Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Individual Notes
• Name given as Augustus Amy.23, p G27
• Mr. Amy named me Amy Estelle. The loveliest doll and toys I ever had he gave me.36, p 1, line 32
• Mr. Amy never failed to visit us, long after their divorce. He was fond of us all – and to Mama he was a little above human.36, p 5, line 217
• The last time I saw Mr. Amy, Anne, Alice and I were in S. F. (I was not married); we met on the street. He asked where we were going and as we were going to lunch and he to his breakfast, we went as his guest to Marchand’s - and such a meal - ordered all in French. One thing, I remember and cooked after I was married was French fried onions in olive oil.36, p 6; lines 244-247
• By 1858 Amy had moved to northern California and was living in Yuba.1983
• see advertising by him1985
• In this city, May 26, 1908, Gustave L. Amy, a native of France [sic], aged 67 years.1986
• Died intestate.1984
• Mr. Amy named me Amy Estelle. The loveliest doll and toys I ever had he gave me.36, p 1, line 32
• Mr. Amy never failed to visit us, long after their divorce. He was fond of us all – and to Mama he was a little above human.36, p 5, line 217
• The last time I saw Mr. Amy, Anne, Alice and I were in S. F. (I was not married); we met on the street. He asked where we were going and as we were going to lunch and he to his breakfast, we went as his guest to Marchand’s - and such a meal - ordered all in French. One thing, I remember and cooked after I was married was French fried onions in olive oil.36, p 6; lines 244-247
• By 1858 Amy had moved to northern California and was living in Yuba.1983
• see advertising by him1985
• In this city, May 26, 1908, Gustave L. Amy, a native of France [sic], aged 67 years.1986
• Died intestate.1984
Census
• 1850 Census: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana. Age 11, b LA. In household of Adolphe Lange and Francoise Amy. [Putative]1987
• 1860 Census: Marysville, Yuba, California. Age 24, b LA. Merchant. $2500 personal property.1988
• 1870 Census: 6th Ward, San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Age 30, b LA. Salesman in store. Lodging House. $600 personal property.1989
• 1880 Census: 5th Ward, San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Age 42, b LA. Boarder. Sales Man. Parents b LA.1982
• 1860 Census: Marysville, Yuba, California. Age 24, b LA. Merchant. $2500 personal property.1988
• 1870 Census: 6th Ward, San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Age 30, b LA. Salesman in store. Lodging House. $600 personal property.1989
• 1880 Census: 5th Ward, San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Age 42, b LA. Boarder. Sales Man. Parents b LA.1982
Research
• Couldn’t find in 1900 Census, 29 Jul 2011
Spouses
Birth19 Nov 1852, Diamond Springs, El Dorado, California36, p 1; line 37; place only,190, p 2; date only
Death19 May 1890, San Francisco, San Francisco, California190, p 4; gives death date as 20 May 1890,1976 Age: 37
Death causeby self-inflicted gun shot1976
NicknameMay36, p 6
FatherPhineas F. CLARK (~1812-1855)
MotherMary O’BRIEN (1829-1901)
Individual Notes
• Born while crossing plains to California in 1851. No children from marriage with Augustus Amy.23, p G27
They stopped off at Diamond Springs for this birth.36, p 1; line 37
• Changed her name herself while in convent to “May Josephine.”36, p 4; line 142,518
• May was sent to the convent by her cousin Charlie Terrell whom Mama and Mr. Clark had brought across the plains. She ran away from the convent and married Mr. Amy who kept her in style always. Alice (Walter) got her start in music while living with May in S.F. - (May) was christened in the Catholic Church - as Mr. A. was a Catholic.36, p 1; lines 26-30
