George Frederick Shrady Jr.
George Frederick Shrady, Jr., M.D. (Oct. 11, 1861 – April 5, 1933) was the Coroner of New York County, New York, in 1906, and head of the Aqueduct Police.
Biography
He was born on Oct. 11, 1861, to Dr. George Frederick Shrady, Sr. (1830-1907) and Mary Lewis (1843-1883) of New York City. His siblings were Henry Merwyn Shrady, Charles Douglas Shrady, and Minnie E. Shrady (1864-1933). George, Jr. married Katharine Wolfe Ambrose (1862-1945), daughter of the brilliant civil engineer, John Wolfe Ambrose, on Oct. 10, 1887, in Manhattan[1]. Meanwhile, his sister, Minnie, married Katharine Wolfe Ambrose's brother, John Fremont Ambrose, who became the City's Department of Docks and Ferries Superintendent. George, Jr. served as the Coroner of New York County, New York in 1906. He was head of the Aqueduct Police around 1910. He died on April 5, 1933, in Manhattan, New York City.[2] He is buried at Green-wood Cemetery, in Brooklyn, New York, alongside his wife, Katharine, in the Ambrose Family Plot[3].
External links
- George Frederick Shrady Jr. – Aqueduct Police on parade in the New York Public Library
References
- ^ Index to New York City Marriages, 1866-1937. New York City.
- ^ "George F. Shrady, Ex-coroner, Dies. Son Of Eminent Physician Caused Lowering Of Death Rate From 'the Bends.' Headed Aqueduct Police ... Sanitary Engineer. His Profession Once Had Charge Of Tammany Speakers' Bureau". New York Times. April 6, 1933. Retrieved 2010-07-12.
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