George Frederick Shrady Jr. M.D. (October 11, 1861 – April 5, 1933) was the Coroner of New York County, New York, in 1906, and head of the Aqueduct Police.
Biography
editHe was born on October 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.
References
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- ^ 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.
External links
edit- George Frederick Shrady Jr. – Aqueduct Police on parade, in the New York Public Library
- George Frederick Shrady Jr. at Find a Grave