• May it was who gave Mama the many luxuries she loved. Mr. Amy never failed to visit us, long after their divorce. He was fond of us all – and to Mama he was a little above human. When May left him she went to Emily's in Carson and Mama always blamed Emily's envy for most of this trouble. She called him “the frog-eater, etc.” Envious because May had more than she. Yet May shared with her most generously. Maude's baby clothes were all convent-made. Emily's babies were all so dear to May.36, p 5, lines 217-222
• I remember when Alice and I were having lunch together in S.F., she said to me ‘If May did wrong when she left Mr. A[my], certainly her love for children and all she did to brighten their lives should compensate.’ She left Mr. A. who many years older than she for her real love Willis Lawrence. He was a civil engineer - the most gentle, kindly man I ever knew. If you have a pin - a fan on a bar, with colored quartz - that Willis gave Alice when she was in high school. It was May who asked me to pray for her when she was ill at our home. She said "God listens to innocent children, and if you ask Him, He will make me well." I don't believe she ever had a wicked thought and as Mama said as she looked at May's picture always where she could see it "She will be the first to meet me when I pass beyond." Everyone who knew May loved her. She left Willis for the German she said, and I believe it, so she could once more have a home for her sisters to come to. Willis had been caught in the gambling fever of that time and they lived from day to day. She knew her mistake almost at once and I think her unhappiness led to the break in her health. She died before she was forty.36, pp. 6 & 7, from line 267
• Mrs. Willis Lawrence and Miss Maud Martin of Oakland are visiting in Vallejo, the guests of the Misses Walter.193
• Name at death given as “May J. Fladung.”190, p 4
• Fladung, Edward ... married in 1889 to Clarke, Mary J. ... 1889M-1292
Fladung, May J. ... died in 1890 ... age 37 ... 1890D-21261977
• WHO FIRED THE SHOTS?
Did Mrs. Fladung Shoot Her Husband and Kill Herself?
From the time Edward Fladung, while stretched on the operating table at the City Receiving Hospital, gasped “My wife shot me; I forgive her,” up to the present, theories of the tragedy which occurred on the 19th of May last, resulting in the death of Mrs. May Fladung and the almost fatal wounding of Edward Fladung, her husband, have been formed, dissipated and reformed by almost everybody having any connection with the case.1976
• Mrs. Martin, when asked about her sister’s life previous to her marriage with Fladung, said she fully supposed she was married to the man she was living with. May had shown her their marriage certificate, and she fully supposed it was genuine. She had heard that her sister had been mixed up in a shooting scrape while living with this man down in Arizona but knew nothing about the facts otherwise.1965
• Willis Lawrence, a former husband of Mrs. Fladung, testified that he taught her to shoot in Arizona, and that she became very expert with a pistol.1978
• Mrs. Fladung was a native of this State and about thirty five years of age. She had been a handsome woman and attracted general attention on the street on account of her magnificent figure. She was a frequent promenader on Kearney and Market streets. She was married before, her first husband being G. L. Amy, with whom she lived four years, being granted a divorce in 1877. Her second companion was Willis Lawrence, a gambler. It is not certain that she was ever legally married to Lawrence, but she lived with him seven years, separating about two years ago. In the spring of 1889 she married Ed Fladung, a brickmason, and a member of the firm of Brennan & Fladung.
