Francisco Bay by his loving family.
Although he wanted to become a lawyer, his father wanted him to help out with his clothing manufacturing business (M.R. Fleischman Company) and so that is what he did. He met Dora Vieau in the 1930's when she was a buyer for the Emporium in San Francisco. They eloped to Mexico and got married in 1934. Emporium forbid employees from dating salesmen or manufacturers so they kept their marriage a secret until Dora quit her job there.
Although Charles was a non-practicing Jew, Dora was a strict Catholic and she insisted on stopping to go to a Catholic mass every Sunday no matter where in the world they were.
They adopted 2 (unrelated) boys, Chas and Johnny in the 1940's and Dora insisted on having them raised Catholic.
In 1941, as the United States entered into World War II, Charles and Dora bought a tall 3-story house on Clay Street in San Francisco's Richmond District. They bought the house from a woman who was terrified that the Japanese were going to invade San Francisco.
In 1953 Charles bought a lot in Belvedere, on a recently dredged mudflat that had been transformed into a lagoon of prime real estate, and he built a house there on the water's edge on Leeward Road. He had designed the house there with engineer friend Ralph Sampson. They rented out the house there for a few years before finally making a permanent move there in 1956.
He retired in the 1970's and his wife Dora passed away in 1974 from a stroke. He hired a cook named Robin Brand to care for him the last years of his life. In 1985 Charles passed away. His ashes were scattered into the San Francisco Bay by his loving family.
Charles Fleischman was born in San Francisco in 1903 to parents Martin (Mathias Reuben) Fleischman and Martha Washington Coleman. He remembered the 1906 earthquake that shook his neighborhood when he was only 3 years old. His mother took in people affected by the quake and cared for them.
Although he wanted to become a lawyer, his father wanted him to help out with his clothing manufacturing business (M.R. Fleischman Company) and so that is what he did. He met Dora Vieau in the 1930's when she was a buyer for the Emporium in San Francisco. They eloped to Mexico and got married in 1934. Emporium forbid employees from dating salesmen or manufacturers so they kept their marriage a secret until Dora quit her job there.
Although Charles was a non-practicing Jew, Dora was a strict Catholic and she insisted on stopping to go to a Catholic mass every Sunday no matter where in the world they were.
They adopted 2 (unrelated) boys, Chas and Johnny in the 1940's and Dora insisted on having them raised Catholic.
In 1941, as the United States entered into World War II, Charles and Dora bought a tall 3-story house on Clay Street in San Francisco's Richmond District. They bought the house from a woman who was terrified that the Japanese were going to invade San Francisco.
In 1953 Charles bought a lot in Belvedere, on a recently dredged mudflat that had been transformed into a lagoon of prime real estate, and he built a house there on the water's edge on Leeward Road. He had designed the house there with engineer friend Ralph Sampson. They rented out the house there for a few years before finally making a permanent move there in 1956.
He retired in the 1970's and his wife Dora passed away in 1974 from a stroke. He hired a cook named Robin Brand to care for him the last years of his life. In 1985 Charles passed away. His ashes were scattered into the San Francisco Bay by his loving family.
Although he wanted to become a lawyer, his father wanted him to help out with his clothing manufacturing business (M.R. Fleischman Company) and so that is what he did. He met Dora Vieau in the 1930's when she was a buyer for the Emporium in San Francisco. They eloped to Mexico and got married in 1934. Emporium forbid employees from dating salesmen or manufacturers so they kept their marriage a secret until Dora quit her job there.
Although Charles was a non-practicing Jew, Dora was a strict Catholic and she insisted on stopping to go to a Catholic mass every Sunday no matter where in the world they were.
They adopted 2 (unrelated) boys, Chas and Johnny in the 1940's and Dora insisted on having them raised Catholic.
In 1941, as the United States entered into World War II, Charles and Dora bought a tall 3-story house on Clay Street in San Francisco's Richmond District. They bought the house from a woman who was terrified that the Japanese were going to invade San Francisco.
In 1953 Charles bought a lot in Belvedere, on a recently dredged mudflat that had been transformed into a lagoon of prime real estate, and he built a house there on the water's edge on Leeward Road. He had designed the house there with engineer friend Ralph Sampson. They rented out the house there for a few years before finally making a permanent move there in 1956.
He retired in the 1970's and his wife Dora passed away in 1974 from a stroke. He hired a cook named Robin Brand to care for him the last years of his life. In 1985 Charles passed away. His ashes were scattered into the San Francisco Bay by his loving family.
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