The relations of the pair were not of the happiest, as the woman persisted in encouraging the attentions of young men to whom her husband objected. Defying his wishes in the matter led to the shooting.1979
They stopped off at Diamond Springs for this birth.36, p 1; line 37
• Changed her name herself while in convent to “May Josephine.”36, p 4; line 142,518
• May was sent to the convent by her cousin Charlie Terrell whom Mama and Mr. Clark had brought across the plains. She ran away from the convent and married Mr. Amy who kept her in style always. Alice (Walter) got her start in music while living with May in S.F. - (May) was christened in the Catholic Church - as Mr. A. was a Catholic.36, p 1; lines 26-30
• May it was who gave Mama the many luxuries she loved. Mr. Amy never failed to visit us, long after their divorce. He was fond of us all – and to Mama he was a little above human. When May left him she went to Emily's in Carson and Mama always blamed Emily's envy for most of this trouble. She called him “the frog-eater, etc.” Envious because May had more than she. Yet May shared with her most generously. Maude's baby clothes were all convent-made. Emily's babies were all so dear to May.36, p 5, lines 217-222
• I remember when Alice and I were having lunch together in S.F., she said to me ‘If May did wrong when she left Mr. A[my], certainly her love for children and all she did to brighten their lives should compensate.’ She left Mr. A. who many years older than she for her real love Willis Lawrence. He was a civil engineer - the most gentle, kindly man I ever knew. If you have a pin - a fan on a bar, with colored quartz - that Willis gave Alice when she was in high school. It was May who asked me to pray for her when she was ill at our home. She said "God listens to innocent children, and if you ask Him, He will make me well." I don't believe she ever had a wicked thought and as Mama said as she looked at May's picture always where she could see it "She will be the first to meet me when I pass beyond." Everyone who knew May loved her. She left Willis for the German she said, and I believe it, so she could once more have a home for her sisters to come to. Willis had been caught in the gambling fever of that time and they lived from day to day. She knew her mistake almost at once and I think her unhappiness led to the break in her health. She died before she was forty.36, pp. 6 & 7, from line 267
• Mrs. Willis Lawrence and Miss Maud Martin of Oakland are visiting in Vallejo, the guests of the Misses Walter.193
• Name at death given as “May J. Fladung.”190, p 4
• Fladung, Edward ... married in 1889 to Clarke, Mary J. ... 1889M-1292
Fladung, May J. ... died in 1890 ... age 37 ... 1890D-21261977
• WHO FIRED THE SHOTS?
Did Mrs. Fladung Shoot Her Husband and Kill Herself?
From the time Edward Fladung, while stretched on the operating table at the City Receiving Hospital, gasped “My wife shot me; I forgive her,” up to the present, theories of the tragedy which occurred on the 19th of May last, resulting in the death of Mrs. May Fladung and the almost fatal wounding of Edward Fladung, her husband, have been formed, dissipated and reformed by almost everybody having any connection with the case.1976
• Mrs. Martin, when asked about her sister’s life previous to her marriage with Fladung, said she fully supposed she was married to the man she was living with. May had shown her their marriage certificate, and she fully supposed it was genuine. She had heard that her sister had been mixed up in a shooting scrape while living with this man down in Arizona but knew nothing about the facts otherwise.1965
• Willis Lawrence, a former husband of Mrs. Fladung, testified that he taught her to shoot in Arizona, and that she became very expert with a pistol.1978
• Mrs. Fladung was a native of this State and about thirty five years of age. She had been a handsome woman and attracted general attention on the street on account of her magnificent figure. She was a frequent promenader on Kearney and Market streets. She was married before, her first husband being G. L. Amy, with whom she lived four years, being granted a divorce in 1877. Her second companion was Willis Lawrence, a gambler. It is not certain that she was ever legally married to Lawrence, but she lived with him seven years, separating about two years ago. In the spring of 1889 she married Ed Fladung, a brickmason, and a member of the firm of Brennan & Fladung.
The relations of the pair were not of the happiest, as the woman persisted in encouraging the attentions of young men to whom her husband objected. Defying his wishes in the matter led to the shooting.1979
Census
• 1860 Census: Sacramento, Sacramento, California. Age 7, b CA.543
General
• Diamond Springs lies at the west end of Pleasant Valley. Along with Mud Springs (El Dorado) it was a favorite stopping place on the Carson Emigrant Trail for emigrants going to the northern or southern mines. From Diamond Springs the overland trekkers could turn right and climb the ridge to Placerville, three miles to the north, which was the gateway to the northern mines. Others could go on to Mud Springs and turn left and travel to Plymouth, Jackson, Sonora and the southern mines. Still others could continue west to Shingle Springs, Folsom, Sacramento and San Francisco.1980
Marriage13 Jan 1873, Sacramento, Sacramento, California23, p G27; marriage only,190, p 1; place only,518, marriage only,1990
Divorce187736, p 6; divorce only,1979
Marriage Notes
• She was married before, her first husband being G. L. Amy, with whom she lived four years, being granted a divorce in 1877.1979
No Children